The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-16
B|NFORD WILL ENTER
RURAL SCHOOL WORK
Resigns Position As Secretary of the
cooperative Education Assoc
citation.
II. MONTGOMERY Is NAMED
Southw~st Virginia Man VIII Succeed
Him-Nrs. l.. II. Dashieu Also ne
sigHs office.

Jesse ~. Riuford for ave Years Sec
rotary OF the state operative Edu-
cation Association. has resigned his
office to become one Of the state school
inspectors attached TO the Departtn emit
OF Public destruction His rssiguat ion
was accepted yesterday at ia meeting
of the associs ton and J. ". Mont
gomety. OF Dsmascus was chosen as
his successor
Mrs. 3. II. Munfnrd. president OF the
assoeia ton. said Yesterday afternoon
that while the association regretted
greatly to lose the valuable services
Of Secretary Bintord. his resignation
had been accepted with the feeling that
II was for the hetterment or the pub
lie school system Of Virginia And
that Is what the Cooperative Educa
ton Association was formed to do"
she added.
Rural schooi work.
Mr. Binford, whose services as a
speaker have been In constant demand
and who is widely known throughout
the Commonwealth. hereafter will de-
vote his time exclusively to the ru-
raj schools. To quote from an orfcial
paper. he Is to serve az an agent
! FOR the bringing about of fundamental
underlying conditions more favora BILE
/ to rural school development" And
surely no man could be more eficient
in this particular field. for the country
people all know and admire Mr.. Bin
ford. and they feel that in him they
have a friend who thoroughly under
stands the needs OF the rural schools.
Mr.. Binfords new position Is made
possible through the generosity OF the
General Education Board. which has
recently created rural school agents
in all the Southern States. 1t will not
be the policy OF this board. however.
, to dictate plans for Mr.. Binford' 8
work. This will be left entirely to the
discretion of the new appointee and
of State Superintendent Stearnes
J. II. Montgomery, the new secretary.
is young man OF exceptional ability.
He Is native of Tennessee, a grad
uate of Emory and Henry College for
few years successful business man
In Knoxville and has for the past
three years been principal of the Da =
mascus High School. Mr.. MONTGOMERY
was leader while at college In Y NJ.
c. A. work. and won the best debatsr's
and orators medals
At Damascus Professor MONTGOMERY
organized Business Mems Association,
most successful School and Civic
League. and proved himself to be such
community worker that the commit
tee felt he was the right man TO take
up the work so we'll established by
Mr.. Binford
Mrs. Dashieu Resigns.
/ Much to the regret OF all interested
, in the work. Mrs l.. r. Dashieil. promt =
nently connected with the Corpora
| tive Education Association since its
organization, will no longer be Off
cially connected with the work Mrs
Dashieii rendered her resignation the
! first of the year II was hoped that
, means might be found to induce Mrs
Dashiell to reconsider her resignation
But this has been found to be imprac-
/ ticable- Mrs. Dashiell organized the
first School and Civic League In the
State at Louisa Courthouse ten years
ago. having been sent out under the
authority of the Richmond Education
Association. since that time this work
has spread to every county in the State
and Mrs Dshiell has beer largely in
strumental in building up this Inn
portant work.
! At its meeting yesterday. the CO.
operative Education Association execu-
I tive committee laid plans for the con-
tinuance of the work done during the
last ten years.
Recently tho association lost some
OF Its financial support by the change
In personnel and policies OF the South
ern Education Board. After an active
financial campaign the larger part OF
the associations budget for the cur
rent year has been raised. Expressions
of appreciation from Superintendent
r. c. Stearnes. from teachers and civic
league workers throughout the State.
as we'll as school oficixls in every
county. were received.