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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22
FREDERICKSBURG NORMAL

fSpec!ai to The Times Dispatchsl
FnEpEHlcksBrRG: X yacn, Eel .c,a sa;M
,hs,r annual bmrlesouo upon the fac
nifty. and the occasion proved an up
roarous success The ms,, EssnsS places e.s
o. faculty rendezvous, and we're al,
effectively played. The scenes were SO
follows: Faculty tables ~, IN a ,dn
10 otiicss. Fucrhcrd'E. the iacuiIE
home, the school farm. cross ,ras Dis
hike. Considcrable ingnnn actc va acting
lwn3 done in getting mp these sGen scenes
Those in the caste W ,;Iiz, i beth Digs,
l Hyelyn wf panc, taiie, ware. Anne
Murray. Jesse Bouid!n. Ma ,,f,r MaSei
1 r5aneef fop pisni nar~ood. Harriet F,sher
r .,Enn' BsIel Emily walIS Annie
Hichols E1tneF MsnsyIE:i .saSsth Moore,
,mIH1o,th, NSRac, Clara .s1iaCTo.Se'
s Mtfane'Tl ,e;ehcr. Anna MoTbsn nf' IN
any nenfoEth; kei's M o;niso F;ertrudr
Mornan Marian LAWSON, H s',nr,i.
HES. Bertha Jones. Eleanor Edw TInh.
The, Alun,nas As soEnnl has issued
,.ta 20 saiumnae and friends or ,ne
Institution. calling attcn,icn ,t.rs in
alarming dea9th n Q" v,rE ana' attn" pres
80, zinc. This movement is man s ~
,inw Of the fact that th2mss"u16 have
n-nfcuSiOnAllN lrilh'p ,1.n
Pr The nrofession within the pas. I ,he
years The letter advises t nc npesent
h. leg through IFS largely sn N.
creased appropriations assures suo
stanttal Increase OF salaries for trained
teachers. The letter also deals with
various high lights about the Fred
crch sburg normal. and is OF interest
70 the hundreds OF alumnac scattered
throughout the State.
The two literary societies Of the
schoo! have been unusually active this
session. aud some OF the debates have
attracted wide attention. There ~
friendly, but intense. rivalry between
the two societies, and both arc bend
ing their energies in preparation for
occurs later in tho session The officers
OF the first, semester did efficient work,
" elected officers which have been
recently elected. These arc as follows:
Woodrow Wilson Literary Society
;IosephInn Bass nresident; c9rnel!a
holt. secretary; Emily Waller. treas
urer.
Russell Literary Socicty-Jesse Boul-
din. president: Helen Wheel. vice presi-
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.DEBATERs ARE CHOSEN
WASHINGTON AND LEE PICK
MEN TO MEET TULANE
v. VI. !. Faculty Changes Announced.
West Point OF south Breaks
Training Corps Record.
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Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
az hEX y; rcGr, SM sba mgb = Wv b
sabcr OF Huntington, W Va. we're
elected rom prein,nary debats held
ton and Lee University in a debate
against Tulane University hero. early
THAT the states should establish mini
mum wage boards to fix legal wage
in workshops und factories, const!tu-
In addition, TO the Tulane debate. a
triangular debate between Johns Hop
lins Unive.sity. tho University Of
Lee viii he held simultaneously on the
evening Of May In Lexington, Balti-
more and Chapel I'm. y. G. ,iho SUB
solved. That system of universal
military training should be adopted In
vision Of DR.. r. Granville Campbell.
professor Uf political science in the
mashnsi9n and lice School q osst Isl by
W. Q. BURNER. OF the English depart
ment.
washinstoIs and Lee University. Ief,
here Wednesday for Shreveport, La,
whore on Thursday evening no was the
guest OF honor at banquet gwen ~ D.,
The banquet marked the opening OF
campaign in Shreveport. which viii be
carried on under the direction or inc
executive secretary. II. L. Han.
quot a similar function will be held
at the Hotel Grunewa!d II. New Or.
leans, when the alumni Of southern
Louisiana will be marshalcd Tor a
canpaign in the southern part OF that
State. The cities OF Memphis, Birm :,
ingham. Jacksonville and Atlanta %'ii
be canvassed in March
u is announced a. the campaign
headquarters hero that over h1it OF
the 3i.ooo.oo has been suhscrioeni ot
.pite The fact that strikes and inc N :
cueuza epidemic have retarded WORK IN
Virginia and sister Statccs
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HAMPTON INSTITUTE
I Special to The Times ]

lSDeCal 10 Inc lllneS- DiSpdtcH
HAMPTON. VA. Feb. 2l.--Tho Ma
tional Association OF Teachers in Col
ored Schools. OF which John NJ. Candy:
president OF the Virginia Normal and
Industrial Institute. at Petersburg. Va.
is president. and s. G.. Atkins. OF Win
SIon- Salem. y. c., IS chairman ot the
executive committee, has voted TO set
aside national campaign week, Feb
ruury 22-2S. during which time an CT.
fort will be made to interest coiored
people in more thorough education
OF their children.
The association, aiming to enliEhten
the public on the fundamental need OF
education for the young. will wage this
educational campaign through the pub
lie press. tho public and mass meet
The association will interest state
Legislatures in the need OF educating
coiored children through providing
bctter-trained and better paid teach
crs. as we'll as longer school terms,
especially. in rural districts.
The association will also present the
claims OF the teaching profession TO
the student body in all of the col
ored secondary schools and colleges
throughout tho nation.
The associations educational cam
paiGn will be conducted in full mar
mony with and with the full know! :
edge OF the public-school ofhcials ~
is a cooperative movement TO improve
coiorcd citizenship Through greater IN :
telliEcnce. Silas X. Floyd. OF 100
Twelfth Street, Augusta, Ga. Is the
associations executive secretary.
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RICHMOND TIMEsD1sPATcH: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY p, 1920

Many specialists In educational and
professional work will be added TO the
regular faculty during tho summer
quarter.
Proper credit Is given towards GER
tincatc and graduation for all work
done during tho summer quarter. Pro-
vision Is made whereby teachers who
wish TO teach during the fall ana
winter can do one quarters work here
this summer towards graduation or to-
wards better certificate than they
now hold.
The summer quarter OF twelve weeks
Is divided into two terms OF six weeks
each. Students wishing TO take re-
view courses for the examination for
the first and second grade certificate
should enter only during the first term
OF tho summer quarter. All other
teachers will ind all the courses they
Il siirc in either the first or second
terms. If they desire to attend only
ono term OF six weeks during the sum
lncr quarter.
Many special educational features
have been arranged that will provide
large opportunities TO the teachers
without any additional cost. Some of
the leading educators of the State and
nation will give one or moro lectures
during the summer quarter. Educa-
tional exhibits OF various kinds will
prove very helpful to the students
during tho summer quarter.
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nlra outtulk. the Parrot.

According to bird dealers If one
wants a really accomplished fcathcrcd
linouist, he should buy, not a parrot.
but talking mynah. This bird is
about the size OF a dove, and his beak
feet and legs arc orange color The
prevailing hue of the plumagc is Il
glossy black. which Is tingcd with
purple. violet and green. according to
the way in which the light strikes it,
Tho feathers on the head are short
and glossy, and have the aDDcarance
of satin velvet. Below each eve is a
small bright yellow naked membrane
and close to these. but detached an
other extends from each side to the
back Of the head and down on the
neck. A white stripe In each wing
adds to tho beauty OF tho creature.
which has none OF the owl-likc an
pearance OF the parrot.
The owner of mynah in New York
declares. that his bird knows perfectly
well when callers have come. cspc-
ciaily to be entertained by him, and
that on such occasions he speaks with
great spirit and uses his best vocabu-
larry.
When no thinks It Is time TO GO TO
sleep he says: Come and kiss me
good n Eht. Come and kiss nicer
Then gives three long smacks, and
says: "Ah. that's good" Tho owner
admits he paid $1,000 for the bird
SO II is evident every one cannot have
Il talking lnynah.
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HARRIsoNBURG NORMAL
Especial to The Times Dispatch. J

Especial TO The Times Dispatch.)
HARRlSOSBUHG. VA. Feb. 21.-.An-
n I,oS,a for the ). meetings il Hatfi,
State Teachers Association. District G.
teachers from the the entire mt p shenandoaS H
Valley, and addresses Will be made by
State Superintendent Harris Hart.
nsson and Lee '.C Cniye stH: q sune min
tendent J.. f. Clark. OF Winchester,
and other school men OF this section
Luray, who is vice-president Of the
State Teachers Association. will direct
the District G meetings.
President S. y. Duke, Of the State
Normal School. and Superintendent w.
H. hHsteT Of the Ha FRI city
attend the convention under the aus
p'ccs of the department Of supcrintcnd-
cnce of the National Education Asso-
citation.
The Virginia Teacher for February
Board of Education examinations for
effI M 10 .af sa be
By the instructors under whom the
courses arc given. rather than by the
The fret term OF the next summer
session ut llarrisonburg will be June
81 TO July 81. and tho, second term.
August TO September 3: new plan
has been inaugu-atcd with respect to
the management OF the second term.
and tuition charges will no Longer be
action in removing the second term Of
porting basis shows that the State
board recognizes the need Of sec
ond term, and the service it performs
to the teachers Of the State.
The action OF the city x. C Guns ro OF
rescntativcs in the State Legislature
10 introduce a bill permitting an IN
crease in the tax rate and also IN the
limitations for bond issues is taken
here TO mean that 1Iarrisonburs's need
OF more adequate schoolroom facilities
is recognized by tho City COUNCIL, and
that the school authorities will soon
Yer plans for thu construction OF
additional building accommodations.
= site was recently purchased. and
tho citizens Of the city are strong in
their demands that building shall be
erected without any. delay. The short
age OF rooms was further increased a
month ago when firc broke out in the
Mig .hschool building. A number OF
pupils in Har.isonburg are now at
tending school on part time.
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death in that city on February II OF John
lsham Blount Mr.. Blount entered
State College from his home at Faison,
y. G.. In the fall OF 1891. being then
seventeen years of age. T.. Ii. Owen.
college with Mr.. Blount one year. says
Of him that his record as student in
scholarship. in his relations with the
OF her students and in industry and re-
sourccfulness as working student
earning money to pay his way in col
lcge commanded the respect and The
good will of his teachers and ali of
his associates. lie was member of
the largest class which up to that date
had gone out from the collcGc--a class
composed of number Of men, who
have eXccllcd in many walks OF life.
Mr.. Blount has measured up in every
way TO the high standard set by tho
graduates OF that year.
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H0LLINs COLLEGE
specia, TO The Times-Disna .ch; J

Especial 10 The Times DISPATCH
HOLLINS C0II.EC;E. VA. Feb. Il.
The newly established dramatic Club
promises. TO more than take the place
in the life OF the college OF tho school
Of Expression, which has becu given
UP. Students and members of the fac
uity will be members OF the club. Dra-
matte talent will be discovered by tests
10 which students will be subjected
The leader Of this new departure IL
Miss Jane Faulkner Goodloc. the head
o. tho Modern Language Department
Tho first performance given by m. ne
club was a one-act play called. by
Their Words Ye Shall Know Them" 1t
was a decided success.
The women OF the faculty arc maxi
;or plans 10 help tho colored women
OF the community to saner and
.Foundcr's Day has been postpon-
cd on account Of influenza in she
mel -hborhood. and country generally.
mn;ii March IA. An elaborate program
Is being arranged by tho committee
Misses Snead and PARK ;nscn the
sneaker OF the occasion Is to be Rev.
w T. l., Smith, d. D.
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aged who came into tho organtsasion.
Lat was IL mistake. II IS nnS,aks
al employees MAKE VINO stand III tna
Nay vi progress. y
rho new manager had new SYSTEM
wl'ch lie wished 10 Introduce. hc stpl
IL made for better !aoor more rapid
.cep!hc accounts The Old foreman
answered that the old way had beea
god enough for the firm for "a gem
Grafton. he saw no reason Tor chNnge.
Tie manager tried TO show him. ITO
refused TO see. The manager, VINO IL
a p p, ,a man, said; p Try it. and SIC
glumblingly to his task OF reorganl-
Hation. because he attacked II in that
spirit he failed Then he said II told
conflict between the old and the new.
fhc foreman stood steadily in the way
ot Progress.
the middle OF the road. they blast it
out That WAS what happened to the
obstinate foreman.
!,aow it is the habit to sigh about
failing strength yielding to youth. 1t
is tn1 custom TO lament because some
employers prefer brown heads TO
gray But let US look a little deeper
know silver haired men whose steps
are as springy. whose smiles are as
bright. whose minds are adaptable 70
;wc.i,y one. They have realized that
IN" world moves and they have kept
step with it.
1t is the older man or woman who
declines to change with changing
time. who meets the fate Of the tree
so great as to say: MY way is right,
and only mine?" The spirit of Let's
give the new way a trial." Is the es-
sence Of progress. e
Let us not stand in the way of the
new. Let US welcome 1t as We do an
entertaining stranger. IT may be gooi
or bad. but it IL entitled to hearing.
Let our minds be hospitable.
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
Especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
LEXINGTON. VA. Feb. sI.-General
+. w. Nichols. superintendent OF the
the appointment OF Major b Ii. Clark
son as tactical officer and assistant in
n n s,, at the instit1,e Major
next September. lie will also serve
az head coach in the various branches
OF athletics.
Major clarkson is a graduate OF the
this country and in France during the
world war attaining the rank of major.
Since graduating from the institute,
except for the time spent in the army.
he has been member Of the faculty
and head athletic coach at Marion In
stitutc, Alabama.
change in tho office of quartcrmaster
at tho institute. Captain L. II. Nichols.
who served as assistant professor OF
engineering and 1uartermastcr. has re-
signed to enter private engineering
practice. Ne is succeeded by Captain
is a.sn,s +; Sayie;; r-.s,,,s ,, ~
institute in the class OF 1914. After
service CT the Mexican border he was
retired from the army on account OF
an assistant professor at the institute
in the TALL OF 1918.
:. caD "a 1., Gayle; who was graduates
fessor of chemistry until 1915. when
70 entered the army. He sa u service
on the Mc&:can border ana later with
the First Eirision in /a1cc. Lac
10 was TRANSFERRED 70 The air ser"'ee.
b reason OF injuries received IN he
fan Of ;h.s I.anee he was re,lrra nom
active duty in November. 1919.
senerai Nichols expects TO 20 10
Washington soon 10 confer with ws r
Department officials and others Yeia :
tive to the Association. OF Military
States. Of which he was elected prcsi-
dent at the recent meeting OF that
body in Washington.
Tho institute has the distinction OF
being thc only college in the country
where four units, OF the Reserve o6iccrs
Training Corps have been established.
those OF infantry. cavalry, field artilI.
cry and engineering. In addition to
tho large amount OF equipment that
has already arrived. requlsition has
been made for British and French
howitzers and 7S's. motor cycles and
trucks.
THE summer camps. IT is announced
VIII be held for s!s weeks beginning
1uhe Il. This VIII probably mean chat
the V. u. l. finals will be brought TO
4 close on June II. The camps will
Devon. Mass: artillery. Camp Knox.
Kansas: engineering. Camp Humphr;es
Va. and cavalry, Camp OgIcthorpe, Ca
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dent; Clara Lacrosse. secretary; Miriam
Miss Read. supervisor of the training
school, ~ attending tho teachers col
meeting OF tho department or supcrin-
,endencc, National Educational Associa-
ton, in Cleveland.
President Chandler Is attending tho
meetings Of the department OF super
intendencc in Cleveland.
DR.. Young, OF the faculty, will be a
speaker ut the Teachers Institute at
Manassas, Va.
Miss Matthias has returned from a
trip to Baltimore in the interests OF
Tho following arc tho teaching
seniors who have taught this term In
the rural school, Of which Miss Marie
James Is critic teacher: Misses Anne
Nichols. Dorothy Durrctt. Stella Akin
son and Edith Willie.
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The Hospitable Mind
a man lost his Job today,
Bl' ADA PATTERSON.

Not a serious matter. you think.
while jobs are SO plentiful and so we'll
paid. That is true. But this man was
deeply hurt by the receipt OF his blue
envelope" Not in his pooketbook
That, by diligence and foresight and in
an honest way he has kept we'll filled.
SIT - his pocket book. but in the
lie has served business firm for
Twenty-Five years. Faithfully. earn
cStly. conscicntiously served 1t. or so
he thought. Had he served it faith
fully, earnestly and 'conscicntiouSly
enough he would not have received
that envelope of ceruean hue and in
digo mood results. lie was man who
did right as he saw II and the way he
SAW * was always right to him.
He never saw anything the other man $
way. He never welcomed the new. He
had an inhospitable mind.
lie was Il good man, for he was a
faithful husband. an energetic worker.
4 citizen who always paid his debts
and never lodged his taxes nor cvaded
jury duty. lie was good friend. He
made loans even before they We're
needed But he was an obstructionist.
You know with what dismay a
driver of an engine or a motor even
of n spriEhtly pair Of horses. sees an
obstruction in the road. 1t is such an
unexpected thing. such danger to the
fast travelling vehicle and it might be
this one by the request that he re-
Sn.
It as his own, fault though he knew
IL not. He will believe through the
remainder OF his days that he was the
victim of the dislike OF new man.
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Decline OF rantomIne.

The famous old English pantoninc IS
no longer what il used to be. II has
ceased to be a fairy story. and has. a
LONDON critic declares. developed into
hybrid entertainments"
In the old Dantominc as played nv
the famous Grimaldi and others. tho
harlequin and the columbne were al
ways in love with each other. The
coiumbine was the daughter OF the
partaloon. and the clown was the old
conntryr,an who had come up TO town
10 See his friends.
Spectators were always anxious for
the colunbinc to marry the clown
thcreforc-in order TO Introduce some
semblance OF suspcmUc into the theme
the harlequin got up his tricks OF in
Visibility to play on the clown. so that
he might himself appear a hero in the
eyes OF the columbine. In the end the
colun1bine and harlequin invariably
elopcd
That was pantomine when It was
played each Christmas season to mil
lions of delighted children. The harlc-
0uinade continues TO survive in mod :
crn pantomine. but the majority OF
children arc now said 10 vote IL all 4
bore.
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NOSE CLoGGED FROM
a COLD Or CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief! Your. cloggcd nos
tris onen right up, the air passages OF
your head arc clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuGling, mucous discharge. headache,
dryncSs-no struggling for breath ut
night, your cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Got a cman
bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply little Of this
fragrant antiseptic cream in your nos
triJs, let 1t penetrate through every
air passage OF tho head; soothe and
heal the swollen, inhamed mucous
membrane, giving you instant relief.
Eiys Cream Balm Is just what evory
cold and catarrh sufferer has teen
seeking. It's jus. splendid.-Adv.
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RADFORD NORMAL
+ special TO The Timcs-Dispatch.

ISNeclaI 70 7 nc IlmcS- DlSpaCCn.
RADFORD VA. Feb. 2l.-The cata-
ioGuc announcing the courses OF the
summer quarter will bc ready for. dis
ing the summer quarter review courses
will be offered for those wishing TO
take the examination for nrst and
lending to the summer professional
certificate will be offered as usual.
All OF the regular normal school
courses will he provided during this
quarter. Many special courses will be
offered for tho teachers wishing TO
renew or extend their certificates.
The courses in supervision will be
enlarged in number for the benefit OF
al! classes, OF district supervisors.
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ORGANIZE HOOVER CLUB
University of North Carolina Students
in Move 10 Make Food
Chief President.

CHAPEL HILL. y. c.. Feb. 2i.--.Stat,
states face a crisis no less. great than
that ot 1861 or 1917. the Hoover club
of Chape! Hil!. numbering among It's
cratic Republican, and Progressive par
ties. has addressed a letter to Herbert
Hoover. urging that he announce his
candidacy on the Democratic ticket.
The club. organized on February 81
with DR.. Hamilton. of the chair Of his
.ory at the University of North Caro-
line, as chairman, Is composed ot town
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Don't stay stuTed-up! Quit blowing
and snufiling! a dose Of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
up cold and ends all grippe misery.
Tho first dose opens clogEed-up nos
trilS and air passages of head; stops
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New "Gym' for T.ynchburE College.
LYNCHBURG, VA. Feb. 21.--Plans
are being prepared for gymnasium
for LynchburE College. which is to be
built for use at the beginning of the
be 6oxlo0 feet. and will afford swim
ming pools and locker appointments
for 250 students
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22

officials and citizens. together with n T,
Good!y number OF the members OF the !
university faculty. who irrespective
OF past party affiliations. look 20 Mr.'t
tocvor as the one man best lifted to
cope With the problems OF Internal
economic reconstruction. international
policies and reform in the national
Roycrumpnt
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nness. sneezing. soreness.

ness. feverishness. sneezing. soreness.
stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is ths
quickest. surest relief known and
costs only a few cents at drug stores.
1t acts without assistance. Tastes
nice. Contains no quinine. Insist on
Pape's!-Adv.
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N. C. STATE COLLEGE

Especial 10 The Times Dsoatch.l
WEST RALEIGH. y. c.. FEB y L.
News reached State College Thursday
from birmingham, Ala, announcing the
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A very new and very smart
style, with fashions preferred
long slender lines-shown in
patent leather, demi-calf and
black slace kid (also a similar
style in plain pumps, with
Junior French heels; all leath-
ers; all sizes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-22

The High-Heel Tiffany Tie
At Dabney's
A bewitching new creation
OF graceful lines and wonder
full fitting qualities-both welt
and turn sole models in patent
leather. dcmi-calf and black
glace kid. (Also plain and
tongue effects, in all feathers.
all sizes.)
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The Flat Heel Dabney
Walking Oxford

Smart! New! Becoming
Just the style for spring wear.
Unusually slender lines and
glove-fitting qualities. Shown
in the new tan; all sizes.