Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-26
AWAKEN PUBLIC
CONSCIENCE TO
NEEDS OF STATE
E. d cati o n Association
Raises $150,600 for Bet
terment Purposes.
MRS. MUNF0RD, PRESIDENT,
SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT
DR.. Judd Exhorts Teachers to
Look Upon Education as Re-
finement of Experience.

IN itS nscJ year OF 1920 the
Co-Operative Education Association
has raised Sl50.600 for community
betterment purposes throughout the
state. said Mrs. B. II. Munford. presi-
dent. In her annual report last night
at general meeting Of the Educa
tional Conference of Virginia In John
Marshall High School.
This figure stands against ,55.741
raised in the preceding fiscal year
and. is nearly twice rs large as any
amount ever raised in the sixteen
years history of the association. de-
clared Mrs. Munford She presented
full report Of the organization's
growth and pleaded for an awaken
ing Of the public conscience TO COM
munity needs.
Mrs. Munford was followed by r.
Walton Moore. Representative in Con-
grcss from the Eighth District. who
urged the conference delegates To
work for more and better means OF
education IN the rural districts The
session also was addressed by Dr..
Charles Fl. Judd. director of the
school OF education of,thc University
OF Chicago. who eNhortcd the teachers
to remember that the science of edu-
cation should be looked upon as a re-
flnement OF experience and that every
educators effort should be bent to-
ward giving children a clear state
mcnt Of that experience.
Present Dr. Judd.
Last nights meeting was under the
Joint auspices OF the State Teachers
Association, which presented DR..
Judd to the conference, and the CO.
operative Education Association. DR..
| w. II. Smithey introduced the Chi
| cago speaker and Harris Hart, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
took over the craftsmanship of the
| meeting thereafter. DR.. S. c. Mitchell
of the University OF Richmond, first
president OF the Cooperative Edu-
cation Association. also was on the
platform.
There were eight sessions in all ,oi
various divisions or tho conference
yesterday. Four more are schedules
this morning between the hours OF
. and Io:i5. while at IL o'clock there
will be n business meeting OF tho
State Teachers Association in the
sections will hold afternoon meetings
at o'clock and tonight the confer
ence will close with an invitationaI
concert a, the City Auditorium. to
which the Corley Company and Lee
Ferguson & Co. have invited the
teachers.
Last evening. following the general
session at the high school. there was
a reception TO the visiting teachers
by the Richmond pedagogucs. held In
the Grays' Armory.
Speed War History Compilation.
Two announcements were made D,
Mr.. Hart before adjournment was
taken to the latter place, these be.
ing 10 the effect that all county sup
erintendents who have been asked to
aid the Virginia War History Com
mission in COLLECTING data for n his.
tory OF Virginia in the world war
should turn in their questionnaires as
soon as possible. while the second
was to the effect that the general
convention headquarters in the high
school will adjust any difficulties as
10 round-trip rates which delegates
may have had at the local railroad
offices.
Mrs: Munford. in her general re-
port. stressed the fact that Virginia
had been at the work of the COM
munity organization longer than any
other State in the Union and urged
that her cHizens strive now TO take
the lead in work to better the con-
ditions In rural districts. She stated
that the branches Of the Co-opera-
tive Education Association have now
extended to every county in the State,
numbering 1.222 this year as against
976 last year, while ten Of the ,nS1or
cities have active branches where
only seven had such bodies last year.
The number OF branches making full
reports this year Is 470 against 379
year ago she stated. while &c of
these branches are in the banner"
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