Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1905-11-24
The Education Convention A
Lynchburg

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Lynchburg
Th e education Convention al
Lvnchburg on Nov 70 to Dec l vii
be distinctive in many ways. In
stead of discussion about education
in general, the concrete problem IL
Virginia will be dealt with. IL
thisend,a strong committee of train
ed men on each apect Of the work
lin this State is now at work for
mulating a report of the actual
conditions and necessary advances
The addresses will be based largely
upon those direct and first-hand
studies of our own needs. The first
imparts significance the meeting
such as no preyions convention has
had.
At the LYinchburg convention
many new factors in the Virginia
educational field will deploy for the
first time their full strength. Mr.
Eggleston, t he Superintendent
Elect, will no doubt outline h S
structural politics for the schools.
Groat interest attaches to his an
nouncement along that ine.for the
the whole State is rejoicing in the
prospect of his administration OF
interests. At Lynchburg likewise
the Curry School Of Education,
which began its work at the Uni
versity this fall, will appear in full
force. The establishment OF this
school is a matter of profound JOY;
it marks i'm epoch in the progress
of educational advances in h is
State. One Of the leading address
es will he given BY President AL
derman, while DR. Payne and Prof.
Hook will put their power into the
proceedings.
1t must be recalled too, b t
since the last convention of t b e
kind in Norfolk, two magnificent
gifts of S10,000,000 each have yet
new face on the educational stu
alton in America. ] refer to the
gift of Mr Carnegie for teachers
pensions and that of Mr. Rockefeller
for higher education.
A feature Of this convention will
be the report Of results of the far
reaching May Campaign. N or e
than IL hundred local school i m :.
provement leagues have been FORM
throughout the State. Strong
delegations from these leagues will
tell of what they are doing in the
various neighborhoods in Virginia.
Indeed the springing up of these
local leagues, has so enlarged ths
scope of the movement that it vii
be necessary to change the name
of the State organization, callingfit
henceforth the Cooperative Bdu'
cation Association, to which Jail
these local leagues will be vitality
related. ]
The Lynchburg meeting will be
devoted largely to the superaten'
dents and their problems. OWN g
to the recent appointment OF the
FIVE admirable Inspectors anil Elk
aminors-a most progressire step.
this phase If the work has peculiar
interest; informing addresses from
these inspectors may lie looked for
in Lvnchburg. 1t is Earnestly
hoped that everv superintendent
will be present and take part in the
debates
At this convention sIllthe officers
of the Co-operativs Education
Commission are to bsIelected for
the ensuing year. Pfns are to be
formulated for the future. Eel.
lowships are to be welded anew.
Mr. E G Glass is msking arrange
ments for the ASSEMBLY. The pro-
gram of speakers rfpresents he
foremost men in Virginia. A J
persons arc invitedto this free and
frank forum of aIINirginia's edu-
cational interests;for in the move
ment is found erfy school agency
in the State. Come. share the ln-
spirations o f Tose meetings N
Lynchburg.