Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-14
SCHOOLS OF VIRGINIA.

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xorAnLE CONFERENCE or SUPER
,,rEspENrs COMMENCES TO-DAY.
OF osDEN MOVEMENT.
.,.embrnse of state Educational
Authorities In Compliance win
request of the General Educ.-
/ sicnsI Board.
AZ 10 O'Clock this morning the not
NE convention OF school sdperintendents
If virginia In the history OF the State
r;,I commence IN the hall OF the Me-
,sanlcs' Institute. at Eleventh and Broad
streets,
j, New York there is building an edu-
/ ,ational clearinghouse. across the front
n which is enblazoned ihe name ..Og-
Sen y the man who is at the head OF
movement TO sird up the loiils of earnest
.ndeavors 10 advance the cause Of the
,eoplos education throughout the States
j II the South.
1 II was Ut the suggestion Of this man
broad b-ainy. and phiianthropic-tha
his Virginia conference OF to-day was
called under thesauspices OF the Depart
4 mont of Public Instruction of Virginia
True Robert G.. Ogden himself M..l not
he here, but he is ably represented in the
person OF Or, Wallace Buttrick, Of New
) DIRK who arrived late last night and
established headquarters In rooms 3lS-3i5
at Murphy's Hotel.
Hotel lobhies were thronged last night
In consequence of theSnpouring Of school
euperintenden.s representing the vast ma
1orlty of the III cities and counties Of
the Old Dominion. Murphy's was the
stamping ground. and from the four quar-
ters of the State the superintendent
came.
4 more Intelligent, substantial body OF
men one SELDOM encounters, not only So
but surprisingly large number of them
are .n1bued with the spirit of the day.
strenuous. wide-awaIse men. who know
The educational needs OF the State and
are endeayor!ng SO far as lays in their
power TO meet these reeds in their re-
gpective localities.
PL--4c EXERCISES TONIGHT.
While the opening session VIII! be held
this morning, the popular" assenbiage,
will be found tonight in the meeting to
hear Governor Montague welcome the.
5uperintendents and Dr.. Buttricli, and
others make eloquent reply. The ,gosIl-
ing session will be devoted to organiza-
don and the mapping out of the work OF
the body. 1t will be anything but spec
tacuiar, but In Importance 1t will rank
with any session to be held to-day. to-
morrow or Friday.
Superintendent Soutllall, Of the Depart.
n1ent OF Public instruction. will call the
conference TO order. and preside oyer the
sessions. MI. Frank p. Brent Eill perr
form the arduous duties Of secretary, as
listed by Mr. John A. McGiivray, editor
II the School Journal, and Statistician Of
the Department Of Public instruction.
THAT B0TIiERSOME LIST.
The list Of lI6 question pronounced by
the General Education Board. is causing
the supertntendents deal Of work and
worry. Census figures are in acquisitions.
Many OF the county superintedents
haven't these at hand in the country, a nd
leave these questions open, TO be answer
I'd after arrival here and consultation with
Secretary Frank 2, Brent, OF the State
board.
A liveler night about the hotels has not
numerous, including not only. superisl-,
tendents of Virginia schools. but a great
many other well known Virginiaes also.
Names OF Amherst county .pepple we're in
evidence or the registers-men who are
here to attend the. inquiry into the case
ol ouuse i. j. Campbell, before legis-
iatiVe committee. g; <.
The following Virginia arrivals at the
hotels include nine-tenths Of the school
supe.intendents of the State. who had
reached tbs city at midnight:
REGISTERED At AiURPHY'S
Wallace Buttlick, New York ,S1a-315);
Charles 2. Baisd. Essex: 3. F. Cppen-
homer. Marion; TT. Elswick, Big Rock;
Thompson Relclsr, Big Rock; William.
NJ. Perkins; Pulaski; J. L. Jarman.
FarTnviile. Thomas Brown, Westmore-
land: H, D. Dillard. w. H. Ridgway,.
T. N. Carper, H. A. billiard. Rocky
Mount Henry Maclin. Emporia, j. NJ.
Beckham. CuIpeper; Willis A. Jenkins.
Newport News; r. L. Coleman ard wife.
RioevilIe: r. G., Scott, Amherst; r. II.
Bagby, John A. Codd. L. N. Sylvester,
Alrah Il. Martin and wife. Norfolk caun-
Is; ~. e. Howes. Boydton, Q. L. Evans,
Amherst; w. G. Lorring. Loringston;
w. 3. Yount. Bridgewater: w. w. Pen
dieton. Clifton Forge: Charles e. Graves,
Page county; G. II. Hundley. Rocking
44etll, 2SoiSe q. pGIlliiSS. t1ieeiief vi
mond n. Lynch. Winchester; r. B. Bav-
export, sharp's Wharf; John Stewart
Walker. Ed. G. Stevens, and G. Hamilton
Il Wilkins. Lynchburg; S. P. Nottingham.
Eastvil!e; Mr.. and Mrs. ". Samuel Good
wyn, Enlporia; c. B. Maddox, D. H.
Barger, Shawsvile. and James Draper,
Pulaski.
SEEN AT THE JEFFERSON.
Frederick Cooke. ANa.e Forest college,
North Carolina; William NJ Ramsey.
MISSIONER; T. j. Wool. Portsmouth; y.
Lomenberg Norfolk; George ". Morris.
Charlottesville: Conrad kownslar. Ber-s
Tyvilie; w. A Post. Newport News; 4.
G. Bedford, Newport News; W. ii.
ROBERTSON, LynchbErg, and j. d. E2gle-
ston, Worsham. Va.
ARRIVALS A. FORD'S.
p II. Williams. TaZewell; ". L. Pat
ton C. a HardWick. James II. Guthrie.
houston: George r. Clark, Surcy: c. w
Lucas, Radfcrd; f. B. watson, Chatham
I, +. Rarasdale. Whitlock; TX Han
nah, Appomattox; I. NJ. Dillaro + a
OVERLY. Lunenburg; Sam PETERSON
City. l. g. Williams and wife kits
William; z. o. Peale, Staunton: Gus j.
BiGford Amherst; c. e. Watts, Amherst;
Georsy c. Round, ,Manassas,, ana H. Al.
Carlson, Iiaymarket.
At THE BlJQU.