Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-08
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
IN TINE
CITY or Ay011RO1gD.

VA98 w
hE subscriber respectfully announces public thai he
intends to connect with his Classical and ka,beoa,;ca
Academy regular and Complete GyxyAST,e 49,
es and thus to establish, in The city Of Richmond
lis designed tina, this institution shall be founded and e
Quoted on the plan Of similar Schools which have long existed
IN Germany md have recently gone into operation north
will be adapted prepare gentlemen either fo the
various collegiate institutions of country, FOR pursuits
OF active life will embrace the following branches Of education,
I. Aycrrsr L.scrAer.: The Latin, Greek and Hebrew
niop.sS LANGUAGES The French, Spanish, Portuguese.
Tax ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Its Grammar Read. ElocuGon
and Literature
4. PrsAAsssIr and Boox-Kr,riso.
CosrosrioS in the several languages studied school
ana TYPOGRAPHY; comprising the construction and
N,IvnAL hnto'ornr, including Astronomy and Chemistry
M.rnrM.rIok', consisting Of Ar,hueci, Algebra Geo
mftry plane and spherical TEsononery, Mensuaon Navi-
cation, Surveying Coniek Sections and fluxions.
9. THE GynsAsI,c ExrRcrsrs.
The number Of pupils will usually, I've limited al TT L,o ~ IN
IN no instance exceed each school
shan IN such manner I've regulated that each pupil uay
the requisite share OF attention
gentleman from Germany viii direct the Gyunasck Exer-
cise and teach the German and Hebrew Languages at;rc
OF rance VIII instruction in the French, Spanish Poru-
gese and Italian languages classical teacher will assist Il,
Tho CLASSICAL depneH' AMI an English assistant will be
poyed IN the Mathematical and English department Add.
uonsi AID w be procured, should the number Of scholars
| render II necessary.
! principal
pursued IN TINS institution including board, lodging
e, an 'e iay OF the principal will be, fr each pupil $50
the lower branches of English department, $40 per ai
for the higher branches of the department $40 addi
to'y annn for the Ancient Modern ia,e uages err.
bacns the higher bIches OF Mathematics, Bookkeeping
and tie Gynuasck Exercises Payments Will required a,
adranee There will vacations the FIST of one wyk a,
GTsta the second of wes commencing on the 8,
inne during the year. Immediately before the Auvus
VACATION the pupils will, annually, lie subjected rigid and
aud this examination will be conducted instructors
oil the school, he pupils being previously Of the
particular passages and questions, IN which they 10 be
examne bat by competent gentlemen WHO may the
examination, and in such paris of the whole course
study as these gentlemen may select.
The scholars who board with rrincpa sral be
ana treated as members at his family, their moral department
shall meet with vsilant and care, they shall be
accompanied on the Sabbath BY ofthe instructors
10 SUCH place of public worship IN this city as, instance
| the iannt guardian may direct.
The moral and schoa-t tic government OF this
receive the sir'c'fst and most particular attention Ii is
nax tie trch of which has bono experience thai
school winch Is not well gorsrned, be well tavgh
may with TRUTH be remarked that the mode Of government
best adapted 10 the circumstances and mos conducive
welfare OF children and youth rs that which termed III,
parental which founded than on force ant
winch IS indebted for ITS affection rather fear
The department of the should invariably be SUCH
In the Of the pupil for ry,ur pne
ever exact willing obedience tom the latter, while either
irritable ,crner or want of frmres forms tai, IN ,h. cha
Fcer of the Though right Of adnnis,e.ur mar
sonhi discipline will be rrlipqueh teacher wi
possesses either Independence or discretion sill, the assIto
the rgh, by implies the certainty Of exercise and
indeed the conviction that such right will be shouc
occasion require will generally obyate the of rso
ing 10 mode Of punishment. which ought possible To bs
avoided And though nothing richly deserve nor
rleeiuay ensure the othe pupil than abandon
ent on the part of the instructor of the which,
some extreme become Indispensable the support
authority yet the subscriber convinced by experiences
NOR than ,hrteu in teaching thai
schoo is intellectually the rod IN.
while the former most commony, purpose IL
latter - seldom necessary and that the discretion the
sincior ia the assignment of tasks. and his punctaity
attending TO their recitation, will accomplish Infinitely MOI
n fttrh L.,
pupil
Agreeaby 10 the principles briefly suggested in the pred,
ru aTk will the police OF this ns,itnp regulated and cor
Quoted and should neither the influence of pesasion III
coercion resulting from hours al
unn nor sue personal discipline as SHALL In the Judgment
TIE principal, 10 deemed expedien produce the
e oiender VIII he removed from the school, and
To hrs parent guardian.
An elevated, hraiht, and retired lot on Shocko,
fti M the centre Of respectable neghbourhood ha
h'en Obtained FOR the exercises Gymnasium and Tor the
election Of holding suited 10 the purpne school Til
lot ~" ue enclosed and the building completed weeks
and the institution VIII 80 INTO OPERATION beIe mrs
Iii unnecessary specify the and superior ad
va'Rss WINCH the cry OF kcnond possesses in the eabsi
lis climate the beauty of situation and the excelenc
Of is society, well known require enumeration
letters OF application directed 10 the subscriber Rchuun
will receive attention.
, OLIVER A. SHAW
s'Iersons residing at distance ou, Richmond are ree
Iet for information concerning the qualifications and success
Mr. Shaw instructor, the Rev jeremiah Day d.
L. L. d. President of Yale College, which Mr.. Shaw
gadnac 10 Beamin Sll.nan James L. Kngsey Es1rs Pr
isSors the College the Right Rev Bishop Moore n
Rey Mcssrs Stephen Taylor, wm Armstrong and Croes,
of,ns city, and the following gentlemen of this city VIII
are among the patrons OF Mr. shaw's Classical Na,enat
ham and Chapman Johnson Esqrs Doctors William Tar
well and John Dove, Richard Anderson Geo Fisher Robe
twaihmey 1hos Taylor, Nicholas Mills Gusiayus Luoke IN
r. c. Gillian, Esqrs. may
Spring Supply.
TlNfE f,;.d.