The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-13
TEACHERS MEET TODAY;
SCHOOLS Open TUESDAY
! White Teachers Gather In John Nfnr.
s1aAll Auditorium Alta 10 This
Morning.
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO PUPILS
Where They win Report At . O'Clock
Tomorrow Morning-Compu Is DRY
, Law Becomes Effective.

opening Of the public scnoois eoHioi
row. according to the announcement
made by Superintendent Cnanu'er.
white teachers will be held this morn
ing at 10 o'clock In the John Marshall
High School auditorium. AT this
meeting the members OF the school
Board will be present and make short
addresses and the teachers will be
assigned to their respective buildings.
More than IT'S teachers will be as
sixned at this meeting and at the
meeting Of the colored teachers.
which will be held at the Armstrong
Hieh School at IL o'clock on the same
day.
The schools will open promptly at
. o'clock on Tuesday. September IA.
All old and new pupils are requested
% report
Where Pupils Report.
All pupils who have completed the
5-B or grades above at Eiba, Madison.
Stonewall jackson. John b. Cary, Will
liam F. Fox and Randolph Schools
will report at the Binford Junior High
School. All pupils who have com.
pleted the 5-B or grades above at
Jefferson, Springfield. Bellevue and
Chimborazo Schools will report at
Bellevue Junior High School. which is
the new Bellevue School building, al
the corner of Twenty-fourth and
Grace Streets. Ali pupils who have
previously attended at the John Mar
shall High School will report there,
and ali pupils who have completed the
7-B grade at Ruffner. Barton Heights.
Highland Park and Ginter PARK
Schools will also report at the John
Marshall High School.
An innovation m the colored schools
for the coming session is the intro
duct;on of a colored faculty at the
Armstrong High school Heretofore
the high school work for the colored
has been done by faithful corps Of
white teachers Due to their work.
the Armstrong High School has taken
the highest rank OF any colored nigh
school In the State.
Compulsory Attendance.
Ear the arst time in Its history,
Richmond viii, have compulsory Seneoi
attendance this session. the IAN reauir-
ing IT going into effect this fall with
the opening of school
When the question was put to the
voters last year they gave the law
vote that was all but unanimous
There was no active opposition 10 the
law and II was said that several or
those voting against the measure
thought that they were voting for ~
Compulsory education In Virginia Is
purely n local opium <Ab'
county or city desiring to enforce the
attendance Of children under fourteen
yeas Of age at school may do so II
a fnaic rity of the voters of that
county or city express their approval
OF such law. Rockingham, Rock
bridge. Richmond and Henrtco and
eeversl other counties have already
drrsarrrf themselves he. matter
and il is very probable that in the
ss.Ns al .4ar
ciarattcn for the entire State.
The law as il stands is only step
towards that end All Children under
fourteen years Of age must attend
s~N eoi '-vrl," weeks during the school
year For Richmond that means just
onevthird Of the school session. Rich-
r,ond school authorities, though, sas
that such a Laws will probably bring
Rtchmcnd's school enrolment up TO
at least 80 900 and possibly higher
Parents Arc Responsible.
Under the law parents may be
Wrought into court to explain the alb
sence from school of their children
under fourteen years OF age, and for
their failure TO send them TO schoo'
they may be fined.
An adequate compulsory education
law requires an amendment to the
constitution.
Under that wonderfully detailed in
strument which ties the hands of our
state Legislature in SO many WAYS the
General Assembly may provide 10;
compulsory education for period OF
twelve weeks during the session In
those cities and counties which want
H.
II the movement grows Ii Is prob
able that an amendment will be put
through allowing the Legislature to-
enact a statewide compulsory educa-
ton law requiring all children under
fourteen to attend school for three
fourtis of each session.
All OF the States which rank high I'M
education have such law. The en-
forcement of this new law in Rich
mond will be watched with interest
by the entire State.
Military Training.
Next to the adoption OF compulsory
education for Richmond the most i'm
portant innovation in the educational
line 10 the inclusion OF military train I
ing in the curriculum of the John
Marshall High School. This training
is not compulsory. but there Is so
much enthusiasm among the student
body that 1t is expected that battal-
~, OF Mt least 400 boys will be formed. |
hays backed by their parents,
-ax,ous to join the battalion, pri-
- lae disciplinary value that
~ training gives and also as a
Il tie preparedness that our
leeds.
II. p. Conquest, q graduate
"a. 4 irginia Military Institute. with
2easful period Of experience as
& nlnandant of cadets Of the Sewanee
Si.itary Institute. Tennessee. will have
eaarge Of the military department OF
the high school He will be assisted
by several officers and men OF the
Blues battalion. The boys win provide
their own uniforms, which are similar
20 these worn by the Virginia Military
Institute cadets. Other equipment,
win be furnished by the United States
Government.
The Night Schools.
The night schools will open active
school work on the night Of October
4, the preceding week being given over
10 the registration Of old and new
pupils.
Last year nearly 5000 children and
adults took advantage OF this oppor-
tunity and enrolled themselves In the
various academic, manual training, or
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