Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-08
LITERARY GYyMM4SIUN
IN THE
CITY OF RICHHH0n1n

CITY OF RICHMOND.
tE subscriber respectfully the public TIA,
intends TO connect with his Classical and Mathematics
Academy, regular and complete of GyMvAsric Exfr
tissSAsIUN.
II is destacd that his institution shall be founded and con
icicd the plan of similar Schools which have ong
w Germany, and have recently gone into operation IN the nnb
en- section of the United States The studies which
ul be adapted prepare young gentlemen either for TIT
various cole gate institutions of our country or for the
ecvc if will embrace the following branches Of educa;m
}. Aa1rsr LASeuAers: The Latin, GrcrS and Hebrew.
:, moDEuH LANGUAGES TIE French, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian and German.
). THE ENGLISH LAsGuAsr: lis Grammar R1ahrr ror,,dor
and Literature.
q. PENnAvsarr and BCox-KfrrIvu.
B. CoaPosIrIcS III the several languages suiic, In r shoo
Use of Maps and Globes.
a. Manual PosoPnY, Including Astronomy and Cheois,r
T. MATHEMATICS, consisting OF Aritmeiick Algebra Geo
nG!ry, gane and spherical TrigonOnetr MenzrDn Nay-
G1ion, Surveying COnrk Sections and E,uxiurs
O. TIE GYMSAsrIC ExERrErs
7te nuin6er Of pupils will, UsIlay nc limited TN but Will
N IND Srairc, exceed TWENTY each instructor the school
SAa IN such manner be regulated that each pupil may
the requisite share OF attention.
"A gentleman from Germany Wi. direct the Gyunack Exer
cs aud teach the German and Hebrew Languages ratre
fra'ce viii give instruction in the French Spanish Por,u
gqese ana Italian languages classical teacher will assist in
The classical department. AMI English assistant will be EN-.
PPyed in the Mathematical and English department Add,
totrai aid will be procured should the number Of scholars
render necessary.
The school, thus organized, will he subjected 10 Tire immediate
principal
The entire expense Of tuition in all or any, of the branches
irg in the family the principal will be, for pupil $50
Is,r annum. To day scholars the terms will he so per AMIN
for the lower BRANCHES of the English department. SO per anuun
Tor the higher buceS Of the department. $40 ad
tInDaly per for the Ancient Modern languages en-
hacius the higher branches of Mathematics Book Keeping
ana TIE 6ymnaslck Exercises Payments will be required m
the termaion of each quarter but charge vii be made IN
udra"oe There will be vacations first one week al
christmas, the second Of weeks Commencing on the =
OF August and Of course, few days than months of
session Time during the year Immediately before the August
vscaOn the pupils WILL annually ho subjected TO a rigid and
and this examination will be conducted not by the instructors
OF the school, (e pupils beiny previously mad, aware az b
particular passages and questions, which they are to c
sNnI' but by competent gentlemen, who may attend the
examination aud in such parts Of the whole course
study as these gentlemen may select.
he scholars who uard with the principal shall be reganlcd
md treated as members Of his family tier moral department
Srail meet with Vgant and care aud they shall bc
accompanied u the Sabbath Ivy oftheir in rucor,
% such place oipueo worship in this city in each instance
Tho parent or guardian may drect
be moral aDd scholastic government Of this institution shall
receive the sices end most particular attention 1t
maxim the rrth OF which s borne the test ofexpeenrr that
Sro1 which no well goceraef cannot be well fqugh and
may with trh bc remarked that the mode Of government
uest adapted IN the Circumstances and conducive the
welfare Of children and youth is that which Lay be termed the
PIeento, whhh rs founded than ce and
EN Is indebted for Us SUCCESS 10 affection rather
4e nfonent OF The INSTRUCTION should invariably be such,
70 oaite tho trt ut uo pupil for rigru Of discipline will
ever exact willing obedience from the latter, while either
Hhtane enPr or want OF hrnnesS iOms trait IN tho cha
Tnr Of the former. Though the right Of administering per-
SDHal discipline viii never DC Tcuquished Ivy 10y eAsY v te
p'1fS ether independence OF discretion, s be ern of
the Tt by no implies tho cfriar1fy ~ as sul
cfnvCtnu SUCH TIht VIII tie
occasion require VIII generally obviae the NECESSITY u
% N mre OF punishment, which ought, il pos de- to be
avoided Aud though nothing richly dC,e, or more
eicuay the contempt Of the pupil tive abandon
Tt on tic of the instructor Of the very means which, m
come extreme cass become indispensable support OF
authority yet the subscriber convinced by the experience OF
nore than thirteen year, 'eachg that IN eoycmnCn, Of
scbooi cann intellectually ecien, n tho rod that
whe the trrJ commonly, every puuus tip
5'te y seldom necessary, and that the Disc Of the IN
stIucio ~ Tire assignment, of tasks ani his punclUaty
aendlfg To their rotation wll accomplish Infinitely mon.
Nan any severity o punishment which can be inflicted
pupil
Agerably 10 he principles briefly suggested in tire prcc
''nfrhS WI the pnce this institution ~ cnuatef and ron
duCtc and shopld the nRiencv Of persuasion nor N
cocfco0 resulting from confinement during e hours Of
uOn such personal discipline shall in the judgment nj
nc Phnepa be decimal eNrceut, produce the desired effect
% Offender ~i be removed fon tie school, and home
~ hin parent or guardian.
IN elevated, trahiu and fe,ied lot siuatcl On ShocEoe
l'l, nOe centre Of most Usvcabe neghbourhoud ls.
rein Obtained nT the exercises Of the Gymnasium ami for r
tusirn Of building suited 10 tho purpose Of me school TIE
sot viii " Crclordan che building completed n aw vce
en- the institution viii 90 Into operation before OF on the FIR
IFS unnecessary 'pcrfy the humorous ami superior AL
idntaS winch t1 cry Rcuuond possesses for the establish
Off climate te fe1u,y Of suraon and the excellence
II It's society well known 20 require enumeration
Leips OF applcaDn directed the sutcnber IN Richmond
Till receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW.
ss'lerlnns Teding AZ distance fon Richmond are refer
fch for information c0rcemng he qualifications and soccce
AT Shaw as an instructor 20 the Rev jeremiah Day ID ID
e. L. D. President ~ Yale COLLEGE, Of which Mr. Shaw h
gadrste, 10 Bcamin siman James T. Kingsley Es1rs Pro
itsOr the College, the Right Rev. Bishop Moore M,
Rev. Messn Stephen Taylor VIM Armstrong aud CrOe.
W. Blceius aud W. Wck1an, EsQrs and Doctor 81. Pa,
Of this city, and 70 The following eentrRn Of this c'y wh
ae among the patrons 0fMr Shaws Classical and Naihcnt
N Acslcuy, viz tive Hon. Y0. Boctenbrough, John Wc
AID Ora rnan johnson, Esqr, Doctors William Tage
ecil and John Dove, Richard Anderson Geo Fker Eo5cr
Swrhlney Thos Taylor, Nchoss NILS GN'1vus Lucke an
T. 9. Cuban, Esps nav