The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-29

this ease had the so-called hero no,
lost his own life by the bluudcr he
made in which he sacrificed the lives
oi 0thors he would have been n the
poSitioh OF tue captain who loses. by
heSiigcnce. the ship and passengers
intrusted to him. and who IS expected
70 so down with his ship. hau
.!ltie thought then OF the example that
vas 10 follow soon after In the cas-.
oi the captain OF the Titanic.
The scholar wrote her essay and en-
BODIED these idias. Some time after
WEard" inqnfrcd how tho teacher
IL M essay. and was told thr,
INC scholar had never heard n word
rom u The teacher simply collected
me essays. good. bad ana Indifferent.
am mat was an end to them Prob.
ho!y IT - blank sheet Of papor md
Zen handed TO tn" teacher. the d'f-
ference would never have hcen a..
ioNcfea' the teacher had 40 time TO
n ,""k az me essays' II, was more in,.
marble bags or dolls clothes
When | was boy. and supposc
'"t .he chiIdreu are the same vet
y, ~ maj essay had been mine It would
!" ,,'a, nSen tne first and the last that
"ou!u nave ever been particular.
aoout writing for that teacher ~
course l would have been the lose,
, nut l could not have understood so
Here is copy OF postcard now
Tying on my desk. /, was written Nv
student at Il Virginia college, II
SUPPOSE YOU think that am very un-
ofation. would have ansucred v"i,
sooner but have forgotten your nd .
uress and am now sending this hy
s snns.h appreciate your sending the
OF benefit too me II ! had continued
IN me contest, but since writing yoi,
nave decided not 10 be in H." Wh:
was he not taught better? IL" Will 20
through life handicapped
With all due respect for women /
no NOT think they are tx 10 teach
any children except girls and very
Gyouns and possibly very old boys
OF age require a teacher they arc
rather afraid OF and who viii force
thcm to study
In the school my boys arc now AT.
tending the teachers are all mon Tho
school is intended to meet The ronuirn-
incnts of boys from eight 10 seven
eeon years of age. The teachers arc
hpportioncd as follows: Twelve Enr
iisi, three geography two histnrv
clsE. Gaathcmatics. three Latin. three
German, five French. six physics three
chemistry, Two chemistry and physics.
one economic science. one wr,;in..
bookkeeping and stcnoSrapSy, two
craving and designing. two technicai.
ming I'm
No matter whether women or mon
are 10 teach boys. it seems evident
to me that Richmond is doing dec;Iede
" wrong IN requiring all teachers ex-
every subject. This is the day or tn.
Specialist. In building q good house
the plumber does not lay the bricks
nor the carpenter do the plastcring
I'll the work, but it is not done well
Now. why should Richmond with say
WE'VE teachers in certain school
ematics. or why should Miss r teach
music and drawing when she has no
aptitude for them. but is excellent on
English: Why not do away with
Jack Of all-tradcs" teachers and en-
ploy specialists in the proportions re-
CURED for that school? They would
cost no more. Then assign Miss y
and other mathematical teachers to
teach mathematics and nothing else.
and let the class be seated in her
room from To S;I5 y. NJ. and from
learning English, which may be gram
mar. spelling, etc. The class would
then be seated in Miss Cs room by
II y. NJ, learning her speciality till
Tor dinner. TO resume at such hour as
Is deemed best a similar system for
the balance of the day. feel sure
the teachers would prefer this. and
ties. as they would then like their
work, if they liked work at all BY
this system teachers would probably
Set over great deal OF their ncr-
vousncss and would then he able TO
prevent the habit OF nervousness i'm
the children by teaching them to stand
still and sit still. Five minutes is
ample time to change from one class
room to another and anything else
necessary, Certificates could then be
issued to teach IL certain branch.
| was never taught handicraft by
the school. but We boys taught our
selves how to make fishing lines and
watch guards out of horsehair, chains
out OF cherry stones. ornaments out
of cocoanut shells: also kites and MANI
othSr articles. and, l believe. we made
them Nctter and took more pride in
lhem than we woEid IL we had Hen
REQUIRED to do the work as u school
lesson Some boys have a turn that