The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

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American Heating and Ventilating
Company, Of Philadelphia. The COM
plete system winch has been installed
works to a charm. 1t heats the build
Ing In cold weather. ventilates 1t at
all seasons, cools 1t in hot weather,
carries off and consumes all foul air
and impure matters. and keeps per-
fectly clean and absolutely odorless tho
entire building, from basement to
garnet.
The first floor has wide halls and
broad stalrways starting to the upper
floor, and four complete and splcn-
didly lighted class rooms, in each OF
which there is an ample cloak room. a
commodious library room completes
the ilrst floor The class rooms are 90
by rs feet, and the library is I6 by II.
Ample Auditorium.
Broad and substantial stuirways lead
10 the upper floor. which is divided
into an auditorium and two small
class rooms. The auditorium is SO by
~ feet. and is so arranged that ii cal
be easily turned. even for temporary.
use. into class rooms. but for several
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the musical department of the schoo,
and OH special occasions for audience
room for visitors. Tho two class
rooms, which are cozy wings to the an
ditorium, are 10 b. IL feet. While the
present student supply OF Wakefield is
only lilo. the building has been erected
to accommodate as many as 400 schol-
ars. Wakefield expects TO grow,
The Wakefield school has been sup
piled at great expense with all of the
modern necessary paraphernalia for
complete instruction OF the young Nir-
sinians sheltered daily within its
walls. The latest addition to the out
fit is an instalment OF the costly relief
maps OF the world. There are eight Of
these celluloid relief maps, represent
Ing different parts OF the world. They
are. as every teacher knows very vail
liable In teaching geography, in that
they show the exact formation of tile
| lands, the rivers, the mountains and
the valleys, the hills and mountains
being raised in the proper proportion
to their relative height.
The People nj the Helm.
The school. while Wakefield en-
terprise Is of course a part of the
general public school system and un-
der the county superintendent, the
Rev. w, W. Edwards, one OF the best
superintendent in the state. He takes
great interest in his work and Is
proud of the Wakefield School. The
district board of trustees, who have
worked SO faithfully for this splen-
did high school building for Wake
held, and who are so proud of the
success of their efforts and the warm
support they have had, is composed
of Captain j. r. Bell. chairman: w. i.
Richardson, secretary, and w. H.
Savedge.
The board has sought to obtain the
very best talent TO conduct the school
and carry 1t to the success designed
in the beginning. and they have not
been niggardiy in the matter OF sala-
ries. The result is they have corps
of as able teachers as are to be found
In the State, who are satisfied with
the pay roll and with the surroundings
and as proud as anybody else OF their
splendid and well-eQupped quarters
and their minds being in magnit-
cent state of ease concerning these
matters, they are all the better quail
fled to instruct the Ito students left
In their charge.
The Able Faculty.
Tho faculty is made up as follows:
aAa ". SclpSt pTIlCipdl dHO ledClieF
OF the high school; Miss A. Belle Do
bic, Of Sussex county, intermediate de-
partment; Miss Lois Watkins, of Mid
lothian, Chesterfield county, primary
department; Miss Christine Ellis, IF
Sussex county, principal Of the music
Mr.. Selby is a graduate of Richmond
College; Misses Dobie and Watkins are
graduates of the State Normal School
at Farmville. and Miss Ellis is a grad :
uate of the Woman's College of Rich
mond.
The Wakefield school, with it's mag
nificent building, its perfect equipment
and its splendid corps of teachers, and
the aroused public spirit that now
stands by 1t, is indeed an object les
son that may be studied to advantage
in many parts of Virginia.
That in so short time the opposi-
ton TO the whole system and to the
issue of bonds and the expenditure Of
money for this complete educational
outfit for so small II district and that
the former school fighters arc now so
enthusiastically arrayed on the other
side, is something wonderful. Is it q
revolution of sentiment or an evolution
of patriotic mind? In either case the
result is grand and inspiring.
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