Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-02-06
SAMPLING THE SCHOOLS.

sAMPLING THE SCHOOLS.
STANTON AND AUGUSTA CONTRIBU-
TIONs AT THE ANNUAL STATE CON-
FERENCE OF SCHOOL SUPERINTEN-
DENTs-INTEREsTINa HISTORY OF THE
sTAUNTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
&C.. &C.. sc.
Tuesday last was busy day with City
Superintendent H. Sheffoy Roller in get
ting together, arranging and shipping spe-
cimens Of the work of the schools under
their charge, to be exhibited at the Third
Annual Conference of County and City
Superintendent which commences in the
hall of the House Of Delegates, Richmond, ,
next Tuesday, February 10th. This an
nual conference is one of the most impor
tant educational events Of cur state and
brings to Virginia many eminent educA-
prominent men present, will be Gen. John
Eaton, U. S. Commissioner of Education;
Gen. Armstrong, Principal OF the Hamp-
ton Normal School; Hon. Nj. A. Newell of
Maryland; B. L. Butcher, State Superin-
tendent of Schools of West Virginia. and
such names in our own State as DR.. Curry,
of the Peabody Fund; Principal Vawter,
of the Miller Institute; Principal Ruffner.
of the State Normal School at Farmville;
Professors Painter, Conrad, and Others.
To attend the conference, the Chesapeake
u Ohio road sells round trip tickets at five
cents per mile from all stations-sale to
commence next Monday and tickets good
until the goth inst.
THE EXHIBITS FROM THE COUNTY
SCHOOLS.
A hasty look at the exhibits from
the county, gotten an hour before Super
intendent Roller put his boxes on the
train Tuesday morning, showed that Au-
gusta is sending list Of contributions
that will do her credit. Many of The maps
were surprising in their execution and in
their accuracy. A map of Virginia with
every county mountain, and river outlined
drawn from memory and under the eye uf
more. aged seventeen, was one Of the most
remarkable of the exhibits in map draw
ing. Among the maps we found scattered
some fine specimens of pen and pencil
drawing-a pencil sketch Of the Old Stone
Church at Fort Defiance, by Ada w.
Hudson, aged Is, Of the Mt. sidney
school; pen picture Of mountain scene
in which an eagle is swoopiDg down on
bounding deer, the work Of Bernard E.
Vint, aged Is. of the SangersyilIe school:
pen picture of flying deer. and also
map, the work of j. A. CARRIER, aged Il,
of the Sangersvllle school; a map by Will
bur Houseman. aged II, of the Mt. Olive
school; map by Florence l.. Baylor, aged
-; a map Of Virginia by Ollie M. C1pp,
ard another by L. K. Bowling, Of the
Middlebrook school. One of the most
cunning of compositions, wasSone of two
pages on Capt. John Smith written by
little Archie Gilkeson, only eight years
old. A remarkable map Of the world was
the work of a little twelve-year- colored
pupil, Alice Brennan. and another not
quite so good was the work of Emma Mel
son, a colored pupil eight years Of age.
The exhibition included essays, writing,
map drawing and grammar exercises
With the exhibits was very accurate and
finely drawn map Of Augusta county with
each public school located on 1t and a
table of distances, executed by Mr.. W. N.
Reed. of Stanton, aud also school maps
of the townships. Besides this there were
fine photographs of eleven school houses
IN the county taken by Mr.. Edmund
Berkeley, of Stanton. The contrast be-
tween some of them is vely strong -espec-
tally between that model of old times, the
log school house called Ruebush'5, and
the natty. modern looking school house
at Churchville. The old log house will
remind good many behoIders, of the old
field schools of their childhood.
THE EXHIBITION FROM THE CITY
SCHOOLS.
Superintendent BoWles had large and
admirable exhibit of the results Of the
labors Of the eighteen teachers under his
charge Some Of the most striking anon g
those we saw were: among the maps,
one by Ina Asst, a map OF Brazil from
memory by Mamie Pritchard, and another
map of Brazil by Lottie Siott, aged II,
the execution Of which was simply won
derful, in the copy books, that of little
Ham White. aged eight. and that of Eta
ID. Foster, aged fourteen. were remarka-
bie, and in the compositions. those o.
Matte Powell, aged Is, and Allie Yost
aged IA, pupils in the High School, show ed
a remarkable command of language and
thought.
In the exhibits of the colored schools
Sarah e. Murray made high place.
We give list of the pupils whose work
on these contributions entitle them to the
rank of ''profeients:''
IN THE WHITE SCHOOLS.
Profceents. Map Drawing from memo
ry-Rudolph Bumgardner, Ina Asst, Jos
Atkins, Mary Pritchard Susie Perry, Susie
Anderson, Mary Kiblinger, Mary Bell
Burton Pleckers from copy-A. E. Dab
ney. Allie Yost, WSstan Coleman, Cam
ME Ryan, Cora Plitchard, Laura Huff
man, Lottie sehott. (the last nsE2e very
profcient.)
Copy Books-Etta Foster. 1.-THE verv
best); Ina Asst, excellent, best in bel
grade); Carrie Bell, Linwcod Ogg. Mary
Kiblinger, Susie Turner, Albert Dosin
Mary Fifer, Sibert Cease, Ella Kennedy
Ham Whites lbest in his grade;) Herbert
Smith. Willie Kidd, Anna Cribbins. (bes'
IN her grade); Eddie Shepard, best in biz
prada