Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-09-16

FRYENDs' 'AcADEMY.-At the eastern environ of
this town, is located literary and scientific insttu-
ton, known to the inhabitants by the name of the
Quaker College. II is situated on a commanding
smnence, which overlooks one Of the finest land.
scape views in New England, and seems peculiarly
calculated for scholastic study. We are not sufi-
ciently acquainted with its polty, its organization
OF its resourcrs, to give it particular description,
and we shall content ourselves with speaking of it
in general terms. We hope hereafter to be
bled to speak Of it more fully, and to pay 1t that
respect to which ito exalted merit is entitled.
five remember right it was installed in the
year 1916, by several opulent members of the So.
ciey of Friends or Quakers, of this town. aud went
Into operation the year following Its success has
been rapid, almost unprecedented, and at this mo-
meut, it may with prcpriety be considered far supe-
rior to Brown University 1t was instituted by be-
vovolence, and the kinder feelings Of humanity,
and the first object its founders had in view was
the promotion Of education among the INDECENT and
necessitous Of such families, as possessed not the
means of; acquiring academcal education, and
who, but for the interposition Of FRIENDS, would
have been left the wide world destitute of those
attainments which can render life useful and re-
spectacle.
These benevolent designs were, as might be ex-
peoted, crowned. with the most complete sue
cess, and in little hiIe, the institution
crowded with the seekers after learning and science,
that the friends found it necessary to make large
additions to their buildings and at this moment the
Academy contains we believe about three hundred
scholars OF both sexes The education acquired in
this seminary Of the highe, order; and since it has
been visited by all ranks and conditions Of soci-
ETY., its increasing popularity, has induced the pro-
prie.ors to reorganize their original plan, and to
admit all who are anxious to associate within its
walls, who able aud willing TO defray the Incl
dental expenses Of tuition. Those, however, who
destitute, and Of the family of friends are
admitted without charge. and receive a complete
classical education at the hands ftheir noble bene
factors.
There is something peculiarly interesting in this
institution, which ought ever to recommend it to
the patronage Of the public.
The morals Of the youth who are here instructed,
strictly guarded against the inroads ofvice and
dissipation. and the strict attention paid to their
maners and dscorum, deny the approach Of
those vicious habits, which too often circulate their
poison, through other and more distinguished SEM
inariss. We have on one or two occasions had the
pleasure of rambling through the halls of this inst-
tuition, and we have witnessed the orderly deport-
ment Of the scholars, the courtesy and attention
they pay to those who visit them, and the rapid |
progress they have made in their studies. These |
and other circumstances have irresstibly attached |
the institution to our regard and reverence. ln
future number we hope to be enabled to speak
Of the Friends Academy as it deserves, and to be
enabled to lay its history, its polity and progress
before our readers. Al present we are not pre-
pared, nor hav we time or space, to pursue the
subject any further.