Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-02-22
SCHOOL MEETING
WORTH WHILE
Teachers Gathering Here One of
Best in The History of The
Association, Much Interest
Being Manifested.

and school officials which met ut Taze-
well Friday and Saturday Of last
week Mt the call of Superintendent
a. 5. Grcever, wns unanimously re-
garded rs splendid educational get
together, n meeting at once onjoya-
bic. inspirationnl, and. in the light Of
tho present stress of national prob
lens, highly opportune and signifi-
cant. 1t was matter of peculiar graf
iiication to the Superintendent and
Trustees that not only did the teach
ers cooperate Loyalty both in attend
nnce and active participation in the
program, but that the community,
also, co-operated in chnrncteristically
thorough manner, One hundred and
six teachers answered tho roll cnll
and were entertained by tho people of
Tnzcwcll and North Tazewcll in their
homes. II splendid occasion for the
breaking up of that isolation which
teachers sometimes feel, but ought
rot to feel, and that more or less crit
lcal attitude which people sometimes
feel, but ought not to feel Tho AS
aocintion publishes in IN appropriate
resolution their deep appreciation of
Tnzeweli hospitality. Mr.. G. l.. Strong
Principal Of Wiltrns Mills High
School, presided over tho several
general meetings, md Miss Evans,
Principal Of Richlnn's High School,
Miss Margaret Bro vn, of the fnculty
of Graham High School and Miss
Virginia Thomas. Of the faculty of
Tnzowcll High School, lead, rcspec-
lively, The three Departmental Groups
IN discussions Of various subjccts of
professional interest. Reports of the
discussions and conclusions arrived Mt
III these Departmental meetings will
appear in Il later issue of the News.
The outstanding feature of the whole
Two days meeting was unqucstionnbly
the address of DR.. Henry Louis Smith,
President of Washington and Lee,
cNtendcd extracts OF which appear
elsewhere in this Issue. This address
probably did more to stir the teacher
body and the community in general
to the realization that WE, the peo-
pie of farewell county, ARE IN WAR
and to settle in US the grim dctermi-
nation TO HELP WIN THE WAR,
than any single uttcrancc that has
come to The ears of an undcmonstra-
tive people Don't fail to read the cx-
tract OF that address. After tho adj
dress reception was given by the
graduating class and faculty of High
School to the teachers and invited
guests.
On Saturday morning DR.. Smith
ngain addressed the teachers on tho
subject Of the tcacher's personally
and self control, IL classic In wisdom
and in expression. Saturday forenoon
was largely given to fifteen minute
talks by county leaders of the various
war work activities which tho nov.
crnment is carrying on 30 largely
through the schools. MIR. j. B.. Boyer
presented the Thrift Stamp campaign
md had the gratifying result of the
appointment of some eighty teachers
to conduct War Stamp stations The
Board Of Supervisors, Mt Mr.. Boyer's
suggestion, placed $500 in the hands
of the Division Superintendent and
that fund has been distributed as Il
loan to rural teachers to "opernte"
on, buying and selling and reinvest-
ing and selling stamps until tho close
of their year, when the fund will be
returned to the county treasury. This
campaign will be carried on chiefly
among the school children, but these
authorized teachers will sell Thrift
Stamps to anybody wanting to buy
them. Don't fail to "do your Bit" buy
ing and boosting all you can.
DR.. Pierce presented the work Of
the Agricultural Council of Safety,
with which the reader is already ia
miliar. Mr.. Mallonce, Principal of the
Pocahontas High School, presented
the appeal for the campaign now on
for the organization of Junior Red
Cross Chapters. Before the adjourn
ment of the meeting. j. b. Crahtree,
Clerk Of the County School Board, in
n sympathetic appeal for the closer
cooperation between tho Board, the
teacher, the patron and the tax-pay-
er, gave the audience n glimpse at
the Boards vexing problem of financ-
ing school budget that would Mt
once meet the demands for greater
efficiency in the public schools and
meet that popular approval which is
so necessary in order to win support
of any great movement. He announc-
cd for the Board that next year teach
ers' salaries would be increased in
Tazewcll county $500 per month for
all certificates, former regulations as
to increase for efficiency and return
being re-enacted. This means sligtly
more than 10 per cent. increase, as
was asked for at the fall neetino ne
the Association In connection with
this announcement, it will be of gen.
eral interest to know that Senator
Royal, who is in the county at this
writing, says that he thinks the bill
now pending in the Legislature to
increase the state appropriation SO as
to provide also 10 per cent. increase
in salaries will ,,ndnnLtedl.. .,aaa IIa