Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-22

from the second accumulation OF old
newspapers and magazines the public
schoois OF Richmond will receive a
check Tor slio.i1. III. pupils having
collected total OF 1884 pounds ycs-
teTday. This exceeds the first collec-
Non held last week by more than three
TONS ana means the distribution OF
sS6.s' additional among the various
schools. and II is probable that several
thousand more pounds Will he secured
TINS morning when several large
schools get their paper ready to be
collected and sold.
Weather conditions were again
against the children In their effort TO
add to the school funds while at the
same time conserving the limited paner
supply OF the country II was had
under foot and In the early hours /,
looked like another storm would
sweep the city In spite OF tris han
dica2. thousands Of the boys and girls
marched into tn" schools with big
bundles under their arms And II Is
equally t-u" that thousands of them
again failed to do their duty ny not
bringing even few pounds with them
The collection, however. was highly
gratifying as the inc! >rse was nearly
90 per cent over the previous week
The largest percentage of gain was
made at the John Marshall High School
which again led in the collection The
high school pupils gathered total
OF 3.GS5 pounds. or nearly three
pounds for each. The general average
In the city was far below one pound
Springfield School was second with
2.ooa pounds while William +. Fox
Ut
Baker school led the negro schools
with Lee, pounds.
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
MAY COME IN TODAY
Several schools failed to turn in any
paper 4; NIL. Among these was the
oak Grove School. which for two
weeks has been unable to get any old
newspapers and magazines.
B!nford Junior High School and
PowhGtan School. No. l, each had large
accumula tions OF paper, put it was in
such bad condition that il could not
be handled. No effort 60 handle tho
paper. or sort it. had been made
Another visit Will be made to these
two schools to-day in order to give
them chance to get In their contr-
button.
End. and Dunbar School on the South
side, we're ,losed when the automobiles
arrived for tho paper
Ten automobiles. furnished by the
commercial department OF the Max
we'll Motor Sales Corporations hac
charge of the collections. The repre-
scntatives of the company gave their
services free to help the schools. and
did very efficient service. finishing the
collection before o'clock In many
cases they reported that the janitors
failed to give them any assistance In
loading the trucks. Many OF tho jani-
tors. however worked hard in help
ing the children augment their school
funds. and were to he given credit for
the condition in which they had tho
paper.
SOME FAILED TO HAVE
PAPER IN BUNDLES
The children. in many cases. followed
the instructions of The Times Dispa ch
and had their paper tied in bundles
and plainly marked Many. however.
failed to do this. and consequently the
work was made harder for the collec-
tors and dealers. Then. too, many
failed to separate the magazines from
the cheaper grade of paper, which
meant that they could not get as much
as their accumulation was probably
worth. az the cost OF separating it
would be prohibitive for the dealers.
who loaded the papers as fast as re-
ccived into box cars for shipment TO
the mills.
The school authorities. including Dr.
j. y. c. Chandler. superintendent of
Schools. arc highly pleased with the
success Of the paper-savng campaign.
At tho suggestion OF DIR. Chandler. The
Dispatch has arranged for an