EARLY EDUCATION IN WARREN COUNTY

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CHANGES IN TEACHING FORCE FOR 1827.
WARRENTON FEMALE ACADEMY.

THE parents, guardians and friends of the young ladies at this Institution, are respectfully informed that since the recent lamentable loss of one of the Principals, they are prosecuting their studies and will continue them until the insuing examination, which has been heretofore advertised and will take place on the 14th inst. under the care and direction of the young ladies of our family, assisted by Mr. Kendrick, a gentleman of character and talents, a graduate of distinction at Dartmouth College, who possesses the best testimonials of his qualifications to discharge his duties ably.

Parents and guardians at a distance have no cause to be alarmed at reports of sickness in the family—the School has never been more healthy in any former year—to which the Physician in the place can bear witness—and not a member of the School, and but one of the family is now unwell.

The school will be continued the next year, and able Assistants procured. Due notice of the time and other particulars will be given. Warrenton, N. C. Nov. 1, 1826.

The undersigned have carefully examined the testimonials of Mr John Kendrick, the gentleman mentioned in the preceding advertisement of the Principal of the Warrenton Female Academy, and it amply appears from letters and certificates from Mr. Tyler, President of Dartmouth College; Mr. Hadduck, Professor of Rhetoric; Mr. Chamberlain, Professor of Languages—from Mr. Senator Chase, Mr. Buck and other eminent gentlemen, that Mr. Kendrick is of respectable family, has always sustained an unblemished character for morality and proper deportment, and graduated at Dartmouth with the highest distinction in his class, for scholarship; and he is warmly recommended by those gentlemen, not only to the public generally, but in particular to some of the most distinguished gentlemen in Virginia and North-Carolina as an instructor in youth.

NAMES OF TEACHERS FOR 1827.
WARREN TON FEMALE ACADEMY.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1827.
EXAMINATION.

THE Semi-Annual Examination of the Pupils of the Warrenton Female Academy, will commence on Tuesday 5th June next, and continue three days in succession. Parents, Guardians, and all who feel disposed, are invited to attend.

A Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus, and a Cabinet of Minerals have been received, which will greatly facilitate the improvement of the Classes—unwearied attention will still be continued to the pupils, as to their manners, morals, and proficiency in their studies.

All the ornamental branches proportionately reasonable.  

EXAMINATION.

THE semi-annual examination of the Young Ladies at the Warrenton Female Academy, will commence on Tuesday the 6th of November, and continue until each class shall have been examined. Parents, guardians, & others are respectfully invited to attend.

Examination Postponed.

Reports having been circulated extensively that the Female Academy in Warrenton, would change owners, or cease to be conducted by the present Instructors, the public are informed, that the Exercises thereof will be resumed on Monday the 7th January next, with the aid of four additional Assistants from the North, eminently qualified for the Duties of Instruction—and who will take an active part in all the interests of the Institution. Board will be at the moderate price of $50 per Session—English Tuition $15—Music $25. The ornamental branches, which are taught to a greater extent in this, than in any Seminary in the Union, are all proportionably reasonable.

MRS. PLUNKETT IN CHARGE FOR 1829.
WARRENTON FEMALE. ACADEMY.

Terms per session.

Each pupil to be furnished with a pair of sheets, blankets, counterpane and towels.

A Gold Medal will be presented to each young lady who completes the course of studies taught in this Institution.

SCHOOL BUILDINGS FOR SALE, 1830.
FOR SALE,

FEMALE ACADEMY

It is in a high, healthful, and wealthy section of country. The buildings are large, commodious, and in good repair, and well adapted to the purposes for which they were designed; or they might be converted into a desirable private residence for a large family. A more minute description is deemed superfluous, as it is presumed that none would purchase without viewing the premises. The furniture belonging to the Establishment will also be disposed of. Should the property not be sold before the 1st day of December next, it will on that day be offered at public sale on the premises, when those desirous of engaging in this line of business would do well to attend, as it is seldom that such an opportunity as the present is afforded.

The Terms which shall be liberal, and such as to accommodate purchasers, will be made known on the day of sale.

Letters on the subject addressed to the subscriber, postage paid, will be promptly attended to.

ADMINISTRATION OF MRS. ALLEN, 1884.
WARRENTON FEMALE SCHOOL.

It is expected each young lady will furnish her own bed clothing and towels.

C. A. HILL'S PRIVATE SCHOOL, 1821
Warrenton (N. C.)

The Rev. C. A. Hill, A. M. an ordained Minister of the Methodist Church and Graduate of the University of North Carolina, who for the last four years has been Principal of the Warrenton Male Academy, where he gave the highest satisfaction to the Trustees and Patrons of that Institution, having resigned that station, will open a Private School, entirely under his own management, in Warrenton, on the first day of January next, in suitable buildings procured for the occasion. He will be prepared to board as many of his pupils as may apply.

Terms for Board, including diet, lodging, washing, firewood and candles $100. Tuition $30 per annum.

Mr. Hill will teach Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar, Geometry, Logarithms, Algebra, Trigonometry, Mensuration of heights and distances, with Practical Surveying, Natural and Moral Philosophy, Astronomy, Logic, Rhetoric, History and the Latin and Greek Languages.

HILL SUCCESSFUL. Warrenton, N. C.

SHADY GROVE ACADEMY, 1822

DOCTOR THOMAS COTTRELL returns thanks to the Public, for that liberal share of patronage he has hitherto received; witnessing an increase in every successive Session. The Institution at the commencement of the ensuing year will be permanently established at the well known highly respectable and healthy place, Shady Grove, about four miles from where it now is. The School is in a flourishing situation at this time; and from the general satisfaction which has been given by his Lady and Son, the governess and instructor of the Students; their unremitted attention, good government and success in the advancement of their pupils in the Literary and Ornamental branches of education, he flatters himself that he will continue to merit the attention and enjoy the interest of his friends.

There are some advantages attendant on this institution not common in the country—the opportunity of regularly attending public and divine service under the superintendence both of an itinerant and local ministry. Medical aid in the family without cost. Every important branch of female education is taught, except music. While times continue as they are, the price of Board and Tuition will be one hundred dollars per annum, or fifty dollars per Session—payable in advance.

N. B. There will also be a Private Academy for Males at the same place, taught and accommodated entirely separate from the Female Institution.

SHADY GROVE ACADEMY EXAMINATION, 1822.

THE semi-annual Examination of the pupils (male and female), of this Institution, will commence on Thursday, 13th June, and close onSaturday the 15th with Public Speaking. No vacation at this time. Terms of Tuition, Ten Dollars per Session : Board Forty Dollars per session, payable in advance. Medical aid free in the Academies. Young ladies and little misses will board in the Female Academy, under the immediate care of Mrs. Cottrell. Small boys also can be accommodated in the family of Doctor Cottrell. Young gentlemen can be well accommodated in respectable houses in the neighborhood. The two Departments are superintended at the distance of three hundred yards apart : the Male by Mr. Benjamin Cottrell, who has highly distinguished himself as a teacher, by his indefatigable attention and success in the improvement of youth. The Female, under the principal care of Mrs. Susan L. Cottrell, before mentioned, whom we believe to be inferior to no lady in the country for teaching both the literary and ornamental branches of female education.

We, whose names are here annexed, do recommend this Seminary , to the public, as being situated in a healthy, pleasant part of the country, having the advantage of a stated and regular ministry, and remote from any place of dissipation. We do promise to attend these Schools frequently, and use all possible influence to preserve the morals of all who may come under our care. We do also respectfully invite the public, and especially the friends of Literature, to attend our examination, and judge for themselves of the merits of this Institution.

FOURTH OF JULY AT SHADY GROVE, 1822.
ON THE 4TH JULY

TEACHERS FOR 1823
SHADY GROVE,
Warren County.

THE Examination of the Students at this place commenced on Thursday, the 14th, and closed on Friday, the 15th inst. much to the satisfaction of a large and respectable assembly of Gentlemen and Ladies. The Exercises will be resumed with the commencement of the ensuing year. The Male Department, as heretofore, under the superintendence of Mr. Benjamin Cottrell, who has hitherto given general satisfaction. The Female, under Mrs. Susan L. Cottrell, whose capability to teach young Ladies the useful and Ornamental branches of Female Education, is indisputable. The subscriber pledges himself that the utmost attention shall be paid to the government, morals, health and accommodation, of all committed to his care. Board and Tuition Fifty Dollars per Session, payable in advance.

EXAMINATION, JUNE, 1825.
SHADY GROVE ACADEMY.

EXAMINATION, JUNE,
SHADY GROVE ACADEMY.
Warren County.

The Examination of the Students, Male and Female of this Institution, will take place on Wednesday and Thursday the 9th and 10th of June. The Exercises will be resumed on Monday the 12th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1826.
SHADY GROVE ACADEMY,
WARREN COUNTY.

The subscribers return thanks to the public for the liberal share of patronage they have hitherto received, and inform them that the male department of their Institution is dissolved. Only small boys under the age of ten years will be admitted. Having enlarged their buildings, they will be prepared to receive a large number of young Ladies, but no more will be admitted than can be well accommodated. The Music Department will be under the direction of Mr. John E. Goneke.

The exercises will be resumed on the first Monday in January, 1825.

The advantages afforded in this Institution will be equal to any in the southern country.

Price of Board and Tuition, as usual, viz: $50 per session, payable in advance.

LITTLETON SELECT SCHOOL, 1822.

THE Public are informed that the private School already instituted at the house of the subscriber, will be open during the following year for the reception of a limited number of pupils.

The Male Department will be conducted by a young gentleman from N. York, who has received his education in Yale College, and exhibits satisfactory testimonials of his qualifications, from the President and Professors of that Institution. He engages to teach all the studies requisite for admission into any College in the United States, with the important additions, of Geography, Elocution, and Composition.

The Female Department will be under the charge of a lady who has taught in public as well as private institutions, for several years, and whose exertions in both have always received the highest approbation. She engages to instruct her pupils in all the ordinary branches of female education, and likewise, with the assistance of the Principal of the male school, in Rhetoric, Composition, and the general principles of the Sciences. Lessons will also be given in Music & Drawing to those who may wish to acquire these accomplishments.

The following are the terms upon which scholars will be received :

It is unnecessary in this place to be more particular in stating the qualifications of the Teachers, or the peculiar advantages of the situation. Those parents who are desirous of sending their children may receive further information by applying to

VAIDEN'S SELECT SEMINARY, 1836.
SELECT SEMINARY FOR YOUTH.

The Principal of the Warrenton Academy has decided on establishing a private institution the ensuing year, to be located in this section of the country, relatively to Physical, Intellectual, and Moral advantages. The main feature of this plan embraces advantageous collegiate preparation, or thorough academical instruction. In the ancient languages the higher Latin and Greek authors will be read to ensure admission into the senior classes of those studies, in the University of Va. though particular preparation will be accorded to our own University. The most orthodox principles will be inculcated to produce scholars and gentlemen; mental influence will be the moving principal to mental action. This institution, dependent upon its intrinsic merits, guaranteed by the best security, is to be suitably and permanently supported by a liberal and enlightened community. The character of each pupil is required to be good on matriculation and this point is not meant merely as "A promise to the eye." Adequate instruction in Mathematics, French, &c. embraces a part of the plan.

The English Department may predominate, but each will receive suitable attention—The Principal if not now known generally, to any desiring it as an incipient step, gives assurance of indubitable and unequivocal proof of his professional standing from official sources. Gentlemen of this section of the country willing to promote such an attempt, would do well to confer at once with the Principal, suggesting the location, as well as specifying their intention, &c.

SHOCCO CLASSICAL SEMINARY, 1888.

ALBAN HART will commence the exercises of a Classical Seminary for young gentlemen, at Shocco, on the first Monday in January. The situation is very healthy and retired from all inducements to dissipation, being nine miles distant from any village or store. The watering seasons will not interfere with the duties of the Students, because the longest vacation will be during that period, when the Parent can visit or withdraw their Sons. Mr. Hart has had twelve years experience in teaching, and is highly recommended by many eminent gentlemen of this State.

Students for the University will be prepared to outer the Freshman and Sophomore class. The course of studies will embrace the Greek, Latin, English and French languages, the Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Mental and Moral Science, &c. Tuition from 15 to 20 dollars the Session.

The Spanish and Italian Languages can be taught if required. The number of Students is limited to twenty-five.

Mrs. Ann Johnson will furnish comfortable accommodations for the Students at $10 per month. Students may remain during vacation at the same rate. Payments must be made in advance, and School Books will be the only extra expense.

SHOCCO CLASSICAL SEMINARY.

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