The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-07-23

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and Rhetoric. He then lectured upof
What is teaching ~
After recess, Prof. Painter lectured OF
Advanced Arithmetic.
| Prof. Winston on Elementary Science
for common. schools. giving illustrations
with appropriate apparatus that were
both instructive and entertaining.
An invitation to its open-air concert
| from the Stonewall Band was read. Prof
Winston accepted the invitation in his
happy manner, and thanked the Band fol
its courtesy.
Prof. Little gave a. most entertaining
blackboard talk, illustrating flowers, ami
mails and men. This closes his engage
ment. He said he hoped he had done
something that would cause others to edl-
cate their hands, so as to enable them to
become useful citizens in every vocation
of life. Eight years ago he was laboring
as a farm hand at SIS per month +; now,
by the education of his hand, he was able
to command more
Prof. Winston returned the thanks OF
the teachers to Prof Little for the enter
tanning and instructing lessons he had
given in drawing
Prof. Painter lectured on Elementary
Arithmetic.
Prof. Winston on Advanced Grammar.
Prof. Painter lectured on History
Prof. Fox on Orthograpby.
Adjourned to $50 a. IN. Thursday july
23d.
Teachers Association met at 4 p. m.
President Roller rendered his resignation
on account of the heavy pressure of bust
ness engaging his attention, especially at
the time of the sessions of the Associa-
tion. Accepted, and Supt. Brayles, of
Page county, was elected President for the
ensuing week. Mr.. M. T. Roberts gave
an example in composition writing. Prof.
Torbet gave a talk upon the same subject,
and praised the young teachers for the
manly way in which they took the criticism.
of the older ones. He was replied to by
Prof. Carr. Prof. Moss gave an object
lesson exercise, with class of small boys.
Miss O'Niel, of Richmond, presided at
the organ during the march of the pupils.
Prof. Carr gave talk upon grammar. and
a few remarks were made upon the same
subject. by Mr.. J. L. Hutchens. Associa-
ton adjourned till p. m. July 23d.
525 teachers enrolled up to Z o'clock }.
m. July 3D..
The President on Saturday last, upon
the recommendation of Hon. ]. r. Tucker,
appointed Capt. w. A. Burke postmaster
at Staunton, vice S. M. Yost, suspended.
Capt. Burke executed the necessary bond
on Wednesday, and will take charge of the
office about the lst Of August. The pres
ent Deputy Postmaster and one or two of
the clerks will be retained in the service
of the new Postmaster, until others have
had time to become familiar with the
work. Every facility will be afforded the
incoming officer by the outgoing in the
conduct of the Office so as, to prevent any
interruption in the prompt opening and
delivery Of the mails. The retiring post
master accepts the situation as one of the
results of political warfare, and has no
complaint to make as to the result Of the
action of the President It would have
been more manly, however, to have as
signed the true cause, that he was Re
publican and for that reason he had to go,
rather than the fimsy pretext of ''offen-
siye partizanism. In the eleven years of
his administration, there has been no act
of partizanism tolerated by him as post
master or a complaint from the Depart
ment against his administration. Two
thirds of his appointments have been
Democrats, made without reference to
their politics, and solely in the interest of
the public service. No intimation or in
situation has ever been made that poit-
ical considerations in the least controlled
in the administration of the office. AS
citizen of Virginia he has exercised the
right to express his opinion on public
questions and party policy, both State and
National, and he could not have been in
duced to forego this privilege for any
Office in the gift Of the government. He
knows that the people who are accom-
modated at the office had no complaint to
make against it's conduct. Nine-tenths of
them did not want a change. Only a
little ring of the most offensive parti-
zanism that ever afflicted a community
was active in the work of petitions, pred
icated upon the presumption that change
of administration would necessarily be
followed by change in all the officers.
The ring split into two parts III the
scramble, and to take the evidence Of
either, the candidate of the other was not
fitted for the position. Mr.. Tucker stepped
in and decided the contest and the friends
of the defeated candidate, at the first OPP
portunity, gave him black eye, in the
selection of delegates to the State Con-
vention. So the political family is not
happy yet. There is still blood on the
moon, and it will take more than one
party victim to sponge it off.
Capt. Burke will, no doubt, make good
officer and after his offensive parti-
zanismn has passed the ordeal of the
Senate in December next, he may con-
graduate myself on having very COM
Portable situation, except as to the con-
slant strain and anxiety that necessarily
attach to an Office of so much responsible
ity and multifarious details, requiring ex-
acting vigilance.