Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-03-24
SCHOOL TEACHERS MEET
FOR CONFERENCE TO-DAY
visitors Will Inspect Methods OF
richmond Schools This
Morning.
PHYSICAL CULTURE ExliIniT
General Meeting This Afternoon To
discuss Puh!cms of Teaching.
DIR. Chandler to Tell OF Recent
school Legislation and Its import.

school Legislation and Its import. .
More than 100 teachers from outside
opening Of two uaNs' session Of Tia.
fhird c"ESrc.sioual District Teachers
Association. VI . o'clock this morning
tn" visiting teachers will begin an
observation tour .: the local schools.
"hlch VIII continue until . o'clock tiis
Afternoon. The purpose " these visits
I" the Richmond schools rs to show the
focal educational system at work
NJ ihe completion of the obscrVat ion
tour ~ r'clnrl,, In. ihilip spence.
director Of physicui education in the
sHchn"nd public schools, has arranged
il demonstration 90 the physical rdu
cation department. Little children from
the ituffncr school viii present foil.
dancing and songs under The direction
OF Miss Thorn" IN. following games
have been arranged. t'nst Il. what
Would You Like IL PAY To-day?'
second, I'VE VIII Wash our Clothes /;
third, Cat and Rat" second Il. nrst,
'Diddlc, Diddle pumplng"; second,
"lfey, Ny Idttie Lassie", third, Swing !;
fourth. princess"
MANY CuIIDItEN Will
TAhE FART N ENIiIBIT
Girls from the grades IN Randolph
ana Springfield schools wiil demon
stratc ten folk dances. a calisthcnic
drill and w" games under The leader
SLIP Of Miss pictrichson. The folk
dances ar. IS follows: Randolph school,
hrst. Danish Dance Of Greeting" !:
SECOND. "Children's i'olka'; third. Hun
.arian". fourth. Ace of Diamonds";
Attn. "N"rwc gian Mountain March,"
Springfield Schuol--frst. "Shoemak-
cr's Dance; second. "I;lcckinB"; third.
Dainty step; fourth, Finnish Reef :;
urn, Yankee Doodle.
liuNs AMI girls from the BIuford
Junior High school will demonstrates
how 10 play volleYbali. a shuttle re-
lay race, under the leadership Of Miss
Round Women from ;he night classes
IN the Vocational Night School viii
demonstrate folk dance. 'OXandsen'' {:
la sSetball game viii he played by
the women, and an example Of march-
ing adaptable 70 country schools will
he shown
Open ana close orders in military
tactics, calisthenic driil. the class
test in the standing broad jump. all-up
relay aud pic back will he tn" dem =
onstraiions given by the boys from the
fourth and nfth grades of the John
II. Cary and William Fox schools.
CEREBRAL. MEETING
STARTS THIS AFTERNOON
The general meeting OF the teachers
for III, action Oh several important
problems viii! start at $50 o'clock
AVID continue until i o'clock. compui-
Sury Education; Child Labor Law
oigayctt" Laws. and Their Enforce
lu,ui. ana TnXali"n f"r school Pur-
poses VIII be tn. subjects discussed.
aud slevini talks on each viii hc made
.esp,rt!NelN. ~ ia. j. \ {. Chandler,
SUPERINTENDENT uf the Richmond pub
!t% -"Ruuls. ciIh-r James Il. Doherty.
- Cd. Al
.tUurdU.st factory Inspector; j. lioge
l;t,ls Justice of tho Juvenile and Do
nestle Relations court. and Joseph ".
Saunders prGcipa uf tho Binford
JUaior High school
IN Chandler Viii be the only speaker
1T The night session, which Will begin
AZ : o'clock HIS subject viii be the
problems that are 10 he discussed AT
til. .;atUroa, morning meeting. lie
viii also point out the merits OF the
hoo, bills passed hS the iaSt l-cs!sla :
tur,. ana the necessity Of new laws at
the n-Nj session,
. An informal reception and dance viii
ba given in the John Marshall High
School 1T g o'clock. The Richmond
teachers will act as hosts. y spectal
musica! program has been arranged.
uIsINEsS MEETING
on SATURDAY MoR>iNI
Tn. meeting Saturday morning will
begin at s:30 and Viii he purely bust
ness in nature The problems to bc
discussed have been prepared ny the
teachers themselves. Below is par
,lal list. Holidays due 10 teachers
this has been suggested by the Han
over county teachers. who have had
certain holidays curtnilcd from the
ones formerly enjoyed.
Corporal punishment in all is phases
is another problem. School athletics
and the scholarship requirements made
Tor the participants supervised study.
which involves the question ~ home
work: poor English IN the homes: what
TO do with the forward pupil and also
what TO do with his opposite. the back
ward pupil are other questions the
teachers wanted anawered.
What TO do with children on bad
days: how "a teacher can fnd out the
home conditions Of her pupils: how L"
get in all the school subjects in the
time allowed what to do with the
backward pupil over fifteen years OF
age: how To get patrons intcrc3cd in
Industrial work In the schools; how
10 keep order in - oncroom school {:
pupils who Will not study or prepare
their work. and the school as Il social
center are som. Of the pcrplexitlcs in
the life OF teacher which the young
ones wish made easier by the eN
pcrience Of the olucr pcda gugucS.
Members OF the King William Coun.
~ Convention met in their regular
spring session here yesterday. The
Hanover teachers will come to-day
The Supervisors of the lIcnrico coun-
~ schools have declared to-day a hol-
iday To enable the teachers TO attend
the conference. The Richmond public
schools Will close to-day at o'clock