The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-20
From our Special Reporter.
Convention Of the Educational AssO
citation Of Virginia.
SECOND DAY.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, July Is, 1866.

The Convention met TINS morning i'll inc
public hall Of the University.
The University presents quite changed
aspect now from that OF few weeks ago.
The lawn and hall, which were then
| throngcd with the youth and beauty Of the
Commonwealth, are to-day deserted and
silent.
The Convention was called to order at
halfpast Q o'clock, and prayer was offered
by the Rev. DR.. Atkinson, President.
The committee appointed for that pnr-
pose brought in its nominations, and the
Convention proceeded to the election o.
officers for the ensuing year. The follow
ing was the result President, Charles l..
Cooke, Principal Hollins Institute: First
| Vice President, DIR. S. Maupn, University
Second President, Professor John L..
Campbell, Washington College; Third Vice
President, ID. Lee Powell, Principal South
crn Female Institute, Richmond; Fourth
Vice President, John Hart, Charlottesville
Female Institute; Corresponding Secretary,
Rev. 4. J. Lcavcnworth, Petersburg; Re-
cording Secretary, William K. Abbot,
Charlottesville; Auditor, William Carroll,
| Charlottesville.
! The following new members were then
elected: Rev. DR.. Dabney, Rev. ID. c. T..
, Davis, General F. ii. Smith, Rev. Charles
Beach, Mr.. Howe, V. Cochrane, and DR..
! J. Edgar Chancellor.
| The following report was submitted by
the committee appointed to propose topics
. for discussion:
The committee to which was referred
the consideration of topics proper for dis
l.. al. nj
meeting, beg leave to report the follow
ing subjects, which they are of opinion
should especially engage the attention Of
this body:
The necessity and best modes of moral
and physical training and Development;
The necessity and best msde of convey
ing thorough knowledge of the facts and
practical preceptS Of the Bible.
The proper discipline for primary schools
and the best mode of instruction therein !;
and under this head
Whether the modern practice of attempt
ing to develop principally the faculty of
Judgment from the commencement of the
education of the child is not violation of
the natural and intellectual development
and also whether the neglect of the cult
walton of the memory in the earlier stages
of education does not produce habits Of
inaccuracy, vagueness, and narrowness OF
mental culture.
The proper discipline for advanced
schools, and the best modes Of instruc-
ton therein and under this head
Whether the philosophical and phi
Illogical treatment of languages IN the
earlier stages of education is liable to the
objection which may be made against it,
that it is absurd and futile. !,
The proper discipline for colleges, and
the best modes of instruction therein;
The relative value of instruction by
text books and by lectures;
The value and propriety Of emulation as
motive in education;
The necessity and value Of universal
primary education, and the mode of &C
comprising it ; and under this head
Whether governmental aid is necessary
or expedient
The value and proper organization of
normal schools.
The subjects of education Of most value
and importance in Virginia and under this
head
Whether the distinction between libe-
raj and practical education should not be
more clearly defined in the modes of in
struction adopted for either purpose, and
the reason of the difference made more
prominent and ineligible; also,
Whether it is not necessary to deter
mine more exactly the nature, aim, and
procedure Of practical knowledge.
Tho education Of tho colored people,
and how it may bc best effected, and
under this head
Whether, in dcvising scheme for their
education, the infantilc and feminine cha
racter of the African temperament re-
ouires special consideration. -
The subject Of textbooks, and the pro.
priety Of recommending a uniform series;
and under this head a9
Whether the multiplicity Of textbooks,
or what Is humorously termed "a progress
sive SERIES" and productive mode" is
not pernicious.
The expediency Recommending cIri-
culum Of instruction for schools, distributed
into periods Of FIVE months; 49,
The best mode Of inducing accuracy Of
thought, and Of requirement. RI.
EDUCATION OF GIRLS. --,I
The proper subjects and extent Of female
education and under this head ~.
Whether the distinction between the e.
minine and masculine intellect and heart
requires diversity Of educational proce.
dure in its aims, its subjects, and its OBJ.
jects; -
The expectancy Of public exhibitions In
schools for girls, and Of young lsdias par.
ticipating In them; and 10 connection there.
with, y...
The expediency Of granting diploma. to