The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-26
BETTER|NG SCHOOL
CONDITIONS IS AIM
SPEAKERS AT TEACHERS AssOCIA-
TON MEETING POINT OUT
DUTIES or SOUTH.
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
DIR. PAYNE. OF PEABODY. ASSERTS
WOMEN WOULD NOT HAVE
BUILT WAR MACHINEs-NEED
SUPERVISED STUDY.

lettering conditions under which
children study--mproving sanitation
ana providing pure fresh air and regu-
lating diet and hours OF work to over
come the tendency 10 tuberculosis; pro-
viding a system of supervised study,
and combating ignorance fostering
poverty disease and sn---were tho
themes under discussion at the second
general session of the Virginia State
Teachers Association. held yesterday
afternoon IN John Marshall High School
Auditorium. The speakers were. re-
spective1y Dr. nougies Freeman, Of
Richmond; DIR, Alfred HaIl-Quest. as
sociate professor of education at Uni
versity Of Virginia, and DR.. Bruce r.
Payne. president of Peabody College
for Women Teachers. Nashville. Pres
Normal, presided.
During the course of his address, DR..
Payne made a strong plea for equal
suffrage. After declaring the great
cry is democracy, and that Ii liz not
democracy to deprive half the popula-
ton OF the country, the intelligent
women, of the right TO have voice
IN the affairs of government. he point
eddy put the question: III women had
been guiding the destinies Of the ma
tons for the last nifty years, would
. they nave PSt[i UuiidLiiE . up uIhltS.
navies and fortresses in preparation
TO send out their husbands to shoot
the husbands of other women"
Man. Civilization Failure.
MANS civilization he asserted, has
been failure. AS people in the past
sneered at democracy, SO today. they
smile at women's suffrage but it will
he well for them TO think of this ques-
tion as they smile"
Or PAYNE deplored the breaking
down of civilization as ii is evidenced
in the European wars and called upon
the forces of education In the South to
get ready to take their place In the
work OF rebuilding civilization. That
the South knows better than the rest
Of the world how the rebuilding should
be done. having but recently gone
through A readjustn1ent, he asserted.
Important things to conside' In GO
ing at the problem presented, he said.
embrace the fact that ignorance Is
the mother OF poverty, diSease and
sin AZ the schools of the South are
fighting ignorance SO must it improve
the health of the South 10y teaching
the fundamentals The n, gro. one OF
the great germ bearers in the prolific
germ bearing South. must be better
educated that he can reduce the NOR
tality rate of his race. Statistics show
the South to be unheaithful People
do not know that the high mortality
OF the negro greatly Increases the
whole death rate. TN order to save
the health OF the white people" he
declared. we must save the lives Of
the negro"
( Need Brains In Industry.
! Or. rayne concluded with COM
parson of industrial production In the
North and the South and showed that
I IL is because the North mixes more
brains In its industry that It's pro-
duction is greater The South" he
said. has the sunshine and the soil
and all the materials needed. II needs
to put skin into the hands Of its BOYS
that they may later become greater
| producers because they know how to
Use their brains"
/ The Present Need Of Supervised
Study" was the subject Of the lecture
Of DR.. Hall-Quest After telling why
study should be supervised. the speaker
urged that the present conference take
some action looking to the making of
study of supervised study during
the coming year. that a systematic
method may be adopted in this State.
There are nineteen so-called methods
of supervised study and as he enun-
, Grated them he pointed out faults Ia
each.
To Name Committee.
Acting Superintendent Martin. of Pc
tersburg, moved that the chair name
committee to take up the work and
to report at next years conference.
The motion was referred TO the execu-
tive committee, which meets Friday
morning, for action
DR. Freemans address was a plea for
better school buildings and for more
! fresh air that the children attending
school might not become victims of
tuberculosis. He declared teachers ard
/ school officials owe II to the future of
their charges TO do all In their power
TO eliminate dangers now lurking In
many of the schools.
In the auditorium of John Marshall
High school tonight President Russell
will send his annual message to the
conference. The speaker tonight will
be DR.. c. Alphonso Smith. OF the Uni
versity of Virginia. whose subject is
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