Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-24
EDUCATORS OF STATE
MEET FOR CONFERENCE
Ninth Annual Convention Opens at
s John Marshall High School
Tonight.
I MANY SUBSIDIARY MEETINGS
Program for To-Morrow Contains
Addresses From Many Leaders in
Educational Thought and Effort
Throughout State.

The ninth annual convention of tho
Virginia Education Conference will
open with public session In tho John
( marshall High School tonight at
sI5 O'Clock. This session will he held
under the auspices Of tho Conference
o. Division supe -lntendents and School
trustees Association. n. f. Clement.
president of the latter association,
will preside. The visitors will be vel.
coined to the city by Mayor George
Ainslie. and an address will be de-
livered by Governor Stuart II. c.
Stearnes, superintendent of Public In
struction. Will read his report on "The
Years Progress" The meeting will
be closed with an address by p. p
ClaXton. United States Commissioners
of Education.
1t is expected that AT least 1900
delegates. representing the vast army
OF teachers and educators in the State,
VIII be present The registration
Headquarters Will be in tho John Mar
shall High School. and registration
will begin this morning
MANY SUBSIDIARY
ORGANIZATIONS TO MEET
Meetings of the various allied or
sanizations will be held every day mt
appointed places as is printed in the
programs which will DO distributed
among the members OF the conferences
There Will be at least n score OF sub
sidiary meetings in tho day. with n
general meeting open to the public
each night. Every manner OF ques:
ton affecting the welfare OF the pub
lie schools, the health OF the pupils
and the best methods OF teaching and
the subjects II Is most desirable to
teach Will be discussed. Especial at
tention In all the discussions will be
paid to the rural schools. which are
now occupying the chief interest of
all national and State educational or
In n1t,r, to-,
outlook In the South will be heard
and the attitude which the people as
whole should take towards the pub
lie schools will likewise be an inter
ssting matter for discussion
- The alumni association OF Columbia
University. which numbers nearly 600
in Virginia. Will have an Informal
dinner at the Richmond Hotel on
Thursday night. Those wishing to
attend are asked to communicate with
MASS Ray Van Wort, acting treasurer,
at S14 East Grace Street.
The program for tomorrow Is as
follows:
a. NJ, Auditorium William +. Fox
School-Business meeting: appoint
ment Of committees: County High
They Can Do for the Rural Schools"
superintendent c. l.. Scott. Amherst
County; How May the Rural Schools
BE More Closely Related to the Life
aud Needs OF the People," w. II.
1 Hodges s alexandria County: A. II; For
tional Value OF Moving Pictures"
PRINCIPAL j. II Saunders, Richmond.
$3.50 P. NJ, Auditorium William y.
1aox School--"How Shall Suporin-
tendent Increase His Efficiency" w.
J. Edmunds, Washington; w w
Beuna Vista. ~ Long Lane That
Has Many Trimmings and Leads No
whore" T. Albert Smith, Fauquier.
Selecting Teachers and Grading Their
Ismciency." J. p. Nef. Staunton; j. CT.
Johnson Charlottesville.
o a. NJ. Auditorium Chamber of
Commercc-Reading minutes; appoint
ment OF committees: reports and res
olut'ons; subjects for discussion: The
Patrons Duty to the Public Schools"
Features of Trustees Work." Captain
Franklin sherman, Mclean: The
Athletic Craze" II c. Rice Black
stone; Compulsory EducatIon.' DIR.
~ w. McWhortcr, Hampton Sidney;
Relation OF the Rural School and
$3.50 P NJ. Auditorium Chamber OF
Commerce NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Duties of School Trustees" Eugene
Ould. Evington; Trustees Should Up
hold Teachers Under Reasonable Cir
cumstances'' e S. Warren, Witt: Tho
Is Consolidation and Transportation
Jnstided?" W. y. Withcrspoon, Rich
inond tHonrico County,; address.
r. C. Stcarnes. Superintendent of
I.ublic Instruction.
$3.50 a. NJ. Room 2o2--Meeting OF
The executive committee.
Ill a. NJ, Auditorium John Marshall
aigh School-Praycr, Rev. II p. G.
1IaclachlanA Seventh Street Christian
church, RcRTond: address OF vel
come DIR: j. a. -. Chandler, Richmond;
response for the association. r.. l.:
Sllewmake, Jr., Staunton: address,
"The School Of Hellas. Thucydides II,
IL" Fairfax Harrison. president South
arn Railway; address, The 1mpor-
lance of Teaching Music in the Pub
nc Schools DIR. r. L. Farnsworth,
Teachers College. Columbia; an
npurcemert OF committees.
1850 Z. M.-Address, present Needs
OF supervised study; address. "rhc
Educational Outlook of the South"
Bruce r, Payne. president Peabody
College for Teachers. Nashville. Tenn.