The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-29

haA not been assigned the subject
and ha0 not asnlened & 70 hisuwelf.
and III mystery Of u al WI how u
crept Int the progrnm. What he did
talk STOUT wao The Making of the
Clti1ene Of the New Americas" and he
rave his hearers food TOR thought y
one ct the most practical and best
delivered discussions Of 9 iivc~ topic
to which they have listened since the
conference opened
DR.. Cops treated the public school
institution a. a system on the basis Of
Are they getting what they have the
right to expect and demand from the
pup.fc schools" The long standing
impression had been, ne said. that the
public school system formed a pro-
cess OF unloading information Of yes
terday into the empty minds OF the
children OF today, but that foolish
idea was being dissipateds ana the
lie schools self-supporting, broad. ag-
gressive citizens. prepared to do their
share of the worlds work; men Of
today, who will determine the worlds
tomorrow. The society OF tomorrow,
the citixepship OF tomorrow, he de-
ciared, was sitting at school desks
today, and the serious duty devolved
upon the teachers of entering upon
IN. WORK ~ seek mr. ont ana cultiynf-
ing the personal elements Of this final
determining force IN the countrys
business and Social nte. tor after all
the ABIDING wealth. Is the wealth. OF
personality. In the last analysis,
what we call children are simply pri-
mary social factors In the progress
and development of the world, and
these factors play the all-important
parts In the social ana commercial
evolution OF people into the per-
iect Iuiness OF an soeai nxe. LII. Sope
especially emphasized the importahco
OF the manual arts ana domestic sci.
ence deartments OF tne pubic scnooi
system. expressing the opinion that
this vocationa! training was neces-
sary 70 tne luii oeveiopment OF tno
enid, rasping sarcasticalIy the oDJec-
ton that he had heard from some
quarters thar learning the eiements
OF carpentry or cookery might inter-
fere with the proper culture of 2
child. the country oid not want tnat
sort OK cuicnaW. ana one OF tho
crying evils OF the couhtrys eoucA-
tionai system now 10 the growing ten
oency TO m'sdireetedN hlsher educat'on.
To too many, he said. college degrees
were miiistones- Hanging degrees
on the ears OF q donkey IN no way
helps his vocal chords.
Byrd Talks to Teachers.
Prominent among the many gath
erinvs heId during the morning vss
tha nuh,,c rnsetinr In the High school
auditor,mm ~ ~ o.cloek. when Epeak-
or Richard EVELYN Ryrd. Of the yir-
Siri. hcnsn ~ de,ess tes addressed
the ,,ada roguss on ira snhtect ~ saThe
Dutv If ths Teacher 10 the school
.na ~. Ccrcrur;tvn The disttn.
~mishaN virvtriar wa. never more
s,oruan. ana a, the sar,a time his
aa6re.. was frauvht with vnrds OF
wi.dor sneaker nyrd emphasixed
~ t-.sao~tsnca - tha rrcSessior
which he declared could not be Oyer-
ss,,rrstsT h~ra,,.. ~. functions Of
In taacher are so far-reachinr and
GO c,c.s,v re,atea "a All human nror-
re~s mt ~ dsniorahla MARI ~ = ali.
=. ~. vivid 4. that the nrofession
do.s mat receive the recognition and
: nnr.rtst,or n sho,,la recetve because
~ aEo-ts - ,rs tssch~r. sre direct
"a .. ~. r,,t,,rs rath.r thar fhe rres-
an. "a ~. rs.uit. ar. not annsrent
,,n.;, tha ,rst.r,ai wh,cr tnev mould
o a. ,..,,r,,,.
A'' ~s,.Iss,,,sss.~ ~ Hra~.,r-
r,.-a .,a,p - lee th.n ever rset.
~ $1,000. ~ varto,,. rocrrs ~
~ Hixh schoo, building during the
r,orrirr hours and q. MANY mora in
m afternoon ana ali were well at
tended HAt7
TIE dar.rtmAnt ~ nrfmarv teach
~. which NE. heia in the Auditorium
nracaairr the reneraI meeting. had
~ r,aasura ~ hearing from Miss
a,s-,,.,a r porr.r 8 ana a.
NJ - ra,,,r,hia ,r,v.rsitv ana at