Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-12
2. LITERARY GYMNASIUM
. 80. IN THE
CITY OF RrcHn6oIJD.

81
E s- CITY OF RfCHn6oTJD.
WE subscriber respectfully 10 the public tina, he
intends 10 conrect with his Classical and hathea tic al
Acadsny regular and complete course Of (rMS,src Ex,r
.rs aud thus establish, in the city of Richmond LrsanY
II Designed institution shall lie founded and CON-
and have ssesny so"s s,o weh have long
e secuo OF the United States The studies which
Of sD eaaS ar e s for se
o. ac"se hi viii embrace te following branches Of
l. AscEsr LAsSuaoEss The Latin Greek and Hebrew,
nioptss LAsecAoEs; The French, sry,isii Pc, msuese
3 Tah EseIsu L.ssvaer: Its Grammar, Reading, Eocucn
= T. PfsaASs+r and Boox.Ir,pwo
I1AsosloN ~ the several LANG studied IN school,
o anu TYPOGRAPHY comprising the AND
NATURAL PmLosory ncludmg Astronomy and Chemistry
myIIsaIieks consisting of Arhineck. Algebra Geo.
eatons Surveying coock Sections and fIuxions.
8 Tek GyMSssrIc EXERCISES.
IN no tnstace EXCEED TWENTY beach strtor the school
the requisite share Of attention.
gentleman from Germany will direct the Gymnastics Exer
cisc and teach the German and Hebrew Languages ,tise
ofrance viii give instruction in the French, Spahis Por,u
guese and alian languages classical ass, in
III, nes eS's, and an Ensis assistant will be
uona ad WA be procured should tire number of scholars
The school, s organized will he subjected to the immediate
pF%;.eS .I -
pnrs,ed in thus institution, including board lodging wash
ing IN the family of the principal will be- for each pupil $3.50
per an,um To day scholars the viii be $40 anrm
for oSrr branches Of the English department. $40 per
Tor the higher branehes Of the same and $40 ad
onally per snnum for the Ancient Modern languages
oracng the higher branches OF Maehatcks bookkeeping
and The GynDasick Exercises Payments will he required AT
ths termination of each quarter charre Srnde in
arcres There will DE tosacaons, the first week at
fAugu and, course days more than ten months of
sson tnne during tho ycar Immediately before Angus,
vacaion the pupils WILL annually, subjected to rigid ana
o
and this examination will be conducted instructors
at the school, he pupils being previously made aware OF the
particular passages and questions which they are 10 be
exainned but by competent gentlemen, who may attend the
aud in such parts Of the whoc ANNA!
Tie scholars who board with the principal shall be regarded
a treated as members al his family, their moral department
sna meet with vgant and constant care and shall
accompanied on the Sabbath 10y ote instructors
70 such place public worship IN this city each instance
the parelt or guardian direct.
The moral and scholastic government Institution shall
maxim, the truth of which has borne the oexperencc
school which no well gorersd cannot be we'll taug and
tInay, with truth, DO remarked that the mode of government
best adapted To the circumstances and most conducive the
welfare OF children and YOUTH rs that which may be termed the
parental, which Is founded force
which indebted for ts affection rather than
Inc department OF the instructor should invariably be sc
70 secure the respect OF the pupil tor tr 0i will
ever exact willing obedience from the latter, while either
irritable eapcr of hnness, FIRMS in
racter Of the former Though the right of administering per-
soDa discipline, V never be elnc"se Ivy ANY teacher vine
possesses either Independence discretion, still e assertion
the right by means implies the certainty # us cr:rci, and
indeed, the conviction tina; such right will he rcse should
occasion require will generally Oviate the Of
ing TO moRe OF punishment, which ought " possible, To he
voled Aud though nothing richly deserve
cecuay e contempt of the pupil than the abandon
men, on the part Of the instructor OF the which, in
extreme eases, become ndpcn sable to the support
aihry, yet the subscriber convinced 10y tine experience
than thirteen yearA teaching that,
school, intellectually efficient than ie rod, that
while the fnier, most commonly answers every purpose the
latter is seldom necessary, and that the discretion OF the
sictor IN the assignment of tasks, and his puncaty in
attending their recitation, will accomplish Infinitely more
than severity PUNISHMENT which be inflicted the
papii.
rcnaks, viii tie police of this institution I've regulated
Quoted aud sorld neither tue influence of persuasion tho
rss,ng from confinement during the hours
hc principal he deeed expcdcn produce the csircd ecc
The offender viii be removed from tue school, and sent home
20 his parent guardian
An elevated hea,hfI and retired lot situated on Shockoc
fiin In the OF respectable Trghbohoud, has
Obtained for the exercises Of the Gymnasium aud for the
erection building suited to the purpose of the school, The
LOT win lie enclosed and the building completed few week.,
and the institution Will % into operation before the fret
ofOctoIber
is unnecessary to specify the superior
santa9es which the city Of Richmond possesses for the establish
fient of Literary Gymnasium. The remarkable heahf
OF It's climate the eatyofts suaion and the excellence
OF It's society, too well known require enncTaton
Letters of application directed to the subscriber, ia Richmond,
OLIVER A. SHAW
residing distance from Richmond rcisr-
red oLnonaon cocepng the qualifications aud OF
MIR Shaw'as instructor, the Rev. jeremiah Day. ID ID.
/. J. ID. President Of Yale College, OF which MIR Shaw
graduate Bcanu SDnian James T. Kingsley, Esqrs Pro-
fssors the College, the Right Rev Bishop Moore the
Rev MeSsrs Stephen TAYLOR VIM Armstrong and Croes g..
IT, Baocbn and NJ Wickam Esqrs, and Doctor 81 Page
of this city, and n the following genoncn OF this city, who
among the patrons OF MIR Shaw Classical and Mahcna,
cal Academy, viz: the Hon Wm BrOckenbhhgh, John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson, Eqrs, Doctors William Tazc-
we'll and John Dove Richard Anderson, Geo Fse Robert
Gwamcy, Thos Taylor, Nicholas Mills Gusilvus Luckc and
II. g. Gillian, Esqrs may 3