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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-29
WooDLAWN SEMINARY
Reception to Pupils and Patrons just
BEFORE the Holidays.

Before the Holidays.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1 ~
GORDONSv1LLE, VA. December 2Ss,
The usual entertainment that an
pensed with at the seminary this year,
and on Thursday evening, the 18th. the
teachers gave a reception to the pupils
and patrons OF the school. -
1t was estimated that fully zoo
guests were present. All the avail
able room on the first hoor OF tho
school building was utilized for the
slant progress from 1880 to nearly ~
o'clock, and the merry peals Of laugh
ter indicated that each company was
having an enjoyable time.
For over an hour the company was
entertained by musical selections from
members Of the music class. The pro-
gram that was listened to with rapt
| attention consisted OF vocal ana IN,
strumental solos and duets, SIX and
| eight hand plano selections, selections
| by each Of the mandolin and guitar
| clubs and grant finale by all the
members combined.
About 10 o'clock Mrs. Stinson. as
! sisted by soma OF the graduates and
others, sarved some light refreshments.
The usual holiday entertainments
| will occur In February, the middle Of
| the school year and close OF the drst
| term.
on Friday morning at the opening Of
school the pupils presented Mr.. and
Mrs Stinson with eight beautiful
volumes Of Mlacaulay's works. which
was very much appreciated.
The regular school work was dis
pensed with. and the Altman Literary
Society gave a very interesting pros
gram, and elected their officers for
/ the coming term.
Two of the teachers. Messrs. Ernst
and Read. left for their homes on the
1 o'clock train. They We've accom-
panied to the station by most OF the
Epupils, and all wished the others
merr. Christmas and a happy New
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CHRISTMAS AT HoLLNs.
Nearly Ali of the Students Gone Home
/ .s-.. for the HnlidnYa.

1Or tne f1OllUuy1s
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
HOLLINS. VA. December 2s.-Thei
holiday VACATION began at Hollins
Thursday December 18th, at noon,
Stringent rules were put in force this
year to prevent students leaving be-
fore the holiday began. and to have
them return on time at the end OF
the holiday. a verys large proportion
OF the students wentbhome for Christ
mas. The intermediate examinations
have Just been concluded.
The winter concert was given Mon
day night, and was thoroughly enjoyed
by all. After the concert the young
ladies received their friends In the:
tparlors. sis.i
Last Sunday night In the Hollins
Chapel, at the regular preaching SER
vice. special Christmas music was
given. There was a violin solo by
Prof. B. Michaells, a vocal solo by
Miss Bessie Peyton, and an anthems
f"Oh! for the Wings Of a Dove by
the Hollins choir. There was a lespou-s
sive Scripture reading OF the beautt-s
full hymns connected with our Saviour's
birth. and commonly known by the first
word of each as they are found in the
Latin vulgate, namely. the Nlagnlncat,
the Benedicaus the Nunc Dimtttis and
the Gloria in Excelsis Then followed
the sermon by the Rev. pr. George
Braxton Taylor, his subject being
Truths Choice" and the text, Thy
Christmas sermon, 1t carried the hear
sers to the little town Of Bethlehem I'M
some twelve hundred years before the
birth of Christ, and showed the beau
tiful character OF Ruth, an ancestress
AZ Nfha Saviour. "
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LITERARY CELEBRATION.
Interesting Exercises by the Club q
School No. 1, Hanover County

Interesting Exercises by the Club o,
School No. I, Hanover County.
Special to TheSTlmes. Dispatch
.MECHANICSVILLE, VA, December
2S.-The Literary Club of School No
!, Hanover, county, Va, held It's first
public meeting In the school buildine
on December IL, 1907, for the benefii
of the library fund. REGULATIONS. cha,
rades. dialogues and music were much
enjoyed by a large audience. The pro.
gram was as follows:
Recitation. by little Miss Thelma
"oid Women Gossipers," by Mise.
Winnie sledd and Hattie starke.
~ Aunt. Betsy's Bedux." by Misses Ju.
Ia Jeter. Eleanor and Annie Starke
susie Roberts. and Messrs. Louis
Beadles and Eugene Roberts.
MANDOLIN solo, by Miss Julia Eng
land, Of Richmond.
Recitation. by Miss Essle simpkins
Miss Jehiingtum's Advertisement,
by Miss Allie Simpkins; Messrs. Lee
Roy Addington. Leslie and Allie Rob
Music OF the mandolin and euita,
by Messrs. Allie and Lloyd Roberts.
Recitation, by Miss Bessie Fuller.
mock marriage; the CONTRACTING
parties We're Miss England and Mr.. I,ef
Roy Addington. The ceremony was
Performed by Mr.. Lonnie Basket.
a vocal duet, by Misses Essie anl
1.ucress Stmpkins, The last on The
program was sermon preached Nv
Mr. Lonnte Basket. :
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MUSICALE IN POwHATAN.
Highly Creditable Entcrtninmcnt Given
by Mozart Music Club.
+ specIal to The Times-Dispat

spSea,al e Tho T!mes srne
Mozart Music Club. OF Powhatan In
stitute. entertained few friends in a
very credttable manner Thursday even.
ing. The assembly hall was artist.
cally decorated In evargreens, and Miss
Franklin Dews, Miss Virginia Hart,
Smithfeld, Va: Miss Gladys Spears,
Nellwood, Va, received the guests with
grace and dignity The following pro.
gram was rendered. and the young
ladies did great credit to Miss Page
Newman. who SO ably teaches piano:
Program.
'tvoice OF the Heart" (van GieD,
Miss Ruth Oliver; First Violet
(Behr), Miss Alice Wood; Dolly DIM
pie Waltz" (Orth). Misses Rudd and
Shelton; Blue Violet" (Llchner), Miss
Alma Robertson; "Wayside Rose" tOtto
,dola" (Low). Misses Robertson; Gypsy
Dance" (Behr), Miss Louise Taylor;
..Valse" tKleber). Miss Dixie Robert
son; "Slumber Song" Miss Rebie Hardy
and Miss Leanora Potts; Spanish
Dances" tSantistebau). Miss Lessie
Phillips; "NIelodie" (Paderewski), Miss
Ella Parks; Polish Dances" Miss Bena
Bredrup; Valse. OPP. Ga, No. (Choptn),
Miss Ella Parks; Second valse God
ard, misses Philips and Bredrup. a.
Playa Dolls Frolic":
Silver Bells "a real live fairy, Miss
Evelyn Mahon; Marie.. the French
DOLL" Miss Alice Wood; Topsy.i the
dancing doll. Miss Ruth Oliver; Bobby
Shaftoe, n sailor. Miss Mary Bolcs;
Jack in the Box" Baby Lean Flippin;
Miss Alice Wood. OF Chesterfield;
Misses Alma and Dixie Robertson, Of
Tally; Miss Louise Taylor, Of Lynch
burg, and Miss Mary Abrahams, OF
Skinquartere Va, served dainty re-
FIRE shments.
The guests spent. a pleasant evening
and left expressing many good wishes
for the young ladies'. who will leave
for their holiday on December Goth.
The Literary Society gave an enter.
| tainment for the benefit OF the librar,
and readlng-room on Saturday even.
ling. and the oflicers-Aiiss Dixie Rob
ertson. Miss Tattie Garrett and Miss
Bessie smoot-were pleased with tn,
funds SO easily raised for the society.
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Five Little Flddlers.".. ard gave i
Brownie dance, which was greatly on !
joyed by the audience. TIE second
grade sang white Caps" very sweetly.
While tho third grade puzzled the au-
dlence by the Topsy- Turvy Drill. Rcci-
tations from, the fourth and fifth
grades vera we'll rendered.. ."rha
Watermelon Song by boys from the
sixth and seventh grades, brought down
tho house. These boys were behind
the screen previously decorated with
sunflowers from which the centres
had been cnt They each placed q
blackened face in the centre of sun
goo eyes sang "Glb Me Dat Water
melon" The high school Department.
gave a. strong debate upon the subject,
Resolved, That the use OF alcoholics
Is more Injurious than the use Of to-
bacco." The Affirmative side was we'll
represented by Misses Madge Thomas
and Clara Ragland. while Messrs. Ben
defended the negative side. The judges
decided the debate in favor OF the
ladies. The recitatIons by Miss Bishop.
and Miss Bertha Ramsey were greatly
enjoyed, as we'll as the songs, School
Days" by M. j. Flynn, Jr.. as soloist,
with a chorus from the high school,
and "sing Me to Sleep" with violin
no means least. the sweet music rem
dered by the Alberene orchestra. Messrs.
snead, Coleman Wilkinson and Harris,
added greatly to the pleasure Of the
evening. The audience was apprecia-
tive, and excellent order prevailed
throughout the evening. A nice little
sum was realized, which will be used
in part for new song books.
| The school closed Friday until jan
uary g. 1908. Professor Gilbert. who.
has given such faithful and efficient
IVA. for the Christmas holidays.
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Your New School House, o. Increased
Taxation for Public Schools
Short Paragraphs for Thoughtful People


g. 2 Z
# un pay the tuition itn Of Your ehldrens
How much does your county pay for
the support Of the public schools How
much do You receive from the State?
II the State is helping carry on your
than your county is paying,it will be
wise for YOU to remember this fact
This Will be taken into consideration
in future legislation. The county that
most from the State.
DO you pay $3.50 year tax on a
dog and 10 cents tax for the education
OF Your children. and yet complain
small Increase for the benefit of your
Children and the advancement OF your
community?
The country boy with equal school
city boy. 1t is for you to decide wheth.
ar your boy shall be at an advantage
or disadvantage, In the battle OF life
when he muststake UP the battle where
you leave It off and under more diff.
cult conditions.
Property values increase rapidly
wherever an up.to-date, centralized
school is built. They do not increase
though an inefficient. one-room, short.
term. cheap school be within a stones
It has been shown that boy with
q high school education earns in his
lifetime $4,000 to $4,000 more than the
soy WI, has only the rudments a nc
more on the average than the mar
| with, only the rudiments.
II The West built up around magnif,
cent seheo, buildings. t. which chi,
Espends largely for education because
EDUCATION produces wealth.
cover her rightful place among the
property owners Of Your county f FOL
school. purposes and divide. by the mum
Der OF voters: and you Will tind thai
cents q year for each child IN YOU
! district or county. r
i Generally, when any tax is4laid fol
school purposes one-half Of the taa
remainder is paid by the tivs largest
taxpayers in your district; so that fol
every 25 cents which you pay In taxes
| for school PURPOSES you receive 81 II
educational advantages for your chill
per cent otlyour people.
is this not q good business Invest
ment? Are. you not getting public
school advantages for your children
Are you willing that we should have
Filliterats whites9 Tho negroes are
getting certain advantages from the
have the very best advantages we car
provide? Poor school advantages BEN
eft negroes; the best school advantage.
enable the white child to show his 81.
yet known what 1t means for the white
race to be in competition with negroes
who have had school Advantages Oul
children will have this experience
t turss than H Nv We s eannjoysds
\ The human I race can advance only
Through providing better Iona
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An Ingenious Cipher,

During the great rebellion In Eng
land Sir John Treyanion, a disttnguis h-
led Cavalier. was made prisoner and
locked up in Colchester Castle. Sir
Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle had
Just been made examples of as a warn
Ing to ''inalignants." and Treyanion
had every reason to expect similar
end 4 AS he awaited his doom he w-s
startled by the entrance Of the jatler
who handed him a letter.
S"Niay't do the good growled the
fellow.5,"It has been we II loo ked to be-
fore twas permitted to come to you
Sir John took the. after, and The jail
er5left him his lamp by which to read
1T. ,s - 3.ss. 80 tx
l..worthie Sir John. Hope. that IS We
hest comfort OF Vel affl tctyet. Ia an mot
much, I fear ne, he ID you no That
Ii wolde say to you, ls this on ie
ever I may be, able to requlta that e
do owe YOU, stand not upon asking OF
me, his not much / can do: hut what
II can do. bee thou Verte sure I wi lie.
/ knowe that, II dethe comes. IL ordi-
nary men fear IT. 1t frights not 5you.
accounting 1t for a high honour. to-
have - such a rewarde OF your
loyalty. Pray We that you may be.
spared this soc bitter cup, We pray
that you may be. i fear not hat you
VIII grudge any suff erlngs. Only u,
bic submission You can turn a them
away, tits the part OF a wise man. Tell
me, an If you can, to do for you any
'thinge thatsyou wolda have sdone. The
general goes hack on yvednesd aY, Re-
sstrtnge Your servant tn command,
---R. II, y 5Ss 81 a I'll, x 81,
Ess Now. this letter was written accord N
Ing. to a preconcertad cipher. Every
third letter after a punctt,a tion naarlc
was to tell. In this way Sir John made
out: Panel at east end Of chapel
slides.n On the following evening tina.
prisoner begged 70 he allowed te pass
an hour Of private devotion In thu
CHAPEL. BY means OF d br.ba, this Was
acconlpl ished, Before the hour u "a ex a
ptred the chapel was ess.Sty--ths biraS
had flow n,
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IIurees to meet grast exlgencies--na,,en

iures to meet greet cxigencies--n,en
whose names are to-day and for al I
time household words throug hout the
earth. We have a splendid fabric OF
5pondlar education, founded by one or
these men. the general structural lines
of lwh ieh have been o model for other
sCornnionwea u behave that we
shall not DO disappointed Sllereanor fall
to- find In this perhaps less heroic hut
none the less compelling necessity mon
who will place the capstone, upon. the
fabric: thata spirit will be en- rendered
among our people and leaders which
,ofiits problems---even the spirit of Him..
who, seeing the multltudAs. was moved
With compassion o mt them because they
tainted and were scattered abroad. as
sheep having No shep I'd. 4 ], ~ g 49,, ~.
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a crustys old bachelor lived in city
and complained hourly of the taxes
which he had to pay. He had to pay.
he said. for street paving. for water.
finally that he would live where, no
taxes were to be paid He moved into
a cave in the mountains. and there
abode. A yellow dog which he owned
had followed him, and he soon found
Hat h Ii had e sug sssl. the Se ew doe
passed with no demands upon him ex-
hciently satisfied with this experience
and moved back to town. He married
taxes without murmur, donated q
thousand dollars for new school
building and voted to double the
school tax.
II we live in cities or towns. II we
we do our duty by the children. II we
are not absolutely selfish. we will pay
reasonable taxes for reasonable re-
turns without murmuring.
Yos 81 are ew now ua Rssyo es tsnts
because your schools are inefficient
The places around you want this tax.
do this or build your own high school2
You are paying how much per year
for private schools? This amount Is
paid in all probability by those who
now pay most Tor the support OF the
public schools.
Your new school will cost you how
much per year in additional taxes?
This amount will be distributed among
better se school hu facilities than You now
enjoy. Z
Il Is yours to be known as a backward
county? Is this 9 backward district!
Almost everywhere adyantag g Is beln
noas Of the our sggs ats s.
fralized schools with high school de-
|partments. 1t Is your problem. No
one viii profit but you if youibuild
iali to build or put up a makeshltt.
Every assistance has been given by thu
Leg islature and the Department OF
Pnblic Instruction. It !s Yn PIT; =. you.
N II any ~ man nan Can ottsr better plan
for the education OF your children, lis-
ter, TO him, but Il you ere wise you
c I not k Easss tmf tha stsnanE
The, one-teacher. school. with its
short term and Its thirty.doller teach =
wastinE me sssa-T Of Wdygln,a
pupils IN. such sqho9ls So over a g =
centralized school rand pr ogress " Y
Year in a nesmonths graded school
with high school department with
proper teachers and proper equipment
| Is worth three years In almost any
one-room school.
IL you are sending, one child to the
public schools 1t Is costing somebody
about two dollars per month; fourteen
dollars. sixteen dollars. or eighteen
tax do you pay? How much would you
pay If the tax was four, mills on the
dollar. or twenty cents on the hundred
for district and twenty cents on the
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advantages for each generation Of chill.
dren. "a little child shall lead the1.
The duty OF this generation IL In pro-
viding the best education sor Inc neat
People i from other states are to-day
reaping the benefits Of the magnifl-
cent opportunities which the natural
cause Of q lack of proper educational
conditions which we have been unable
to provide sincee war devastated our
Shall tis sontnue ,S or sna
s ens aaS of ths o ID po one aa
The rich man says he cannot afford
10 ssna his e p0G sort
schools. to schools with no equipment,
to schools where teachers are poorly
paid; can the poor man afford to do
The father i Who falls to u provide H the
best educational advantages for his
child, or who fails to send him to
school that he may take advantage OF
what the Almighty Intended Re + i Should "a
become the best man he can become.
SO that he may be of the greatest BEN
So to himself and t. his fsllGwmdn
dren do not live upon the highest
plane possible for them. 1t Is our
fault II lack of educational advantages
be a sin OF the fathers to be visited
fourth generations, "a
Do thirty days ever pass when you
40. not spend for tobacco or waste
fully more than you are now pay
Ing IN public school taxes for the
yeare
If fathers ana mothers would real
iIs the fun danger Of sending young
at aa so h s1s the b % e and
girl most need. the watchtul care Of
mother and father, no expense would
be too great to provide graded and
high n sch1ol advantages within days
ised schools. with hfgh sehol depart
ments and the hest facilities FOR trans
porting our hildren.
The policy Of the state department
children of educational advantages,
but, on tho contrary to give to each
child OF Virginia the best possible ad-
vantages which can be provided. It
poor schools I at our door This has
failed to educate +; our Children and
must not continue longer five can
provide better way. Are we not
continue the old backwoods SCHOOL,
It is strange that country people
should object to bringing their cliil-
children when so many Of, these same
people are rushing to the cities In
order to give their children educa-
tional advantages that they have not
Is able i, up TO this time to enjoy In
One of the greatest adyantag es from,
these centralized schools Is the bring
ing together OF the children Of the
community. 1t is an education In IT.
self for these children to be thrown to-
gether, and when. In after life. they
have; business dealings with the boya
lWho have been their schoolmates,
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Tits democratic, to the last practical
eminent is expressly assured, II the
OF one county desire compul-l
sorry education and those OF the nd :
Joining county prefer that their chill
at the age OF twelve as VIII en- TIL y5 came
into the world, they have only to mans
fest their decision at the ballot-box,
and so 1t will be. God help them.
Tribute TO Virginia
In conclusion, let me say that i have
ton To tat a. are goysrned past
are governed least, but In this day of.
rapidly multiplying invent ons, fof
which the fathers knew nothing. Il
have no ob1ection z to being PRO tected,
against exp Aed igsS. o,XeTcroW led axs:
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curslon steamboats, and flying automo-

curslon steamboats, and flying automo-
blles. not being myself tho owner OF
any Of them5or desiring TO employ
day, 50. also, wien as members Of
the body polite. we are confronted
with the presence in At OF a. deadly
menace to the whole, Wa do not pro-
%ords ana
tperils generated und er conditions abb
gsolutaly unlike our own, from SUR
srend ering trihlngs portion. Of oar
persona liberty towards the lessenin.g
and III may he the removal of this
peril from our midst. 5s
NV al have a 4 great a s ia to, in whose
hours Of travail God has never yet
failed to raj sas up WI thin har own bor-
sdera men to devil e and execute sTrAS>s-
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WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AT EAsrv1L1E.

high school building in Eastville.
which supersedes the old ones. and
which has recently been completed.
The State Board over year ago
adopted the policy of consolidating
several small schools into larger ones.
and It has proven most beneficial
one 1t has resulted in securing bet
ter houses and better teachers. In that
Its affords more moneyssto be expended
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HIGHLAND scHooLs 1,IpRoy1SG
Interest OF People Aroused and EFacIIl.
ties Being Improved, %

Spe clal to The Times Dispatch.l sis
{ MONTEREY, VA, December as
Highland county is forging ahead
along educational lines. Examiner J. s.
Thomas has Just completed his winter
round OF inspection In the county, and
bis visit gave an Impetus to the work
In hand. An all-day meeting was held
At Monterey. many Of the teachers Of
the county being present. BY persIs-
tent effort two OF the three districts
OF the county have gotten their fun
quota Of teachers. and 1t is now assur-
ed that each Of the three districts is
to have 9 high school. Two are now
running at Monterey and 5atsAIcDowell,
and the plan to establish one In the
Grab Bottom Valley has been succ s.
tully launched, With the assurance OF
State MD, the residents OF that section
have taken decided steps to build u
modern house to- cost from $4,000 to
20, goo, to be- ready for the school year
OF 190S-1a09. ~ ~
The school people are beginning to
understand and look with favor on the
plan Of consolidation as the only wise
solution to the rural school problem,
and this idea Is Adomlnant In the minds
OF the school officials OF the county.
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The above cut is fair representa-
ton OF the work Of consolidation which
is going on among the public schools
in the rural sections Of the State.
The three old buildings shown In
the picture were occupied by small
district schools situated around the
town of Eastville, in Northampton
county. and the new one is the splendid
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ALBERENE SCHOOL.
Pleasing Entertainment Given by the
Improvement League. MI sS

Improvement League.
y; Special to The Tines p ispatch,l as
ALBERENE Fl, All December 2S.--Or
the evening OF December 4 10th the
Junior Improv ement Lea que OF the Al,
berene Graded and High School ran
dered q Very interesting program In
the hall Sof the school building Which
had been tasteful decorated With
evergreen and red berries for the oc-
caslop.f Every pupil In the school is a
member Of the Sleag ue, and each depart
ment added something to the program
3 Although only N short timeGhad been
given I'M Which to- set up tho enter
talnlnsnt, the young SpeopleJ rendered
their parts well, doing credit not only
to themselves, but to their Instructors
A number of II tile boys from the first
grade, dressed as Brow les, san g 1T he
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on both. The work Of consolidation is
progressing as rapidly as was hoped
for at the start, as It was known that
1t could not all be done within few
years. The Department OF Education
appear we'll pleased with the strides
being made along this line by the loIal
boards in the various country districts
of the State. The schools of Northamp-
ton rank among the best in Virginia.
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they will know whom to trust. This
sehool has BEEN one s Of the e most pos pos
tent factors in the development OF the
great West. Shall not Virginia profit
by their eSperience?
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One Of the greatest adYantages from
ing together OF the children of the
COMMUNICATE is an education in it,
self for these children to be thrown to-
,gether, and when. In after life, they
who have been their schoolmates,