The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-24
M iss Richman Praises
Practical Work in
State Schools.
DISCUSSES LACK
OF EFFICIENCY
New York School Worker
Blames Educational System
and Trades Unionisn-Will
Try to Have Virginia Plans
Introduced in Her
State.

Deeply affected by what she had Just
seen and heard OF what Virginia is
doing toward tho tion of her
boys and girls for real life. Miss Julia
Eichnan, one OF Nes York City's fore
r-ost educators, declared last night at
the Educatonaf Conference that she
VIII take back to the metropolis more
than she brought TO Virginia. sne Mas
Boins home, she sa d. 10 find out why
the children oil her own state were
not getting the advantages given TO
those OF this Commonwealth.
In some future year. she said she
might return TO Richmond and tell the
teachers OF Virginia that there WIS
not so much semi efficiency in New
York as in 1910. because 1t had put into
effect the suggestions she had brought
back from this state. Miss Richmond
said that were It not too late, she
would change the title OF her address
from "rhe Cause OF American Semi
Efficiency" to The Causes OF Virginia
Efficiency"
Young Folks Talk.
The Inspiration Tor these remarks.
whicn tired ne minds OF her hearers.
and caused +. o. SANDY. chief OF he
Ella Agnew. heaa OF the girls domes-
tic science clubs, to smile with pride,
was the testimony given by four boys
a four girls who have learned IL
the schools OF Virginia TO mix ettici-
ency with brains. and who told each
in his own " y, Ii II was done.
This feature, unique in the history
OF education in this State, was re-
ceiTed with boundless enthusiasm.
rhs boys are members OF corn clubs.
organized in the schools. E. w Cor
don. OF Baskerville. Mecklenburg
county. told how he had raised ninety
nve bushels OF corn this year on his
one acre of land. This was nearly
double the Yield of the year before
en- the game ground. and the acre
had netted him $3i. he liked Rich
Inond pretty well, but he talked of
the time when the country win be
the real show place. Albert Stone.
of Campbell county, talked along the
same vein. James King Gray, of the
Davis Corn Club. of Loudoun county.
told how the movement had wakened
the county. even though, he was
ashamed to say, he had raised only
sixty-seven bushels on his acre, the
small yield being due 10 drought.
Chiid's Fine Work.
pId, had raised nnety-fivc bushels. He
said the boys in his school had stopped
talking OF playing and are talking
farming,
Miss Agnew introduced her girls
Miss Della Williamson, of Drivers
High School Nansemond county, talk
ed of the necessity for learning house
keeping an6 domestic science. Miss
Helen Hughes, of Burkeville, read the
otu
Hughes, on tomato growing by girls,
a subject which was also talked by
Miss Crewes. OF Catawba School, in
Halifax county. Miss Natalie Terry.
of News Ferry, presented the last
paper. with many practical sug-
gestions.
Adding to the showing made by
folks the o9R sesoo or Music
furnished the musical! program for
the entire meeting. The diminutivs
musicians with their violins delighted
Fox" and AT the Mill. Mrs. Flor
pnce Hequembourg and Miss Thurston
played a violin e-.- at the beginning OF
the session,
School trustees Association under
whose auspices last nights meeting Of
the conference was held. presided
Lack of Efficiency.
a
regarding yirginia's work for the
boys and pir1s. Miss Julia Richman
tackled her subject-American semi
efficiency. Upon receiving the letter
ing this as the subject of one of her
addresses, she had determined to OBJ
serve the instances of semi efficiency
coming within her view in the follow
four in number. the offenses of care
lessness and thoughtlessness and lack
Of efficiency coming from people who
We're well PAID to DO !. a high 81 i e grade
high-prlced and hgh-,grade clothing
repair house. a dressmaker. a plumber
and a house servant Each OF these
had committed an inexcusable bunder.
they We're told to do.
AS to the causes, Miss Richman
held there were two--thc schools and
trades unonisnl. Unions she regarded
lation of hours and tho fixing of mini
mum wages and factory conditions.
But labor unions, she said, made
make a mistake, In not providing, af-
ter the minimum scale has been es-
tablished, for bonus for those who
will do more work and better work
than their fellows. \ standard wage
for all workers puts the labor unions,
she said, In the position Of putting
. a premium on semi efficiency II not
on ineH1ciency. and puts discount on
the ambition. to do better work,
Modern Burdcns.
IS to the schools, Miss Richman as
Serted that the modern teacher pays
too much attentio, to teaching
course Of study and too little TO teach
ing the child. she did not blame
the teachers, nor the children, and
said that a. humane society Is needed
TO protect the modern efficient teacher
tion.
She has been teaching. she said. for
thirty-eight years, and In that time
has seen the rir' and fall of marv.
plans which We're to result in a heaven
FOR teachers, "rrhere was manuel train
'nS--give us that and the Millennium
would come, We can train the
sh1ld's eye and his hand his brain.'
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