Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1885-11-27
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FRIDAY MORNING. NOV. q 1855.
LOCAL.
The Pea body Educational Fund.

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Stuart for copy of the printed record OF
the last meeting of the T.usf ees of the
Peabody Educational Fund. held in New
York, in October. 1t is rather a sad thing
to see that at that meeting, while there
was a full Board. th;re were yet only four
out of the original sixteen mem bers pres
ent Gen. Grant one of lis most distin-
guished members had just died. and in his
address Chairman Robt. q. Winthrop, of
Mass paid tribute to his memory. At
the conclusion of Mr.. Winthrop's remarks
Mr.. Stussst addressed the Board as follows:
Mr.. CHA1RMAN.-I hope shall not be re-
garded by my colleagues as oficious or OBJ
trusive in moving that so much of our Chair
mans Address as refers to the death of Gen
eral Grant be referred to Select Committee
of three, to consider and report what action
should be taken by the Board in relation
thereto.
General Grant, though native and resident
of the North, in fact belonged to the whole
country; and it has seemed to me that it
would tend to give emphasis to that fact if
the movement to do honor to his memory
were to come from Southern man.
I therefore, as the representative of Vir-
ginia-a State which was under many obliga-
submitting that motion.
The motion was passed, and Messrs.
Stuart, Hayes and Manning were appoint
ed the Committee. Latei, Mr.. Stuart
reported memorial of Gen. Grant. which
was adopted and placed on the record
President Cleveland was elected to fill
the place on the Board vacated by Gen.
Grants death.
VIRGINIA.
DR.. Curry, the General Agent of the
Fund, in his annual report, which was
read, says of Virginia:
THE Fourteenth Annual Report from
this State is full of valuable information.
The school work has moved steadily on,
with a reasonable increase in enrolment
and average attendance. There has been
marked Improvement in the business of
the system, due, no doubt, in part to the
local officers being better informed as to
their duties; but the great lever has been
the people, who are thoroughly alive to
the vast Importance of our public free
schools, and are learning to hold school
officers up to their responsibilities A
proper share of this Improvement is due
to the Superintendent, the Hon. r. r.
Farr, who is remarkable for his industry,
firmness, thorough familiarity with the
law, and devotion to the cause of general
education. I bear cheerful testimony to
his ready and efficent cooperation. To
bis tact and iBdomitable energy the Insti-
tutes owe their great success and useful
ness.
The summer Institutes we're marked by
enthusiasm. The one at Stanton, with
an enrolment of 648 teachers, was conduc-
ted by Prof. Charles II. Winston, Ii. D..
of Richmond College. whose superinten-
dencs and skill in teaching gave much
satisfaction. At Fredericksburg, Profess
sor Mitchell, OF Charlotte, N. c.. had 236
teachers under his valuable experience
and culture. at Marion, where the citi-
Zens built a comm odious hopse for the
accommodation of the Institute, 295
awaited themselves of the instructions of
Professor Walton of Massachusetts,. The
colored Institute at Danville had 175 pu-
pills, under Professor Montgomery of
Washington City, whose valuable work
has been several times commended In
these Reports. The law requires sum
mer course of eight weeks at the Virgin
ia Normal aud Collegiate Institute'' for
the benefit of colored teachers, and over
40 were present. The superintendent.
in earnest. grateful words, expresses the
obligations OF the teachers to the ''wise
Trustees of the Peabody Fund, without
whose timely aid the Institutes could not
have been held. and .5l4 teachers would
have been deprived of most valuable in
structon.
In my last Report. brief mention was
made of the state Female Normal School
at FarmvIlle. IL was opened on the 30th
of October last, and the catalogue shows
an attendance of over one hundred pupils
Under the able administration of DIR.
Ruffner and his accomplished associates,
the success of the School, in the number,
conduct, and progress of the students,
and in the strict adaptedness of the in
struction to Normal purposes. is phenom-
email The School has been literally aided
from the Fund, to stimulate it in its in
fancy. and insure its rigid adherence to
Normal work.
A comparison of 1884 and 1885 shows
commendable progress in school work.
ENROLMENT.
White. Colored. Total.
1884 1920 1o3.310 2S8 O30
1885 1914, O66 100 ,464 500, $50
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
1884 1O6 9O7 Sc 1852 1853 500
1885 lis OH CO., 500 l75 1928
SCHOOLS OPENED.
1884 4,477 1873 $3.50
1885 1852 l 914 6,576
DR.. Cury's resignation of his place to
accept the Minstership to Spain, was re-
ceived with great regret and Hon. Samuel
A. Green, the Secretary of the Board. was
asked to attend to the duties of the place
until an Agent can bs elected next year
THE TOTAL SCHOOL EXPENDITURES
The total expenditure for both races IN
the Southern States and the District of
COLUMBIA for 1884 was SIT 053, 467. The
expenditure for the same States and the
District of Columbia for the year 1882 was
$14 $40, 1872, showing an increase OF 81
232 ,495.
The expenditures by the Peabody Fund
in Virginia were as follows:
Scholarshi ps.. ...................S2,2 75 90
Hampton Normal. 500 on
Farmyille Normal. 1000 OC