Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-11-27
BIG EDUCATIONAL MEETING.
Large Crowd. Good Speaking
and instruction Gained,

AAAAeh aCtA0h Oakn0Os
The educational rally at Lancaster
Courthouse last Friday brought togeth-
er large number Of the teachers, two
of the three supervisors, school trus-
tees from An the districts, and many
others interested in the cause Of public
education. The day was an ideal one
for the meeting. and everything con
spired to make the occasion pleasant
and profitable
The morning session was held in one
Of the larger rooms of the High School
building. DR.. Frank w. Lewis, Divis-
ion Superintendent OF Schools. pre-
sided. Rev. L. r. Combs, Rector of the
Episcopal churches in Lancaster, opened
the exercises with prayer. Prof. Frank
p. Brent. Principal of the Lancaster
High School. discussed the aesthetic ell
sment in education and showed how the
taste. for the beautiful might be i'm
planted in the minds of children by the
judicious ornamentation of the school
room. This was practically illustrated
by the decorations In the room in which
the meeting was held. The walls of
the room were decorated with the Nat
ional eolors and with pictures Of some
Of the most famous statues, buildings
and personsges Of the world. There
were also number of landscape pic
lures on the walls. making a complete
and unique collection for the purpose of
illustrating the subject Principal
Laughlin, of the White Stone High
School. read learned paper on the i'm
portance Of insisting on correct pronun-
citation in teaching foreign languages,
after which the meeting adjourned for
f; dinner. BY dinner time the attendance
had increased to such proportions that
Judge Wright, who was holding court,
kindly offered the use of the courthouse
, for the afternoon session, the court
moying over to thehigh school building.
: The first speaker in the afternoon was
Prof. J. ". Taylor, Of the Irvingtor
High School, who delivered very In.
structiye and interesting lecture on the
importance Of arranging school pro
grammes, hearing Rotations and gov.
erninn pupils in accordance with practi.
cal pedagogical principles. This wal
Mr.. Taylor's frat appearance before an
audience Of Lancaster teachers, anG
the impression made by him was mos,
) favorable, the audience urging him t.
] go on whenever he showed an inclina.
! ton to end his lecture. He was follow
ed by Mr.. e HI. Russell. member OF
the State Board of Examiners for thi:
district, who made an. earnest plea fol
consolidation of schools. transportation
Of pupils. and increase Of local schoo
taxes In the course of his remark.
Mr.. Russelip paid q high compliment t.
the superintendent, trustees and teach
ers of Lancaster, saying that thrs.
years ago he had selected Lancaster a.
the county to begin the educationa
revival in the Northern Neck and tha
he was glad 10 see this county still
leading in the movement in this section
OF the State.
The teachers were 50 delighted will
the results of the meeting that it wa,
resolved to hold another one there tn.
second Friday in January.
1 Miss Mary Neale and Miss Mani,
Stoneham were appointed delegates t,
the State Education Conference tina
has been IN session at Newport New
this week.
DR.. Lewis presented the claims O
the Virginia Journal of Education an,
rsncceeded in making up club of abou
twenty subscribers.
By general consent the meeting wa
declared to have been one Of the mos
delightful and profitable ever held il
the county.