Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-12
SCHOOLS TO AID
IN SAVING PAPER
Every Pupil Asked to Bring
Bundle Of Waste From
Home.
MAY MAKE CHRISTMAS MONEY
Each School to Be Credited With
Amount for Which Paper
Is Sold.
WAY MAKE CHRISTMAS MONEY

With the nation threatened with a
paper famine. school children of Rich
mond Will he given "a chance in the
next two weeks to help conserve the
limited supply ana. q, the same time.
p'"hi hy their thrift. Dr. J. a. c.
Chandler Superintendent of CITY
Schools. yesterday approved a nlan
whereby children will on two days
bring old papers and magazines 70
school. where they will be collected
and sold in bulk. The proceeds will
he propor;ionatcly divided among the
schools. tho funds to bc used for the
purchase Of libraries. playground
equipment o. any other purpose for
which IL may be needed
The papcr-saving plan will cos, Tho
children nothing except few minutes
work. while the s"hnn, funds should
rcce'v" considerable impetus. Dir.
Chandler has set aside Friday morn
ing of this week and Thursday morn
ing Of next week for the collection of
the papers and magazines. The chill
dren will bring them to school. where
later in the day they will be weighed
and hauled away. The Times Dispatch
VII provide motor cars for collecting
the paper. and will do all of the ar-
counting connected with the sale and
division of the proceeds among the
schools in proportion TO the amount
of paper collected by each 1t Is ex-
pccted that tho paper collections will
reach a total running into thousands
OF pounds. PAPER is selling now at a
high figure.
MILLIONS or POUNDS
WASTED IN RICHMOND
Millions Of pounds of paper of every
Kind are wasted annually in Rich
mond alone. In addition to the news
papers, there are hundreds OF thou
sands of pounds of magazines brought
here each year. while the amount OF
wrapping paper is stupendous The
larger proportion OF this Is burned or
wasted in other ways. II reasonable
percentage OF all paper used In this
country was saved in a systematic
manner. it would greatly aid In con-
serving the diminishing supply.
Each school child should in two
weeks be able to collect TWENTY-FIVE
pounds of paper. If this is done, the
$4,000 pupils of the Richmond public
schools would bring in 625.00o pounds.
which. at the lowest rate. would mean
a fund of more than $1,000 for the
schools. In the city of washington
the school children quickly raised
sl.2oo for the Fairgrounds OF that
community. Richmond could easily
better that mark il the boys and girls
put their hands and brains to work
Not only newspapers, but waste
paper and magazines, should be saved
BY the children. Waste paper brings
the lowest prices on account of the
next. while the magazines are worth
almost double. An armful OF papers
brought in on Friday by each school
boy or girl would mean hundreds OF
dollars to he invested in the better
mcnt OF the schools. while real bum
die from each one would bring in
thousands of dollars
CONFINED EFFORT WILL.
BRING GOOD PRICES
DR.. Chandler is highly pleased with
the proposition, which can be carried
on without cent OF cost TO the school
system. The fact that in practically
every household there are scores OF
old papers and magazines waiting IL
he haul"C away makes the scheme
practicable. In the average home 81
is. lot worth the time or trouble tc
send for dealer TO haul away tho
paper, as the amount must ne large
TO be handled with any profit, AID,
consequently. the accumulation of pa
per becomes n nuisance. With busi-
ness houses. hotels and office build
inGs the situation is different, as the
waste paper soon mounts up and Is
worth disposing Of to the dealers
Even then IL is necessary to have ex-
pensive balng machines to sell waste
paper probably.
Every school Is in need of A fund
10 make small purchases. Playground
equipment, such as indoor baseballs
tennis rackets. volleyballs and similar
articles. are always in demand Talk
ing machines and records add to the
attractiveness OF the school. while
motion picture machines would be in
valuable. In fact. there are many
ways in which the money could he
spent proiitably.
1t has been suggested that the John
Marshall High School Cadets might
find the aper-collection scheme an
admirable one to help pay for the
overcoats that the corps so badly
needs. John Marshall High School has
nearly l.500 day pupils. All are large
enough to lug Il good sized bundle OF
papers or magazines to school on Fri
day morning. II each one expended
little effort and Inconvenience to
bring twenty-five pounds this week
and Twenty-Five pounds next week the
high school would have total Of
$1,000 pounds. which would bring In
sum in excess OF $500. This would
he great help In securing the needed
equipment.
COLORED SCHOOLS MAY
ALSO DO THEIR PART
The cOlored schools are expected to
get into the paper-saving game also
the plan in no way being limited to