The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-21
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,eri,tendent Of Public schools.

Superintcndent Of Public schools.
hmo Is a real educational CEN
ter and grows stronger each year An
it's educational institutions. Its edu-
cational enterprises may be classed a.
private and public institutions
Private Educational Institutions.
The total number of pupils en-
rolled in private institutions, as re-
/ ported by the superintendent or pun
lie schools to the department OF pup
lie instruction on June 80, 1918. was
5,25i. In these private a~hstitulIoais
| there were engaged All teachers Tne
total number of private institutions.
as reported, was thirty-five, not m
ending the Union Theological semi
nary at Ginter Park. Its capital. en-
dowment and plant aggregating ABOUT
one and one-half million
or the private institutions in Rich
mond the ~parochiai schools OF the
Catholic church enrolled in the nelgh-
borhood Of 100 The Benedict4ne
college n the West End bids fair TO
grow each year. In the same VlclHlts
has recently been constructed a semi
nary for girls which VIII be an aoot-
ton to he educational institutions OF
the western part OF h city.
The Richmond college system en-
rolled 533 students and employed
thirty-eight professors and instructors.
The Woman's college of Richmond
| last year took care OF 22s students
with nineteen professors and IN
s~tructors. In September, 1914. Rich
mond college plant will he moved TO
Westhampton, where. along with the
college for men, Will be a large COZ
lege for women The plant anu en-
dowment Ia valued at ~$l.5oo,ouo.
Ya4nh-,nra Ia fortunate IN having
an excellent Mechanics institute,
which enroIls over 600 students: ex-
cellent business colleges, with an en-
rollment of about 500. excellent
n~reparatory schools for boys, enroll
ing about 500. M preparatory
| schools for girls, enrolling even more
students than the boys preparatory
schools.
Again. Richmond Is a medical CEN
ter. The clinical advantages OF the
| CITY are great, and the medical col
ieges for the year just ended enrolled
E7o students with a teaching force
of ITO professors and instructors in
Gliding some Of the finest physicians
in the entire country The University
College If Medicine and the Medical
| College If Virginia have recently been
consolidated under the charter tltie
OF 1.-The Medical College OF Wiz.
ginia,'' and. under the direction or
president s.. G. Mitchell. Is beginning
a career which will make Richmond
| even more famous as a center OF
medical education.
II ia difficult TO state definitely the
amount of capital invested in all OF
the private educational institutions or
Richmond. but a conservative esti-
mate places the value of all the plants
and endowments at s6,0oo.ooo II IL
also difficult to estimate the IN
value to Richmond of these instltu-
| tons. But 1t is safe to say that there
are to be found in Richmond. attend
Ing our institutions, students from
outside at the city numbering about
1900. and the annual expenditure of
| these students In the city cannot be
less than three-auarters Of a million
dollars. This last statement is made
to show that the business of a city
is always helped by h number of
educational institutions which bring
to the city students ron Hbroaf
Public Schools.
The session Of the public schools
Of Richmond which closed June II,
1918, was the most successful in the
| history. Of our city school system. Dur
ing the session there were enrolled
1922 pupils in the day and night
schools, and 494 In the vacation
| schools. The John Marshall High
school led with the largest enrolment
In It's history, a total OF 1894. In
IA me building. however. was m
Eaucted n night school. which enrolled
S27, making the total number OF pu-
pills accommodated in the high school
building 2.221. The city of Rich
mond never made a better investment
for the education of its children than
the construction of the John Marshall
High school building. This building
was opened for the first time In Sep
TENDER. 1909. and the grounds. build
ing and equipment cost $575,o00.
Within the last four years there
, have been erected In Richmond for