Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-30
GENERAL STATE SCHOOL
SURVEY NOW COMPLETE
DIR. Alexander j. Inglis Makes Re-
port of Work to Virginia School
Commission.
EIGHT MONTHS OF EFFORT
Thorough Study of Laws, Conditions
and Needs of Virginia's Educa-
tionai System Made by Staff of
Experts.

At a meeting of the Virginia Educa-
,ion commission Yesterday afternoon
az ne headqusrters Of the State Board
OF harvard University, who has direct
eeu tne. survey of school conditions in
that the survey is now complete.
The report OF DR.. lngliS represents
eight months OF arduous labor collect
school conditions in the state on which
l" hasc his recommendations to the
The report of DR. lnclis 10 the com
mission. with his recon- ndatious.
and the report of the Virginia r:duca-
,,. oommiSsion with the rccommen-
crai Assembly. must he in the hands
hi , inc members of the General Assem-
,hy. November |: which is sixty days
before the regular session convcncs
Commission Ends Its Work.
IN inc submission of this report
."E nirsin!a Education Commission, as
legislative commission, goes out Of
existence. but tho report made tn mo
sIcnerdi Assembly is regarded as the
n nTSt VIA factor in the future OF the
those most interested in the progress
OF .r Sducat ion in. the State.
Of the last General Assembly. Two
Years ago. 1t consists OF two mem
p:ran,, Of ' H,,,, House Of Delegates"
talsion--two members Of the senate
G. OConor Goolrick and g. Wai,nr
Mi ns,prnc, ne, superintendent of Public
persons, one of whom shall be a
woman and all three of whom shall
the I pnhrst III. IN work connected wiiE
inrcc persons are Miss Bessie p Tav-
ior. oil the Richmond CITY Schonis.
Of Virsini:, Map NAP s. Of the University
Hague Newton. of
81 H ,ha liart. was, elected prcsdcn,
=, 81 INC commission. which was appointnd
10y Governor Davis.
Thorough study Made.
in CARRYING out tho expressed mr..
roses OF the act of Assembly TO mako
"a thorough study OF school laws con
dttionS. and the needs Of the schools
ana a!So a comparative study OF nror
SsiNe systems OF education" the com
mission has been assisted by Or. Inciis
VINO shad full! power to select cxpcri
Besides tho 10000 appropriated for
the survey by the General AssemhIv
another $1,000 was appropriated hv
the General Education Board for the
work. and an additional $500 to de-
fray tho publication a. the complete
record OF the psychological tests and
Measure ments made by DR.. NJ: f. Hag-
s%riy, OF me University OF Minnesota,
o. Dr. lnGlis' STAFF OF experts.
Many Other Assistants.
Assisting DR.. InEis. besides Dr. Iag-
gerty, were DR.. +. : Breed. of the
University o! Chicago; Or. Margaret
\oonan: of Teachers College; Mrs
Cecil Fleming, research specialist of
the state Board OF Education OF Wis
consn; T. II. Huddleston. of Columbia
University: DIR. Willis Johnson. OF the
StEte College OF South Dakota; Or. L.
II. I!eg!ar, OF the University of In
diana; George l.. M;rick, OF Harvard
University. and between thirty and
forty Virginia schOo! people.
While the recommendations both Of
DR. lnclis and OF the commission will
not he d.vulgcd until the report. as
whole. is submitted 10 the Genera, AS
Scmbly. yet the recommendations are
understood 10 have a direct bearing on
the school tax question, which comes
up before the next General Assem- bly,.