The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-14
RICHMOND vA SATURDAY JUNE A. 1918
EDUCATORS HEAR
MANY ADDRESSES
Association of Colleges and
Schools for Girls Nears End
of Annual Session.
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Winchester. Va. June 13-The SOW
enth annual convention of the Virginia
association Of Colleges and Schools for
Ilris, which has been in session since
W ednesdRy. is drawing to close OIL
GERS are yet TO be elected. and the next
place OF meeting is to BIO decided upon.
Io-nights session opened with IN
ADDRESS BY DIR. IL. z. Jordan. Of the
University OF Virginia. on war in
relation to Race improvements" He
WAS greeted by capacity house. and
MS address was declared TO have been
one OF the ablest made during tho con-
vention
How Schools and Colleges May Uti-
nHo the Dramatic Instinct. was dis
cussed at the morning session by Miss
orie L. Hatcher, Of Bryn Mawr, and
Madame De Chnboulon. OF Fort Lou
doun Seminary. spoke on Music as n
Factor In Girls Education" Miss
Sarah Meetze. of Mary Baldwin Semi
nary. addressed the large gathering on
The Function Of Art IN Woman's
Lie These subjects were discussed
in general by the association. rs was
also the topic. The Place OF Domestic
Science"
This afternoons session opened with
another general discussion. which at
times was animated and spirited on
Relative Emphasis Upon Composition
and Literature" the discussions being
led b. Dr.. virgil Jones. of Sweet Briar
College, Miss Anne Stewart EtheridRe.
of Virginia College, and Miss Mabel
Kennedy. OF Randolph Macon lnsti-
tute.
vide variety OF questions and
topics !ere presented by members OF
the association and were taken up and
discussed vigorously.
An overlooking audience last night
heard Or. John w Wayland. of Harri-
sonburg. lecture on "Stonewall Jack
sons Valley Campaign" which was
rendered exceptionally attractive by
tho charts and maps made by DR.. Way
land.
Jackson was not only a born fighter.
being of Scotch Irish descent. said
the lecturer. but his whole life was In
q sense battle from his struggle with
povctry. dit'idence. and frontier hard
ships. which characterized his youth,
TO tho series OF brilliant military vic
tories which made up his brief but
astoundingly successful career as a
general In the Confederate army. He
was Ike Z: medieval knight, both a
soldier and saint. His character Is
something Of a composite, for ne was
as pious az Cromwell. adroit as
Napoleon. as taciturn as William the
silent. and as brave as Marshal Ney.
Addressing the convention on Local
History" Robert 7. Barton, OF the Win
chester bar first outlined tho connec-
tion of George Washington with this
section, his work AS the builder of
Fort Loudoun and the conflicts with
Indians. When he turned to Stoucwall
Jackson's association with Winchester
which Jackson always called his war
h ONE" Mr.. Barton became reminiscent
and told Of his own rccollections OF
the time when he followed old Jack"
and knew him personally.
Intimate tirst-hand knowledge OF tho
subject. AN unusually graphic style in
description and narrative. and "a keen
sense Of humor and ready wit. com
bincd 10 give the livcliest sort of in
/ tcrcst to this talk.
Members OF the association congrat-
ulated themselves on the opportunity to
learn Jackson's personality from one
who knew him so we'll and Intimately.
Mr. Barton undertook especially to
show that his hero is also humorous
Mr. Parton showed by many interest
ing and humorous anecdotes that Jack
. son, though one OF the worlds heroes
was also intensely human.