Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-04-16


though while she is teaching all the class
are required to be as respectful and atten
tive as if the professoress herself were in
the chair. The exercises by the whole
school IN mental arithmetic were very in
| teresting. A long string of figures would
be rapidly called out without any previous
| understanding. so mixed with plnsses,
minuses, quotients, squares, &C., that the
head of the uninitiated grows dizzy. but
just as soon as the teacher stops, the cor
rect answer comes from this one and that
one all over the room. This kind Of exer-
else, with many variations, is 6 daily
| thing 10 the school and much valued.
TEACHING MUSIC.
can not asl, you to &c with me through
every room, though all are Interesting,
| but the lessons Il vo3al AMI il str,nnental
music are especially SO. Miss Belle John
son Of Farmville. is the accomplished in
structres5 on the piano, and Miss Clara
BrimblecOm of Massachusetts. teaches
: vocal music; they ale remarkably thor
ough IN their departments. The whole
advanced class of 81 L; to read and sing
a piece Of music they had never seen be-
fore, and their accuracy and time were
excellent, the different parts were carried
and fine music was made. This class is
SO thoroughly taught now, that any one
of them can teach Vt cal music. and when
they are scattered all over the State they
will be invaluable as teachers aud leaders
in church and other choirs
BOTANY, LATIN, &C.
is taught by Miss Kate lupton, distin-
guished graduate OF Var derbilt Universe
| ty. Her father being professor in the
University at Nashville, he went through
the whole course. the only female student
among 500 young men ard took her de-
gres along with the graduating class.
THE VIRGINIA TEACHER
is Mrs. G. T. Barto Nska of Richmond,
who stood high in her rofession there
and was Induced to come to Farmville and
take charge of the preparatory school-a
very interesting class of 36 young girls Of
from IA to IS years who 60 into "class A -
next year. Mrs. B. is very accomplished
and thoroughly familiar with her depart
ment.
THE MODEL SCHOOL
of pretty little girls some of them not over
years of age, is one of the striking fea-
lures of the institution. The teacher is
Miss Clara Minor. of New York city.
| She was taken from the famous training
school of 1000 children there, and was
| represented to DR.. Ruffner as the best
| teacher in it, Her school here is made
| up of little girls of Farmville, who are
persuaded to come and be taught by the
most approved modern methods, gratui-
| Jously, that the young teachers may see
how it is done and practice on them. The
| little tots are divided into two classes,
| One-half of whom have an hour in the
morning and one-half in the evening"
! Some of the senior class are required to
be present every hour, and are expected to
note carefully the system of teaching as
illustrated by Miss Minor, who should he
handed down to the Farmville posterity
along with Job as the most pate n
woman. These children are said by their
parents to have advanced wonderfully,
and SO insidiously has their instruction
been given that when the little ones go
home and are asked what they have been
dong, their answer is "been playing
| The student teachers are required to teach
| in their presence, and after the children
are dismissed she criticises their perform
ances.
The contribution of
THE OLD NORTH STATE
to the corps of finished instructors in this
institution is Miss Pauline Cash. who
closes the list with her chair of English
Grammar and Literature, General His
tory. Rhetoric, Elocution, and Penman.
ship. Her class was very interesting, espe-
cially in rhetoric and elocution. The
young ladies seemed very familiar with
versifcation and rythm. and on long
drawn-out enumeration could hold their
breath longer than a Nova Scotia diver.
Some of their recitations were marvels.
A written discussion between two young
ladies, on novel reading, for or against,
read on the rostrum by the fair disputants,
was marked by study and intelligent
thought.
/! THE STATES INVESTMENT.
The State students of this institution
who are at no expense but their board,
which is only $12 per month, on entering
the school sign an obligation to teach in
Virginia two years Immediately after
leaving the school. Many of them have
taught before coming here and adopted
that calling. Every county and city III
the State is entitled to as many represen-
tatives in this school as in the House of
Delegates and the vacancies may be filed
by pay students who are charged only $50
per session. It goes without saying. that
this school must eventuate in great and
lasting benefit to the State. It is already
i remarkable success and must, with the
scheme adopted and its Intelligent man
agement, both by trustees and instructors,
continue to advance in usefulness and it
can not be long before the most obstinate
objector will concede that the people of
Virginia never made better Investment
than the money they put in the Farmville
Normal School. T.C.M.
.Ve1O Advertisements.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
| FOR MAYOR.