The Institute has a high reputation, and is more sought after than ever before. The third Annual Industrial Exposition will be held at the Institute on the 1st and 2d of September, 188, and we think it will far surpass any previous exhibition in this section. The business men of Greenbrier County should unite in congratulating the management of the Institute on the success of the school, and we hope that Mr. Patrick will be able to secure the services of a competent Instructor next year.
The Teachers' Institute. The Teachers' Institute commenced on the 25th inst., with an enrollment of 100 teachers. The Institute was a failure. The Instructors were not competent. The young ladies of Marlinton gave an ice-cream festival Wednesday, taking the greater part of the day and 'till 12 o'clock that night. They occupied the upper part of the Court-house, but the noise kept up during the entire show was so great that it was impossible to hear the Instructors.
The program for the night session (Wednesday) consisted of Recitations, select Readings, Essays and Debate. The noise was deafening. Those speaking could not be heard at the Court-house or Man-all. We hope the State Superintendent will send us an Instructor next year. Many of our teachers have been stu- dents of High Schools, Normal Schools and Colleges. We think our County should be represented in the Institute.
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Pocahontas Institute Again. Editor Greenbrier Independent:
I notice that the editor of the Times takes exceptions to my description of the Marlinton Institute in your paper of the 24th ult., and in language unbe- coming a gentleman, much less an editor, condemns my criticism. In justice to myself and fellow teachers, I am compelled to ask for this further consideration.
I said in my first article that the Instructors were incompetent, and can prove it by every teacher present. I am surprised that the learned (?) editor did not notice their incompetency. I admit that they received good attention from the teachers; but, why? It was not because the teachers were being instructed, or even entertained, but because the teachers of Pocahontas are too refined and polite to be inattentive to a public speaker.
They did not advance a new idea, and at- tempted to lecture on every topic on the programme and, by so doing, really failed to lecture on any. Their language was not elegant, and much of it was not grammatical. I ask how can we expect our pupils to learn anything from such instructors?
The editor of the Times says that I am "a disappointed man," and that I am "trying to get even" with the Marlinton Institute. This is a base falsehood. I have no personal grudge against the Marlinton Institute, and I am not trying to get even with anyone. I am simply trying to do my duty as a teacher, and to protect the interests of my pupils.
The editor of the Times also says that I am "an ignorant man." This is another falsehood. I have had a good education, and I am a member of the Virginia State Teachers' Association.
I challenge the editor of the Times to a public debate on the subject of the Marlinton Institute. I am confident that I can prove that he is wrong, and that the Instructors at the Marlinton Institute are incompetent.
Yours respectfully,
A TEACHER
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