The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-12
Observation-Disclosures
F|kGPAT'R0Ns DAY
sMvnHnx-owE or THE YUBLIC
SCHOOLS I'M THE COUNTY
HAVE PROGRAMS.
PRIZES TO TEACHERS
C0LoRKD SCHOOLS ALSO SHOW UP
WELL AND ARE EXPECTED TO
DO EVEN BETTER DUarN0
NEXT YEAR.

Especial to The, Richmond virginian.l
e ARVONTA,' VA, Jan. ii.--Acoord-
Iing TO n report Just made public by
the division superintendent OF schools
of Buckingham county, the observance
Of Patrons Day proved such a mark
ed success that 1t is practically GER
tain the county will for another year
take rank as the leader in the State
In the matter of getting the patrons
interested in the schools in which
their children study.
OF the even hundred schools in the
county, X Ia announced that seventy
one observed Patrons Day with more
or less elaborate ceremony and sue
cess. A vast amount of cleaning up,
carpentry work, recitation. lecturing
and speech making, to say nothing of
feastlng. was done. In addition to
raising funds and making important
plans for the advancement Of the
schools
The report shows that sixty-seven
educational addresses were made that
day in the county, that from fiftssn to
twenty cooperative leagues were
formed. that 1927 patrons attended
the various celebrations In the coun-
~. and that the sum of s51s.sS was
raised for school Improvement, and
much larger sum-.
James River district lead the six
districts IN the amount of money rails
ed. while Marshall district, in which
is located the town of Arvonia, was
second. While Slate River is gener-
ally spoken OF as "backwoods dis
trict." IL liz shown that sos patrons
OF the fifteen schools of that district
attended Patrons Day celebrations
1T % @eg p
in ire progressive work which was
done.
The coIored schools OF the county
made remarkable record. collecting
for minor school Improvement an av-
eraEe OF $40 per schools. while the
white schools collected only s5.1S per
school
Teachers Win Prizes.
The county school board appropri~
ated neat sum to be used in giving
prizes TO the teachers who were most
successful with their Patrons Day ex-
ercises. The prizes for the county
were distributed as follows: White
teachers-1First prize, Miss Nette
Swsjope, principal Of the Malone grad
ed school. In Maysvilie district; the
prize being set OF American Poets,
In i've volumes: second prize, Miss
Agnes White. the Gold Hill school.
, &fdEsnal dlstFlCN4 pfl&S ~ Get VI c@iti~
'uer Smiles work In four volumes;
third prize, Professor Harry r. Tur-
ner, principal OF the ST, Andrews
school copy Of Cease Firing" by
Miss Mary Johnston. fourth PRICE,
Professor J, Walton Hall, principal
of the DffIwyn high school. copy OF
Thow-as Nelson Pages I'm Ole Viz
ginia-"
.Golors1s Teachers-~Fsrst prixe. Rob-
school, In Marshall district, Amer
lean Encyclopedias. In two Volumes
second prize, Mss Mamie Spencer.
teacher OF the Well Water school. a
one volume encyclopaedia Of poetry.
third prize, Miss Maggie Redwood.
wood. teacher OF the Diana Mills
school, a copy OF Heart Throhs' !.
fourth prize. Mrs. Mary Garland prtn-
cipal Of the Carers Field graded
SCHOOL. a copy OF Charlotte NJ. Yonge's
"Book~~of~ TTorden Deeds"
@ Funds Apportioned.
Steps are already being taken TO
rvake next years celebration OF Pa
srens' Day "a Buckingham still great
er, and unique example TO the entire
StatA as TO what can be done In a
remote rural county.
An appertionment has Just been
rnadesof the local funds OF the county
Sollesrreu Mp 10 DeCeHfnSE L. As4~. Ahe
districts get the following amounts;
Curdsvilia-D1strict fund. s3RT Al;
county fund. sls2.0s Francisco
District fund. si&3.42: county fund.
e-sf-sfsrrfrs- Rirer~-fsfntrfct fuud,
sSo2s0: county fund. s43s.sT; Mar
shail--District fund. s741.be. county
fund. s5os7s. Observation-Disclosures
fund, 1855; county fund. s4ss.Ts.
Slate River--District fund. s1eo.s7:
county fund. s313.5i.
A second apportionment OF local
school FUNDS, appreximating the gum
of s3,5TT. will be made next August,
after All taxes are collected. The to-
tai amount of local funds will approx
innate slSyeu thousand dollars. against
seven thousand dollars OF last year.
and sttii smaller amounts in prevt-
ussyears. The county board OF SUI
pereasors' naAgnaniriously raised the
levy. lbyi1 transferring from general
county iesses to the school levy
from thirty to forty cents upon the
hundred dollars. which will In a
short while result in greatly increas-
ing the usefulness of the school rys-
tern Of the county. and making II
more efffcfer4t tn avery way: e. = 7
Twelve handsome and most Useful
libraries have during ths past three
months been ordered by schools of
the county, making a total Of twenty
three libraries ordered within the past
two years This year three high and
seven graded schools are run In the
county, giving the best advantages TO
children in all parts OF the county.
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