Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-06-19
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
CITY OF RICHMOND.

r,tIE subscriber respectfully IN. ,,
uSus 70 Soanee, with ms Classical and Mathematical
ano .us 70 establish, IN The city OF Richmond, LrRARy
II Designed tat this institution shah be founded and con,
luS,ed on Tie plan of similar Schools whch have long existed
M and ave recently gone into operation the north
WIN be SO adapted prepare young gentlemen either Cor the
various collegiate institutions Of our country, Cor the pursuits
via
7. Asc,Sr Languages: The Latin, Greek and Hebrew
Italian and German. -
Inn ESaIisu LASeuAss. Its Grammar Readirs Eocuc,
and Literature o
l. PSNASsup and BooS.KrrprSa
CoNrosrioS in the languages studied in the school
o. nrohx ana StooRArr; comprising the construction and
NsTuRAl pulosorss, including Astronomy aud Chemistry
mey, plane and spesica TIgonome,ry, Nesiraon. Say
CATION, Surveying Conick Scctious and fluxons
p TRs GyMSAsrlC EXERCISES.
The number of pupils WILL usually, he limited a, ~ h; wiz
III no instance, exceed TWENTY each instructor; school
sha IN ucha manner be regulated that each pupil may
the requisite share OF attention.
gentleman from Germany viii direct the Gynas,ick Exer
ces and teach the enan aud Hebrew Languages ndfire
OF France Will give strncton in the French Spanish Port
geese aud Italian languages. A classical teacher will in
the classical department, aud English assistant will
pioyed in the Mathematical and English Department Add
oa AID Will be procured, should the number Of scholars
| render il Unnecessary.
The school, thus ogauze VIII be subjected to the immediate
snpeae!ence and excius"- control Vt the suhscoer as lis
principal.
The entire expense Of tuition in all or any, of , brancbe.
purse III tbs stsuton including board, lodging and
i IN the family oil the principal, Nil be, for pupil $50
per annum TO day scholars, the will he $50 per annum
tor the low er branches of the English department. per amnn
Tor the higher hanchrs o the department. and $40 acd
ionay per annum for the Ancient Modern languages EN-
braons the higher branches o Mathematics, Boo-ket ping
aud the yinnasck Exercises Payments Will be required AT
the termination OF each quarter but cnre Be- made in
adrdce There will be vacations, OF week at
Ihs,na the second o seven weeks, commencing the i
OF August AMI, OF course, few days than months of
vacation, the pupils will, annually, be subjected rigid aud
thorough, examination in all their studies of preceding YEAR
and tins examination will be conducted not by the instructors
OF the school, he pupils being previously made of the
particular passages aud questions in which they To he
examined but by competent gentlemen, who may attend the
examination anu III such parts OF the whole annual
study, as these gentlemen select.
The scholars who board with the principal, shall be regarded
and treated members Of his family, their depor,ne,
shall NEE, with vislan. and care, aud they shall he
accompanied on the Sabbath by oeir Instructors
TO sub place of public worship in this city as, each instance
| the paren, or guardian may dnect
The moral aud scholastic government Of this Institution shall
receive the stIicies and most particular attention IL i;
maxim, the tTi of which has borne the experience tia,
school which well g0rc1ed cannot well t,.i and
may with TRUTH be remarked that the mode government
best adapted 10 the circumstances and conducive to the
welfare OF children and YOUTH is that which may the
parental which IS founded than force aud
which Is indebted for Its success TO affection rather than
le department OF the instructor should invariably be SUCH
10 secure te est of tine pupil for rgcur of discipline will
ever enact willing Obedience from the latter, while either an
Irritable temper want OF mnes in the cha
Tace OF the former Though the right administering per
sond discipline, will never be relnqushed by teacher h
possesses either Independence or discretion, still, the assertion OF
the night by implies the certainly " IFS ereciSe and
re
OCCASION require WIZ generally obviate the necessity of resort
lnS TO mode of punishment, which ought, if possible 10 be
avoided Ard though nothing richly deserve or more
efeciualy the contempt pupil than the abandon
neni on the part of the instructor of the very means which, in
some extreme cases. become Indispensable the support of
Authority, the subscriber is convinced by tire exuc.cce nj
more than thirteen years in teaching that in the government OF
school, is intellectually efficient the rod thai
whe ue former most COMMONLY every purpose the
latter seldom necessary, and that the discretion the I'M
stscor in the assignment of tasks and his pnctuaIty in
attending TO their recitation will accomplish Infinitely more
pupil
Ageaby the principles briefly suggested in the preceding
remarks viii the police of this institution be regulated con-
Quoted ad should neither the influence of persuasion nor the
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours of ecrea
on nor such personal discipline SHALL in tile judgment of
the principal be deemed expeent produce the desired effect
the offender will be removed from Tie school, and sent home
10 his parent guardian
An elevated heattnl retired lot situated on Shockoe
HILL III the cere of respectable neghbOurhood bias
been obtained for the of the Gymnasium and for the
erection Of building suited to tie purpose Of the school, The
lot VIM be enclosed and the building completed a weeks
and the institution viii so into operation before first
DfOctober
'antases which the city OF Richmond possesses for the establish
nent Of Literary Gymnasium. The remarkable heal;hul
ness Gifts Climate the beauty Of is siuaon aud the excellence
oil ITS society, are too well known require eImeraio
Letters OF application directed the subscriber in Rchrlon5
will receive attention..
OLIVER SHAW
persons residing distance from Richmond are refer
red for information concerning the qualifications and success OF
Nh Shaw as an nuIc,f the Rev. jeremiah Day. H. d.
L. L. d. President OF Yale College, Of which Mr. Shaw -
graduate Beamin Slnan e. James L. Kingsley Esars Pro
esoIs III the College to;he Right Rev. Bishop Moore the
b. Bacchus and j. NJ WcEham Esors aud Doctor II Pa1e
)f this CITY, aud 90 the following gentlemen of this CITY who
ire among the patrons Of Nr Shaws Classical and Maena
al Academy, viz the Hon. VIM. BIockenhoIsh John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson, Eqrs., Doctors William Tazs
wen and John Dove, Richard Anderson Geo Fisher Poer,
wathmey, Thos Taylor Nicholas Mills, Gus,vus Luoke and
R. G. Gillian, Esqrs. NAV
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