Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-13
Letter from Stanton. Va.

S1AI MIN. y ulS l., i~'-- - -
AL ASSOCIATION met 10 the Chape! OF the
Deaf. Dumb and Blind Institution yesterday.
al 10 a. rn.. President .Joynes il the chair. and
after prayer by the Rev. Il. l. Barton: OF
Lexington, the publication Of the President
animal repor,. in the Educational Journal, vas
ordered, a. we'll as that Of Prot. Johnston
address, delivered on Wednesday, night, 800
extra copies of the Journal containing the at
ter being ordered for distribution. On motion
Of Mr. Davis. of Petersburg the clair was direct
ed 70 aIpnlnt suitable person residing at or near
each Of the principal towns Of the State, Whose
dury !, should be TO procure the publication IN
the local paprrs OF the time and place OF the
next anuual meeting. aud urge the member,
and other teachers TO attend. by setting forih
the benefits to be derived liz the appointment
of the committees at the night session: Mr.;
Beverley Minor, Of the Episcopal High School
Of VIRGINIA, was appointed Tor A'e1anirla
Gen I. II. Smith. OF the lrglnla Military
| n Williamson. of that school: declong 10
make any further report on the subject Of the
hest mr. j.ctions Tor map drawing. Oh the ground
hat rart Of his report read al the last meeting
| had been SUPPRESSED. both in the reading aud
ratification, on account OF certain passages
| therein which il was supposed would offend
| particular denomination OF ChrIstiaus he also
asserted that he bad been unable 10 get back
| his manuscript. Mr.. Abbott: late President
| and seycr..! other gentlemen. stated that the
report had been read and furnished Tor rnb
| LEGATION, Lv the son Of the writer. Major Iom
| Williamson. Of the Lcesburg Acalcmy. and
| that NOBODY else knew anything about it. Ihcy
had supposed Of course. that Major w. had
acted "a, his father desired ia whatever oml>-
.ions he might have made. Maj Hotchkiss
moved to repub,sh the report entire with all the
diagrams photolithogral he'd. in the Educa'lon-
| al Journal, but the motion was lost.
The committee appointed several years ago
TO enquire into what could be done towards
establishing a Polytechnic School tor the
South having failed to rcpot was discharged
| Cul Allan Of the Virginia Military Institute
read a REPORT and made an excellent speech 90
the teaching Of Elccution in secondary schools
which was discussed at some length, and with
much ability. by Rev. DR.. Kirkpatrick, Col
Johnston and Prof Joynes. Of Washington
! aud Lee University, Vice President Hart il
the chair Mr.. Blackiord, Of the Episcopal
| High School. and Major Hotchki>>, of Staun-
ton During this discussion, much amusement
was afforded b. the luiicr"us Interruptions OF
| AN old gentleman in i state Of lncDrlaton
| strongly resembling, both III appearance. aud
manners. an obi friend OF Ours from Fairfax,
| who used To a,uuse our boys Is his street per
! tyrrlancc- ivw years ago. Dc Ta> finally per
>,lalcd u withdraw.
| The committee Oh the President annual re-
port having reported that 1t i lncxpcdlcut t9r
! this Association. "a such t. declare IN favor Of
| ans policy. auy me oI Of teaching. Or any
series Of books, leaving the monlbcr> free 10
weigh the arguments presented Oh each SIDE"
aud act according 10 their Individual judgmcu,
! an able debate followed. in when Len. +. h.
smith Mr. Backtorl. Mr. ". K Terry. OF
! Amherst. Col .Johu>ton. Rev. Dr. kirkpatrick.
| Mr. W. W. Smith, Of Bethel Male Academy.
! Fau1aier. is1u Vi the late Il. VI. Smith, OF The
former Scu,irlr:, Col. Witncrs Mr.. .J"hu>on
Of the S,aunton ruoiic Schools, Prot. E>ti
! President Davis Of Petersburg College, and
COL Allan participated. aud the report was
adopted.
CT, Withers from the Committee on the
+ iucationa! journal reported that the ,1i,nrial
! committee refused 10 serve longer, not having
| been sufficiently assisted By the members. The
comu,ittee therefore proposed the discharge Of
! the editorial committee, with the thanks VI the
association for their past services. and the
election Of Prof II. H. Harris of Randolph
Macon College a. editor, with salary Of $50
! from the association, which was increased. at
the night session, by adding 500 out Of the
profits and half nf.auy surplus profits over that
sum. The President. \ ice President Hart in
the chair proposed a substitute. dls>oivIng the
copnexion Of the Association with the Journal,
ard leaving it, publication to private enterprises
| but, after ,Scu>>iOnin which he. Col. " lthers
| Mr.. Abbott and Col. Johnston participated
| the original report was adopted. aud a commit
| tee APPOINTED to settle accounts. and make the
necessary ARRANGEMENTS for the future pub!lca-
ton Of the magazlue with power to fill the
editorial chair IN case OF vacancy. 1t Was
. 80 p. m before the morning session was over
At $50 D. %. the Association re-assembied
in the basement Of the Methodist Church but
az a thunder storm was prevailing, the atten-
dance was small At the request Of the Presi
dent, Rev. r. H. Phillips, Of the Virginia
Female Seminary, made a short prayer.
Mr.. Jones. FROM the committee on the place
! of meeting for next Year, reported in favor OF
Alexandria, aud the report Was unanimously
adopted
Prof. Harris, of Randolph Macon College.
and Prof j. A. Turner of Hon's Institute,
Boutetort Springs, from the committee "on
novelties and reforms in the manners Of teach
ing modern languages, read reports, the forw-
er Oh the teaching Of German, the latter on that
| OF teaching fre0cn. lneSe we're ABLY DISCUSSED
by Mr.. Hart, the President. Vice President
Carpe in the chair Mr.. Abbott and Mr..
| Blackford
Mr.. c. B. Walker: of the Virginia Military
| Institute [son of Rev Dr. Walker of the Epis-
copal Theological Seminary then read report
Cd novelties and reforms 10 the teachings Of
mathematics, contending specially, for the
teaching of the metric system Of weights and
measures in all our schools, as the best means
of securing its early use 10 ali commercial trans
actions. Mr.. English OF Abemare, doubted
the expediency Of introducing that system. as
he thought Prof DAVIS: after more careful
investigation Of the subject had changed his
opinion about it. and declared his conviction
that it was not based upon correct measure.
ment. Mr.. Walker replied, showing that
though it bad taken forty yearsevcn in France.
to overcome the prejudice against it. it was DOW
10 use throughout almost the entire civilized
world
Mr. Carne. of Alexandria, had long been
satisfied that the metric system was the best,
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