The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-27
SOUNDS
NOTES OF CHEER

4 cheerful note was sounded at
ton sht's meeting Of the Virginia edu-
cafional conference by State Superin-
tcndent r. c. Stearnes. who spoke on
THE Years Progress" n theme which
afforded the speaker a Ane opportun-
ity 10 show the astonishing strides
made by Virgina's schools during the
session i9i2-13.
MIR. Stearnes began by declaring
that the year in question merited blue
ribbon prizes for more reasons than
one. THAT session." said he. saw
the largest increase In enrolment of
white children. in number of school
rooms opened to the children, in num-
Der Of days all of the schools were In
session, and. best of all, in the amount
If money paid teachers
More Trained Teachers
The superintendent then went on
to add that In 1913 the Old Domin-
ion enjoyed the services OF a larger
proportion Of teachers having normal
school and college training than ever
before. This fail for the first time,
continued the apeaker. witnesses the
day when 1t can he said that If every
regularly certiacated teacher In Vir-
ginia had been placed in Virginia
school. there would have been no
emergency certificates issued to white
teachers"
Attention also was called TO the
fact that better supervision of coiored
teachers has changed a decrease OF
1855 in enrolment for the session OF
ls1l-12 to an increase Of 3.2oS in
1928.
Undoubtedly the feature of Super
intendent, Stearnes' inspiring address
1T p1 n
Of the Russell Sage foundation, which
gives Virginia so low an educational
standing among her sister States. The
speaker demonstrated by statistics al
his rommand-~-statistics whose &C
curacy cannot be questipned-that
virginia, instead OF ranking forty-ffrs'
in the matter of educational progress
probably ranks az high as seventeenth
in some respects and not lower than
thirty -ffth In any respect
Comparative Costs.
Superintendent Stcarnes pointec
out chat this gratifying average has
been achieved at "A per capita cost OF
seven dollars as compared with pei
cApita cost If thirty-two dollars ir
the state OF Washington, which Il
gwen the highest rank by the Sage
foundation.
/ In this connection the State super.
{ t,t a.fEwRGfGf sc better aNEtPn
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