Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-16
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
IN THE
nYsEX ar nHHE-n~n

OxxY OF RxcRn6oND.
l"iE subscriber respectfully announces TO the public, that he
Academy, a regular and complete course of CYAN ,src Exln-
e.'ss, and thus to establish, in the city OF Richmond, n LIrrnAnr
II is designed, that this institution shall be founded and con-
Quoted on the plan OF similar Schools, which have hong existed
em section of the United States. The course of studies, which
various CO eo nesp'sa as 10 prepare young gentlemen M T., either ,tS r, 10. inc
0 iecuve lie, VIII embrace the following branches OF education,
viz;
I. Ancient LANGUAGES: The Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
: NloptsN LANGUAGES; The French, Spanish, Portuguese,
B. rHs ENoLisa LAsauao,. Its Grammar, Readirg. Elo.u,ion
and Literature.
L prSMAsssir and Boox.Kspixu.
q. CohrosrrIoS in the several Languages studied in the school.
o. h,,roRy and GnoenAruri comprising the construction and
use OF Maps and Globes.
T. NAruRAl PaiIosoruy, including Astronomy aud Chemistry.
q. NTnEMArieks csnsisiing of Arithme!.k, Algebra, Geo
mc,ry, plane and spherical Tigonomruy, Mcnsirauon, Navi.
CATION, Surveying Conick Sections and fluxions.
g TIM GyMN SriC ExIRcsEs.
The nunbes Of puPils will, usually, he limited at TEN. 20, will,
IN no instance, exceed TWENTY to each instructor; and the school
shall in sucha manner he regulated, that each pupil may receive
a gentleman from Germany will direct the Gymnastck Exer.
ciseS, aud teach the GeGman aud Hebrew Languages. A rative
o tFrance VIII give instruction in the + french, Spanish, lom-
guesc and Italian languages. a classical teacher will assist in
The classical department, and an Enslis!, assistant will be en-
ploycd III the Mathematics al and English department.. Addi-
tonai aid will he procured, should the number of scholars
,rnder it NECESSARY.
The school, thus organized, will be subjected To the immediate
supermien'lcnce and exclusive control OF tie subscriber, as its
principal.
pursued in tins institution, including board, lodging and wash
rs' IN the acniily of the principal, will be, for each pupil, Si5o
for tire lower branches of the English dcIraImieu;S $40 per ann,rr,
Tor ire higher branches oi the same department, aud $40 addi-
EQUALLY per annun for the Ancient or Modern languages, em-
hrIcng the higher branches OF Mathematics, Bookkeeping
and the GymnasIck Exercises Payments will be required at
the termination of each quarter; but no charge uiR be made in
Gdrdace. There wall be two vacations, the FIRST of one week nj
OF August and, OF course, n few days more ,han ten months of
session time, during the year. Immediately before the August
vacation TIE pupils viii, annually, be subjected to a rigid aud
thorough examination IN all their studies OF the preceding year;
md this examination viii be conducted, moi by tive instructors
OF the school, lhe pupils benz previously made aware OF the
eNamincd,) hut by competent gentlemen, who may attend the
examination, and in such parts of the whole annual course OF
study, as these gentlemen NAV select.
The scholars who board with the principal, shall he regarded
and treated as members of his family, their moral department
sh'h meet WIN vIsiian' and constant care, and they shall be
accompanied ON the Sabbath by one or more oftheir instructors,
to such place %ofpublic worship in this city as, in each instance,
the parent or guardian may direct.
The moral and scholastic government Of this institution shall
receive the strictest and most particular attention., IL IS a
MAXIM, the trith OF which has borne the test OF eNperience, that
a school which is not well governed, cannot he well taught, and
i; may, with truth, lie remarked, that the mode of government,
best adapted to tho circumstances, and most conducive TO the
welfare OF children and youth, Is that which may he termed the
parental, which is founded more in reason than on force, and
which Is indebted for its success, tn affection rather thnn to fear
The department Of THE instructor should invariably be such, ms
to secure the respect of the pupil; for no riSrur of discip lhe viii
ever exact willing obedience from the latter, while either an
irritable temper, or a want of hrmness, forms a trait In the cha
ractcr of the former. Though the right of administering per
sonai discipline, VIII never be reiinquished by any teacher, whe
possesses either independence or discretion, still the assertions OF
the right by no means implies the certainty y IFS erefeise, and,
indeed, the conviction, that such a right will be exercised, should
occasion require, VIII generally otviatc the necessity of resort
ing To a mode OF punishment, which ought, II possible, to be
avoided. And though nOtning can more richly deserve, or more
ettectuahy ensure the contempt, Of tire pupil, than the abandon.
Rent on the part Of the instructor of the very means, which, in
some extreme cases, become Indispensable to the support of
authority. yet the subscriber is convinced, by the experience of
more than thirteen years in teaching, that, ia tnc government OF
WIFI Re P lSnSer, If h IE99sifeSGS hHanonR R"T Sn fscs" sy ysaP p ,&s Sd the sse
latter is seldom necessary, and that the discretion of the in.
s'ructor in the assignment of tasks, aud his puncluality in
attending To their recitation, will accomplish infinitely more
than any severity Of punishment which can be inflicted on the
pupil.
AsIeeably to the principles briefly suggested in the preceding
remarks, VIII the police of this institution he regulated and con.
Quoted, and should neither the influence of persuasion. nor the
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours of rcrea-
ton, nor such personal discipline as shall, IN tire judgment OF
the principal, be deemed cxpcdent, produce the desired effect.
tho offender will he removed from the school, and seni home
20 his parent or guardian.
An elevated, heathful and retired lot situated on Shoekoe
nm, III the centre OF a most respectable neighbourlIood, has
been obtained for the exercises of the Gymnasium, and for the
erection of a building suited To the purpose of the school The
lot Will be enclosed and the building completed in a few werks.
and the institution Will go into operation before or on the first
Of October next
Its unnecessary to specify the numerous and superior ad-
mcnt OF "A Literary Gymnasium fhe remarkable lealthful.
ness oil ITS Climate, the beauty of its situation, and the excellence
d ~ society, are too well known TO require enumeration.
LEVERS OF application directed to the subsc ribcr, IN Richmond,
VIII receive attention.
OLIVER a.. SHAW.
- Persons residing at a distance from Richmond. ae rctcr.
rcd for information concerning the qualifications and success oi
Mr. Shaw as All instructor, to the Rev. jeremiah Day. ID d.
l.. l." ID. President of Yale College, of which Mr.. Shaw is a
graduate, To BeJamin Siliman g. James T.. Kingsley, EsuTs Pro
Itssofs III the same college, to the Right Rev. Bishop Moore, the
Rev. Messrs Stephen Taylor, VIM. j Armstrong and Croes. q.
~. Bacchus and j. NJ. Wickhan, Esqrs, aud Doctor a. Page
oI inns CITY, and To the following gentlemen Of this CITY, who
are among the patrons of Mr.. Shaw's Classical and Ma,nrnna,,-
cal Academy, viz: the Hon. VIM. BrockonbmugIi, John Wick.
nam and Chapman johnson, Esurs, Doctors W ilu,m Jaze.
well aud John Dove, Richard Anderson, Gen. Fwhpr. IoIer,
Gwa'hlney, Thos. Taylor, Nicholas Mills, Gustavus Lucke and
u NiIlalIl, EsqrS may 5
NEGROES WANTED.
WISH 10 hire fifty able bodied negro men, for the roman.