and Winningham. Orange: Clerks of Gordonsville, Madison, and Taylor. Page: Clerks of Luray, Luray Corporation, and Marksville. rick: County superintendent, and clerks of Dan River and Mayo River. Pittsylvania: County superintendent, and clerks of Chatham, Calland's, Pig River, and Staunton River. Powhatan: Clerks of Huguenot and Spencer. Prince Edward: Clerks of Buffalo, Farmville, and Hampden. Prince William: Clerks of Brentsville, Coles, Dumfries, and Manassas. Princess Anne: Clerks of Kempsville and Seaboard. Pulaski: Clerks of Dublin, Newbern, and Pulaski. Rappahannock: Clerks of Hampton, Jackson, Piedmont, Stonewall, and Wakefield. Richmond Co.: Clerks of Farnham, Marshall, Stonewall, and Washington. Roanoke City: City superintendent and clerk city board. Roanoke Co.: Clerks of Catawba, Cave Spring, aud Salem. Rockbridge: Clerks of Buena Vista, Buffalo, Central, Kerr's Creek, Lexington, and Walker's Creek. Rockingham Clerk of Harrisonburg. Russell: Clerks of Castle Woods, Lebanon, Moccasin, and New Garden. Scott: County superintendent and clerk of Floyd. Shenandoah: Clerks of Ashby, Davis, Madison, and Woodstock. Smyth: Clerks of Marion and Rich Valley. Southampton: Clerks of Berlin, Boykins, Drewrysville, Franklin, Jerusalem, and Newsom's. Spotsylvania: Clerks of Berkley, Courtland, and Livingston. Staunton City: Clerk city board. Surry: Clerk of Blackwater. Sussex: Clerks of Court House, Newville, Stony Creek, and Waverly. Tazewell County superintendent, and clerks of Clear Fork and Maiden Spring. Warren: County superintendent, and clerks of Front Royal, Front Royal Corporation, and South River. Warwick County superintendent, and clerks of Denbigh, Newport News, and Stanley. Washington: Clerks of Abingdon, Cave City, Glade Spring, Goodson, Holston, North Fork, and Saltville. Westmoreland: County superintendent, and clerks of Montross and Washington. Williamsburg: Clerk of board. Wise: County superintendent, and clerks of Gladesville, Lipps, Richmond, and Roberson. Wythe Clerks of Black Lick, Evansham, Fort Chiswell, and Wytheville. York: Clerks of Bruton, Grafton, Nelson, and Poquosin. Peabody Scholarships-Circular of Information.-As some changes have been made in the Rules and Regulations concerning Peabody scholarships in the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tenn., we publish below a copy of the new circular just received from President Payne. Superintendents of schools will please acquaint themselves with the regulations, in order that they may furnish applicants full information in regard to the scholarships, and that in endorsing applicants the purpose of the Peabody Board may be kept in view. Vacancies existing in the scholarships from Virginia at the close of the current college year will be filled on competitive examinations to be held at such time and places as may be hereafter named. I. The intent of the Peabody Board of Trust in establishing these scholarships in the Normal College is to affect public education in the South through a high grade of professionally educated teachers. I. The realization of this intent implies, on the part of teachers, high moral aims; natural aptness to teach; an education of the liberal type; a knowledge of the history, theory, and art of education; and the pursuit of teaching as a vocation. II. A Peabody scholarship is worth $100 a year and the student's railroad fare from his home to Nashville and return, and is good for two years. The college year consists of eight months, beginning on the first Wednesday in October and closing on the last Wednesday in May, and scholarship students receive from the President of the College $25 on the last days of October, December, February, and April. 1. No payment will be made except for time of actual attendance. 2. Scholarships will be withdrawn from students who allow bills for board to go unpaid. 3. The student's railrod fare from his home to Nashville will be repaid within one month after entrance; and his return fare will be paid just previous to the close of the session in May. Students who leave the College before the close of the term will not be paid their return fare. Railroad fare to Nashville will be paid only twice on the same scholarship. III. These scholarships are distributed to the several States by the General Agent, and are awarded to students through the State superintendents of their respective States. The whole number of scholarships, at present, is 177, and they are distributed as follows: Alabama, 16; Arkansas, 17; Georgia, 22; Louisiana, 12; North Carolina, 20; South Carolina, 14; Tennessee, 26; Texas, 20; Virginia, 18; West Virginia, 12. 1. No State can claim scholarships as a right. They are gifts from the Peabody Board of Trust, and, as such, the ratio of their distribution, as well as their amount, may be changed, or they may be withheld altogether. 2. At the close of each college year the President will notify State superintendents of the vacancies that are to be filled in their respective States for the ensuing college year, and send the names and standing of non-scholarship students who are deemed worthy of scholarship appointments, IV. In the award of scholarships, precedence is to be given to students who have been in the College for one or more years, at their own expense, and have there given proof of their fitness for the vocation of teaching. 1. In case there are more vacancies than can be filled in the manner just stated, resort should be made to competitive examination. 2. When State superintendents cannot conduct these competitive examinations in person, they should be careful to delegate this duty to competent hands. 3. There would be a manifest advantage in selecting the same date for these examinations in the several States. The first week in August is suggested. 4. Only two years of scholarship aid will be given to the same student. V. For the purpose of securing to all applicants a uniform basis of competition, the questions for examination will be prepared by the President of the College, and sent to the State superintendents for distribution to the examiners whom they may appoint. 1. These questions, with specific instructions for their use, should be sent to the examiners in sealed envelopes, which are not to be opened till the hour for examination has come. 2. Each competitor should be required to return the lists of printed questions to the examiners as soon as the answers have been written. VI. The qualifications for becoming a competitor for a scholarship are as follows: The applicant must be not less than seventeen years of age, nor more than thirty; of irreproachable moral character; in good health; with no physical defects, habits, or eccentricities which would interfere with success in teaching; and must purpose to follow teaching as a vocation. 1. The task of the examiners will be simplified by making a preliminary examination as suggested above. Good health is an indispensable qualification. Any candidate who has any chronic affection, such as weak lungs, or weak eyes, should be rejected at once. 2. The use of tobacco in any form is a disqualification for a scholarship. 3. If it should appear that a candidate intends to use his scholarship chiefly as a means of securing an education, or of ultimately preparing himself for some profession other than teaching, he should not be allowed to compete. 4. Persons of sluggish or indolent temperaments, or slovenly habits, or of vicious dispositions, should be rejected at once. 5. When a choice must be made between a young man and a young woman whose examination papers are of equal merit, the young man should be preferred. VII. The minimum literary qualifications for securing a scholarship are the following: The ability to read fluently, to write a fair hand, to spell correctly, and to express thoughts in grammatical English; to solve problems of moderate difficulty under all the ordinary rules of arithmetic, and to demonstrate any ordinary arithmetical principle; to locate the principal cities, rivers, and mountains of the world, and to give the boundaries of any specified State of the Union; to parse the words of any ordinary English sentence, and to correct ungrammatical English; to solve equations of two unknown quantities; to describe the leading events in the history of the United States. The standard for entrance will be raised from year to year. Students who propose to take the degree of Bachelor of Arts should come with one year's preparation in Latin. I. In the main, the examinations should be written, but certain intellectual qualities can best be tested in the oral way. 2. The ability to think and to reason is of more importance than mere attainment of facts and rules. General intelligence and brightness may offset some deficiencies in mere book-learning. 3. Good breeding, politeness, and a pleasant manner should be counted in a candidate's favor. VIII. A scholarship is good for any two consecutive years above the Freshman Class; that is, for Sophomore and Junior, or for Junior and Senior, or for Senior and Post-Graduate. I. When scholarship students reach the College they will not be reëxamined for admission. 2. As the number of scholarships is small compared with the number of competitors, it will often happen that some of those who miss the prize are competent to enter the Sophomore Class of the College. When persons of this class desire to enter the College, they will, on application, receive from their State Superintendent a SPECIAL CERTIFICATE, which will admit them to the College without further examination. This certifi cate has no money value. 3. Students who have gained admittance to the Sophomore Class. have the privilege of being examined for any of the higher classes. Candidates are recommended to prepare themselves for entering the Junior Class. 4. The completion of the Junior Course entitles the student to the degree of Licentiate of Instruction (L. I.); of the Senior Course, to the degree of A. B., B. S., or B. L.; and of the Post Graduate Course, to the degree of A. M., M. S., or M. L. 5. The applicant for scholarship must be at least seventeen years of age; must present to the President of the College a certificate of irreproachable moral character, gentlemanly or lady-like habits, and presumed good health; must declare his intention of making teaching a profession; must give a pledge to remain at the College two years, if the scholarship is continued so long; must promise to submit cheerfully to all its requirements in study, discipline, etc., and to teach in the public schools of his or her own State at least two years, if there is an opportunity. 6. Every member of the College is required to pay an incidental fee of $10.00 a year. Text-books are loaned to pupils free of charge. J. L. M. CURRY, General Agent, For Catalogues, address the President, W. H. PAYNE, Nashville, Tenn. ALL KINDS OF PRINTING FOR SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, &c. 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