The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-10

HUEING the enfuiug year ]. Osiive will seicn,e
II and purdue the profeiional inlsrnSion OF youth
II, the town OF Milton, Albeniare--The hsalthlne.s
OF the tsation, the cheapnels OF boarding, the al
mott total exeoion of every opportunity or neite-
nient to dihpaton, amongt the reaions that have
induced him TO remove from Richmond to Milton.
In returning this employment, (Which painful and inn
perious sircumitauces, have for few months, COM
PEELED HIM TO fufpend) he brings with hin. an rude-
cayed ieni5iity to its attractions, aud Determine,
ton TO perform its duties with all the aiauity aud
zeal he is able TO exert. His coarfe of inaruaon is
diviible into two parts The 6rit part will counpre-
herd kngliih Grammar, Geography, Eloeutou, Eu-
clids Elements, Arithmetic Particular ttentior will
alto be paid to the Rudy OF the dead languages, where
it may be the with of parents The econd part of the
cour!e will comprehend, the pirofopy of Rhetoric
Logic, Ethics, Political Economy, Crteifm, Conn
po,oa, Ki9ory, ioc of the n,oit curious and ufeul
branches of Natural phiiofophy, and a variety of
miicellancous information, which it would be dill
| cult to cais and arrange under diffina heads He
thinks 1t mutt be obvious TO every perfon poHe!ing
any degree of candour and intelligence, that inch
courfe of infru6fe is better calculated to improve
the faculties of the mind to purify and expand the
be0 affections Of the heart, than an executive atten-
tion to the lludy of the dead languages. Otis upe
rior efficacy in overcoming Incidence, awakening
rioity, iniprmg love of knowledge and generous
emulation in the puru, of it, and above all in train
ing young perfons habits of candour, brnevoenee
and felf-command, perlonal and perieveripg cxpe-
rience for ievera years, has afforded him the mo l-
tislactory evidence. When thefe circumstances COM
| bnet with the additional labour both of mind and
body, which the execution of ts plan mutt require,
are imparta!ly conidered, he truas that his charge
! tor tuition will be deemed reafonable. From ten.to
fifteen years Of age, would fem IN general to he the
period belt adapted the flud;es, tina, compete tie
irt part OF the courie From fifteen to eighteen to
thoie, which compofe the iecond. Bows who COM
mence at the age of twelve and advance gradu-
ally and regularly through every part of the coure
lRcy to reap Tar greater advantages than uch rs en-
| ter at more advanced age, when, teir habits are
els flexible and when they Obliged to hurry pre-
oipitately over, omit altogether, the elementary
,'udies The latter is of the circumstances which
has heretofore occaoned his frequent change of place
ana which, except in very few initances has pre-
vented him from exhibiting impartial frecimen Of
the comparative and practical merits OF his coure of
intructon. 1t is his mot anxious wiih that a ma
Jor,y OF his pupils may be competed o; boys from ten
| TO hiteen years of aye, who will continue under his
tuition until they fhall conpeat the courle Under
theie circumstances he INDUCES hope that it would
De IN his power to render iervices permanent and
| iubantiai, and TO inipre his pupils with love of
| knowledge and predieSsi for manly, uleful and
honorable fen,ments and purluts, which would ex-
ert predominant and decive influence over their
future haPpinefs and ufefulnefs in fociety He win
es TO receive from twenty-five to thirty pupils: His
charge for tuition, will be forty dollars per aInun,
Tor boys under the age OF fifteen, and fifty dollars per
| annum tor young perfons above that age: Parents
who may be dfpo[ed place their fons under his ,u
tion will make application the ubfcriber by letter
or o'her"iie' in Milton. The ichoo will be open
ed on the ieoond Monday in January, so6
| JAMES OGILvIR.
! Milton, November 90, 1905.