Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-23
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
CITY OF nICRa9orun


THE subscriber respectfully amcancss to the public a,h
intends 80 coanec, with his Classical and Siaisenaiea
ss.s and .As . establish, eay fchncnd LtsrsaIf
aa &c ss az as in s6s S I have snsa and
in and bave recently gone into operation IN the NORTH
will be 20 adapted prepare young gentlemen either for tho
various collegiate nsirrions of our country, pursuits
VIZ:
l. ANCIENT LAseu.ors The Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Italian and German
Iar ENGLISH LANGUAGE: Its Grammar Reading Hocuoa
| aud Literature
| T. PfsnaSsarP and BooxKrrrryo.
CoArozTIos in the several languages studied in the school
HsroaY and GEooRAPHY comprising construction and
use of Maps and Globes.
NArvnAL PiLcsoPnY including Astronomy and Chems,rY
merry plane and spherical Trsonomey, beosuraon Nav
CATION, Surveying COnck Sections and F!..xions
g The GvsHhsrC EXERCISE.
The number Of pupils ~il usually limited at TI but vii,
in instances exceed each instructor the school
shah IA such manner be regulated that each pupil may
me requisite share OF attention.
gentleman Germany viii drec, the Gymnastics Exe
ces and teach the German and Hebrew Languages netre
Of France viii instruction IN the French, Spanish PoIt,
gyee and Italian languages classical teacher will assist n
p!oyed in Tie Mathematical and English department Add
uona ad viii bc procured should the neer OF scholars
The school, thus organized will subjected to the immediate
suPer'endcnce and exclusive control Of the subcbe m
principal
The entire expense OF tuition ALL any, Of The branches
pursued in Tins institution including board, lodging wash
per annum To day scholars the Terms viii be $50 er snpuu,
r the lower branches the English department. per annun
Tor the higher branches of the department, $40 add
onay per for the Ancetor Moderu lang usgcs EN-
hracns the higher branches OF Mathematics, okkeepng
and the Gymnastics Exercises Payments will be required az
e termination Of each quarter; but charge riH be MADE az
aGrGce. There viii be vacations the FIRST of week az
Of August and OF course, few days than ten months OF
session time, during the Immediately before the August
vacation, the pupils WILL annually, he subjected rigid aud
thorough all studies o. the preceding vea
and this examination will be conducted by the instructed;
particular passages aud questions, which ttey are to be
examinef bu, BY competent gcnemsn who may attend The
examination and in saeb parts of the whne course OF
study as these gentlemen may select
The scholars who board with tc principal shall he regarded
shall with vgan and constant care and tcg shah be
accompanied on the Sabbath by OF their instructors
such place OF public worship in this city as in each instance
he parent or guardian may direct
The moral and scholastic government of Til institution shall
eceve the s,rc,eS and most particular attention is
axn, the truth OF which has borne experience a
school winch not well governed, cannot he well taught and
may, with truth, he remarked tina, the mode govemmer
adapted to the circumstances aud MOI conducive tie
welfare of children and youth, is that which MAJ termed The
fdtta which is founded more t.an on fce and
heh Is indebted os us success to affection rather than fear
The department of the instructor should invariably be SUCH as
ever exact willing obedience ium the latter while either
Irritable temper OF want of fmnesy forms irai in the cha
ractcr OF the former Though the right Of administering per
soh uiseipne VIII never be Te!nised by teacher wto
possesses either independence discretion, st the assertion oc
The right by no means implies tive certainty Of sre AMI
indeed the conviction that sche he exercised sod
occasion require will generally obvate the scr
/ mode OF punishment, which ought,
avoided And though nothing richly deserve
efeetua!y tie contempt the pupil iian the abardc
nent the pan OF tire instructor Of the very eans which, IN
some extreme cases become indispensable tn the support
authority yet the subscriber convinced by the experience OF
more than thirteen yesrs teaching that government OF
school, reason intellectually efficient than the rod tina,
WINE the fonnet most CONNOLLY answers every purpose, tie
auet Is seldOm necessary, and that the discretion
strucoT in the assignment Of tasks aud his punctuaty IN
attending 20 their recitation viii accomplish infinitely more
than any severity OF punfhnen which can be inflicted
pupil
Ageeably the pnoiPes briefly suggested in tie prccodiu
remarks viii the polcc OF this institution regulated and con-
Quoted, and shoud neither the nence of persuasion nor
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours Of
ton, such personal discipline shall, TIE judgment
TIE principal be deemed exDeden,, produce tie desired eec
the offender viii be removed from TIE school, and sent hone
/ 90 his parent guardian.
IN elevated heathul and retired lot situated on Shorks
I'LL, in the centre OF most respectable neIghbouJhOod has
been obtained for the exercises Of the Gymnasium and for the
erection ofa building suited the purpose of the school The
lot win be enclosed and the building completed week.
aud the institution will 80 into operation before the FIRST
of Cctnber next
tits unnecessary specify the numerous and superior adj
Eanaofs whfh the cyof Richmond POSSESSES 2I the establish
neSs OF It's climate the beauty its situation and the exeeep
of its society too well known require enumeration
letters OF application directed the subscriber in Richmond
viii receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW.
- Persons residing a distance mn Richmond are i.
red for information Concerning the qualifications and success
MT shaw as an Instructor % the Rev. jeremiah Day ID ~
l. L. d. President Of Yale College Of which Mr. Sia n
graduate, 70 Beamin Silinan e. James T. Kingsley Peers pro
ors IN the same college the Right Rev Bishop Moore in,
rev esSrs stephen Taylor, VIM Armstrong and Crocs G.
IL Bacchus and j. M Wickham Esqrs and Doctor Al Pss-
OF lns CITY, aud tn the following gentlemen Of this city, who
among the pats Of Mr. Shsgs Gass;r snd
cal Academy, viz tho Hon VIM Broc kenbrorh John ir
nam and Chapman Johnson, EsorS, Doctors William Taze-
well and John Dove, Richard Andersen, Geo Fsher Robert
Swa'hmsy, Ihos Tayof Nicholas Mills Gusavus Lucke
II. Z. Gillian, EsqrS mays
PORTER CELLAR,
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