The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-28

risonburg; C. @. Joynes, OF Accomac;
u. G. Glass, Of Lynchburg; J. A.
Burruss, of Harrisonburg, and r. IL
Thornton. OF South Hill.
the Undergraduates.
At $3.50 the Virginia kindergarten
union held it's opening session In room
2t3 of the nigh school building, when
the following program was carried
out:
Shall We Use the Montessori
Method in the kindergarten MISS
Grace Z. MIA. of f'armylile. Discus
SIGN led by Miss Lucy w. Duke, OF
Richmond.
Kindergarten as a Developer of
Initiative for the child and for the
kinoer garten," Miss Elizabeth T..
Pickett. " Norfolk. Discussion led
by Miss Evaiina harrington, OF Har-
, Tisonburg.
What is kindergarten Freedom?"
Miss Laura h. Nn.lAsy, of ANIME.
Discussion led by Miss Matherine Bull
lock, of Richmond.
Kindergarten in the Community"
Miss Nancy E. Darlington, of Lynch
burg. Discussion led by Miss George
West. of Richmond"
Art in the kindergarten" Miss
Mary Garland Todd, Richmond.
Following the meeting the kinder
| Virginia Mechanics institute to take
! art in an hour OF Kindergarten games
and attend an informal reception ten
dered by the Richmond training
school for kindergarteners. and its
aiunnae association.
! Miss Lucy S. Coleman, of Rich.
mond. Is president OF the association.
! School Trustees Meet
The opening meeting of the School
| Trustees association, of which Pro-
| fessor w. Ii. f. Whiting, Jr., Is pres
! ident, vas held in room PA at the
high school building at 2;s0 O'Clock.
The association heard reports from its
ofilcers and President Whiting APP
| pointed committees TO serve Tor the
! ensuing year. DR.. J. l.. Register, OF
Norfolk. read an able paper on Med
/ ical inspection In the Counties; w.
L. Garnett, of New London academy,
discussed The Value of the School
air to the County Dr. NJ. e,
| Church. of Falls Church, discussed the
! problems of sanitation and heating
! in public school buildings, and the
matter of teaching agriculture In the
/ public schools was discussed in q
I sort of round table talk by George
| c. Round and ii: f. Button. or Ma
nassas.
Division superintendent.
The conference Of division super
! intendents, of which State Superin-
| tendent Eggleston is president. was
! held in room o07 at 230 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
J. 6. Jeter. of Allegheny county.
read an essay on Inc acnool Room
| Beautiful while +. +. Jones, of
Buckingham county. and John NJ.
Willis, of Elizabeth City county. con-
tributed papers which led to q spir-
Tilted discussion ON the subjects of
Waste in Education The Func-
ton of the School In the Problem Of
| Home Making" was ably discussed
by w. b. Coggin, of Charles City
, county, and w. O. Martin. OF Craig
county, and the matter of Spelling"
in all It's forms, from the old-fash-
| loned blueback and the spelling bee to
the modern, new tangled methods
were gone Into interestingly by J. NJ.
/ Beckham, of Cuibeper county. and
| w. w. White, of Southampton county.
The State Teachers.
The most largely attended meeting
of the afternoon, and perhaps the
! piece de-resistance OF the elaborate
, menu laid before the teach dele
| gates, was the opening session of the
| State Teachers association, which was
held In the auditorium OF the High
| school building. with DR.. J. p. Nc
Ccnnell, the president. presiding. JOS
eph Fl. Saunders gracefully welcomed
the teachers, and w. II. Keister. of
Harrisonburg. responded as graceful
| ". Professor J. r. Hunter. of EN-
Org, read an essay on The Teacher
and the Community. Miss Fannie
| Dunn, of Crewe. on The Teacher and
Her Pupils, and Or. Phillip Van Ness
Meyers. of College Park. o., told the
audience In an interesting way some
! thing about the School Peace
| League"
! The Association OF Colleges and Sec
| ondary schools, Of VIII ch DR.. Charles
G. Maphis, Of the University Of Vir-
ginia is president, held an hours SEES
sion yesterday afternoon In the mu-
sic room Of the High school. The
| Uniform Valuation of High School
| Units for College Entrance" was the
/ topic OF DIR, X. c. Babcock. of the
, United States bureau OF education:
Or. j. S. Wilson. of william and Mary.
and Professor Harrington Wadden. OF
Lexington. were the speakers. DR..
| Maphis also made his report as the
| representative of the Southern COM
| mission on accredited schools.
The department of muse. Of which
| Walter c. Mercer. of Richmond, is
president. met in the music room Of
| the High school building at o'clock
and talked over and discussed at some
| length the Question OF music In the
| public schools.
Round Table Conference.
While the big auditorium meet
ing was in pr7gress last night the
| Virginian Library association held a
round table conference In the State
| library building. at which the corre-
| lat'on OF schools and public libraries.
with general view OF the proper use
of public Libraries by public school
students was threshed out.
Every attention Is being shown the
visiting teachers by the local COM
r7'ttee OF entertainment. The dele
gates are assigned to comfortable
hons as rapidly as they register In
room No. 115 at the High school The
| adjoining room is maintained as a
postotfice, where all mail for them Is
received and delivered. while a lunch
room for their convenience ais con-
Quoted In the basement for their con-
verierce. Several school supply con-
ee~rs have established interesting ex
| hints In the corridors
*. Teachers. arrlreI'or every train last
night and tn Sc in charge of the con-
ference Confidently expect that the
early arrivals today will swell the
attendance by at least six hundred.
These teachers they saw will come