Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-09-03

{ PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF STAUNTON.-Th
public schools will open on Monday, Sept
18th, at 8 A. M.
| The following teachers have resigned
and their successors appointed: w. FL
| Waddell, Principal Of the colored schools
J.. C. Calhoun and j. H. Heiser, teachers
of the Primary and intermediate Grades
of colored schools. Miss L. A. Mitchell
Miss Alice Wilson and Miss Mary Thomas
have been elected teachers in the above
| schools
The Madison street building, formerly
occupied by Miss Josie Brown and Miss
/ Annie Mills, will be occupied by the col
ored schools and Misses Brown and Mills
will occupy the old Methodist Institute
building, together with the other Primary
white schools. This building will be de-
voted chiefly to the Primary schools for
little children, under their former eXpe-
rienced female teachers, of which Mrs.
Tipping will still continue head mistress.
The Superintendent will have an Office
in the Academy building, which will be de-
voted to the higher grades, and one III the
Methodist Institute building, where he can
be found, at the Academy from 8 to 10 A.
NJ, and at the Institute Building from II
M. to / p NJ
The Superintendent will attend to the
discipline of all the schools, and will in
spect each school in the city every day.
Parents orguardians registering children
the first time, will present certificates Of
genuine vaccination and the payment of
the last capitation tax, and all who desire
to register their children must meet the
Superintendent at the places and times
mentioned above.
Pupils from beyond the limits of the city
must pay in adcance the tuition for three
months.
The teachers of all the public schools are
to meet at the Academy at II A. NJ, Sat
urday, September 18th, for assignment to
their work for the session about to begin.
It is of the utmost Importance that the
pupils shall enter at the opening or the
session, when promotions are made and
new classes formed.
Cubes method of mental calculation for
the young children, SO successfully tried in
the schools Of ST. Louis, recently, will be
introduced this session. This system
makes practical calculations, and has an
eye to business in the earlier years of school
training.
Free hand drawing will also be intro
duced during the year.
CHANGE OF REVENUE OFFICERS.-The
following changes have just been made in
trict:
Gaugers.-W. l.. Herr returns to Staun-
ton to relieve E. G.. Jeffreys, who returns
to Martinsburg; W. G.. Brown returns to
Staunton to relieve DR.. Butler, who goes
to Rockbridge, Botetourt and Craig.
Storekeepers r. Campbell |
goes to David Boards from Lowman &
Co.'s; W. Capehart goes to Lowman 81
Co. from L. Hartman e. Co.'s: JOS. Daw-
son goes to L. Hartman & Co. IS tran sferred |
from Martinsburg; L. G. Stalnaker goes
to Martinsburg from Hanger e Co.'s; Jno.
A. Franger goes to Hanger & Co.'s from |
D. T. Ciemmer's; John F. Smith goes to |
D. F. Clemmer's from j. Bumgardner & |
Sons; JAS. NJ. Y ates goes to J. Bumgard-
ner Il Sons from Foster & Co.'S; Robert |
Cochran goes to Foster & Go. IS from l..
& Co.'s; VIM. Golladay goes
to l.. Bumgardner & Co.'S from E. A.
Fulcher's; F. NJ Taylor goes to e. A. |
Fulcher's from David Boards.
Rockbridge and Craig.-Jno. B. Engle-
man goes to A. Zollman's, near Lex ing
ton, from j. M. Adams, Rockbridge Baths; |
D. E. Rosenbaum goes to j. M. Adams;
J. J. Gillock goes to John Gibson's, near
Lexington, from A. Zollman's; J. H.
Vanderver goes to Little q Co. s from A.
Craig CO.; j. S. Anderson
goes to A. McCartney's from Jno Glib
sons.
B. Harris, who was at Little & Co.'s, is
dropped.