Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-13
+ LITERARY GKlIyNASlC.n
IN THE
CITY OF RICHMOND.

It subscriber respectfully the public, thai he
Intends To Connect with h,s Classical and Mathematical
Aoauey regular and complete of GyaSAsrn EXLR-
.sfsi ana thus TO establish, in tie city Of Relond LninA
Quoted IN the plan OF similar schools winch long
""e'na"y Mid have recently gone operation the
w oe so adapted as prepare young gentlemen either for the
various collegiate institutions Of country the
viz;
l. ASo,Nr LAscuAor. The Latin Greek and Hebrew.
italian and German
Tn Eveis LANGUAGE, Its Gram,par. Reading Elocu,iou
t. p,SnAss',r aud BOOK NrLri>o
p CoMrosrroN IN the several languages studied school
o. n;ioR anu Ht,oSnAPs comprising the construction and
N,I.aM pln.osorar, including astronomy and Chemistry.
r. M,rH'W,ricSs, CONSISTING of Arhnc,k Algebra Geo.
merry plane ant spherical Iriscnoutry Nesuatio Na,i-
saion; Surveying Couick Sections and Fluxions.
lhk oiN>,rio EAERCisis.
The number OF pupils WILL usually, he limited at but will
IN no instance EXCEED oeach Instructor aud ,hc school
the requisite share attention
gentleman ron Germany will direc, tine Gymnasuck rxcr.
eise anu teach tie German aud Hebrew Languages anrc
VI ance whgVS instruction N thc French spanish, rori-
Se and Italian lan.,ascs classical teacher wl' asks, il.
TIE classical department., and English will be e,.
p!oyed IN the Mathematical aud Enssh department Addi-
uonaI ai VIII he procured, st"ud the number vi scholar,
render II necessary.
Tie school, thus organized viii he suectp, to the immediate
supern,ecnce and exclusive cOno! OF the subscriber
principal
The expense of tuition in ALL or any, of tho br,nehe,
pursued III tins institution, including board, lodging and wa III,
ef To day schoin the terms viii be $50 DER ann"m
for the lower Tauc.es Of the English department. per
Cor The higher 'ncie oi the department. and $40 add:-
tonay per annn for the Ancient Modem languages
bracing the higher branches oi Mathematics, Book
aud the Gymnastics eA.rciscS Payments will be eiire.
ue cT'ina' "i each quarter but no charge ri he made
adriRce There Will vacations the first of one week M
h>nas hr second ct seven weeks, commencing the lst
"i August ah OF course, few DAYS than months
Session time, during the Immediately before August
vacation, the pupil. will, annually, ts subjected rigid aud
thorough examination in all their studies OF the pre- ehinc Yea
aud this examination will e conducted Ivy ihe
OF the school, he pupils being previously of the
particular passages and questions IN which they be
eNamincl but by competent gentlemen who may attend the
examination and in such parts of the whole annual
study, as these gentlemen select.
The scholars who board with the principal shall be regarded
and treated as members of his family, their desTnen,
snail meet WIN viS'lant and constant and they shall
accompanied 90 the Sabbath Ivy more of their
10 such place OF public worship in this city as each Instance
tue parent or guardian may drcct.
Tie moral and scholastic government this institution shall
receive the srctest and most particular attention Ii
max the truth of which test of eriercr tia,
school which well oreped well taught aud
1t may, with truth, be remarked, that the mode of
adapted ciIcuins arces and most conducive To the
welfare of children and YOUTH ,ha, which NAV ne termed the
pTrRfd which founded than ON force and
which indebted for its success. tn affection rather ,nn ~
The department the should invariably be SUCH
To secure the respect of the pupil for rCur discipline will
or exact willing Obedience from the laIcr While ri,icr an
irritable temper Of nneSS firms tr, ia the cha.
actcT OF the former Though the right administering
soual isripnc will never be- enouished nv an ,eaoIeS L.
either independence still assertion
tire right by 10 implies the et1iriy IF its srfciss
indeed the conviction that sucha right VIII be exercised should
occasion require will generally obvate the necessity Of resort.
ing tn mode of punishment which QUAINT, if possible he
avoided And though nothing richly deserve, re
eecuav ensure the contempt of the pupil than the
nen an the part OF tie instructor O the very means, which,
extreme cases, become Indispensable support of
authority Yet the subscriber convinced by the experience
more than thirteen in teaching that
school, intellectually efficient the rod that
while the former, most commonly, purpose the
latter is seldom necessary, aud that the discretion of the
strcto ~ tr assignment Of tasks, and his punctuaity
attending 10 their recitation, will accomplish infinitely
than any severity fpunhmen which can be inflicted the
pupil.
remarks viii the police o TINS institution be regulated CON
Quoted, aud sould neither the influence Of crsua o nor the
RESULTING confinement during the hours nr rerrco
ton, nor such personal discipline shall in the Judgment
e principal he deemed eVIrdet, produce the desired effect
the offender Will be removed school, and sent home
To hls parent guardian
An elevated hcl,ul and retired situated on Shnckoc
lIi III the centre of respectable ncighhnurood has
been obtained for the exercises of the Gymnasium tire
erection of building suited 20 the purpose Of the school The
lot will he enclosed and the building completed M few weeks
d The institution Will 80 nn operation before the first
OF October
Marriages wlh Tho CITY Of Richmond possesses for the establish
n'ih ol Literary Gymnasium The remarkable healtGi
es OF us climate the beauty Of its situation, aud the excellence
VI soe' hie 700 wen known 10 require enumeration.
letters OF application dhco ted the Subscriber in Richmond
VIII receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW
.sPcroms resim, distance from Richmond arc refer
Icd Tor information concerning the gualcaiio and ccc Of
DIT shaw dis an Instructor, to the Rev jeremiah Day. ID d.
graduate 10 BCjann Slman James H. kingsley EsoTS Pro.
rsSos tire same College, TO the Right Rev Bishop Moore the
Rev Messrs Stephen TAYLOR WIN. Armstrong and Croe g.
H. Bacchus and NJ Wickhan, Esqrs, Doctor a Page
of this city, and the following gentlemen Of this CITY, who
the patrons of MIR Saws Classical and Aiaena,-
col academy, viz the Hon WIN BrockenIror,h John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson, Esqrs, Doctors William Tazc.
well and John Dove Richard Anderson, Fisher Robert
twaiireY Thos Taylor Nicholas Mills, GuIvus Lucke and
~ g Gillian, L,'ps may ;
SHE or Land.