The national Republican., 1861-02-04
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MEETING OF THE TEACHERS Assoc1ArioN.--'I
A meeting Of the Teachers Association was
held at the Smithsonian on Saturday morning,
at ten o'clock. Owing to the inclement state Of
the weather, the number in attendapce was
rather small. D- ~. 49,, l....,.... ..,s
The President and Vice President both be-
ing absent, DR.. Detrick was called to the chair.
After the reading of the minutes, DR.. Detrick
called the attention Of the Association to an arti-
Gle which had appeared in a late number Of the
Erening Star, rejecting upon the Association.
Professor Loomis remarked that the article
was calculated to bring teachers of the private
schools into disrepute. 1t seemed to him that
the chief aim Of the writer had been to give
vent TO some personal spleen against the teach.
ers of private schools, or more probably against
some one of the teachers, by placing the Asso
c1atlOn In b IAlbe anu uul6NOIuUc HkuJ DcioTC
the public. He said that the meetings had been
kept mp with regularity until recently, and
stated that the trustees Of the public schools,
desirous Of securing more fully the benefits Of
an association, organized q meeting OF public
school teachers, under the prestige Of municipal
authority and the personal supervision Of the
trustees. That Association had only met once
or twice, and lie had yet to learn that its failure
was deemed fit occasion for gratifying any i'll
feeling towards either the Trustees or the
teachers.
The Association then went into an election
of officers, with the following result: President,
q. Richards vice president. j. d. Combs Sec
retary, ]. s. De Hart provisional committee,
r. B. Detrick, L. G. Loomis, A. G. Richards;
treasurer, G. II. Twiss.
Discussion was then had on the question,
"Ought the sexes to be associated in the
schools2" Prof. De Hart thought that they
should be associated together in school. He
thought men and women were made to live to.
gether for their mutual benefit, mental and
moral, and illustrated his position by showing
that in families where there were children Of
both sexes there was more harmony.
Prof. Looms was Of the opinion the question
could not be decided by theory; that it depend.
ed upon the moral forces In some cases he
thought they might be associated with advan-
tage; in others, not. ....,. o.. ..
DR.. Detrick thought they should not be as.
sociated. In colleges where the students were
in the habit of visiting young ladies frequently,
they were not able to compete with their fellow
students. .'.. D.
The following question was then chosen for
discussion at the next meeting: Which de
partment of education needs the most attention
in this country at the present timer" The
Association then adjourned.
MORE TRooPs.-The detachment of drag
oons acting as light artillery, which was noticed
in the Republican of Saturday as being expect
ed to arrive that morning, did not reach here
until about six o'clock on Saturday evening
They started from West Point on Thursday,
but having to come by special train, they were
delayed on the road by having frequently'to be
switched of, to allow the regular trains to pass
This detachment musters about eighty men
They bring with them four brass field pieces
with seventy-eight horses. Lieutenants Griffin
Piper, Webb, and Simons are the officers Of
this corps. They are quartered in the house o
Mr.. George Burns, on E street, near the corner
of Sixth street, which has lately been fitted VI
for their accommodation. Stabling has beer
erected for the horses in the rear Of the Cit,
Hall by Mr.. George Naylor, who had large
force at work on it from Wednesday morning
last until Saturday, when it was completed
The building is about two hundred and twent.
feet long, thirty feet wide, and contains stall
for about eighty horses. On the journey hither
one of the horses broke his leg on the cars.
Early yesterday morning, fire was discov
cred in their quarters, it having caught from
the furnace. Through the energy of the men
it was extinguished before doing much dam
age, or raising an alarm.
About six o'clock yesterday morning, Com
pany d, of the First Artillery, arrived at tn
Depot, and marched to their quarters on
street north, near First street east, Capitol Hill
They muster ffty.four men, and ore acting a
infantry. Major Hawkins, Lieutenants Durye
and Cooper, are the officers accompanying tn
corps. They are Just from Fort McHenry, bu
left Fort Hamilton only few weeks since.
The PHILADELPHIA CoMMIrTEE.-The con
mittee of thirty three from the workingmen
Philadelphia, who were here during a porto
of last week, reached home on Friday evenin
about six o'clock. A large number of me
from different industrial establishments, with
bund of music and torches, were in waiting
the depot, to give the delegates proper recel
ton. Upon the arrival of the train a proce
sion, composed of about thrca hundred pc
sons, was formed and marched through nun
ber of Streets notwithstanding the disagree
able rain which was falling at the time.
At the head of the line was large transp
rency, bearing one of the following Inscription
on each side, "Welcome Home, Committee {;
"Industrial Works y" ave want Working, nj
Talking Men in Congress-" "The Union no
and Forever, One and Inseparable." The p
rade halted in front of the Wetherill Hous
where addresses were made by several Of Il
committee, in which they expressed themsely
as we'll satisfied with the result Of their missic
to the Federal metropolis.
AN EXTRA TRAIN.-An extra train was RI