The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
TINEsDIspATcH: RICHMOND VA SUNDAY April 49, 1918

| be educated for q specific calling. For
farming. the most important vocation
there has been the least training. When
| boy finished at the hish school
the poor mans college"-we ought to
! bc able tp ask him not "What are you
| going to be?" but What are your"
| Efforts for agricultural progress must
| 10 great degree be directed ut the
| farm boy. Governor Mann commended
| the Second District Agricultural High
School at Drivers as the sort of school
| which is working along the right lines.
and which must be Initiated moro
| generally.
Those in charge of 1t, he said. de-
| serve tho greatest credit. The boys
| who farm their acres under the direc-
| ton of such schools have demonstrated
the capacity of Virginia land which, in
the Goyernor's opinion, never wears
| out, although the farmer sometimes
does. Intensive cultivation" is the
goal toward which Virginia farmers
must aim.
Vocational education Is essential"
he continued. Virginia now spends
millions on her educational system,
| but much remains to be done toward
securing thorough efficiency In It,
| There must be no retrogression In
Virginia In 1904 there were seventy
four high schools. in 1913 there are
425, but the State must not rest until
its full duty is dono by Offering an
opportunity to every. child to become
educated. The Jefferson plan of
public school system is still being car
ried out.
81 shall never ask you to vote for
me again Governor Mann said in
closing. My ambition now and ever
since L became your Governor has been
that when l lay down the rcins OF
office L shall leave Virginia better.
richer and more righteous than when
l took the oath, With no personal
gain in mind. therefore. | appeal to
you now to stand by your school au-
thorities. by your boys and girls, for
In so doing you render more important
service than they who stand behind
the guns. Stand by the movement for i
agricultural development You can
multiply your products tcnfold If you
will adopt new methods. You can
give the consumer what he wants at n
fair price and stiil have enough for
yourselves. Do not be satisfied with
the past. Do what is right. My stand
ard in office has been to determine what
believed right and to stand by 1t
without regard to consequences"
Importance of Health.
DR.. Roy *. Flanagan, OF the Vir-
ginia State Department of Health was
then introduced by DIR. II. w Camp
bell OF Suffolk He stressed the gen
eral Importance of health, explaining
that 1T is purchasabie commodity 1t
Is the biggest asset of the individual
and of the State. Fifty per cent of
disease is prcvcntablc.
Two hundred and five thousand men
were Killed on both sides in the War
Between the States but in the last four
years 100000 persons have been killed
10y, consumption meventablc disease.
\ large percentage of these were coun-
try people. The time has come when
we must stop the disgrace of typhoid
| fever" he said. explaining in detail its
source. In Orange County schools he
RTnd that had Sr Gent nad of the GGumtry
"a n nf.f Ia 4 4,
its a shame" Children should be
made healthy before they are educated
sanitary conditions on our farms. The
farmer ought TO clean up. He ought
To- carry all manure to his fields weekly.
Ninety per cent OF the farmers do not
pay proper attention to their stable
lots Now is the time to begin to clean i,
up. Many wells are unsanitary. The
country districts need official health
supervision just as much as the cities
+. II. LaRaume. land and Industrial
agent Of the Norfolk and Western
Railway, said that Virginia could be
as nsr rich is hi, as HGlaGd With its largest
cultural methods p' tos defendea "E the
peanut with the assertion that it has
I Virginia. This State needs "A more ra-
c ciomai Sitio OF rotation. Virginia
siye. more aggressive, more optimistic.
The North Carolinians," he said are
I tiic most nedTtilS responsive people III
the entire South. They are ahead OF
the Nirginans. They arc forever
adopting new methods and taking
progressive steps. They rise to meet
emergencies; they master situations
that seem impossible OF mastery.
think that the reason they are more
progressive than YOU arc is that they
have more natural difficulties to con.
tend with, more adverse conditions to
stir them TO action. Their spirit sfios,Id
be admired and copied" What lis
needed on Virginia farms is a better
social life. more consideration for farm
women and their needs. more paint
better roads. more recreation, more ma
terial incentive for farm boys and girls
Southern banking Is too conservative
in reference to endeavors to render pro-
ductive the great untitled areas. FL |
nally, MIR. La Baumc urged that all