The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-02
VIRGINIA SCHOOL
Of ETH0DS.
Tremendous Attendance and In
tercstii1g Meet
ings.
THE RICHMOND TEACHERS
Will Ask the City School Board
to Change Name Of
Schools.
THE RICHMOND TEACHERS
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| Especial to Tho -Dspatch.)
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, VA,
July LIN the seventeen years which
have marked the lifo of the summer
school for teachers at tho University OF
| Virginia, there has never been so many
4 teachers present the first week as are
now registered. Mr.. Glass. Mr.. jenkins
and Mr.. Lane are oxultant over the
| present outlook, Next week Is going
| TO be the biggest week in the history Of
this school, SO far, says Conductor Glass.
'We expect fifteen hundred teachers be-
fore "Wednesday of tho coming week.
says MIR. Jenkins.
Miss Glass announced this morning
| that all teachers who did not report
promptly at 0 O'Clock Monday morning
/ would not be able to have their certifi-
Gates renewed BY tho county superln-
tendents.
| DR.. Currell had to be absent from Char
lottesville Thursday night, so his enter.
| tainment, The Inferno" was postponed
DR.. Henry Il. Southwick Emerson Col
cge of Oratory, gave for the first ent9r-
tainment In the teachers course, Sheri-
dnn's. THE Rivals Every seat in tho
7 auditorium was filled.
The chapel exercises from 10 to 10:s0 are
particularly enjoyable. 1t Is at this
time only that ono can gain any ado
quate knowledge of the great numbers
Of teachers present, The exercises this
week have been conducted by the Rev,
George B. Petre. of the Presbyterian
Church, The singing and music has
been conducted by Professor w.
Adams. Of Lynchhurg, Va.
Commencing Monday, Professor w. S.
Adams will deliver a series of lectures
on piano music.
BIG CLASS
on Mrs rs, Moffett's training class numbered
Sol this morning.
take the laboratory work in chemistry
Ihis number had heen filled on Thursday
Miss LuSford, of Miss Morris's school,
and Miss Pegram, Of tho public schools
Is noticeable that all the students in this
class are ladies'
Beginning with Saturday, for one period
sn cay On pG ow Hen o reach Resg WIN
Grammar Grades" Prof. southwick al,
ready has classes in elocution. advanced
el9s rat nd Shokespeare STUDIES
schools. Petersburg, va, has two crowd
cd lessons each day in civil government
To-day his classes were the largest, in the
sxsfpnE me- de rpnns sSoo and
Dr.. G. Stanley Hail, OF Massachusetts,
will leave Saturday night for his home in
Ilih lcStuIe AO-uay OI .Sllu
Study" was simply great Dr.. Hall has
won a warm place in the hearts OF the
faculty and teachers. and he Will always
aesF nq wspGs M n y Eyen y Mrs
Clarke. Of South Street, Thursday evening
| In the honor OF the following young
ladies'; Miss Adkins, Martnsville, Va;
Miss Allison, Richardsvillc, Va; Miss
| Arros, Farmvlle, Va; Miss Arthur Lynn
i Va; Miss Ashby, Musselmnn, Va; Miss
! Auspack, Bedford City; Miss Adams, Al
| leghnny Springs; Miss Ames, Reads
| Sharpe, Va. Miss Adams, Purcelsvile,
| Va; Miss Allen. Scottsburg, Va. Refresh
,nents were served, and the young ladies'
| had the opportunity OF meeting with a
number of prominent charlottesville
| people,
Mr.. Charles T.. LUX, an old Richmond
boy. has charge Of the largest drug store
In this city, and Is quite popular,
l 1t Is very pleasant to meet and exchange
notes with teachers all over the State
and to devise plans with, teachers from
your own city, The teachers here from
Richmond arc highly In favor OF request
Ing tho Richmond school Board and the
changing the names Of our school build
| ings and giving them the names OF noted
men and women. For instance: Let Cen.
trail School be named '"Ihe Jefferson
Davis SCHOOL, West End School. THE
r. Il. Lee SCHOOL,; a school In Fulton
THE Pocahontas School, and so on tc
the end OF the chapter
| Mrs William NJ Strother was greeted
| this evening by n large audience. Mrs
| Strother rccitei Enoch Arden, and Prof
Adams accompanied her on the piano.