While Mr. Edwards is familiar with all branches of educational work, he has made a notable success of the high schools in his division; moreover, he has kept thoroughly abreast of modern educational thought. The new Inspector was educated at Richmond College from which Institution he was graduated with the degree of R.A. In 1858. Not content with the scholarship thus acquired, he has for seven summers attended the lectures given at the University of Virginia.
Mr. Edwards's work in preparing courses of study for his division has elicited special commendation in the past. A year ago his predecessor, Mr. Terrell, reported after a visit to Prince George and Sussex that these two counties had the best systematized work he had found in the State.
LABOR IS SCARCE
Public Employment Bureau Kinds It Hard to Fill Many High Class Jobs.
Increasing prosperity in Richmond is manifest by the change in the supply and demand for labor, according to Wortley Dickie, manager of the Public Employment Bureau.
"There is more supply than demand," he said yesterday, "and it is for high class labor that the demand is so large.
"We are having many calls for carpenters, painters, automobile mechanics, and all kinds of skilled workers. Household servants, both white and colored, are in demand, and we also notice that satisfactory stenographers and secretaries are hard to find. During the month of May, we had 4 calls for help wanted and filled 3% positions."  Lodge's Management Are Designated. 