The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-30
CONFERENCEClOS[S
With FINE MEETING /
Commissioner Of Education and
Sir Horace Plunkett Address
Virginia Tchchcrs.
BUSY FINAL SESSION is HELD
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ROANOKE, VA, November ?o.-The
State teachers and other educational
bodies which have been in session in
Roanoke for, four days, closel Tonight
with q largo mass-,ncetlnS at the First
Baptist Church. Thisfmeeting was pre-
sided over by DR.. ia. Moreliead, presi-
dent OF Roanoke College. Dr. u. a..
Brown, commissioners OF education.
nude n strong address on national and
Suite. education, and Sir Horace Plum
kett spoke on. "co.operativc Farming
In Ireland" Resolutions were adopted
expressing the thanks OF the various
bodies to Superintendent Flush. Exam-
iner Hart the teachers and people of
T;oanokr. IA
superintend ents', Con ference.
The state Superintendent Confer
ence met in Greene. Memorial Church
al 10 A. NJ state superintendent j. D.
Eggleston presided. The subject, How
Should County School House be Built
Equipped and Maintained2' was ably,
presented by superintendent r. d.
t,uker, OF Wise county, and was dis
cussed by Superintendent Joynes. of
Atcomac; Superintendent Buildard, of
franklin county; Superintendent f. T.
West. OF Louisa county. and Captain
Shelton, superintendent OF schools OF
Floyd county.
IAN Efficient Plan for Instituting and
Conducting Summer Normals." was
discussed In n paper prepared by Su-
,perintendent Charles Z. Graves, OF
Page county. Superintend@n MT Eggle5-i
ton was elected permanent chairman
r. C. Stearnes. corresponding secretary.
and B. K. Copeland, OF Marion, ,secre-l
tnry.
AT the afternoon session of the con :,
ference q resolution was adopted re-
questing the chairman to appoint
committee to prepare sketch OF the
late william A. Blackesby. and proper
resolutions. Considerable time WIS
takenfup with discussion OF resolutions
in regard to changes In the state
school laws.
go. Matters Before Teachers.
The state teachers met at the arm
DRY. The first matter taS;en up was
the naming OF nominating committee, ,
as follows:
First District, Miss Lizzie Parker;
Second District, Mr.. ]. G. Fentriss:
Third District. Miss N. l. Evans;
Fourth District. Mfr. o. Beddinger;
Fifth District. Misc sallie Dickerson;
Sixth District, Miss Harvey. lynch
burg: Seventh District, Mr.. w. L. Kerr !;
Eighth District. Mr.. d. w. Read: Ninth
: District Mr.. l.. D. Shumate: Tenth
: District Mr.. 49,. r. Watson.
A communication was read from
the superintendents conference con-
corning the action OF that body on the
question of pensions for teachers. and
asking that committee from the
: Teachers. Association be named to act
in conjunction with the supl rintend-
erts, committee to consider the quea-
ton and adopt some method for In
surfing the spensioning OF teachers in
old age.
Professor w. II. Saunders. OF Nor
folk, presented the report of the exc
cutive committee. The sconstttutton was
changed 80 as II provide for the fol-
lowing diyisiort of the Educational
!, Conferencs.ss iret, Primary and Gram
mar School Teachers.e1 Association:
second. Rural Teachers Association;
third. Principal 7 achers' Association :
fourth, High School Teachers and Col
lege. Professors. Association. The con-
6stitution as to dues was changed. max
ing each local association responsible
for a5 cents per capita for member
ship to the State Association. Direct
membership dues were paced at SO
cents.
The committee recommended that
the question OF compulsory education
be referred to a special committee. to
T.
of the association.
The subject of School Incentives
was presented by Professor a. 3.
Chandler OF Richmond.
Professor j. A. Burress, of Richmond,
presented practical paper on Man
ual Training in Schools"
Officers Arc Chosen.
d. w. Read, chairman of the COM
mittee on nominations. reported as fol-
lows: President. Joseph II. Saunders,
& of Norfolk; Secretary. ]. II. Blnford-
Richmond; Treasurer. N. P. Painter. OF
Roanoke. The vice-presidents. by con-
y gressional Districts. are: First District,
4 Professor James D. Mock; Second Dis
trict, Professor r, L. Johnson; Third
District, Professor ABB. Chandler Jr:;
Fourth District Professor C. B. Bow
cry; Fifth District. Professor Barnes:
Z Sixth District. Professor Ergar Syden-
3 stricker. Seventh District. DIR. Ormond
Stone; Eighth District, Professor ]. ID.
Harris: Ninth District. Professor r. II.
SheppeY: Tenth District. Professor j.
T. Jeter. The report OF the non,inat-
/ Ing committee was adopted.
Rural and Primary Teachers.
The final meeting OF the Rural
School Teachers Association and Pri-
mary Association vera held this at
Z y
Model Rural School Teacher was dis
cussed by Miss Annie st. John. Of Ca
tawba: Miss Nellie Shackleford, OF
s Oakdale, and Mr.. Charles G.. Maphis, of
Charlottesville.. The New Course Of
Study was ably discussed by Examin-
ers Harris Hart. of Roanoke. and James
s; Thomas; of Lynchburg. Birds and
Nature Study in the Rural Schools
was discussed by Miss Ida Watts, of
of
Lexington, and Miss Mary Goodwin, Of
o Fincastle.
The Primary Association had q large
audience, Number Work in the Pri-
mary Grades" was ably discussed by
Miss M. w, Hall Burton. of the State
is Normal School; Three Years of Outline
Nature Study, by Miss Lucy Davis, OF
Lynch burg; "Iio w to Teach Writing in
the Primary Grades" by Miss Clara 3
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