Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-12
DIR. Thomas Walker Page
Expresses Confidence in
Virginia Legislature.
-STEARNES TELLS WHAT
STATE is ACCOMPLISHING
National Society for Promotion
of Industrial Education Closes
Convention.
is REFLECTED
Would Amend State Constitution
Raising Compulsory Attend
ance Age Limit.

The Constitution OF Virginia as IL
relates to compulsory education should
be amended. declared c. 4. Prosser
secretary of the National Society foI
the Promotion of Industrial Education
ht inc meeting of that body last night
SO AS 10 include all children fourteen
years of age. Instead of limiting the
age to twelve. and there should be com.
pulsory attendance upon continuation
scnoois II industrial training Is to cf.
fecf the good which is desired and ex.
pectcd OF II. He said that Virginia
does not need more legislation. that
inc local communities can begin the
Work OF Industrial training without
waiting for State aid. and that tho
state Board of Education can super
wise the work. He pointed out tho
need or separate department in the
state board to supervise industrial
training
superintendent of Public instruction
~. =. Stearnes discussed the problem
as IT'S ahec's Virginia. Dr. Thoma.
walker Page, Of the department ot
economics of the University Of vir.
gina, adopted rather critical atti.
tude. saying that IT was not necessar,
10 uecry the present system Of cducn
ton In order to assure the new. anf
that money for additional needs could
DC obtained from the Legislature IL tho
planned.
AEDFIELD RE-EEE(rFED
+ PRESIDENT OF SOCIETY
AZ The business session held at moor
William g. Redfeld Secrefary NJ COW.
ncrce. was reelected president. cbecs.
man a. Herrick. president OF Girart
Soiege. vice-prcsidert. and .rederIck
b' fratt. secretary OF the Pratt Instt.
tute. treasurer. The following wert
elected to the board OF managers: Mrs
Mary Schenck Woolman, Frederick A
iGe,er, Walter Ao1.aSman, Hugh Frayne
w lliialn ;SlIynll. orge CofI,ng JVa r
ner. David +. Ed wards. Henri xss,,
1ali. AIRS, Eva W. White, DR.. j. a. c,
.lhnndler snd Ernest NJ Hopkins Nam,
inations were made by N >committe.
consisting OF a. Lincoln Tilcne Isnho
Ely Lord John Golden, j. W Ijeb nm,
G. +. Richards. '''
RESOLUTIONS ADoITEn
AS TO FUTURE; WORK
me society last night adopted reso.
iutiohs' hrst to secure Federal aid I'm
S wise restrictions. for the promotion
y, 'Huus.riai' agricultural and househoId
second, for the better training n,
atacners' men and women who hnve
hrst-hand knowledge of the s,,hiact,
,heS are expected to teach: third IN,
the recognition of broad Indu.tri,i
eoucation as an essential part of /,
lorn:al agreement between employe,
ana empioye; fourth. for the bringing
.t, ti,er OF All interests concerned in
the advancement OF child labor IegisIo
non; NTH. for wider knowledpe and
systematization of opportunities for Of.
IectlVe employment OF girls and women,
sixth, for the closer co-operation ot
society with the Federal government
that the latter may make Investigations
!. IS impossible to be made by the
Sites. ana with manufacturers and
manufacturers orga nizations. and
"hnally. the society would call ntten-
tion TO the seriousness of problems
"hich this country must meet as a re-
suit OF the existing European war
problems both OF assimilating into on,
industrial fabric the great numbers OF
men immigrants who will come to our
shores. and of manning our industries
with workers competent to secure for
us the enlarging opportunity for foreign
and domestic trade, and it would EN-
phasizc the leading part which this So
ciety, Ii ii would continue the importan,
work which it has already accomplished
should prepare itself to play"
RESOLUTIONS OF
THANKS TO RICHMOND
The resolutions are signed by James
+. Munroe, Mrs. Schenck Woolman
Levi is Gustafson and diNilson II. Hender-
son. Leonard =. Ayres could not be
present at the meeting when the reso.
lutions were drawn. There were also
resolutions thanking the city OF Rich
mord, Mr.. Stearnes, principals and
teachers, various clubs and the press
for courtesies extended.
In his address last night, Mr. Prosser
enumerated several States which have
based their program of Industrial educa :
tion on the position that no child under
and congratulated Virginia on It's posi-
tion in this respect. He said that
illiteracy is the basis of vocational In
efficiency, and that schooling up to the
age of fourteen should be the minimum
training required. Premature child
1bor he characterized as socially waste
full. He regretted that the Constitution
tion to children of the age between
eight and twslve, and urged that the
:nse be raised to fourteen.
Every community, said Mr.. Prosser
should do its part. for it would be use
less and wasteful to invest money In n
community wherc vocational and In
'dustrial training was not wanted. The
community should put up most of the
money needed, and this should be sup
:plemented by an appropriation from
tho state.
PAGE PRAISES
VIRGINIA LEGIsLATURE
DR.. Page humorously reflected tina.
the subject assigned him was not. one
with which he was especially familiar
and that. perhaps. he WAS being used
to illustrate m error. Before he fin
ished however, he had Impressed the
audience with other reflections which
were valuable In their import. He
urged that II was only necessary t,
show the need for funds with which tc
pursue the work of vocational and IN
.dustrial training. and said that the iYir-
2glnia LegislRture--a remarkably high