The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-17
BOARD TO ATTEND
SCHOOL OPENING
Formal Dedication Of New Bainbridge
Junior High School Will he Held
saturday.
CITY COUNCIL TO BE PRESENT
Members Of Lodges Of Junior Order
United American Mechanics On
southside Arrange Program For the
Dedication Exercises.

cambridge Junior High School,
South Richmond, will be opened
formally for public inspection next
Saturday afternoon. The inaugura-
ton OF the opening will be featured
Dy q program, the events of which
are the most pretentious Of any open
ang OF any public school in Richmond.
Members OF the School Board, the
Common Council. members of the Adj
mintstrative Board and delegates from
| the various lodges of Junior Order
United American Mechanics on the
6outhside will participate in the
affair.
The outstanding feature OF the
opening will be a parade just before
the nag-raising. Although the minute
plans have not as yet been completed
E0y the committee in charge, the pa
xAde will form in front OF the Hastings
Court building, at Tenth and Hull
E6treets. and will march to the new
school building. In the line will be
members OF the school, led by Prin-
cipal e. E.. Smith. Of South Rich
ksmond's public schools. along with the
INSTRUCTORS in the building. Follow
1 ing the students will come the various
city ofncials and members of the
Gouthside lodges in automobiles and
carriages. Plans are making for OBJ
tanning a band to lead the procession.
(which Is expected to be impressive.
It Is safe to say that hundreds OF
South Richmond people will spare the
4 two hours. which the ceremonies will
y take up. to witness the fiag-raisng and
hear the orators of the occasion.
Junior Order In Charge
The celebration was arranged by
! the J. O. II A. M. lodges on the South
side. who hava co-operated with the
City School Board in making their
plans for the occasion. The lodges
in the building and the flags They
| will also have a tablet placed on one
side Of the auditorium stage inside
the building. This tablet. which has
already been made. will be somewhat
| similar In design to that to be INSTALL
ed by the City School Board. The
| tablet to be furnished by the lodges
will commemorate the opening Of the
school In suitable words. I. is made
! Of heavy brass.
Several orators to be chosen from
the membership rolls OF the South
Richmond lodges will make speeches,
in which they will! thank the city Of
ncfals for building on the Southsife
uuch q handsome. complete and model
school as n the new Bain bridge build
NnR. They win show the apprecia-
the people of the aouthsde
1t IL expected that Superintendent
Of Schools A. c. Chandler and
Chairman Ebel OF the City School
Board. wifi make addresses Other
members of the board will probably
be called on to talk. as will those
members of the Administrative Board
ind Of the Common Council, who viii
be present on the rostrum
Tho NaR-rAi4ing will he heIs pre-
yious to the speech-making One of
ehe Youngest members OF the old
Hainbridge School. probably the
daughter OF Principal r., f Smith.
will raise the banner to the top OF
the rag pole to Be unfnrled to the
| winds
Following these ceremonies the
speakers will go to the school audi
forum, which ia capable Of seating
200 people. There the tablets will be
unveiled ard the Bibles presented 10
che school Other features. which
have not as vet been announced, will
he on the program,
Capacity Is 200.
The new cambridge Junior High
School Is one Of the most complete
In fine CRY, and II capable OF accom-
modating 1900 students although this
number cannot be seated in its audi
forum. It has every modern ap-
| pliance known to educators and lis up
.1o-date In every respect. No pains
were spared by the School Board to
make the building something of which
the people OF the southside would he
proud. The building. which /. Of
white. fancy speckled bricks Is built
k3n the center of an entire block and
much room has been given to grass
campuses.
There are no steps up to the new
building, the plan OF slanting road
ways. which were installed In the new
Ainford School, being placed IN the
South Richmond building. II has
thirty rooms and three floors. ex-
elusive Of roomy basement One OF
the feature Of the building will be
room for students who are compelled
TO study In the open air; While not
on the roof OF the building, air from
all directions can reach the open air
department The system Of construc-
ton OF the building In allowing this
0pen-air room Is regarded by many
who have seen the school as an ex-
cellent innovation