Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-22
EDUCATORSO OF
STATE MEET HERE
FOR CONFERENCE
Opening Session to Be Held
Tuesday at John Mar
shall High School.
MANY SUBSIDIARY
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
Prominent Leaders of School
Work in Virginia Have
Part in Program.
TO MAKE ADDRESS
United States Commissioner OF Etlu.
cation Among Invited Guests
OF Conference.
MANY SUBSIDIARY
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
cLAxToN TO MAKE ADDRESS
United States Commissioner OF Edu.
cation Among Invited Guests
Of Conference.

The ninth annual Virginia Educa-
tion Conference, which embraces many
subsidiary organizations. will begin
with public meeting In the John Mar
shall High School Tuesday night Mt
S:1o o'clock. and will continue through
Friday. The Virginia Education Con-
ference is one of the largest organiza-
t!ons OF it's kind In the South. and in
Its membership are numbered practical
~ all the teachers In the State. SO that
a largo gathering of primary. second
airy and collegiate educators Is ex-
pected here this week.
The conference will be opened Tues
day night under the auspices of the
Superintendents' Conference and School
trustees Association, with y. E.
Clement. president of the latter asso-
citation, presiding. An address of well
come will be delivered by Mayor
Ainslie and Superintendent Of Public
Instruction II. c. Stearnes will tell OF
The Years Progress" Governor
stuart Will also make an address, and
he will be followed by p. p. Claxton,
tion.
CONFERENCE MEETS
IN MANY SECTIONS
Meetings will be held morning, az
ternoon and night In various schools
and places OF assemblage. While most
OF them will be concerned with techni-
cal discussion of tho art and methods
or teaching and of the proper subject
matter to lay before the pupil, the
night meetings will be OF especial In
rerest to the general public. In that
learned men and prominent educators
Will address themselves to discussion
OF tho problems In which all tho people,
especially PARENTS are concerned.
Among the public speakers will be DIR.
c. Alphonso Smith. of tho University
OF Virginia: DIR. James Southall Wilson,
OF the College OF William and Mary: DR..
a. w. AicWhorter.- of Hampden- Sidney
College; DIR. w. H Heck, of the Uni-
versity of Virginia; DR.. ]. P. Mcconnell.
president of the Radford State Normal;
DR.. f. L. Gaines. of Richmond College.
and Professor William A. Kepner, OF
the University OF Virginia
ELABORATE ENTERTAINMENT
PROGRAM HAS BEEN PREPARED
An elaborate program of entertain
ment has been prepared. and there
VIII he many alumni reunions during
the convention. On Wednesday night
at S:l5 o'clock there will be a musical
and reception to the conference men,
bers under the auspices OF the Ele-
mentary Teachers Association to the
conference. members On Friday af-
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock a theatre party
will be rendered the visitors by the
Retail Merchants Association OF Rich
mond at the Lucille La Verne Empire
Iheatre. Plans are being perfected
for bqnauets or other meetings for
the alumni of tho following colleges:
College or william and Mary, Rich
mond College. Peabody College for
Teachers. Teachers College OF Colum-
bia University. Farmvillo State Nor
NAL School. University Of Virginia
summer School. Room No 103. OF the
John Marshall High School, will he
maintained as smoking-room and
restroom for men attending the con-
ference. and Room No. III In the same
building will be maintained as re-
ception room for those attending the
meetings OF the Cooperative Educn-
tion Association.
MANY SUBSIDIARY
ORGANIZATIONS TAKE PART
subsidiary meetings: Division Super
intendents. Tuesday night at Sis
o'clock. John Marshall High School:
Virginia State Teachers Association.
wednesday morning at 9:3o O'clock
Room 2Oe John Marshall High School
night. at Sl5 o'clock. John Atarshail
High School; Cooperative Education
Association of Virginia. Friday morn
ing at . o'clock. auditorium, John
Marshall High School; Virginia Eng
lish Teachers Association. Thursday
''i's O. i"'"o SiOCkt SUo East
Marshall Street. Tho American School
Peace League. Virginia branch Will
meet Wednesday afternoon at Q O'Clock
In tho auditorium OF Ruffne,
and the Virginia Folk-Lore Society
VIII meet Thursday morning Mt
o'clock in Room 207 Of the John Nnr-
shall High School.
STATE PRIMARY TEACHERS
ANNOUNCE SPECIAL. PROGRAM
The annual meeting of tho state
Primary Teachers Association will be
held on Wednesday and Thursday.
Thc oficers Of this association are,
Miss Frances WILLIAMS. Lynchburg.
president: Miss Elizabeth Pickett, Nor
folk; Miss Blanche .Bulifant, Radford
and Miss Pnttie Turnbuli. CharIottes.
vile, vlcc-presidents; Miss s. Orpah
Dabney, Petersburg, secretary. At the
first session, which will be held at
the John Marshall High School Thurs
day morning. beginning at o'clock.
the following program Will be rem
dered:
Music In the Primary Grades" by
Miss Margaret Fraser, Frcdericissburs
State Normal.
The Primary Program and the Pri-
mary Child" by Miss Elizabeth e.
Gregg. Harrisonburg State Normal.
Child Study as an Aid to Disci-
plinc," by Miss Frances c. Higgins,
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Address by John Garland Pollard.
Richmond.
In the Virginia Mechanics Insti-
ltutc on Friday morning at . o'clock,
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