The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-31


grounds. 7 am very much gratificd Will!
i the result Of tlleso meetings"
Is It possible that these examiners and
inspectors are not worth their pay? AS
the Charlottesville Progress says. we
are spending two millions n year for
schools, and only two per cent. Of 1t for
supervision. How is the Board OF E,diica-
ton to know how the schools are pro-
crossing, what abuses exist, what re-
forms and improvements are needed, TIM
these field agents, who arc directly ac-
countabe to that body7
| But leaving that out of the question,
leaving ont the aid they are giving teach
/ ers, and the work they are doing IN
Stirring up the people and .crystalizing
public sentiment, how are the examine
| lions to be conducted. if this board of
examiners be abolished? But what the
| Charlottesville Progress. whose editor is
n practical teacher, has to say OF the
| work of this board in securing unifor-
nifty In the examination of teachers and
] the establishment Of uniform standard
of teachers certificates. Read also what
| 1t says of abuse under the former system
of examination.
| For. the life of us we cannot understand
| why the House is so determined TO
abolish this board, before 1t has been
operating year. In the interest of the
public school systenl--and surely we have
n N J,o,, bat
the Senate will not concur in the hasty
and ill-considered action of the House.
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Captain William II. Van Schack and
Mirshipman Stephen Decatur find them
selves in very similar plight In
sense, and without tritcising the justice
of their punishments, both of them are
scapegoats. Each accepted wrong con-
ditions because he found them that way,
and each got the extreme penalty for
SO doing Many other ships. undoubtedly,
were as ill-titted to fight fire as the
Slocum, but 1t CHANGED to be the Socum
which burned to tho water and killed
some LOCO persons. SO Captain Van
Schaick gets ten years. Midshipman De-
catur, like countless other NIiddies, ac-
auesced in the hazing customs he found
at the Naval Academy. Wide publicity
happened to come to his ncquiescence,
and he is dismissed from the service.
Probably neither Van Schaick nor Deca-
tur is any worse than their colleagues,
but it was their lol to get caught. Ex-
amples have to be made of somebody, and
liz this case these two happened to be
the ones.
at is a good augury that the Senate
has unanimously passed resolution in
creasing the efficiency of the Library and
extending it's usefulness Stosa wider cir
Gle The bill has been favorably reported
by the House committee and comes up
for action to-day.
We are gratified to know that Hon
Thomas S. Martin has at last been in
formed that he has been elected United
States senator in Congress from Virginia.
It was cruel to keep him so long in sus-
pense.
The insurance scandals and the Town
Topics scandals have come to n head at
pretty nearly the same time. 1t promises
to be rather scandulous year for Dis
trict Attorney Jerome.
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A New York judge has abolished swear
ing on the Bible for the reason that
the mendacity of Witnesses profanes the
Book. more rational procedure would
be to abolish perjury.
Still. considering net receipts, Ida Tar
hell has more cause to feel grateful to
John d. Rockefeller than Mr.. Rockefeller
to Ida Tarbell. ttt
Poultney Bgelow wages 1000 pounds
that his charges are true. but neglects
to mention what odds he is asking.
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Servia could scarcely find herself in
more unfortunate plight if she was sltu-
ated in South America.
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If Japan doesn't want to buy the Phil
ippines, why not sell them to the Fill
pinos? ar
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Cne of the most dangerous professions
yet discovered is that OF being King OF
Servia.
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But what boy was father to this Mann?
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A Dramatic Contrast.
Yesterday man was borne to the
tomb. through the streets of this city,
who represented in his person the re-
union in sentiment and inal life of the
people of the North and South AS un-
selfish, genial and conntry-loving a man
as ever. lived, Gen Joseph Wheeler was
| a complete anticipation of the American
OF the future, by whom lines of sectional
division, and all remembrance of old con-
tentions, will be forgotten.
Sixty thousand people stood In the
| street and barred their heads as the
| cortege of this veteran, who always
| thought of his countrymen before he
| thought of himself want rha,