The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

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splendid WORK
# t5& tcohtlihted from First pase.)
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f ~ ~ ~ give the pupils Atcl, additional nd
sSSi1tages tls could be secured from ma
fss tlcf departments IN ST. Andrews. -notn J
a5 vocal music. nature study, needle
@s3a ~ wood work, drawing, library and
Sks sea- culture. II addition To the regu-
Sl9s. WORK OF these departments, all the
s5 $ aud girls have regular lessons II,
GER class rooms from Tho head Of encil;
= Each one hns three lessons
i g week ih the lidtlre work tesilcs The
Sdditiphnl opportunity or being nbIe ut
u, " tli1e 10 carry their nature queries
~ Z, TIC l .li"nd Of that department and QUITE
o GIG. the opportunity OF Il walk With Mr..
.'lllette to see ana learf moro ut first
hhnd and IN tho most interesting way,
Three days In lie wce!; thes physicnni.
WORK IS given By tho physical director
q !ll mise TO Glasses Of not moro thnn
isWHeelh1 S-follr, and twice II week the dircc-
tors OF vocn music, gives half al, hour to
ehci dlvlsiOfl---lnlf nm hour OF most thor
ongll foundation work. Tsectlisc Of Tie
smtnllll clnsses. the boys and girls receive
more particular attention and moro car,
III IL SftCTtrf time than
would be possible were these forty or
9ifty5s In a class. AZ
S3 FOR I'M same reason the special days
ma seasons Of the school year can be
more thoroughly enjoyed than where there
arc such large numbers that discipline
ana formality must be maintained to q
ncRrec tint is very likely to deprive the
1ew OF some Of It's spon tnnetr.& In all
departnichts the nGarnesH to tho instruc-
1nrtt,
!ccts, 5is q great advantage both In lcp-
ing them to learn and lnadyarclng tho
Tiitunl mountaineering IL point for
which all strive. HI
F. This department Is tho most distinct
rely church portion Of al tho school.
Here the high slnndpolnt Of living held
lefore the minds In all lines of the work
enlarged upon. assisted formulated
EfrE church teaching. that occupying one
s1rriod OF the days work sns much rs tho
rpdlng md other secular. branches. or.
curse, the&fifly tots In the kindergarten
HI d, mot y have E the Il set church teaching
ssMts tho others have their outline of
Mcilirch teaching arranged according to
site gradc&of: the other vi rk.
FIX The Night School.
gss Every September d large number OF !
t$boys and girls, young men ana women,
N ono to enter the night school Regis
tStntion night is IN interesting and q very
lively time. Some come for a frolic, 10 |;
zee what may be found for Amusement
lfsorne come from pure curiosity, but the
/ najorlty--a,lld II Is II larger majority
Syecry syear--comcs from the real desire Y
IA learn. Often THIS desire Is more In
ysf,c minds OF tho parents at home than
u ii the boy o.. girl not yctfawakcned 10
\ hs or her needs but no otten ~ y
s:ral, inEtIle mind Of The pupil produced
E.,.f; 1 s1,r,x ,41Iyt,f
Sflucatcd other things being equal. gets
he best position III work. The age TOT
admission to- the night school us fonr-;
pen Yea RS. Isl When one thinks what these
I,,pils or the night school arc doing ~
ill$greadilyt be seen that they si ~, ,
Iot be allowed TO start their gllt schooos1
Slfe too young. Il 5511 Il, "
Et'rhe session Is two hours ana ny
hours IS q long stretch aztec tne lonHS
4diy's workout what a short time ~
8.Jhjch. 10 learn Ill that one needs anu
Jishes to know! fi5t & "A
#|Only nix hours n week! 81 x ,s5
e st. Andrews does not pretend TO teachi
fnything but s"the three inose
ire the J.things that have been a found
most 5needful and they are carried only
'.f rollgh grammar grades. hoping That
3Ein@the boys may go ID on to such & g u
y 1aool 3 al The Mechanics stltute..
vhere they may procure the more. adj K
Tanced and more apec'a allied work.
* Dung and Old. t.,s
Though the entrance age is fourteen
years there Is no limit to the lenving
nges and no age o. refusal. f st. ALT. +,
lrews teachers have frequently had
crown men in their classes and these
in very few Instances OF foregn birth or. 4.
4 Usually the older tboy!s and men who
some, as well as the older girls are those
who had to 20 to work very young, ln'
Iced or those who have lived in the
ending school was ,Nes. limited and early i.
york was also necessity. But moro than 4.
,nce boys born and brought up In Rich
nond have started ut st. Andrews IN
heg'F'lrst Reader !
Tho faithfulness which almost all such /.
,upils,. and their desire to learn, appeal
ltost strongly to the sympa thetic and re-
pect OF their teachers.
Is Work Under Difficulties. +
Hard times and dlsappointments come y
o these night school pupils often and ii
rove of what stuff they arc made. a
There is always the weather, cold and Il
stormy during much OF the
chool year. there is the IRISH to reach II
chool after the work Of the day, there 8
ccur frequently DAYS ~ and sometimes I
;eeks when employers require late WORK
eepingR them until s and 0:90 o'clock. :,
This has boon especially tho case this =,
ear, quit Sa.number Of girls having had :,
D leave school from physical inability =
b keep up Itnis no uncommon thing !,
pr4n pupil to go back to work after nlnc -
CLOCK. and still less uncommon for boys / >. .,
nj girls to como supperless to school. !, :
he pupils come from Ashland to Loo q
trcct. from Randolph TO Twenty-nlnth. u
nd from! AIanchest er, Swansboro, and tn
uton. The aim OF the Night School Is tn
J, a give a solid foundaticn In those OF
tudies that these boys and girls most fit
eed to hold before them worthier ideals te
IAN, many have to encourage all that ga
E good in their lives and efforts. and to di
cop In their minds what every day life of
leans. and endeavorsto give each by I'll
,nqhing and example, tho help most IN
eeded. "A ~ y, an
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