The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-28

, LynchburS that the Virginia Edrca-
: tional Conference hold it's next annLai
. mrcting in ta: city was inccrssd ~
. he state Teachers Association. 40
this will .sve great weight with the
| executive committee OF the emile con
I 1rencc. when that body consio.fs IL
next spring. /. Is practically cc:trtn
that the Hill City will get the next
| conference.
The Virginia Kindergarten Cn.on
also had its meeting yesterlay. ard
enjoyed a reception at the Virginia
| Mechanics In; titute. The depar:m' mt
of .nusic met as did the Alumni As
sociation Of the Peabody College for
Teachers.
The First BIG Meeting.
The frst general meeting was held
/: last night in tho auditorium of the
; John Marshall High School The hall
was we'll filled The stage was dec
GRATED with palms. potted plants and
autumn leaves. After State Superin-
tendent J. D. Eggleston. ex ofacio pres
ident Of the Conference of Division
Superintendents, under whose auspices
the neral melting was held. had sue
ceeded In inducing Kessnich's indie
fatigable orchestra to stop playing, he
called the citing to order.
City Attorney Henry r. Pollard de-
uvered the ADDRESS OF welcome on the
part Of the city. He traced the revo-
buttons in educational methods and
policies. contrasting conditions just
after the Revolution with those of to-
day. He said that OF no less import
ance than the principle Of general pub
lie education itself is the necessity
that teachers shall be taught to teach
Can the blind Lead the blind?" he
asked. Can q teacher teach who has
ncc been taught to teach?'
ElinAnate Politics.
When q member OF the Legislature a
quarter century ago. said Mr.. Pollard.
he offered a bill and had il passed,
prohibiting pernicious political &C
tivity on the part of school teachers
and officials. It was declared uncon-
stitutional by the Supreme Court, but
he believed II would not meet such a
fate to-day, as the courts have pro-
crossed a great deal The law. after
all, he said, Is q capitalization OF social
and economic impera.ives. Such cry
s,aliization demands the elimination OF
poiitics from the public school system.
He had taught school. he said. just
after the war to get money to go
through college. He was hut poorly
equipped for the work, and taught as
makeshift or side line There Is too
much o. this sort OF thing he added
il Virginia
Yirxfnia Dehind TS.ses-
For the schools Of Richmond, city
Superintendent J. A. c. Chandler well
coined the conference VtrSinias
schools. he said. are a generation be
hind the States community life. There
IL q great deal Of criticism Of the
schools In this day. he said. most OF II
destructive and not constructive. But
they must be an adjunct to the lie
Of the community. He told OF
learned man who could not say what
three times seven was, while an iG-
norast negro farm hand In Georgia
answered intricate problems in seconds
which IL took his questicners days to
figure out He wanted TO know which
was educated.
I'm 1850" said DR.. Chandler, ''the
University OF Virginia was the equal
il no: the superior OF any institution
OF learning in America To-day II Is
still unexcelled In its academic depart
ment. But does IL reach out to the lie
OF the people as does the University OF
Wisconsin. which practically controls
agricultural effort in that state? Wnat
I say Of the University I say also OF
the virginia Polytechnic Institute and
our other educational forces. We must
make the school an adjunct to the NE
OF the community.
EAoesse fSe Service.
Dr.. Kendric c. Bsecock followed very
much along the same line. More thsn
efficiency. he argued II needed for an
educated rascal Is certainly not an as
-cf. There must not only be service
but contrtbutory service.
Differing In degree from some o.
those who argue critically. Dr. BAD
cock does not think Il necessary THAI
the boys on the farm shall De Kept
there. for We are a mobile people, ana
cY,.n,;mex there II a long distance call
Ter Ausv elsewhere Nor does he think
.ba, the country teachers should he
made entirely teachers OF agriculture
or IN. city school people teachers Of
carpentry and domestic arts
Arithmetic, for instance. - regarded
m . sine qua non Of education Yet. he
sasd. II misht be largely useless or
nonadaptsNSo. II must be hitchsd Up
20 the life q the tnd1vi1uaL He told
OF his expsrSeoce In making . geo.
graphy IN Arssons- II obviously would
not DO 20 uoe those In vogue IN other
places. for while u sometimes rains
in Arisona. % does not DO % according
to standard seogrsphics The rivers
there often run under the sand. re-
versine the rules q old. mesquite had
10 be Substitutes FOR Willows. They
don't have snow storms. but they do
have dust storms. 30 tho BIOGRAPHIES
were pitched up 60 the situation.
such ~ rho solution Of edvcs''ona!
prot,ems og the present.
EAUrseDag ~ Leee.
rcr instance. In Cleveiaud thsre ere
hssA schsels Tor msehsnses ssS hsgs