The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-29


At HIGH SCHOOLS
Continued From First pagcD
We located In tho cnyirons OF tile Uni
Varsity OF virginia; also approving the
pohcy OF compulsory education Dr. j.
:. Mcdonnell, OF tho Rudrord Normal:
president T.. II. Russell. of F'r.d.ricks,
n"rE normal: Julian II. Burruss. OF
li"itisonburg Normal: spoke briefly
uolr views favoring tho establish
'he"t OF coordinate school for wo-
mon.
Important RESOLUTIONS.
ny inc sessions of the Rural Teach
"rs Association. two important rcso-
! Iutions were adopted To- be presented
IN du" form and order to the commit
'c" on "rsolutions OF the State Teach
cfS Association and by them in turn
20 IN" General Assembly OF Virginia.
me resolutions were as follows.
/. 10 II resolved, That We. the rural
teachers Of Virginia. following the ox-
amDi" OF the teachers OF Rockbriduo
,"untN IN their county convention in
lexington. assembled on November ~.
/ 1918. do hereby petition the Cen
oral Assembly OF virginia to act aside
! extra appropriation at their next reg
ulai session for tho education and
upllti OF the OLD as well as the Young
OF our mountainous ana destitute dis
trlcts where the education OF the ole
! has already been ;ricd with success
In at least one instance and where
assistance Is greatly needed
:. &c II resolved, That we tho ru-
raj tcachcrs 81 Virginia. In regular
session assembled at til. state Teach
( crS convention. at Lynchburg. Va No
Nembcr 1913, feeling the need of :;
for h.a
a minimum term of the rural schools
and believing that same reform Is pos
Sinle, do request the General Assembly
or Virginia ut It's ncxt regular session
to place upon its statute books a law
which shall make ii OBLIGATORY for
the district school boards TO pay ru :
raj teachers not less than nfty dollars
900 per month, and that the school
term shall not be less than eigh.
months, when tho average attendance
* sufficient therefor
The first resolution was presented
by Miss Murrcll, accredited delegate
from Rock bridge County. and the sec
ond was suggested by Mrs Earlfath
and presented by Mr.. W. Nj. Bass.
Mrs. Nuuford Prcsidcs.
The Cooperative Education Associa-
ton OF Virginia, of which Mrs H. r.
Munford. OF Richmond. is president,
held largely attended meeting this
morning in the High School Auditori-
Un. beginning at 80 o'clock, Mrs t.
Il. Aluntord presiding
Leading off on tho program. Mrs
l.. II Dashiell. director OF the Citizens
League. read report on the work Of
tho leagues for the year She fire.
'qucntly referred. while making her re-
port TO club organization and pointed
out what good work il was doinK Su-
perintendcnt T.. g. Tankard. of North
ampton County followed with n paper
tho subject OF which was what the
Leagues Have Done i'm Northamnton
County His paper dealt almost entire
lr with review OF the achievements
The leagues in Northampton Owing
90 the absence Of Miss Mary &. Wilkc
principal OF Montpelier High School
who was scheduled To discuss How
our League Observed Good Roads Day"
Superintendent Dickinson. of Cumbcr-
land County, was asked to address the
meeting on similar topic. He told
OF the work in his county among the
leagues, especially with respect to good
roads
I'm interesting talk was given by
MIR Beach. student of LurRy High
school, who discussed the work OF the
Junior school and Improvement
League. of tho Luray school. tracing
the various accomplishments OF this
institution. Miss ELLA G.. AEncw dis
cusscd ~ League Meeting IN the In
tcrcSt Of Better Farming" She called
attention TO the need OF "Bctter Farm
Ing Day and said the children should
be aroused mp TO the point that they
should take an interest in farming IN
the school leagues. Size also cinpha-
sized the need OF teaching children in
leagues to grow alfalfa The ncxt
speaker was Rev. Edward Il. Carter
OF Hampton. formerly of Lynchburg,
whose topic was The Value OF Char
acter Building" lie dealt With his sub
jcct as 1t was related TO the schools
ana his treatment was well defined.
showing how the character building
process took place in the schools. j H.
Binford. executive secretary, spoke for
"A short while on "'rhc school a. Il
NciShhorhoUd centre
Encouraging Reports.
The university summer school
alumni mot this morning TO hear re-
ports from local chapters and am
nounccmcnts from Charles q. Maphis.
professor of secondary education at
the University of Virginia. and dircc-
tor of the summer school there
number Of encouraging reports were
made showing that tho local chapters
had hccn active III many lines of school
work and were getting more summer
school students To become active. Such
work rs cooperating with all high
schools Ia Nlbcinarlc for example, in
getting students entering The higher
institutions To 20 without being con-
ditioncd on any subjects: stimulating
the interest and attendance ut tho uni
NcrSity summer school. Mr. AIaphis
mad. some brief announcements. en-
rhasiz!ne the fact that The 1915 sum
m"r school would ahcrd in" students
some unusually attractive entcrtain-
meut features. Many questions Of par
ticuiar interest 10 former summer
school students who are now teaching
were informally discussed. Former
students Of the old school Of methods