The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-06
SCH0OLHOUSES HUM
N PREPARATION
FOR BUSY SESSION
Principals Direct Work OF Janitors
and Maids In General House.
cleaning.
WAR NOT TO INTERFERE.
Teachers Drawn Into Army Have Been
Replaccd-Fctieral Ofrciai Urges
importance of Keeping Up Stand
ards

school doors will be thrown open
today 10 the janitors and maids. AMI
"A grand cleanup will be in progress
tion for the big folks and little folks
who Will take up their residence there
fer the greater part Of the days OF tn 3
next nine months.
Bookworns feeding on the tender
leaves of arithmetiCs and histories for
the past three months. Will be route
from their feasts and dust cloths and
muCilage viii pat the volumes in shape
for the new owners Windows will be
thrown wide open to the refreshing
mir and everything possible Will be
done in the lines Of repairing and
cleaning SO that the buildings will he
sanitary and comfortable
This house warming" is the out
come OF "A meeting held in the school
administration building s. e r d a v
morning from 10 to 1915 o'clock.
when all Of the superintendents. as
sistant superintendents, principals. as
sistant principals and supervisors OF
the Richmond public schools as
sembled to discuss the routine of the
coming year, The attendance was
large and all arrangements were made
for the opening @f the schools and the
beginning OF the TERMS work on
Thursday, September g. The same
number of teachers will report as
there were last year In spite of the
fact that sixteen of the men teachers
fwhite and celored1 have been called
TO the army. Their places have been
filled
Club Women Asked TO Aid
In order that the school attendance
no iDCTnaEnH ~ pnxsthia n
importanc" OF having every boy aud
girl Of school age take advantage OF
educational facilities during the pres
ent crisis he emphasized the United
States commissioner OF education DR.
p. T. Ciaytort has issued this appeal
/ 10 the club women of the United
States:
+ Everywhere there seems TO be fear
lest our schools of all kinds and
grades, and especially the public
schools viii suffer this year because
Of conditions growing out OF our en-
trance into the war On the other
hand, both for the present defence and
for the future welfare of our country,
81 well as for the Individual benefit of
the children Il is OF the greatest i'm
portance that the schools shall he
maintained in their full efficiency,
both as TO standards Of work and at
tendance ~ children.
while the war continues there will
he manv UNUSUAL temptations TO many
kinds OF Juvenile deliouencies Prompt
and regular attendance at school and
proper employment during out-of-
school hours will he the children's
surest protection against such tempta-
tiona.
when the boys and girls now Of
school age have reached manhood and
womanhood there viii I've need for n
higher standard of intelligence, skill
and wisdom for the work OF I'fe an I
for the duties and responsibilities Of
citizenship than we have ever yet at =.
tanned Our schools must now he -
sustained and improved az TO enable
them better to prepare our boys and
girls for life and work in the new age
which will follow the close Of the war
and the coming Of peace. No BOYS
and FirIs must now he neglected or
exploited for selfish ends,
Gin all this probably no others can
ne quite SO helpful as tho club women
of the country most of whom are also
mothers OF children. For this reason l
am taking the liberty of suggesting to
them that in all women's clubs this
should be made a subject Of discussion
at their first meeting this fall and
from time 10 time throughout the
voar"