The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-26
TO HAVE FEWER
SUPERINTENDENT
Likely That Number Of School
Divisions Will be Greatly i.
Reduced.
SOME PRoBABL { CHANGES
State Board Of Education Will
Meet Soon to Choose
Ss Men. " S

The State Board Of Education will meet
In this city on5Thursdny, and will prob
ably be in session until tho following
"Wednesday evening At this meeting tho
board will elect eighty or more division
superintendent Of schools, but under the
law the election cannot be had until after
May 2d-that Is to say, until Wednesday,
tho Sd. All OF the eight members OF the
board will be In attendance when the
board meets hero Thursday evening at
8 q clock ut the rooms of tho Depart
ment OF Public Instruction, but when tho
election of division superlntendents IL
taken Up Messrs Glass and West, them-
selves superlntendents. will retire, and
cannot, under no law, participate III
choosing superintendent, their. own suc-
icessors nnnong others being chosen.
s 1t Is sen,i-ofilctally admitted that the
State board will 'takeSup and consider tho
charges implied nby Mr. j. y. Eggieston,
Jr.,R OF, Prince Edward. in his announce
nlcnt Of candidacy for State supcrintcil-
dent. Tho principal charge into which
the hoard will inquire is that which al
sleges that tho board has been imposed
upon and that exorbitant charges are
made for the Virginia School Register.
%be had is not indicated. nor Is It stated
that Mr., Fggleston will be formally asked
.to&nppenr and state his ground for the
assertions made. It is mot regarded as
probable that anything sensational will DO
developed ls S Ar q
II, Will C Combine Districts.
"a The board will take up the work. al Is
ready tentatively undertaken. OF district
Ing tho State for division suporintend-f
ents. There are now il 7. of which sew
.enteen are city superint endentz ninety
nine county superlntend ents and 3one a
city and county superintendent; Just
what consolidation will be effected cam
mot vet DO stated. Some OF those tent
Satively5 suggested or deemed feasible are
tho following. tllrty-sevenS in number
which, II agreed upon. will 4 reduce the.
number OF $5 superintendentss to eighty
SDIckenson and Buchana n. washington
2count y. and Bristol city, Bland and Giles,
Pulaski county Sand Radford city, Pat
4 rick and Henry, Craig and Alleghany,i
2Plttsylvania and Danville. Rockbridge
and Buena Vista. Bath and Highland
Fred erick and Clarke, Cnlpeper and Rap,
spahannock, Madison and Greene. Abe
marie county and Charlottesville city.
Charlotte and Appomattox, FluYannay and
$Goochland, Louisa and Orange, spotsyl-i
3yania and d Fred ricksDurg. Stafford and
Prince William, Alexandria city and
4coun ty. King George and Caroline, Chess.
5terfield and Manchester. Powhatan and
Y Cumberland Amelia and N ottoway, New
port News city and WarW-ick county. York
and James City counties and city "a Of
williamsburg. New Kent and NJ Charles
City. Mathews and Gloucester. King and
4 Queen and King William, I1ssex and
A1iddle sex, Lancaster and Northumbe r-
land, Richmond and Yves tmoreland. War
5rcn and Page, Dlnwiddios and Prince
George. Csrecnesvile and Sussex, Surry
and Isle Of Wight ii. Il AZ
1t ( IS not known that these changes
%wil BIZ made, but It is believed & that
I some OF them will be and possibly others.
The Board of Education has been re-
cciving "a heavy; mall lately, consisting
chiefly of applcati ons and endorsements
and it viii take great time to consider
/ these hence the long session IN pros
pect. There are many candidates In
some countless and In other cases there
6are said to be protests against some OF
ijthc candidates on the grounds OF fitness
| and character # q "a K
Candidates Coming In.
school \ superintcndents and candidates
for division OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES are a.
ready gathering in the city, preparatory
Ito the election. There are many con :
tests. and despite tho }announcementth that
| ~, = publications. would be received after
April 18th, they are still pouring IN, ac-
companied in most cases by.Yolumlno !
endorsements 1T will Emanifestly. pe I'M
possible to classify these before the elec--
| ton Is taken up. 535 Ny v! 1,
An interesting announcement Is MADE ma 9
today by Mr. Julian P. Thomas p rim
llcipal Of the Richmond High School, and
| ono which may make unnecessary tl.e
prospective nvestlga ion into the
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