Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-22
LiIER.4RY GYINJN.4SIUJN
IN THE
CITY OF RTEEMNME.

CLGE SE, ESISk&VKSMHs
'iNIE subscriber respectfully public that he
intends 10 connect with his Classical and Mathematical
caeny' regular and complete course OF Gr,NAsrIc ExEa
GYMNAsTuM.
1t is designed, that this institution shall be founded and con-
Quoted on the plan of similar Schools winch long existed
IN Germany and have recently gone into operation north
vi" be so adapted prepare young gentlemen the
various collegiate institutions country, the pursuits
Q: active life, will embrace the following branches educao
!. AxczSr L,xcyAe4s The Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Italian and German. O.
3 TAa ENellsi, lA@auAGE: Grammar i,cading Eocuou
and kiiefautt-
4. PsNAANsaIp and Boos-KEEpxG.
. CoMFosrIoN in the several languages studied in t scoG
o. HroKY and SroGRAFIv comprising the construction and
zN4rua,l PirLosofY Including Astronomy Chemistry
o. MNThsMArlcKs, consisting OF Armerk, Algebra, CeO-
plane and spherical rgonometry Mesurat,on Nav
CATION, Surveying Conick Sections and FiuNions
The puplsw usually, limited at TEN but will
III no instance, Exceed each the school
shall ia such manner lie regulated that each pupil receive
;he requisite share OF attention.
gentleman from Germany viii direct the Gymnastc Exeg
cses and teach the German and Hebrew Languages. natrc
OF France viii give instruction in the French, Spanish, roru-
sree and Italian languages classical teacher will assist
Gciassca department. and English assistant will be
ploycd IN the Mathematical and English department. Add
onal aa will he Pfo"ured should the number 0! scholars
The school, us organized subjected immediate
suern;enence and exclusive control Of the subscriber
The entire EXPENSE of tuition in all, any, of the branches
pursued i'll tins Institution, including board, lodging and wash
per To dag scholars the VIII be $50 per annu.
lofnc lover branches Of the English department. pen
tonally per fox the Ancient Modern languages
bci the higher branches OF Mathematics, housekeeping
and tire Gylnnasick Exercises Payments viii he required
the termination OF each quarter; bat char2 rH be made s
HdDa"ce. There Will be vacations the fist Of week
Christmas the second o.! weeks, Hcr
OF August and OF course few days ian ten months OF
timr during the year. Immediately Angus,
vacation, the pupils will, annually, he subjected rigid ad
thorough examination in all their studies OF the preceding year
and this examination will beconducted not ~ the instructors
n; .f
particular passages and questions in which they be
e>amincd hut by competent gentlemen, who may attend the
examination, aud c! parts % the whole annual
. study, these gentenc! select.
The scholars board witt, Inc principal shall be regarded
and treated members ot ms family, their moral department
shall meet with Vglan and constant care and they shall hc
accompanied on the Sabbath y oi,oit instructors
To suc place OF public worship Ill this city each instance
tnr parent OF guardian may direct.
receive tire scest and particular attention IL is
nazlu tue r'h Of which las borne the test oeXpcece thai
school which rot well Soucrd, be wen taUght aud
may with truth, be remarked that the mode of government
best adapted 20 the circumstances and most conducive to tue
welfare Of children and youth, Is that which may be termed the.
pTrcJ,tTl, which founded than force and
which indebted for IS success 10 ecuD rather than TO fear
The department OF the instructor should invariably be such,
to secure the respect OF the pupil for M rcu Of discipline will
ever exact willing obedience from the latter, while either
irritable temper of rnpcs foms trait in the cha
racic of tie former Though the right of administering per-
sond discipline will never be rcHIued by any teacher WHO
possesses either independence dscelon still The assertion
indeed cunv;cion that such right win exercised should
occasion reruire will generally obvatc the of
avoided And Though nothing richly deserve or more.
cecIualy the contempt Of the pupil than tic abandon
tie pant of the of the very means, which,
cases, become Indispensable tire support
authority the subscriber convinced, by the experience
than thirteen teaching, that government
school, individually efficient than the rod that
while the former, commonly, every purpose; the
latter seldom necessary, aud that the discretion the in
the assignment tasks, and his puuCuraitv
attending cir recitation, VIII accomplish infinitely more
man any severity o punishment which can be inflicted the
pupil.
Agrceably 10 Tive principles briefly suggested in the rccdin
remarks VIII the police OF this regulated and
Quoted ana should neither the influence of persuasion nor the
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours of errc
ton, such personal discipline shall in tic Judgment OF
ne principal be deemed cxpedCn produce desired effect
the offender VIII be removed from the school, scn home
70 his parent guardian.
An elevated hcahful and retired lot situated on shorloc
lhl m the centre of respectable ntfgbouroOd has
Oceu obtained ior the exercises Of the Gymnasium, for the
erection OF building purpose school The
ot will bc enclosed aud tho building completed few weeks
ana the institution VIII INTO operation before tie first
OF October next
vantaee hich the city % Richmond possesses the establish
ment OF Literary Gymnasium The rGrnalk lbc Iealth,,
OF Its climate, the beauty stualon and the excellence
of its society, well known require enumeration
Letters Of application directed the subscriber in X huoud
will receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW.
- Persons residing distance from Rio ,nond are rec
req for information concerning the affiliations aud success
Mr. Shaw instructor. to the ev Je cuiab I,nv ID m
H. L. D. President Of ale COLLEGE Of which Mr. Sh1w ia g
graduate, TO Bej5min Sman g. James T. KINGSLEY sors Pro
ssors ~ the same College to the Right Rev Bsop Moore the
ev Messrs stephen Taylor, VIM. Armstrong 1d Crocs g
H. Bscchus and Wickhau Esur, and Doctor sI(p1~o
oi nIs CITY, and to the following gentlemen Of this tv W
are among the patrons Of Mr. Shaw's Classical and Maina
ham and Chapman Johnson, Esqrs, Doctors William Tazr.
well aud John Dove Richard Anderson, Geo Fisher Pots,,
wathney, Ihos Tayss N-hJas Ml! CIIargs Locke an a.
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