Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-06
PROPOS AIS
4 .NEW school, FOR BOYS

TT is popcsc6 establish, At or ne ar Charlottesville
a new School nr 'he Education Of Boys which shall
he ordered aud iegra,ed after the plan of German
Gymnasa. and other similar institutions lately opened
in our own county, upon the follow ing genera pr,nc-
plcs
The boys shall be boarded and lodscd together in sui
table Hous- the DOMESTIC of which shall be
"'deed by The Principal Of the Srhoul, and natron nj
proper qualifications who shall b. selected m the rce
There shall be at least five Teachers Priscipai, nd
four assistant Professors who shall teach the following
branches:
l. English Ianguage-iucludng Reading, Writing. Flo.
:uon, Grammar, aud English Literature ecomnnriat ted
20 the age Ut the pupils.
2 Greek and Roman Languages and Literature.
.. Modern Languages French, Spanish, &c.
A. Geography, and Elements of History, Civil md Ma
tural, &c. -
D. Arithmetic, Book Keeping nd Mathematics.
Tive tfncips shall also DE the teacher sacred pilo
snrhy, and the Assistant Professors shall b
tine teacher OF Gymnastics.
In" course of studies shall he ordered by Pncipa
on may he regulated according pleasure of the a
IenS' so as 10 maket either preparation f the Unvrr
si'y or Tor the business and duties of active life.
The mode Of instruction shall be suhsta nts,,y that
wnch pursued IN similar establishments. and which
happily eonrived to secure the advantage of
ed teachers conhning themselves severaly particular
branches OF tuition and teaching oay email classes of
about ten scholars esch enabling them pay all proper
attention to each indivi bay.
The government OF the school shall be entirely IA
he punshmens for failure studies or other delpou,p
ccs shall be moderate, and adinipe with duo discrs.
''n They shall consist Of confinement during piay hours
N N
when absolutely necessary Gas may sometimes be Tor
the smaller boys) little corporal correc,iou II any
pupil should become babi,uay aud ncogiby negligent
of refractory he shall be reported and p,
vaieiy dismissed from the school
The utmost attention shall he paid the mora Is nd
Of tho pupils who will aweys he under the viz,
iaHt inspection OF their some one of tbc
for they will not be suffered leave the ground wi,bou
special permission, aud for good cause; will bs con
s,ani!y pursuing their studies their Its bsfs
the eyes 81 their euardilns
Az Il is believed that religious instruction will greatly
G"ce 10 me mai"rnance of prsper discipline in such
an establishments and otherwise essentially promote the
welfare ut its members, all poper shall be taken o
instruct the boys IN the principles Of Christianity but
without view whatever the supposed nterrs, of anv
particular sect They shall accordingly be tho ee
mrnts nj Sacred Philosophy from the Bible; thew shall he
required To attend morning * evening and on The
Sabbath day they shall be- taken the forenoon along with
heU teachers, of them, public woship AZ
such house their sha the
frnop" shall prescribe: and in the afternoon they shall
attend service in rr Chapel Room, where the Pin
c'pai shall Instruct them by recaons from the Scriptures
ana snail also give them short lecture
L" 'e' age And they she'll be taught nil times, both hy
pfecrt and the example Of their instructors car God
ana keep his commandments, which is the whole duty Of
man" ' "
There shall he in the year with vacations be-
wcen the first tenn from the first October to the first
." sp aud the second from the first Of May tho frsi
OF September.
The charge for each boy will he two hundred do,I,,s
year. payable hall yearly advance for board lodarg
washing ana n'ending loom, fuel lights all furniture
be i1ed
by The pupil himself The boys will be permitted IN ,.r,,;
w''h The family during the vacations without any extra
charge. ~
Arrangements will he made for openn, III. scbcoI with
out delay as soon fifty scholars shall have been enoa
gee" ana most probably the rst of October next, II
numncr shall DC obtained, is intended that an ad-
Gtional number OF instructors shall also be empIovcd
" believed that the Monticello House. the Of the
'ae MI Jefferson, may he procured for the
ann hoped that gentleman Of Distinguished IA en,s
and every way qualified for the service nav be induced
inf IN
IT, The following gentlemen may hc referred N far any
iuher information that may be dssed and they will also
receive the names Of any pupils whom their parents or
guardians may be disposed engage.
HUGH NELSON, Esq. Abem1rIc
Hon. WM. c. R,vrs.
Rev FsEpERIcK w. HATCH,
Rev. FRANCIS BOWMAN, "
DIR. PRANK Carr,
THOMAS J. RANDOLPH, Esq "
ALEXANDER GARRETT, Esq.
ltssE y. HannIsoS, Esq. Lynchburg.
JOSEPH &. CABELL, ESD Nelson.
Rev. JESSE ARMIsTEAp, Buckingham.
Kev. JoHH II. RICE, ID. ID. Prince Edward.
Henry u. WATKrNs,
Gen. EDwARD g. CAnRISGToN, IIaIifax.
DR.. JoNEs, Nottoway.
Zen. WM. BRoADNAx, Dnwiddio,
Rev E B y II. RICE, Petersburg
VIM III. ATKINSON, Esq. "
VIM. III. MACFARLAND, Esq.
~. Rev. RICHARD g. MOORE, Richmond
Judge WIN. CABEIL,
CHAPMAN JOHNSON, Esq.
Rev. WIN. J. ARMSTRONG;
Roy. STEPHEN TAYLOR,
Rev. - KERn,
JAMES NJ. GAaNETT, ESQ. Essex.
Judge FRANCIS BaooEE, Fredericksburg.
Rev. SAMUEL +. Wnsow,
Rev. EDwARD e. McGUIRE
lion. CnhHLEs +. MEacgR, Loudonn.
Rev. WV. MEADE, Frederick.
Judge ALLEN TAYLOR stanton.
CHhRIgs stuart, Augusta.
Gen. LANES BRgcKENRIpGE, Botetourt
Gen. FnANcfs PREsToS, Abingdon.
Gcn' JONI III. Cooke, F1uvanna.
JOHN TIsBERLAKE, jr. Esq.
iSeV' SHEPARD X. KoLLOCK Norfolk.
WIN; MAXWELL, Esq.
April Is s,c