Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-24
Mrs Purtev's eWi..avy
FOR YOUNG LADIES'.
FOR you

Will be re opened on the 2is IF Sept. Inhcr
VUtnE course of instruction pursued IN this ms, ttIon'
being the result of experience, OF car'ui orser.
walton and earnest wish - 10 ad p' n'tncton 10
the eNg.ncies of the young mind as to bring f0r ther
powers to the best ad'anag", and 10 cui'N"'e I'' III
due proportion IL is hoped that those who avail then'
selves of II will find both pleasure anu az '
The system comprises the following branches;-
Premiership, rcuding Mathematical an" 'eob'ap"0"
craving.
EIo,,uon bv which is here intended an ".sv na'ur7'
and accurate manner of reading lie best E' Isl 49,
ts m pru,e and poetry Very great, ,nu -. man ~
s,uoc, mccesSf siinrts have nr,n mate, .n"s';-
,u,e this method fo' tn monoon"us one ~A'c' : 20
prevalent
Arithmetic ard Algebra vi h her application. ny
rcc;ton. practical .tr ani tmiinrilu 'rior'.
Grammar. logic AMI iiiIe,ntic l., ne vn'y 9" Xxx
book, ACCOM- panied with minute and i''niaT 'NIi'.'
tons FROM the ,caehcr; after which, or g'nJ trhP'es
are required of the pupiis, with various "r,'eh -
c,es consisting N the lower claSses o decienS"ns
nouns furm"on of plur,l>. onitSsi'on OF vernS,
in the higher Classes of exercises. IN r the derht
heads in Logic AMI ihe'"nc, tra"s's,ons ron,
into prose- with original on virfty" SnJ.''s'
Geography, History and Chronology D. reGna''..'
with rsterence TO valuable Maps, Globes and Charts,
together with the drawing of maps ana "r'ihg ~ ao
stracts by th" pupils. .,,
;, mile, IN, FIRST Nech ,cs, HydrOststIcsand 'neu'
| mates Astronomy, Ch'mNrj. Botany ana '', m
branches of Natural science 'hese Su W.,
studied by tc>t books and iii"sUasu W eNP''"
lectures. e, .:h.
| Although the text books used are OF the highest
character, the pupils net confined to 'hem "ut wiz
consult various STANDARD authors ON the scvera oJes
Ia which thev attend Bt care taken tat the r'cl
t,ns be not ,erbstm, except when particular Cases
r,,,r. IT, The interrogatve system IS pursued anu
III rcc,,.tons are made psrtake ot the nature "
familiar conversations, in which the pupils are e"eo
aoJ "a reason compare and judge, instead vi ser
vile confinement the words of a few authors:
Prizes are ocossioua, offered, buta CONSCIENTIOUS
sense of duty and the pleasure derived from Tie sue
cessfnl pur, u of knowledge are chiefly rehea on Az
the in uceme nts to diligence and hdelfy. inc to.
nation uf moral character, the CULTIVATION "'
deportmept aud manners, courteous ara 8enue hSo',.
NJ inf rcourse are considered important ooJe''s' 'u
the instructions given under these heads are NOV ~
, d,s,;uct exercises the man OBJECT I'd when eiA
other Instruction tends.
eord one hundred dollars per snnum, or SZo quarter
w. payable in advance
Tuition according the class in which the puph
'''' from IS to 10 per term.
French. italian and Spanish, each
Music with the use Of Piano, Harp and ~ .
Drawing Landscape, Flower Miniature
and Velvet Pointing =, % :. :.
X Dancing, ,,,, ,,,
r. Rev. r. Keith, Bernard Iiooc, r. ,
D W. Jackson. A. G.. Cazenove 20
:, John Roberts. y !, -, T. " ~ ~
d THOMSON F Mason, VIM Fo"Ie Co.
d au.-ust pI--d3t
e MUSEUM
~, e,r, 10 IN 70 A NJ, and from 8 TO 5, T.