The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-26
JUNGLE BEASTS
PRESERVE YOUNG
BETTER THAN WE
DR.. Walter Page Tells
How World Slaught-
ers Its Babies.
TEACHER TAKING
DOCTORS PLACE
Noted Editor Gives His Views
of the Rural School of the Fu-
ture-Virginia Educational
Conference Ends Its
Most Successful
Meeting.

In an outline of his conception Of
the rural school Of the future, its needs,
its duties, it's responsibilities and its
possibilities, DIR. Walter II. Page, edi-
tor of the Worlds Work, last night
delivered the closing address of the
nth annual session of the Educational
Conference OF Virginia.
Starting the child right was the key
note Of the address. DR.. Page told
how the school OF tomorrow viii pro-
tect the health OF the pupil and teach
him to take care of himself physically.
Then 1t Will try him on various posi-
biilties of a career, to find where his
capabilities and his adaptations lie, and
VIII fit him for the life he is TO lead.
Evidently nearly all OF the teachers
and other educational folk remained in
the city to hear DR.. Page, for the John
MarzhaI auditorium was again filled
with attentive listeners. However.
some OF them left Richmond last night,
and the great body of comforting cdu-
Gators VIII ga 10 their homes to-day.
Dr. alderman Presides.
Last nights meeting was held under
the auspices OF the Cooperative Edu-
cation Association of Virginia. DIR.
Edwin A. Alderman, president OF the
University OF Virginia. presided and
delivered a brief address. lie first in
troduced j. II. Binford, the executive
secretary of the association, who told
OF tile work which the organization IS
doing He was followed by EA-Goy-
ernor A. j. Montague, who read the
address of John Stewart Bryan. the
retiring president.
The last days session of the Virginia
Educational Conference was not by any
means the least important The Co
operative Education Association held 4
meeting in the morning. as did the VIZ
ginia Library Association. The entire
body OF teachers attended PLAY at
the Academy Of Music during the af-
ternoon as the guests of the city OF
Richmond. They had possession OIL
the house.
There is no dissent anywhere from
the opinion that the session which has
lust closed has been the most success
fui in the history Of the conference.
In point OF numbers in enthusiasm, IN
excellence of addresses. in interest
taken In the departmental meetings, IT
excels. Close 10 2,20o persons were
registered, every one of these repre-
sentinE some phase of the educational
force of the Commonwealth.
Progress In South.
President Alderman, who Is always
welcome to an audience III Virginia
made few opening remarks re spoke
OF unifcation, which is gathering the
forces in the state into one great force.
In the Southern States. said Or. Aiuer-
man, the golden rule of indiViuuailshi
insures liberty. land co-opefatioh III
sures progress. He thought no sec
ZION of the country can show finer re-
suits than can the South. The modern
educational movement is making pup
lie opinion, it Is developing technlcal
skill and producing the wealth which Is
necessary behind all social movements
a few days ago, AT a county iair' nc
saw prizes awarded, with all the uls
nifty of Olympic games, TO boys VINO ilau ,
raised fabulous numper o. sl.s.,s .
of corn on an acre OF iand ana TO siiis
for achievements in domestic arts.
Now co-operation is to be the rule
The South has always, he SAID, had
some principle BY which IT mas neia
fast The m6sa 6ama npIe'ad rule and 10 local al self
government 1T has been tine
thing" he continued. for men to turn urn.
10 against strange heresles ana new
nationalisms. But the new iaea OF
rrogram OF growth for every COM
He humorously referred srea to to- Nebran, arn
a fa, as shom n1he ,be9 plsce are @ne'v to vote s
Co-operation he denominated the
new form of patriotism, and patriot
ism as simply lending hand the ,eI en-, =
lering into the lives Oh Tue human
being surrounding Us.
New Agricultural work.
Telling of the work of the associa-
tion. Mr.: Binford SAID that me vi at
~ establish a system of movable agri-
cultural schools, to go into communi,
ties and teach Institute work will
also be7carried on by the Departlfleht
Introduoing Governor Montague to
read Mr.. Bryan's paper. pr. Alderman
said that II this association e. had /, de-
done a good work by finding the public
spirit Of NIr. Bryan. The latter, with
his associates, he said. has made q
great newspaper and ne quotea e
mad cto choose between newspapers
and no government and government
and no newspapers, he would take the
Governor Governor Montague was hailed by
DIR. Alderman as the original educa-
tional Governor. 'They are so nu-
merous now, he said, that no well
regulated State is without one.
DR.. Pages Address,
Dr.. Page said In part:
Il accepted the very kind invita-
tion OF the president Of this associa-
tlon to come here Tonight because
sort OF work you are doing 1ni'your
educational awakening in Virginia, I
welcome the opportunity to tell you
that you are doing several things that
are attracting the attention of the
whole popular. educational world And
/ believe that, some OF the things that
YOU are doing make straight towards
the educational revolution that we must
bring about in the United States. I
shall try to tell you what direction !
think this educational awakening and
revolution must take.
THE frst thing is to make life
Continued on Third Fage,)