Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1803-01-07
ENGLIsH EDUCATION.


Charles Town, in 1899, and has been
engaged IN conducting It, At different
places, ever. since, takes this public me-
thod Of returning his sincere Acknowledge
ments 10 III those respectable characters
who have patronized his institntion: For,
although his circumstances were notsuch,
Is 70 render his Subsistence dependent on
the success Of the undertaking yet, as,
he had, for some time previous to the
erection Of the Femaie Academy, deplored:
the great neglect which had been exerci-
sed towards the fairest workmanship Of
the lower world, with respect TO the cul-
tiyation of their Mental Powers, by a
proper Education SO, It gave him high
satisfaction, TO his fellow citizens ap-
pear ready, and solicitous, to remedy
that misfortune, when, rs they hoped,
and supposed, . proper opportunity Of
fored. an h 4 80 .g1sz " q x
In the progress Of the business, the
subscriber greatest reward has been, the
frequent assurances he has had, ofthe full
satisfaction, which the advancement Of
his Fair pupils has given TO their Parents
and Friends and the pleasing discove-
ries, which Id has witnessed himself, of
the capaciousness Of the Female mind /;
and, that the sefi sex was as capable Of
internal, as external enaowmerlts. IS
As the Subscriber intends to make
some change inthe Institution, the ensu-
ing year, he deems II q necessary duty in
him, to make public notification there
Of, that his Friends, who have patrons
zed the Female Institution, may have a
proper opportunity to consider what steps
they will pursue. In the course of his
attention 10 Female Education, he has
been frequently and pressingIy solicited,
to take Boys also under his care but, as
his publication included Females only,
he continually refused to receive Boys,
as he had never given any, public notice
of such an intention
But he now, hereby, gives that notice;
and informs the Public, that he viii re-
Eceive Boys under his care the ensuing
year-that be viii board eight or ten, but
thar few ofthose most contiguous, must
find themselves beds. 7z4fts }
The Subscriber does not mean, BY this
step, arbitrarily TO exclude Females, bat
willreceive few of them also, as boarders,
should their Parents or Friends, choose to
send them /; but he thinks il necessary to
inform them, that be expects his Sister
win remove her residence another year,
and that he shah not have her assistance
in the business. Should any Females be
sent, he win appropriate . room, separate
from die common SCHOOL, Room, 20 their
use, and make two of his Daughters at
tend them constantly one ofwhom must
be submitted to a. Tutoress, and he win
attend to, and conduct their studies Is
formerly, and on every Friday they viii
be taken down into the common School
Room, to go through = general examina-
ton with the Male students This, il IL
more than probable, viii create an emu
lation between the two sexes, and be an
incentive 20 diligence. ~ so IA
The Subscriber has employed Mr..
Wilson, who taught School the present
year in the neighbourhood of Capt. Bayier,
as an assistant in the Male School and
he (the Subscriber) viii divide his time
and attention between the two Schools,
and direct the studies of both. = -. -
The Female boarders will lodge in the
dwelling house, and the Males win occu-
py the room in the Academy where the
young Ladies now lodge. Day Scholars
81 both sexes win be received, provided
they come from places of good repute,
and make clsan and decent appearance.