The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-14
Tr.cHERs IN COUNCIL.
18th ANIMAL SESSION OF THE
E'" rnrcATIosAE ASs0CaATRoN
OF VIRGINIA.
,,,vp AND FOURTH DAYS PRocEED'Nes'

,>n FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS,
7HL rN..,,a1 correspondence Of the pispaech.l
'7''> A1vx,xnRlA, VA, July II, 1878.
LES session was held IN the Sc
has' prcs-hvterian church REV. DIR. Eul.
t''MN a'.,;n kindly rendered for that pur-
P ',[,., nr,yrr by the Rev. William +.
My ~, ~ Fredericksburg, the address OF
n,. ,n.'I Francis II. smith, OF the virginia
ut". ,,.titute, was, according to an
M'H''" 'o,,o,, delivered 4 large attendance
H'. .,S association and numerous citizens
Q! ~" Lilo, made an appreciative audience.
%u" .,I SMITHS subject was The Schools
'r'a, .'n,nimaSters OF Virginia in the Oldcn
~" The address was full Of interest,
'n, with much else Of value, some en-.
ln.~T "reminiscences Of DR.. Hugh Blair
',r;rshy. Of Norfolk, relative to the teachers
- Virginia in the early part OF the present
I,t,rF 4 deserved tribute was paid to
-" valuable services Of the ante-revolu-
.'nnsry rsrSonS of the Established Church,
mo Whatever might be said against them
Isni much that is unjustly said as ministers
- rshrion. were excellent classical teachers.
Whrn. owing 10 their Tory principles large
.,,,,r,ty OF these clergymen returned at the
,,,:,;n.. If the war to Great Britain, Il DARK
.1,rnd for education in the Commonwealth
ssn.,,sd There were for years then few or
,,a ,,rrd schools. and what was learned by
.hs rising generation was in the " mothers
>~Lno,s" OF the day-that is, most of the
,cr. Of sires who had been taught by the
,,1,isrs. no LONGER accessible, received their
,rtir, school instruction. less broad but not
s,sfsiIhful, from their mothers.
We wish time allowed fuller synopsis Of
General smiths address. The thanks of the
Association were voted him, and the follow
NJ resolutions, offered. by Professor JoyneS,
were unanimously adopted:
R,M.c.G. /. That the interesting address
Of General F. II. Smith on the Schools and
shoolmasters Of Virginia in the Olden
time suggests t. the Association the impor-
;sGcc oil the Securing and preserving the
statistic, and memorials of the history of
r.luCsf:. on in Virginia.
z chat standing committee. with Gene
r, +. II. Smith us chairman, be appointed
t,- tine collection oi such statistics and me-
,porlss for publication from time to time in
ths Educational Journal, and in more per-
msptnt form hereafter. but that oil the
mpmhers Of the Association be requested to
r.,0Qerate with this committee by commune
eating to them all the information which
HAY may possess or can collect upon this
subject.
The Chair appointed the following COM
Mite; General I. Il. Smith, Lexington ;
Professor \. b. Webster, Norfolk; Profes.
orc. l.. Cooke. Botetourt Springs; Will
lam I. Davis, Petersburg; Richard L.
Csrnc, Alexandria, TO be entitled "Stand.
In Committee OF History and Statistics oil
Teachers and Teaching in Virginia"
Tie report of the committee appointed
h>t year 10 prepare memorials of deceased
members was then called.
Mr.. John ?. Mcclure, Of Richmond, read
IN extended sketch of the late John NJ.
>trcthcr, Of the same city. 1t was the tri.
hHlr of atfcciionate appreciation. and, as we
anticipated, was ably and feclingly per
termed.
4 concise but eloquent memorial Of the
'4'e Socrates Maupin, Of the University OF
Virgins, (ttDm the pen of Professor John
", {. Davis, Of the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College, was. In the absence
ii 'Ic writer. read by Mr.. Blackboard.
nn motion, the secretary was requested tC
receive the other memorials, which were to
Lave been presented tonight, but were moi
(namely. OF D. Lee Powell and j, w. Mas
.,g, and publish theLl in the Educational
journal.
The following resolution, from the Com
m.lter Oh General Business, was then re.
voriri:
All female teachers Of Virginia may be.
come members Of this Association. and shall
j. oach, be entitled to all the privileges OF
other members save that OF participation in
the oral discussions of the Association and
Of making addresses before the body"
TIE offering of this resolution provoked
extended and at times particularly animated
debate, shared by Messrs. W. r. Abbot, R
I. Wilhers, L. NJ. Blackboard, B. I. Janney
I, ;. Venabe, r. D. Lilly, E. S. Joynes, G
/. Cooke. j. h. Taylor, K. II. Phillips, w
+. Broaddus, and General +. H. Smith. i
was finally tabled by decided majority.
The Association then adjourned,