The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-03
Isn't Il an aufuI thing
To face tho tragic truth
A you see il In Tho tintype
That tpas taken in your youth

report of ono Of its faculty. the famous
Coiumola University College Of Teach
, ers, IN New York has practically. no
men among Its undergraduates. Fur
thcr evidence Ia afforded by the re-
port OF the United States Commission
or or Education, which mentions only
iour institutions or higher learning in
America. having as many male stu
dents taking work in education az has
Miii!am and Mary; and this. despit:
their Immense wealth. numerous fac
uity and magnificent buildings. The
average yearly attendance at William
and Mary during the last ten years has
been about 220. and OF this number the
average taking education has been up
wards of lG0. This numoer comprises
not only all those who take the pledge
to teach in the public schools, but
many others. who do not care to take
this pledge, but who. nevertheless. take
the same courses: OF the titled grad
few years. S7is per cent. took special
work In education and 30 per cent
have actually entered the profession Of
OF tho past four years Gas per cent
have engaged in teachlng, though UNI
der no obligation to do so. At this
iesiate grade In the department of ed
ucauon at William and Mary as there
are In all the colleges taken together
or the v states of Maine; New Hamp-
Island. Connecticut. New Jersey and
rennsylvania; or Of Delaware. Mary
Lana lana Dis dr,n q c9iumbie Wes. vir,
Mississippi. Arkansas and Texas: or
of Illinois. Michigan. Wisconsin. wyo-
Utah. Nevada. Idaho. Washington and
Oregon taken together. (See report Of
United States Commissioners of Educa-
Even when William and Mary Is COM
pared with institutions not like it. of
college grade. but of merely school
In all these institutions. while the
number OF women Is very large. the
number OF men Is very small. 1t Is Il
significant fact that at all the univer-
stiles In the country, including our
own, at Charlottesville. the attendance
of men in their classes OF education Is
exceedingly small-a nero half dozen
A comparison of records with tho
other male Institutions of the State
elbows that William and Mary as
to her students a special training for
school work. but that she actually
draws men Into the profession. who. II
edu educated at ¬her place, would not
tendcnt OF Public instruction for 1910
shows that William and Mary has rs
many of her graduates teaching in the
public schools as the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, Virginia Military In
stitute and the University of Virginia
taken together. As the men who take
graduates greatly outnumber the grad
yates among tho teachers who have
been trained ut the college. the com
parison would be much more striking
were these included. especially in view
of the number of students Mt William
and Mary. This showing is not dis
paragins to the other institutions,
whose special work IS not tho training
of teachers. but 1t does show that this
college Is successful in preparing for
the public school system II large body
of trained teachers who remain In the
teaching profession.
William and Mary to the stote
Ia not to be measured by the
mere number of teachers she
school for officers. who are vastly moro
important than an. equal number of
privates IN the ranks Approximately
one-half OF the higher school officials.
who directly aid the Superintendent of
Public instruction in carrying forward
his great work, are William and Mary
men: nineteen William and Mary di-
vision and city superintendcnts alone
have under their care one-ffth of oil
tho school children In Virginia. and all
through the State, principals trained at
William and Mary may be found d.