Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-18
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
~ IN THE
CITY OF RIcHruoND.


I'VE subscriber respectfully public dat he
intends To connect with his Classical Mathematical
Academy, regular aud complete course GyAxAsrio
es and thus to establish, in he city Of Richmond, LrnaRs
II designed that this institution shall be founded and con-
duc,cd on the plan OF similar Schools which have long existed
IN 6e'ay, and have recently gone into operation m the north
ern section OF the United States The of studies which
VII be SO adapted as to prepare young gentlemen either for
various collegiate of pursuits
OF active life, will embrace the following branches OF educao
viz:
!. As,slsr LANGUAGES. The Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
MoDtnN LANGUAGES; The fienoh Spanish, Portuguese
Italian and German
j. TnE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Its Grammar Heatir-, EOcuiru
aud Literature
A. PtSxASs,ur and BOOK kttrINo.
CoMposrrioS in the several languages studied tho school
sroRy and GEoGRAr; comprising the construction and
use ol Maps and Globes.
4 NArunAL rlosornr including Astronomy and Chemistry
D. MAraEMArcks consisting of Arthmctch, Algebra Geo.
ncuy, plane and spherical Tgonometry, Aensuraiou Nsv
CATION Surveying Conck Sections and Fluxions.
y THg GysiSAsriC ExERCrTs
The number of pupils viii, usually he limited rrS but WILL
IN no instance exceed each aud the
shau IN such be regulated each pupil
the requisite share of attention.
gentleman from Germany will direct the Gymnas,ck Exer
cses and teach the German aud Hebrew Languages natr,
OF France will give instruction in the FRENCH Spanish Por
sucsc and Italian languages. classical teacher will assist in
the classical department and an English assistan, will be
ployed in the Mathematical and English department Adt
tona aid Will be procured should the number Of scholar:
render il necessary.
The school, thus organized will be subjected tire mn,cia;,
supemtencncc and cxc:e control Of the Subscriber, its
principal
The entire OF TRITON ALL of the branches
purscd in tins institution including board lodging and wash
S, in the family OF the principal, will be, for each pupil S5f
per annun To day schGlrs, the terms will be $50 per
or the lower bancies of tic English Department. $40 per
Tor the higher banches OF the depareut. ana $40 add
tonaly per Coz the Ancient Modern iansuases,
bTacins the higher branches OF Mathematics, Bookkeeping
and the Gynnasick Exercises. Payments VII: be required
the termination OF each quarter bat charge R Be ldde
Gdcd7ce There will be vacations, the >t of
Christmas, tie second OF weeks, commencing TIE Isl
OF August and OF course few days than ten months
session time ,iun, the year Immediately before The A,r
nd
thorough examination all their studies OF the preceding year
aud this examination viii c conducted mol by The instructors
OF the school, he pupils being previously made OF tbs
particular passages aud Questions III which they 10 bc
examned hut BY competent gentlemen, who may The
examination, and IA such parts oi the whole annual
study, as these gentlemen may select
The scholars who board with :ho principal shall be regarded
sndi meet WIN vsa ano constant care ana they shall be
accompanied on the sabbath y one more ofhcr instructors,
TO such place Of public worship in this city each instance
the parent or guardian may direct.
The moral and scholastic government of this Institution shall
MAXIM the truth of which has borne the experience that
school which well governed be well Taught and
may, with truth, he earked, that the mode of government
adapted 10 the circumstances and moi conducive 10 the
welfare of children and youth Is that which be the
parental which is founded more in force and
which is indebted Tor is success affection than
The department OF tie instructor should invariably he SUCH as
to secure the respect o the pupils for rigcur of discipline will
ever exact willing Obedience from the latter while cr an
acer of the former Though the right Of administering per
sonal dplnc will never be reliuuised nv sv ,caceT a
possesses either independence disCeton l Of
The right by means implies the certainty e is sores and
indeed the conviction that such right viii he exercised should
occasion require win generally ovate tho necessity
ing to mode OF punishment, which ought possible, be-
avoided 'nc though nothing EcGy deserve,
cectuay ensure the contempt 81 the pupil than the abandon
ncr on tie part o The instructor OF the means which,
some extreme cases become indispensable the support of
authority yet the subscriber convinced by the experience of
more than thirteen years IN teaching, that in the sovenment OF
SCHOOL, Is intellectually efficient than
while the former, most commonly, answers every puoe, the
latter seldom necessary, and that the discretion of the in
sirctor in the assignment of asks and his punctuality in
attending 10 their recitation, will accomplish infinitely more
than any severity OF punishment which be Indicted the
pupil.
Ageea5l the ptinoie briefly suggested in the preceding
remarks will The police this institution be regulated and con-
Quoted and should neither the nueEce of persuasion nor the
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours Of ec,ea-
ton suc personal discipline as shall in the Judgment of
Tie principal be deemed eXredent produce the desired effect
the offender VIII be removed iron the school, and home
10 his parent or guardian
An elevated heathfu and retired L., tna,ed on Sbocoe
Ill., III the centre of moS respectable neghbouriood has
en obtained for the exercises of the Gymnasium and for the
erec Ion OF building to the purpose of the school The
oi VIII be enclosed and the building completed IN weeks
and the institution VIII % into operation before the fIs
DfCctober next
Ills unnecessary specify the numerous and sure1or ad
vana2es winch the civ Of mod possesses for the establish
nent 81 Literary Gymnasium The remarkable heaihfil-
ness Oh MS Climate the beauty offs situation, aud the excellence
OF its society, too well known REQUIRE enumeration
letters OF application directed the subscriber l., Richmond
viii receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW.
Persons residing distance ou Richmond, are refer
iea Tor information concerning the qualifications and success OF
Nh Shaw as an Instructor, to the Rev. jeremiah Day. d. D.
l. L. ID. President OF Yale college, OF which Mr. Shaw Is
lcNuaie Beamin Siinian e.. James L. Kngsey Esnr p,
essrs - nc sae C4e 10 lic Right Pew. Bishop Moore the
Rev Messfs oThen Taylor U'H.J Armstrong and Croes g.
f. Baechus and J. vi Wcklam, Esqs Snd Doctor ". Page
= ais city, and the following gentlemen o ~, city, VINO
the lniToDs Of Mr. Shaws Classical ana sia,iema'
al Academy, viz the Hon WIN. BOckeubfogh, John Vick-
lam and Chapman Johnson Esqrs, Doctors William Taze
y" and JOHN Dove Richard Anderson, Geo Fisher Robert
iwainncy Thos Taylor Nicholas Nils Gusiarus ucSc and
2. &. Gillian, Esqrs. NAV
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