The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14
DRESS PARADE AT WEST POINT MILITARY AcADEM4.

the Il paramount Importance Of Is training
all the children for good citlzenships and
useful living, and the common fs cflools
have come to be the loren osts object ofS
popular concern. @
Nowhere In tho state! has more strik-g
ing expression been giver to this patriotic
altitude OF the public mind to the schools
than The people OF Wise county have
given, in the va u of real work for schoo OIL
ibetterm ent And In no county are the
people more sensibly aWake to the real
connection between local taxes and school
ieff1ciency.5
10 begin with. the county levy Tor
schools Is Is cents on hea 100.
the district levy Is igas FLOWS: Rich
mond District, 2Oscents on 500; G ladevilles
Dist rict.3 2255 cents on 800; Lipps District.
rs 81 is on 500; Il Robinson District, 5l
cents on $780, Big Stone Gap District, 80
cents on SOD: y Norton District, 50 cents
on 500: " Use District, 50 cents ON 500 459
&c In additions to the 30! cent levy, Big Stone
Gap District has a. specia ! appropr ton
which brings the rate to 80 cents on $10o. q
SSosWise county, in addition the State
appropria lion, has q & local tax, combin-s
ing county and district levy, Of 45 cents
to- IS cents on the 500 worth Of prop;
terty This excess of the constitutional
limit of 80 cents on SO Is provide ed for by
special act OF the Leg Ature.
Put to Good u Sc.
Il q his increase has been utilized in lon
ger terms, better teac hing. and better
houses il and # equipment. Three school
houses are now building In the county to-
cost In he aggregate,5oY over SO, 900, and to-
accommodate from 250 TO 800 pupils each,
All three are bull It al ter pl ans and spec.-
fcations made by expert architect, W.
r, Baker. Of Big Stone Gap. and the Sar--ss
I'm
tilation embody the most q pproyed I; res
suits of sanitary: science. ,.SSs4 Az
IN All follow he same general plan The
basemenH besides the furnace room, Goa 8
room. and closets. containing q room for
general storage. q girls pla v \ room. q ldt
a boys, gymnas SUM. 5S$$ ater on these last
three rooms may be utilized for shops and 4
manual training The tirst Il oor has four
class rooms, each furnished with a closet A
for wrap and lunc h IL basket Is. On the
second floor are two class rooms and an 4
assembly hall. The latter has q spacious
.rostrum and ting room for about $50
persons. sfs ss fsi "a al II II WI
Into & these & three schools are to be-
brought gether the chldrenSfrom eleven
lone-room schools. These old schools eng
iployed eleven teachers, each conducting
giving only a. few minutes to each recita-$
tion. The new schools will be 4 graded
and adjusted to he wants of pupils from
those In the first reader to those who
want high school work. The equipment
OF teachers Will provide for systemaliG
and thorough work, I3esl des these three
houses there Is yet anot her under wa 81
for a VII lage school. which Will cost about
$40, 900. N III " AZ ~ as
Big Stone Gap Is "a town Gof somewhat
over; 600 inha bltants, is strung out for
more than two iJes along the narrow
valley OF Powell Rive t55
General Ayres Lead Ter,
From inception to completion, the credit
dictatorship In bringing about the4splen.
did schools of this thriving community
Is due General Rufus A. Ayres, Mr.. RI
II, Shippe, a man prominent among the
educat ional experts of the state, fis prin-
lcipal Of the town school, He has eight
assistants, all trained and i skilled. The
in sa community Of !, coo people shows
the quality Il the work and the esteem
In which 1t Is held: ~ Manual training
has been introdu ced, pr. Robert Frazer
says he has seen no more cred table work
anyW here than that done there. IS
5s Alta meeting Of the Teach ers' Associa-
tion al d the Ninth Cong ess! onal District,
held at Big Stone Gap the last of May,
the work Sf he sc no 81 iva on exht !on,
I'm the public sci us OF mia ma de- az, I:
earnest appeal Tor the Installing o q this
exhibit at the ST. Louis Exposlt Ion. Il u NJ
der the lead OF Mr. Bu lit, one OF the
stown's most publ lc-spirlt ed men, a fund
was raised for Il his purpose, IA nd Prof. :
,shlppes aid led 4 by his wi fe, has had the
exhibit Installed In the Yirglnta Bl ildlng.5
W. IN explanation or all this educational
4progresl It Is enoagl II to say tina Wise
has the right ma u, for Coun tys Sur erlnten,a
dent, Mr. Counts. Nils gent ellaT up.3
sderstands the work OF his I'm tant pos
5sition and deYotes himself ia it vi al yis.f
dom and Wit IA u 4 flde ity.issS3S
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