Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-08
ALL SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
. TO HOLD MEETING TO-DAY
Annual Teachers Session VIII Take
Place on Monday I'm John Mar
shall Auditorium.
SEASON OPENS ON TUESDAY
Hold Examinations for Pupils Who
Failed to Complete Elementary
Course-Plans Well Under Way
for Formation OF Cadet Battalion.

Preliminary to the opening Of tho
Richmond public schools next week.
! the twenty six principals who will take
| charge will hold their annual meeting
| at 10 o'clock this morning in the Ad-
ministration Building. Marshall Street
, between Eighth and Ninth. Questions
of organization will be discussed. and
the policy OF the coming session out
! lined
On Monday morning at 10 o'clock, the
day before the schools are scheduled
To open. the annual teachers meet
ing will he held in the auditorium OF
| the John Marshall High School. when
Inc teachers will be assigned to their
respective schools. Later they will
adjourn TO the schools TO which they
have been assigned. where Tho prlnci-
pals Will assign them to their grades
and classes for the session. The col
ored teachers will meet at the Arm
strong High School for tho same pur-
pose at noon. 1t is customary for
the Superintendent Of Schools and tho
chairman OF the City School Board to
deliver short addresses ut these meet
ings.
The remainder OF this week will be
spent by the principals In seeing that
their schools are In order and I'm get
books for the coming session. which
Tor the past three years have been
furnished free TO the school children
OF Richmond. are coming IN rapidly.
These books are sent by the various
publishers to the Virginia Book Com
pany, which in turn delivers them to
the~City school Board Last year the
board spent 80 cents per capita on
books.
COMPLETING ARRANGEMENT
FOR CADET BATTALION
The introduction OF the military fea-
ture at the John Marshall High School
will be made on the first day. a cir
cular. giving the cost 1t will entail
and explaining the feature In detail,
will take It home for his parents to
sign. With the signatures obtained.
he Will be enrolled at once in the cadet
corps. 1t Is estimated that at least
half OF the boys will join the corps
There were SAL boys enrolled in the
school last year.
A. p. Conquest. an honor graduate
of the Virginia Military Institute, who
will have charge OF the cadet corps, is
already In the city completing ar
rangements for forming the battalion.
Mr.. Conquest has been empowered lay
the City School Board TO secure such
assistance as may be necessary in
whipping the raw cadets into shape,
provided no charge is made for such
services. After the boys attain a GER
tain amount OF proficiency. the hest
lifted from their own number will Of
hcer the corps.
The uniform TO be used viii! BIO
patented after that worn hy the cadets
at the Virginia Military Institute. and
will be worn during school hours
Guns will be furnished by the United
States government.
The military feature viii he elective
and will count one unit In the four.
year course.
Entrance examinations for the John
Marshall High School for pupils who
have not completed the elementary
course will begin this morning At .
o'clock. and continue through Friday.