The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-20
HEADS OF GIRLS
SCHOOLS TO MEET
Principals and Teachers Of Insti-
tutions Exclusively for Wo-
men to Gather.
TO COORDINATE STANDARDS
Effort Being Made to Arrange
Harmonious Plan of Teaching
in Girls Schools.

SWEET BRIAR, VA, June 1o.-The
first three days OF next week will see
notable gathering OF the heads and
teachers OF schools for girls in vir-
ginia. The Virginia Association OF Col
leges and Schools for Girls, inaugurated
in the Woman's Club OF Richmond, and
entertained last year by the Randolph
Macon Woman's College, has accepted
the generous invitation OF Sweet Briar
College, and will hold Its annual meet
ing at that institution.
The executive committee. consisting
of Miss Cooke, OF Hollins, DR.. Benedict.
OF Sweet Briar; DR.. Jarman and Miss
Coulling, Of F'armville. and Mr.. Davis,
OF Petersburg, held meeting at Farm
vile in March. where arrangements
were made to hold the regular annual
| meeting on June cad and cath. so that
the members might have an opportun-
| ity to attend also the Charlottesville
Conference OF Colleges and High
Schools. A kind invitation was re-
ceived at that time to have the Asso-
citation of Schools for Girls meet along
with the larger association. but 1t was
thought best. In view of the special
problems confronting the schools for
girls, to have the meeting an indepen-
dent one, as heretofore and to accept
, the generous invitation of Sweet Briar.
| All the members Of the association Will
be the guests of the Institution during
! the conference.
To Co-orainnte Standards.
Preliminary to the regular meeting
on Tuesday evening, meeting OF the
committee of fifteen Will be held at
Sweet Brar on Monday evening. This
committee of fifteen was appointed by
the president of the association, Pro-
fessor Arthur Kyle Davis. In accord
ance with resolution passed in the
last annual meeting, and after confer
erve with the executive committee. The
Monday evening session of the COM
mittee of fifteen Will be devoted to the
effort to formulate some practicable
| plan for the coordination of standards
OF colleges and schools for girls In
! Virginia. This is proVably the most
important and difficult question con-
fronting the association, and the fol-
| lowing are the members OF the COM
mittee of fifteen who will attempt its
solutions: Miss Matte l.. Cooke. presi-
dent OF Hollins Institute: DR.. Mary K.
Benedict, president of Sweet Briar In
stitute: Miss Matte Harris. president
of Virginia College: Miss Maria PEN
dleton Duval, principal of Stuart Hall:
Miss L. May Willis, principal OF Chat
ham Episcopal Institute; Miss E. c.
Weimar. principal OF Mary Baldwin
Seminary; DR.. w. W. Smith. president
of Randolph Macon Woman's College;
Dr. j. L. Jarmah. president OF Farm
Vile Normal School; DR.. James Nelson,
\ president OF Richmond Woman's Col
llege; Dr. E. II. Rowe, principal of
ESouthern Seminary; DR.. J. S. Hender-
son, principal of Southwest Virginia
| Institute; DIR. James Cannon, Jr, prin-
cipal OF Blackstone Female Institute;
DR.. H. w. Tribble, principal of Rawl-
| ings Institute; DR.. ]. B. Brewer, presl-
dent OF Roanoke College. and Professor
T. n. F. Taylor, of Southern Female
| College.
| List of Speakers.
| In addition to these members of the
associa ton, an advisory committee OF
| five members has been requested to
! aid in the discussion OF questions pre-
scented. Miss Orie l.. Hatcher, of Bryn
Mawr College, expresident of the asso-
citation; Mrs. A. II. futile, Of the Uni
versity Of Virginia, one of the active
organizers of the association; DR.. f.
Nv. N. Painter, formerly of Roanoke Col
Ilege; DR.. s. C. Mitchell, of Richmond
| University of Virginia the presiding
| officer of the first meeting for organt-
! cation at the Woman's Club in Rich
mond have been invited by the execu-
tive committee to aid in this important
work.
i A number OF timely and interesting
! papers and addresses are promised for
/ this session OF the association At the
opening session on Tuesday night an
address of welcome will be made by
.IDr Mary X. Benedict. president OF
Sweet BrIar College, followed by the
presidents annual address. by Pro-
lessor Arthur Kyle Davis. president Of
Southern Female College. of Peters
burg, on the subject, The Detachable
and Debatable Grounds" a business
session of the association will follow,
In which the report of the committee
of fifteen may be taken up.
Function of Normal Schools.
! The morning session on "Wednesday
offers two papers of especial interest
THAT of Mr.. NJ. Estes Cooke. of Hollins
ms titute, on The Teaching Of Physics
| in Schools for Girls" and that OF DR..
E. F.. Jones. of the Farmville Normal
| School, on THE Place and Function
of the Normal School," These papers
i will be followed by an informal dis
cussion Of number Of questions in
|:relation to school and college work
! propounded by various members of the
i association, and II is expected that DR..
/ Campbell and DR.. Arnold, of Randolph
Macon Woman's College. will contri-
butte to the program at this point.
At the evening session of Wednesday
4 there will be a symposium on the study
of English, including three strong
u papers, as follows: "College- Prepare
tory English" by Mr.. J. NJ. McBryde,
Jr., Of Sweet Briar College: The Other
Side Of freshman glish." by Miss
Elizabeth p Cleveland, OF Hollins In
stitute, and college English" by DR..
+. G. Woodward, Of the Womans Col
lege1 OF Richmond
This Sweet Briar meeting promises
to be notable one, not only in respect
to the Important questions and In
teresting phases of educational work
! presented, but also In bringing to-
I gether so many men and women of
J light and leading in this field of edu-
cation. Instead ofSadherlng to a fixed
program Of papers, which was the
plan followed at the Randolph Macon
meeting last year the whole time OF
the association will be given to the in
formal discussion OF topics OF present
interest to the members,
The half-dozen papers mentioned
above have been provided as a basis
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