The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-15

Captain Jos. E. Willard and Colonel
Robert L. Lee, Jr., and the noble men
who have presided more directly over
the, destiny OF the school, from irre-
proachable, seli-sacrifieing iiikesoM,
to the wide-awake, hustling Alexander.
whose hand is on the throttle to-day.
with eye ever on the track ahead.
Worthwhile Is not rich nor thick
Is settled community. and II Is seven
miles from the railroad. yet 1t has tho
finest education Institution In Fau-
uuIer county to-day: first grade
State-aided high school, with clnss
In the fourth year this session. The
great secret OF the peoples success,
has been their unity OF purpose and
action. and a harmonizing of little
differences before the will OF the
to lind place where the people stand
so solidIy together. shoulder to should
or, as the people of Worthwhile do on
the school question.
Prof r. N. Alexander. the present
principal, keeps u semi.tplitary dis
.cipline in the school. FIRST thing In
the morning. the pupils gather In the
largest room downstairs for prayer
and song. afterwards marching quietly
out two by two to their class rooms.
and In hs room you can hear pin
drop all day. There Is no Cigarette
Sinking on the school grounds. Prof.
the H.. I. League, actively assists IL
getting up entertainments Is ever
ready to make an address In the cause
of education. frequently advises par
ents as to their cnildren's progress Or
lock of progress and the best remedy
in fact, working SO wisely and en-
ergetically for the school that his per-
sonatity would swallow II up COM
pletely were 1t not for his strong as
s..tants and the perfect harmony In
which they work.
Miss Grabill. fresh from two-years'
experience in the fine schools OF Har-
rtsburg. Pa. gives the pupils the ad-
ditional advantage of her remarkable
talents as an eiocutionist. which are
of incalculable benefit to the school.
Miss Sallie Crittenden is the only
homegrown one among the teachers,
and while primarily a the head OF the
Primary Department teaches draw.
ing in the High School. She loves her
work and though only In her second
year of teaching, is recognized as one
OF the finest primary teachers In the
Fifth District.
Mr. Mayors Liberal Part.
NO one mas done more In recent days
the school along than that nice old
man that boards In Worthwhile" Mr..
E. F. Mayor, a German-American.
from Dauphin county. Pa, give freely.
and shows the same warm heart to-
wards the school that he does towards
all mankind. 1t is an Illustration OF
the assertion that 1t is hard to live In
and not become infected
with the spirit of Morrisville," a
spirit that stirs the soui and fires the
blood as deeply as 1.-The spirit OF '76.''
or the spirit of the Reformation" or
the spirit that sent men. and children
by the hundreds OF thousands In the
footsteps OF Peter. the Hermit. ",rhc
spirit OF Morrisville" binds the people
together as firmly as any fraterna1>
oaths or obligations. as any church
as any military order. as
any tribal or race clannishness.
1t is school where no favors are
shown to wealth or Blood but where
the poor but worthy boy or girl has
an equal chance with Fortunes darling
to equip himself or herself for the
battle.of ufe. and to-day It Is bright
star of hope to the children In score
of little schools planted on the pine
clad slopes of lower Fauqu!er and
Stafford. who could not afford high
school education elsewhere.