Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-10-01

TO BE BUILT WHAT EDUCATION WAS
FIRST CARRIED ON THERE-s'INGLIsH
GRAMATICALL TAUGHT-THE
DEAD LANGUAGES.
&C., &C., sc.
Reported for the Staunton VINDIoAToR1
Ninety-three years ago, on mild May
day at sPeter Heiskell's house in Staun-
TONI there assembled the first School
Board that Augusta county had. 1t was
composed of Alex. st. Clair, Sampson
Mathews, ST., Archibald Stuart. VIM.
Bowyer, Alex. Humphreys, David Steph-
enson, Robert Porter6eld, Alex. Nelson,
John Steel and Robt. .Grattan, Gents
They assembled under an act of the AS
sembly passed six months before. entitled
can act to establish an Academy and in
corporate the Trustees thereof in the
county of Augusta, !" and the record OF
their work is to be found in thirty-three
pages of an. ancient leather-bound book
which has been for many years in cor
ner of Clerk Argenbright's official book
case. Their first work was to elect Alex
ander Humphreys President of the Board
for the time being" Archibald Stuart,
Secretary for the same brief term, and
Jos. Bell, Clerk. And 1.-The Board being
Reminded of vacancy in their body by the
death of James Lyle, Gent. proceeded to
appoint member in his place;iwhereupon
Peter Hanger, Gent. was appointed a
trustee in the room of James Lyle" After
appointing the President and Secretary and
committee to "draft a petition to the next
Gsnerl Assembly for such funds as in their
Judgment are most likely to be obtained, y
the shrewd old trustees adjourned for
three weeks.
THE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF THE
ACADEMY.
According to adjournment the Board
ssreassembIed May %, 1898, at Peter Heis-
kel's in Staunton," with Two members
present who had not been at the first
meeting, Rev. VIM. Wilson and Rev. Jno.
H. McCue. 1t was ordered that Presl-
dent be elected at each meeting, and that
ssthe Secretary be continued during two
years, if During that time he shall demean
himself to the Satisfaction of the Board. !"
Alex. St. Clair was elected Treasurer for
the term of two years.
It was ordered that Charles O'Neal have
the management of the Staunton Acade-
shall give three months notice, in which
case he was at liberty to resign. He was
given authority TO appoint such teachers
to aid him as be might deem qualified.
THE TERMS OF TUITION
were fixed as follows: The Trustees have
come to the following Regulations; that
the rates for teaching the learned Ian
guages or Mathematics shall be one Gul-
nea the Quarter; for writing, arithmetic,
and the first rudiments of the Inglish
language ten Shillings the Quarter, and
for teaching the Inglish language Gramat-
ically, FL the Quarter" The believers in
evolution may find strong support in the
spelling of the Clerk OF the Stanton
School Board of century ago compared
with that of to-day. The Board appointed
Messrs. VIM. Wilson, John II. McCue,
Alex. Humphreys Archibald Stuart, John
Coalter and VIM. Bowyer to be Visitors of
Academy, who. with the addition of the
Mr.. O'Neal shall draw up rules for the
government of said Academy"
THE CURRICULUM TO INCLUDE THE
DEAD LANGUAGEs-THE GLEBE
LANDS APPLIED FOR.
The committee to draw up rules and SO
forth for the Academy, made the follow
ing report: ''Your Committee are OF op-
pinion that the dead Languages and such
branches of Science as are taught in
modern schools and necessary to qualify
ing Students for the Learned Professions.
ought to be the object of this Institution;
and the knowledge of the History OF the
Ancient Republics and the History of
Man Generally-for as has been recorded
the last three Centuries is an Important
branch of science and ought to be Con-
sidered Indispensable.
"That until our Funds will Enable to
Embrace the plan in the latitude wished
for, it is proposed that the Trustees take
under their care and patronage the school
now in stanton, and that publication be
made that we propose having taught in
such School, Dead Languages, the Inglish
dramatically, and the most use full and
practical Branches of the Mathematics.
Your Committee conceive knowledge of
their funds must proceed any permanent
Statutes for The Government of the In
stitution.'
The committee also recommended ap-
plying to the General Assembly, at their