The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-22
An Adjunct Of Rich
mond's High School;
It's Good Work.
EDUCATION WORK
IN THE NIGHTTIME
An Institution Somewhat Pecu-
liar to Greater Richmond That
Has Attracted the Attention
of the Nation-It Has
Met Long-Fclt
Want.

TIC John marshall High school Is
one OF RichmonG's bras twentieth CEN
fury institutions. Everybody. or near
ly everybody. knows or this now ia
nous school q high school. out
everybody does not know all about its
side Issues. For instance. Tic night
school. which was opened there some-
thing over two years ago; l do not
know just when. but its phenomenal
growth since The opening is y matter
OF local interest and is attracting the
notice OF educators ana business men
In other sections OF Virginia.
More than that. people in other
States have been looking at the John
Marshall High School. and the asking
for and obtaining information about the
work of the Might School department.
The reputation Of this side issue has
Gon" to the North, and the remark
able Tact is that even New England.
which once thought to teach us South
eGasrs new stunts In the educational
ana industrial lines, has been taking
some lessons from the John Marshall
and that wonderful night school
~ tho recent meeting OF the Ma
tionnl Educational Association. held i'll
tnis cit" about month ago, All of the
educational journals worthy the name
were represented b., special writer's
The editor OF the Journal Of I1duca-
ZION, :. great educational paper pub
liShed i'll Boston. the supposed centre
OF intellect and oil things that pertain
TO education, was here and when we
got home he wrote in his editorial
column ~ follows: THE John Marshall
EreninS High School was the cause of
more expression. OF greater profess
sional admiration than ANYTHING said
or done in Richmond IL is indeed ono
OF >he marvellous demonstrations Of
eAc possibilities OF an evening school"
History of the school.
! asked man, Richmond man. who
E..n EFpt,
an the Richmond and all OF the Nir-
Sinin schools To tell mo something for
puoicatioA about this night school OF
ene john MARSHALL centre of popular
.euucution. From tho notes he has fur
niShed ne / gather some. facts tb,t
! nave no doub; will be interestinr 70
iocai readers, as we'll AS to all me neo-
Pie or Virginia and the South. who
are interested III the matter OF popular
rms school was organized October
10. lsll with n principal (who taurbt,
an" Two teachers. The subjects Of
Tered from the first wer. stenoSr,nby
'sPeWriting. bookkeeping, writing and
spelling. The school board has made
II "a policy OF the school that instrnc
ton would be supplied To a class or
Ken or more students in any practi-
cal subject. whenever sucl, a number
might apply. This attitude. on the
part or tho superintendent and school
board. met with hearty appreciation
on the part OF the young people OF
Richmond, and before the end of tho
nrst year the school had grown until
faculty of twelve were employed
and the enrolment reached over GOO.
To provide the instruction desired.
classes were formed In high school and
other subjects.
The second year. which began the
'st OF October. 1912. saw n continu-
alton of this substantial growth. with
corresponding enlargement and extern
sion OF courses.
The present year. which IL the third,
has surpassed by far anything ac-
complfshed before. 1t will perhaps
make 1t clearer To show here n table
OF comparisons. covering the first term
of the three years the second term,
February to April. cannot he included,
owing to the fact that the present
term Is not yet completely. However,
the enrolment has increased up to
February. To 1865.
Total enrolment. first term lending
January 81. 191D. CAS-: 1912. lie: 1911.
in 1?lt. Il; in 1912. 70: in 1914. Al.
PERCENTAGE OF attendance In 1911. &c;
in 1912. 20: in 1914. So
What Is Taught.
y table showing the enrolment by
classes would doubtless bc interesting.
night school pupils are taught ste
biography. commercial bookkeeping
banking, mechanical drawing. machine
shop work. wood shop work, millinery.
sewing. cooking, embroidery. high
school subjects. grammar grades. etc.
The table would also show the in
creased interest In all OF these studies
from year to year and how the work
has grown until now tho attendance
has increased from CHS for the first
year to 1872 in the third year: there
being 500 boys and 113 girls In nightly
attendance.
\ careful study OF the table. which
VIII lie furnished in detail to any ono
Interested, would reveal the remark
able growth OF the night school. es-
pccially during the pre-cnt school year.
The Various studies.
The courses a"e numerous including
stenography. typewrting. bookkeeping,
banking. writing. business arithmetic,
hi, IA school and grammar grades, me-
cha meal drawing shop work, household
art courses. sewing. cooking millinery,
etc. The savings department Is
unique feature OF this school. and the
figures 10 show its workings are in
tcrestinG. 1t is known as the John
Marshall Nipht School Savings De-
partment. and every student IS en-
couraged to deposit Il part OF his earn
tngs in this deHart" eut
These funds are de o tied in a local
national bank 1T s per ceat interest,
and the student il paid . per cent on
all deposits.
The difference OF per cent will ac-
cumulate as \ tund. which VIII be dis
tributed into forty-th.ce cash prizes
ut the end of the school year. as fol-
Lows: three students Will receive
per cent each. or 10 per cent of total
five students Will receive per cent
each. or 20 per cent OF total: ten stu
dents will receive 3 per cent each, or
80 per cent OF total: ten students viii
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