Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-03
LITER.4RY GYNyT.4SIU.U
CITY OF RlcyNaOWp.


nIenG TO connect win ms Classical and Mathematical
Academy, regular and complete course of GYMyAsrr p
a. "d thus 10 establish III e city Richmond Lirsn AAr
tt.sSA,I,.l.
/, is designed, ua IS institution .al be founded and con
tced on The p1n similar Schools, which have i1r existed
SECTION OF the tned States Tie course OF studios whicL
~" lie 50 adapted as to prepare yong sel.cct esr the
Ns!'s collegiate ms;ons Of uur country. the pursus
OF Sc'Ne Lie, '' embrace Tire Glowing Draucne. education
|. AscnAr Lassyaef. The Latin, Greek ana Hcs,e,r
Ai9DtsS taorA"ts' Tie Flench, sluujsl Po.ius iesc
/ 5 Tar E>Gl,sH LANuuAoe T. tiraur.r Pcal,r, I..;o
l,d L,eGatule.
:. riNMANs ZIP and Book XtYrryc
D Co"PoSTToN IN the several languages studied In the school,
D. IiisroRE an Gto"RArEi comprising tie construction
ArtRsL Pmtosorv including Astronomy and Chemistry
:" iAThi"ATioAs Consisting OF A-hncrS Algebra, Geo
merry, plane and spherical Irgonone,r Mr.sura on Nsgi
cation, Surveying Conck Sections 9nd fiixicns.
TAG GGaNAsTIC EXrR,,sEs.
The number OF pupils Si usually, limited - rr, 5 viii
M NJ instance, exceed Twenty 10 eaCn ns,roT; the schoo
shall IN sucIa manner regulated, ;a pupil MAY receive,
tine requisite share 81 attention
gentleman from Germany va! direct tie Gymnastics ENe
cises and teach the German ad he Languages. nntirs
of France viii give instruction the French, spanish Porto
saese aud Italian language classical teache. viii assist IL
lie classical department, and English assistant will be en-
p!oyed in the Matemat al and tssh department Add.
uonal aid VIII be psocuFed should the number Of sckars
render it necessary.
The school, thus organized will be subjected - the immediate
suen;endence and eNcs!"= con a de sgbrriel as rs
principal
The expense Of tuition in ALL o. any, Of tbs branches
pursued IN TINS institution, including bos, lodging and
ng, M the family OF the principal will be, for each pupil $50
per To day scholars The viii $50 per anirr
Tor ic lower branches OF the English sepament $40 per annn
io the higher branches OF the department. aud $40 add
;oua!,y per or the Aucicu NoG&n 5ucuages EN-
braeng Lic higher bsauccs - Mathematics Bookkeeping
and tie Gymnastics Exercises Payments will h. REQUIRED Al
lie termination Ct each quarter bat charge 'p made IL
aGranos There VIII be vacations, e rst Of ore week II
Christmas the second Of weeks commencing on tho J.,
Of August and ofoanrs few days than al
vocation he pupils VIII annually, be Subjected to reid and
thorough examination in al their studies of the preceding ver
is examauun . be conducted af nv ihe i,S,r.o-
~
Particular passages and questions, IN which hey &c 20 re
examined bat by competent, gentlemen who NAV attend ,e
examination, ard IN such parts Of The wI0le annual course n.
stud. p these senteUe. MAY select
IUe scholars with the principal shall he rerarl
aud treated members of ms family. moral department
shall meet with y-au and constant care and they shall be
10 such place OF public worship this city a. in each instance
the parent or guar,iioD may dnect
The moral and scholastic government Of this institution &
receive the suc,est and particular attention II is
maxim tie tC Of which has loue the experience ts
school which i- nc; well Irer,,eJ cannot e ~ ,,I
may, with truth, be remarked, that the nuIc Of
uc; adapted 10 tie circumstances, and conducive t. the
welfare nj children and you,h is that which may 10 ie,r, ,t
Fa'tfr', which - founded lan incc, aud
rhch 10 indebted ior is success to affection rather fer
The department e should invariably be srcb -
10 secure the respect 81 tc pupil Tor CUR Of discipline will
ever exact willing obedience from the latter while c,hcr an
irritable temper want Of nnncSs forms trait I'm the cha
sona discipline, Wi never I've cnquIshed by teacher
POSSESSES either independence discretion M the ass.rio, Of
indeed, the CONVECTION, sucha right win be exercised Should
occasion require, viii generally obytie the Necessity of resort
u 10 be
avoided Aud though nothing richly deserve more
cecuay the contempt of the pur tau the abandon.
ment on the o the Instructor of the very means which, in
some extreme cases, become Indispensable to the support oil
authority, Tic subscriber Is convinced experience Of
than thirteen teaching. that, government Of
school, is intellectually efficient the rod tia,
while the former, commonly, every purpose the
latter il seldom necessary, and that the discretion of the in
soor IN IN" assignment OF tasks, and his puncuaty n
attending their recitation, viii plisn infinitely more
than any severity OF punishment which can be Unlisted the
pupil
Acrcc1y to thr rrr-ir- tcG, Suggested in tire pccedi
remarks VIII s police OF this Institution be iceular and con
Quoted md should neither the influence rcuau Eor the
coercion resulting from confinement dng the hours Of ecrea-
on nor such personal discipline as shall, n the judgment
e principal DC deemed cVlcdca, p0uce the desired effect
hc offender will tc removed from school, aud sent home
~ HIS parent guardian.
An elevated, hcahth and retired lot situated on Shockoc
Ill., i'm the centre Of respectable neEhbourhood, has
'rn obtained r the exercises Of the Gymnasium Tor the
erection Of building suited the pupoc school The
u v hc enclosed and the building completed few weeks
and the institution will 90 into operation before the FIRST
ofOctobrr next
II is unnecessary - specify Nc numerous aud srrerior adj
which the CITY OF Richmond possesses ctab.
Iucnt of Literary Gymnasium. the remarkable heahfl
climate, beauty situation nd the cxrcir
Letters Of application drccc N the subscriber In Richmond
v iI receive attention.
OLIVER s. SHAW
Persons c-ir- distance from Rcuond are refer.
red or Information Concerning the qualifications and success oil
Nlr Shaw Instructor, the Rev jeremiah Dav ~ D.
L. Z. ~. ftGCnt OF Yale College Of which Mr. Shaw is
graduate, Bcj7nir Sman James L. Kingsley Fsqrs, Pro-
the College, tive Rgtl Rev Bishop Moore The
Rev. Mesrs stephen Taylor VIM Armstrong and Cr0es, G.
H. Bacchus and }. NJ Wickau EsTs, ari Doctor 81 Page
Of this city, and 70 the following gentlemen ~ tbs -y, who
cal Academy viz. the Hon WIN Brockcnbrogh. John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson, EsqrS, Doctors William 1age
well and john Dove Richard Anderson, Geo Fisher Robert
Gwa,hmtv Thos Ta'lo~ Ncho's NIi Cs'ttus Iuokc and