Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-21
State BOARD WHISTLES
WITH HANOVER PROBLEM
County Supervisors DO Not Pay Sufi-
cient Salary to Hold School
superintendent.
THREE DECLINE no SERVE
Charges Against superintendent
Harris, OF IIcnrico County, to &c
Heard This Morning-Largc Loans
Are Made From Literary Fund.

Unless the Board Of Supervisors of
Hanover County sees 1T to provide
funds 20 pay AN adequate salary TO tho
superintendent Of schools OF that
county. the State Board Of Education
is going to have a difficult time in
finding successor to j. II. Wickham.
the present superintendent Three
times has the State board elected n
successor to Mr.. Wickhau and three
times have the men selected for the
office declined TO accept on the ground
that the income was insufficient
This situation has been u trouble
some one for many months, and IL is
now receiving no small amount of at
i"ntion from the members Of the Board
of Education, who are in session here.
the first meeting having been held
yesterday. While no action was taken
Yesterday ii is expected that the boa d
viii today formally 20 on record as
requesting tn" Hanover supervisors to
supplement the salary allowed at this
tame by the state in order to max q
Ia" pay attractive and sufficient to
merit the services % Il Supcrinte ndent.
Mir. WIckham continues in Office be-
cause tn. State law requires superin-
'"ndenis of schools to mold over until
his successor has qualified.
As tho matter now rests the super
inCcnIcnt Of schools In Hanover Coun-
- receives AN annual salary OF sj1j
which is paid entirely By the State
II one time this sum was supple
nei'cd by the supervisors 10 make. the
total income 5000 annually. Accord
iuS to Information given out by the
state board this supplementary fund
was withdrawn some time ago. The
average pay OF superintendent OF
county schools in Virginia is from
$1,000 TO $500 year
WILL TAKE uP HENRICo
CHARGES TODAY
The board to-day viii hear charges
which have been preferred against
Superintendent J. u. Harris. Of Hen
rico County. G. $. Moore. a IIeurico
school trustee. last summer accused
superintendent Harris OF misconduct
and the board viii hear this matter at
u O'Clock this morning in the court
room Of the State Corporation Com
mission Recently Superintendent Iiar-
ris was accused by Lillian Willis, "A
colored achool-teacher. OF willfulIy
nahin;; false statements concerning
notice given her Of Il hearing Ia "a case
involving herself before the district
school board The State board Viii
hear this matter AT o'clock this az
,crnoon.
In addition TO these trials. the board
today, II is expected. will apportion
funds for the high schools. graded and
one and two-room schools. in addition
agricultural educational situation in
Virginia. Representatives of NirEinia's
agricultural schools have Just closed a
conference here during which were dis
cuSsed ways and means of putting the
provisions Of the Smith Hughes bill
into effect in this State.
Aside from approving about a dozen
applications from teachers for pensions
the board went on record as approving
the action OF the library committee in
awarding the Globe Book Company, OF
Morristown. Tenn, the contract for
textbooks. The new library list.
which includes between 32oO and 1900
titles. Will soon he available, accord
ing to a statement made by Superin-
'cndcnt r. g. Stearnes.
From the literary fund, the board
granted loans agGregating $4,000 for
the construction OF new school build
inEs.
All members OF the board are press
cnt AZ this meeting.