Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-26
VIRGINIA SCHOOLS
SHOW GREAT PROGRESS
state superintendent Stearncs Tells
OF Wonderful Campaign for
New Buildings.
Crr!ZENs MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS
i;irhmoDd Alone Spent Last Year for
building ami Repair OF School
Houses Si31 ,OOO-MIHny Counties
report New Structures.


state Superintendent OF Public In
siIuciicn Il. g StTarrcs viii narratc
i"markablo progress in Virginia cdu-
cation III his annual report, which lie
vii! read Wednesday nigh. at the John
Narshull High School before Delegates
and visitors - Tire eleventh annual
meeting Of ;hc yirg iniu Educational
Conference. Particularly notable have
been the improvements made this past
year In school buildings for both white
ANA c"lorcd children Nearly 100000
whs spent for new buildings and i'm
rr"vcmumta last year i'll The city schools
atun" the country districts arc not
icit behind in THIS advance.
More new buildings were erected
than ever before. and NOR. additions
were made 10 the old buildings" Mr..
Stearncs Viii report. Not only wcr,
thc improvements more extensive ana
cominOdtOus !a character. but more in
diN.duals We're interested III the build
ing program than ever before is
evidenced By the libcrality of private
contributions
since there arc SO many urban and
rural communities in Virginia which
nrc now In possession OF good school
facilities equal to those enjoyed by
the average progressive community
throughout the United States. II Is our
sanitary schooihousos for all Of tho
communities in the state.
CITIZENS CoNTRIBLrE
no SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Among the most noteworthy in
stances OF private aid for public i'm.
provemcn,s, / may mention contribu-
tons hggr"Sating nearly $4,000 for
new school buildings in Hanover
County. $500 for a $4,000 addition TO
the school AT IrvinEtUn, IN Lancaster
f,.,. ..,,l a Iy,p
ia Loudoun County, $500 in Roanoke
County, $1,000 for Il $500 building at
Natural Bridge. in Rockbridcc County,
s3l.Jcp for seven new buildings in
Scott County, $500 on the $4,000
building ~ Liberty HAL, in Washing
ton County. The people have con-
tributed 10 the erection OF new build
inss in no less than forty-nve Of the
10" counties OF the state.
''rh" building record in cities Is as
follows: y high school in Alexandria.
costing $4,000; the S;onewali Jackson
Grammar school in Danviilc. costing
$4,000, which IL distinguished by is
ton and onc-halfacre school lot: a
grammar school in iynchburg, costing
$4,000; brick annex to Maury High
school IN Norfolk, costing $4,000. and
$4,000 for buildings and repairs in
Richmond. Several !nc school build
trss are In til" course Of erection in
other cities. Newport News and Pc
$l5Dur0 ana 100000, respectively.
sis now buildings were erected in
Ice County. ana in live Of these cases
there were substantial contributions
from the patrons. Eight new build
ings were erected IN Nelson, and the
u'oIilc contributed 10 seven of them.
Every Schoolhpusc erected in Patrick
County witnessed . contribution from
the p"Up!., and the same was true in
carroll aud Wcst,norcland Counties"
The buildiu" record among the col
orcd people continues ia elicit the in
ere n,erssred n The welfare Of that
race IN Chcst!riio!H they contributed
10 very house built for them. In
Cumh.rlnnd County ,hc.' raised 5000
for tNu new buildings. In Dinwiddie
"a Sl,Iuo house was made possible by
"a 80 per cent contribution OH tho part
OF the patrons The negroes OF Ash
land raised $500 for their new SCHOOL
house.
I'm King william they paid three
fOurths nj t'c cost IL two new two
room buildings: $1,000 WAS the amount
they raised i'm Lancaster for two new
buildings In Madison they raised
Si.100 OF tn" 5000 expended on the
Pine Top school and IN Prince Edward
they paid the entire cost .. one build
ing. The same story L. repeated in
Nelson. Pnwhatan. vaxewcll West
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