The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-25
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
NAMES SECRETARY
INSPECTOR A. l.. LINCOLN TO
SERVE EDUCATIONAL
CONFERENCE.
FINE PRIZE OFFER S
SCHOOL FAIR EXHIBIT WILL BE
CONFERENCE IN LYNCH
BURG IN NOVEMBER.

A meeting Of the executive COM
mtttee IF the educational conference
of Virginia, which is composed or the
State Teachers association. the Dlvl-
sion Superfntendents' association, the
School Trustees association, and the
Co operative association was held at
noon Saturday in the Office of the
State superintendent of public In
struction. The following were pres
ent: Julian A.. Burruss, president or
the State Teachers association; Agar
Woolfork. secretary OF the state
Teachers association; State Superin-
tendent r. c. Stearnes, Evan X
Chesterman. secretary or the State
board Of education, and j. II, Bin
ford. secretary of the Cooperative as
ISOLATION.
Julian A. Burruss was elected
chairman Of the conference commit
tee. The committee requested Mr..
Stearnes to select a secretary for the
committee from his corps OF State
school inspectors, which request was
made because the executive work of
the committee requires all the time
of several persons for several weeks
before the annual meeting. Super
intendent Stearnes designated State
this position.
The meeting will be held in Lynch
burg for three days during Thanks
giving week.
The special feature of the meeting
will be an exhibit of the school fair
exhibits from the forty-seven coun-
ties of the State that hold fairs an
nually. The chief prize is set forth
in the following announcement from
the industrial education committee of
the Virginia Federation of Women's
.I1L tad NV
State Superintendent of Public In
struction Stearnes to have charge of
the exhibit:
"A handsome school clock is Of
fered by the Virginia Federation OF
Women's clubs to the county public
school In Virginia which sends the
best collection of first prize winning
work from it's county school fair to
the State School fair. This exhibit
will be held in connection with the
Virginia educational conference. at
Lynchburg, November 26th, 27th,
2Sth, 1918.
"All work entered in competition
for this clock must have been pre-
viously exhibited and have won first
prize at the 1919 school fair for
school department Of the county fair)
of the county in which the competing
school Is located.
I'm judging the work, quallty, va
riety. and skill required, will be con-
sidered."
Superintendent stearnes said yes
terday:
1 THE county school fair has grown
to be one of the largest and most
| important of all the practical move
ments to relate the public schools TO
/ the life and needs of the rural COM
! munity. In 1912 forty-fo Virginia
! counties held these fairs, either sep
arately Or in connection with the
/ county fairs; over thirty thousand
school children entered work for the
! various prizes. between seventy-five
and one hundred thousand people
| attended them, viewed the exhibits
and enjoyed the exercises OF the
| day.
| II hope this year every county in
! the State will hold school fair, and.
/ If practicable, I trust you Will or
ganize one for your county, II you
/ have not already done so"
! Mr.. Stearnes urged all superinten-
dents to conduct school fairs this