The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-09-06
MEErlsG oTrHECIrY scaooI noaRD:
Interesting Report Of the Committee
On Teachers and Schools
LIST OF TEACHERS ELECTED.

-; - ~ ooSAelS duQ SCHOOLS.
LIST OF TEACHERS ELECTED.
Tho school Board Of the city of p,o,,
mond held their regular meeting at tba bs.I ~
tice OF the board, 1901 Clay street. yastsr s or-
day at 10 o'clock A. NJ, and Continued =,
session until 2h o'clock p. M. @ N
The report of the Committee on Teach.
ers and Schools, after some discussion. was
adopted, and the ladies and gentlemen
whose names are appended were elected
teachers, with the conditions accompany
ing thereto. 1t Is proper to state that a
large number Of the applicants who wera
examined (say one hundred and four) were
worthy, and nearly all competent to take
positions as teachers in the public schools.
and it was the unanimous regret of the
School Board that they were unable to 40.
sign all who applied and were examined -to
positions either as teacher or PRINCIPAL.
The committee state that, in accordance
with q resolution of the board, advertise,
ments were inserted In the city papers at
intervals from the 1st to the 18th August
inviting applications for positions as teach.
ers of all grades in the public schools, in
cluding q teacher of The German Language
One hundred and seventy-six applications
were received by the superintendent, of
which seven were for the position of Ger
man teacher, fifteen for principals, and the
residue for the various grades of primary
and grammar schools. The applications
being so numerous, the committee resolved
to reduce them as far as possible by some
fair and common standard. They unani-
mously concluded to reject all applications
from non.residents, and make careful in-
spection of the applications of the
remainder. In full committee by
these means the list was reduced to
l04, including the seven gentlemen who
applied for the place Of German teacher.
After thorough canvass Of the German
applicants claims and testimonials of these,
the committee decided upon the nomina-
ton Of two, Us follows: Rev. NJ. j. Michel
bacher to be elected as teacher. and Rev.
John Blenner as reserve teacher.
The white applicants for the position of
principals and teachers were notified to ap-
pear on the 21st Of August for examination,
and the colored applicants on the succeed
ing day. The superintendent and the com.
mittee prepared series of questions and
to avoid the possibility Of any unfair sG~
vantage, these questions were printed in
another city Immediately before the day OF
examination. And further, the applicants,
on entering the eXaminatiOn-room drew
from hat card, on which was number.
They were cautioned not to disclose this
number, and were required to sign the
manuscripts with their number, and not
with their name. They were then furnished
with printed blank, which was required
to be filled up by inserting the number and
the name Of the holder. This blank was
folded and enclosed in an envelope. sealed,
and returned to the committee without adj
dress. Each applicant was required to
append to his or her papers a certificate
that they had neither given nor received
any assistance on any of the subjects Of the
examination.
These precautions increased the labors of
the committee, but being deemed import
ant to all impartial competition examina-
tions were cheerfully acquiesced in by the
committee. The test commenced at A.
M. on the 2lst of August and ended at p.
NJ. 1t was conducted in the presence of
the entire committee, with q fairness
which would have satisfied all who witness
ed it, and who had the capacity to judge it.
The same system was pursued the next day
with the colored applicants. The same ques-
tions were asked of all candidates except the
principals, who were questioned on Alge-
bra, Latin, and Natural Philosophy. The
candidates were also subjected the day
following to an oral examination, and
full notes were taken by the committee.
They spent four days thereafter In rigid
scrutiny Of the examination papers, fixing
one hundred as maximum. AffiXing pro-
portionate values to tho various questions
of study, they thereby obtained mathe-
matical expression of the proficiency of
each contestant. They believed this to be
as accurate an exponent of the relative
standing in scholarship as is possible to be
obtained. They were arranged in the order
of their proficiency, and selected according
to that order and thus noted and after all
the selections for all the schools were made
the sealed envelopes were opened, and the
successful applicants proved to be for priu-
cipals positions as follows: Messrs. S. r.
Pendleton, w. F. Fox, Rev. W. B. McGil-
vray, J. II. Peay, DR., T. 2. Crump, E. w.
Cone, and to be called into service in the.
order OF their election, and as they are
needed.
For white schools the following teachers
were elected, and to be called into service
In the order of their election: Miss Julia
p. Read. Miss S. e. Ramos, Mrs. E. 7. Bott,
Miss Hester A. Mitchell, Miss L. A.
Fowlkes, Miss Lucilla Il. Robins, Miss
Lucy NJ. Hicks, Miss Ella V. Schell, Miss
Maggie u. Brander, Mr. c. D. Montague,
Miss Satie Lambert, Miss e. NJ. Wood
ward, Miss G. S. Taylor, Misses Matte
Tompkins, Julia q. Marsh, Mary A. Walk
er, and Jennie L. Martin.
The following ladies were elected as
teachers for the colored schools Misses
Maggie E. Colin, c. III. Chappell, Matte
McWiliam, Georgia Fay, Mrs. Annie +.
Moon, Miss Mary E. Anderson, Miss Mary
a. Gwathmey, Miss ellen F. Brown, Mrs.
K. u. Tuck, Miss Ella G. S. Farrar, Mrs.
N. B. Bingham, Miss Alice Thaw.
If the above number OF teachers should
be found insufficient for the colored
schools, the board decided to offer each OF
the folloWinga position In colored school
gic Barber, A. c. Arsell, Ella Hillyard,
Katie S. Smith, Mrs. Mary Y. Hix, Miss v.
V. Garnett, Mrs. M. Annie Young, Miss M.
f.. Wilkinson, Miss Lucie G. PEBBLES, Miss
n. z. Lynch, Miss Florence Christian.
If this number should be found INSULT
cient to meet the demands for the colored
schools, the following ladies were elected to
fill the position Of teachers in the c0lored
schools, to be appointed in the order OF
their eiection: Misses G. T. Baenall, Z. r.
G. Shelton, Lillian +. Bagby, S. A. Dayen-
port, Lulah Pendleton, Mrs. l.. S. Page,
and Miss Belle Walthall.
1t may be proper to state that by the frst
Monday in October Qhe beginning of the
sessions Of the schools) some of the new
school houses may not be completed, and
this will necessitate the holding of the
schools in many of the old school-houses.
Anumber of the newly-elected teachers will
of course not be called into service until
these new school-houses are completed.
The annual report of the superintendent,
with the rules aud regulations of the
schools and the graded course Of study,
were submitted to the board, aud received.
The board ordered that no scholars should
be received into the public free schools OF
the city of Richmond until yaccinated, and