The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-11-25

Sehe'ai Nssoclatoh OF
j. f. Hicks or DanViD''
| of the committees ON education submitted
/ a report which is not only or interest
| To the Baptists. but to am citizens OF the
| Commonwealth. Il SIS "a strong paper on
the general educational subject, ana Wen
I worthy OF space on tHis page
The report reads as ioi'""9 .,.,.-,
Ihat Virginia mas mace 1-, VI -,
/ ehcouraslng progress .l -, a.,
| uon ouilhs the pas .". ,o.,.,., 80
! "ppaIV"e Ho" W t.i..,,o,rcpt ana
~ a'i, 80. : % ~
-. 1...,., .,.,...tio, 70 all de-
rs~t,,,a,,, =, ,,9,,.a,,oY To IT'S higher
| institutions or learning tho state gave
$4,000 moro than i'm tho preceding year.
1 As a mark of eiov,ir. interest I'm second
nry education a bIu WAS passed appro-
priating $4,000 annually To- supplement
local funds for high schools As a result
U this ,a lessation appo@ Sib s nave '
more than seven tirnes as many as were
already in operat,.u. u is estimated
that the total Increase Of APPROPRIATIONS
to high schools this wear will be 10000
In addition 20 funds derived from other
sources, the last legislature increased
the annual appropriation for primary
schools from $500. geo to- s400. 600. The i'm
crease in local lclics for schools In 1905
was $3.50. OC0: IN 1906 ls will approximate
100000. making total increase OF local
taxes i'm tho past two years Of $3.50 600.
This IS notable
The last Legislature also. as some one
has significantly pointed out was ia
session sixty days. ard passed hfty-two
bills (slmost one "a day). touching chill
dren and education. Nineteen OF these
bills Were to authorize as many counties
10 issue bonds for the construction ana
Improvement of school property. An
other one Of these bills was that allow
ing the needy school districts 70 borrow
amounts. varying in each case, from tho
state funds, with which 70 improve their
schools the loans 90 be paid IN ten years.
az per cent. interest Under this pro-
vision about nifty applications were made
ana $4,000 loaned 10y the State. This
provision by the state. and especially
the response on the part ~ the local COM
munites. shows an awakened interest
Summed In in Dollars
--, ,- -
80 NJ. p,opt .V'IS TOT
- ''' ma - .he past
5S5i.,I's ll.,s. H.ltlu-l' IN
a,i1aS t'-'S '......i 80 l.s'S &c, 80
I-,'t'. 20 ,'-e e.'''o Vi OUT stare
= hlVeTsity rom various sources through
'''e us % HIeS'De'l sue man.
-. . 1. no 'i.'iN o, oeciueu advance
Sie 10 ne" So"'o'houses that nave
costing from saoo to ssS ooo escb not ms,
GLIDING improvements and repairs to old
buildings
3rd. OF more than ordinary inheritance
and significance hive been the 100
school consultations during the YEA,
thus making nCsetff, q hipber .,r-5e 80
schools in the consolidated districts and
carving our Jema-s,-.a ovrr, e,,nr,,,,,
ideal OF the rural school
9Th. One cannot osl.,,i.+e tb, i.,-,,o-,,
efficient st,ror,-iei.,, nd r.,--,,t r. -
T}oard ~ T,s-or..,,. 80,
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-, we l,''i' .' " s''Ie''l OF
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nc - anu 4oe'
80. 80 ,,o.,,.s,., ~, -, % 40
80, -. - 81, - 49,
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IL ---.,s,.,--. -. 90, "a -,
.t,+7, 80
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GOpuldT interest MANIFEST.
So much for the facts showing tangible
progress. Underlying these facts ara GER
tain leaventra and creative forces. Racl,
Of and better than increased apnronrlo
tiore for schools fs the growing roru,ar
interes. g, cd,ration Our ed,co ttor,at
roe6s o~1 +rcfr common cut, 49,.
+,trities o~. sttv-,ro, or boa~+s -,
,,,ar|5fr,, o,,~ ,ro',.S, 80 coili,e, go
orr go ~, -, ',,,ro.,(Io-,"7 W
- '-- = y. t - ,..f,,st ~ -,
two years nothing short Of Renaissance
in education Public sentiment is wider
awake 10 the interests OF our schools
than ever before Not only have our
educational prophets seen wider vision.
but they are inspiring the masses 10
follow them in the effort 60 make this
vision real
But let US remember that what has
been ACCOMPLISHED in the last two or
three wears I'm educational progress only
indicates a beginning and measures
tasks which o-uI consume az Ieas+ a
decade i'm tta working ont What we