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INTRODUCTION.
1877, he was awarded a silver medal for superiority
in orthography and a gold one for excellence in schol¬
arship and conduct. Great was the rejoicing of his
classmates at his good fortune.
Through the interposition of Prof. R. M. Manley
and Miss M. E. Knowles, of whom he often speaks in
the kindest terms, he entered Worcester Academy,
Worcester, Mass., in the fall of 1877 where he was the
acknowledged leader of his class until his graduation
in 1880. In the same year, he matriculated in Brown
University. Being unable to attend that institution,
he returned to Richmond where he began a success¬
ful career as teacher until the spring of 1884. He
taught in the Public Schools of Henrico County
during the session of 1884-5, and from March 9, 1885
to June 9, 1885, conducted the Moore Street Indus¬
trial School of Richmond with marked success. Dur¬
ing these five years, he diligently pursued the studies
of the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior
Classes of Brown University, which he completed in
the summer of 1885. While he taught in Richmond,
he conducted with great success a private school, in
which he taught Ancient and Modern Languages,
Higher Mathematics, Science, and Philosophy.
In the fall of 1885, he was elected teacher in the
Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, in which he
taught for two years, Ancient Languages, Higher
Mathematics, the Science and Art of Teaching, and
Oratory. At a meeting of the Board in June, 1887,
he was elected to the professorship of Ancient Lan¬
guages and Instructor in Methods of Teaching and
School Management.
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