The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24
MEDALS AWARDED
TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
List of Honors Won in the Pub
lie School Exhibit at the
( Jamestown Exposition.

position has just been made public,
and the donors won by the Virginia
schools are here printed for the first
time. The list follows:
virginin.
A gold medal was awarded the De-
'partment OF Public instruction tIsich-
nond. va.) for the collective exhibit
The award lis for Environment. Pupils
Work, Administration and Progress"
Throughout the Virginia exhibit
specimens of work were shown illus
,rating the various ways in which the
Virginia public school children are
taught geography, Virginia history and
Virginia industries. Production maps
OF Virginia and of the various counties
ATTRACTED the jury OF awards. "A tonei
OF Yorktown. made according To scale.l
showing the English. the French, tho
CONTINENTAL forcss, the monument anu
other historic spots. was noticed IN the
Newport News exhibit. The old st.
Johns Church in miniature, where
Patrick Henry thundered in Revolu-
tlonary times, was seen In the Rich
mond exhibit The old churches at
Hampton, Williamsburg. In isle OF
Wight and Norfolk were noted The
building OF the Merrimac at Portsmouth
navy yard was shown and Its history
written by Portsmouth children. The
battle of Manassas in relief, in picture
and in story. from the schools OF Ma
nassas, and hundred other studies
of Vtrginia's resources. historic and
physical, led the Jury to recognize this
work by a gold medal for the study of
environment shown.
Pupils Work.--This was recogni-
- IL. az hal
work of the pupils, as shown in both
city and county exhibits.
Administration and Progress--That
which Impressed the Jury and MI 9TH
ers in looking through the exhibit was
the, splendid progress virginia has
not only emphasized this by the high
est award. but 1t went further ana
recognized that his marked progress
mad taken place in most pronounced
and that TO the present administra-
,ion is due much of the recent pro-
ssress of Virginia's schools.
Lynehb ,r Meda Il; city
medal" and this was Lynchburg. The
award reads: for work and progress
through all the grades"
The LyLchburg exhibit presented In
every detail an artistic finish. which
at once struck those who examined 1t.
Upon closer examination its almost
perfect arrangement became apparent.
was easy to turn to any grade or
subject, while each department upon
its face showed what 1t stood for. The |
exhibit was cor,plcte. broad. artistic.
Norfolk Ceunty-Gold Medai.-.one
swarS ro,a maaaI r,ns enar nIni
SorfoiL corntv for ..pn,, M Eamrsa
OF Study and Pupils' Work: and Special
Mention Of tie History and Present
=. ;s ho,,or.a ,,,+ .hors
hea,, II ue,,ev NV. tnas tnera nsSsr mas
eshih;t IRON, r;,ral and smhmrh y snbanIs
fnIl. c"nntS The hn,idinws pn,,id 1y AL
crad,t ,n9r Nv, ;Slx mou n' rehect
sti1d,, is THO sans y. the c,+~ slhooi.
while the exceIlenca o,the yyorn ana |
nat shnWn b.. tSa iore ens't n,t1s. ever
-, si,o" Wy .ne ~. SCI e''ies.
ne history OF the dcVe!opment asd
present condltion OF the Norfolk
Slrglnia ucationai History.
Accomac County--silver Medal-For
WI ri,ii a,, cuu ai OF sL"aV ana pupils
st:dV... aiu 'pee4a' eAn'o'. oi nature
n,s.
SCHOOL buildings. framed and hung on
The wall, attracted every one. The |
course of study and pupils' work made
a creditable showing, but what at
ttracted the most attention was the
ny. ,lo Il.
ts VEL, c,an,, c9hoh. screw driver. wild
n aomt ai'u peeuiia' hiarli'e ne or Ac-
aIhen,,r,. ca,,,., s,,,.. 80,
For Improvement In school buildings.
, nulue or censoi 1, shown hv pie
Syin;a ,ur vi ~ a1ha schnIl nuild1nSs;
: ,r., u. re- OF Aioerene school. Reed
.'iio rama work. inferior Views"
Thu. points commended in this exhibit
are the newisth DOL. building shown in
nictures framed and hung on the wall.
The statistics showing that a CONSOLE
dated .chooi always contains more
3 .slp than the sum Of the pupils in
me separate schools conso,idsted-a
i, an Of the Alhercne School. This
scnool is near soapstone quarry. I'M
Whfch some ofsthe pupils work on Sat-
uFoay. Inese boys uuarr1ed the soap
s ..s ana pCllt ms admirable min'a-
lure CT their school. glass show
u .sIS consalned reed and rehia work,
M na ,rsnestedh a credit unnn the schools
ana proved. mat manual training or
!ndustrlai work was being RAPIDLY In
'roauced II virginia rural schools.
Allegheny County.-silver Medal
large relief map made by the pupils