The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-06-19
d. d. e. b. Institution.


aaa D. D. & B. Institution.
On Thursday last the regular commence
'lnent meeting OF the Board of Visitors OF
thesD. D. s. 3. Institution was held, all Of
| the members being present. The meeting
was one of unusual interest, in that it was
the time fixed for the annual election OF
officers. 49, .t-,f. ~ ~ ~
For Principal Of the Institution three
candidates were presented G. s.. iRol:
Ter, present incumbent; Mr.. Thes. $.
Doyle. former principal, and MI. Ray Of
South Carolina. Ten ballots were taken
before srconclusion was reached. three of
the members. Messrs. Williams, Meredith
and Twynian voting for Roller; three,
Messrs. Witt, Edmunds and Stout for
lDoyle, and Mr.. Waddell for Mr.. Ray. On
several Of these ballots Mr.. Edmunds voted
Ifor-Mr. Ray. The eleventh ballot decided
the contest in favor OF. Mr.. Doyle by the
| following Vote. For Doyle, Messrs.' Wad-
dell, WITT. 1slont and Edmunds. For Rol-
ler, Messils. Meredith Williams and and
Twyman. ZIG a9f III e6qssisl si
For the office of Steward, which had
been discontinued during the present ad!
ADMINISTRATION. there were quite a number Of
candidates. among whom were Messrs.
aLickliter and j. N. Woodward. of
Stauntoni !, > oMohler, tof Augusta; "A. M
breckenridge, former Steward, Oliver r.
Funston, of Richmond, and several others.
On the first Gballot the vote stood as fol-
lows: For Lickliter, Mr. WITT; for
Mohler, Mr. Stout, for fBreckinridge,,
Messrs WaddelI and Williams for Fun
stem, Messrs. Edmunds. Twyman and
Meredith. IL On the fifth ballot Funston
was elected, all of the. members. except
Messrs Wadaell and Williams Voting for
him. iMessrs.s W.tapd W.osvoted lfori
lBreckmridgeyt siit a9f3'i as'~of #ais'
| For matroir there were The following ap
plicants; Mrs johnson. former matron !,
Mrs. Lawrence, present incumbent', Mrs,
Ryan and NJ ISIS Iipscomb. g On the first
| ballot Messrs. WITT and Stout voted for
Mrs. Lawrence MI. Meredith for Mrs
Ryan Mr.. Twyman, for Miss I1ipscomb,
and Messrs. Williams, IEdmunds and WadL
for Mrs. Johnson. On the second ballot
Mrs. johnson was elected, all Of the menu
bers Voting for her except Messfs. Stout
and Witt, who voted for Mrs. Lawrence.
For assistant natron the candidates
were Miss Mollie Woodward. present in
cumbenti; a Miss Briggs and Miss Grimes
Miss Grimes was eleeteds receiving the
votes Of iMessrs Edfd tnds,A Twyiiian.
Stout and Williams, Messrs. Waddell
aud iWitzyotedp for Miss Woodward, and
Mr.. Meredith for Miss Briggs. i9ie 9nl $50
In the Collegiate, department the enly
contest madelwas for the teacher OF iighid
est blind class. Prof! 'Aeoyntz, present III /
cumbeRt, was, elected by the votes Of
Messrsl Waddell, Williams, Witt and Mer- |
edith oyesiMr. w. Al. MeCue, who re-
ceived the support Of the other members.
The applicants for music teacher were
Miss Fitzwilson,, Mrs. Hamakerlapd Mrs.
W. S. Hammond. The latter was elected.
Mr.. Walden voted for Miss Fitzwilso1f.: /
Mr.. " itz for. Mis-, Hamakeir, and the re-
mainder Of the Board for Mrs. Hammond.
The folsogihg officers and teachers were;
theh elected. hIalaiiilni olsly; Physician, Dr..
b. M. Atkinson: aGovernesss Miss Mary
Kerr, present and 9iformerl incumbent
Teacher of 18th tliighest) deafnnate class,
g.. ID. Eulitt Z former Incumbent 4. 5th,
class, E. Loving Turner, former incum.
bent 4th class, III: A. Bear, present and
former incumbent; 3D. class, VIM: Berke
ley, present and former incumbent; I'd
class, W C.. Geiger, former incumbent
LIST class, T. j. Williams, present and 4
former Incumbent. ssoI ILL .,ai
Blind Department list lhighestl Leon
pidas .Poyntz I'd class, J. c. Ryan ); Sd
class, LIS. Humbert, all present and for
mel indambents.
Director Of Music Prof. ADJ Turner,
present and former incumb bent. Calls
themes, Miss Agnes Hartman, ,presentin-
Gllnlbent, this being a department. estab-
|'lislied by the present enthusiastically; =
/ /, In the art department Prof. Coleman,
former incumbent, and Miss Trout, pres
ept incumbent, were both elected. hi"h 4
All other elections. including artienla-
tion teacher, were postponed until the
next meeting of the Board, which occurs
in October, - rglIi4
The new Steward, Mr.. Funston, is
resident of Albemarle, but more recently
has been in business in Richmond. He is
a gentleman of experience in the, line Of
his new duties, and is very popular with
all who know him.
Mrs. Hammond, the music teacher, is
from Clarke county, and Miss Grimes, the
assistant matron is from OranOa