Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-18
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
CITY OF arCBnroND.

TUE subscriber respectfully announces to the public tina, n,
intends to connect with his Classical and Mathematics
Academy regular complete course of yssasrrc Es,S
anu mus 10 establish in the city OF Richmond, LITERARY
designed. that this institution shall be founded and con-
ducted on the plan Of similar Schools which have long
in Germany and have recently gone into operation m the north
United States The eonrs of studies which
DC 50 Saapted as prepare young gentlemen either for the
viz: e ~ " '
l. ANCIENT LAxeu,ers. The Latin Greek and Hebrew
Italian aud Geruan. ''
an ESor,sa LASovAcr Its Grammar, Reading Eloeu on
4. PrssASsair and Boox.Krrso
CoNrosrioS in the languages sudcd in the school
use OF Maps and Globes.
7NAruaAL PutosorHr including Astronomy aud Cbers,rv
MATHEMATICS, consisting Arithmetic Algebra Geo
"aiG plane and Spherical Isononeu Me'raOn Nuv
y Tar GYNsAsrIc ExsRc,sEs.
The number OF pupils WILL usually, I've limited rrN hut will
au M such manner he regulated that each pupil may
the requisite share %. attention
gentleman Gennauy will drec, the Cymnas,c Exer
cises, and teach the German and Hebrew Languages ,afirs
OF France viii give Instruction in the FRENCH Spanish por,
sucse Italian languages classical teacher viii ss m
the classical department, and English assistant will be en-
ployed in the Mathematical English departnent Addi
uonai AM VII he procured, should the number OF scholars
The school, thus organized will be subjected to the immediate
superintendent and exclusive control OF the subscriber
The enre expense of tuition all or any, Of III. branches
u; h fms institution III , including board lodging and wash
pei day scholars the terms will he SAD ne onn,
orhe lower branches of the English $40
Tor the higher branches of the paIncn aud $40 add
,onaly per for the Ancicn, Modern languages en-
bacing the higher branches OF Mathematics Book
and the Gymnasck Exercises Payments will be required Al,
the termination of each quarter but charge c be
Advance. There wall two vacations the first of one vc a,
Christmas the second of weeks commencing ON the Is,
OF August and OF course few days months of
session time, during the year Immediately before the h,,s,
vacation the pupils will annually subjected to a rigid aud
thorough examination in all their studies the preceding YEAR
aud this be conducted not y the is,Ss,"
particular passages and questions in which they are to be-
c<amncd but 10y competent gentlemen, who may attend the
examination aud such parts the whole annual courof
study, as these gentlemen may select.
The scholars who board with the prncPa shalrbc regarded
ana treated as members o his family, their moral dcporinen,
shall meet with vglant and constant care and they shall be
on 'he oaboath 10y one or more OF their instructors,
10 such place OF public worship III this city in each instance
| the parent or guardian may direct
The moral and scholastic government, of this institution shall
receive the sictcs and moI particular attention
uaxn the truth Of which has experience that
school which is well goueraed wen taught and
may with TRUTH be remarked that the mode
best adapted 10 the circumstances and conducive 10 the
welfare of children and YOUTH that which may be termed the
which is indebted for success affection rather than 20
The department Oft instructor should invariably be such
TO secure the respect OF the pupil for gour of discipline
eyer exact willing obedience the latter while either an
irritable temper want Of nnness forms in the cha
ractcr OF the former Though the right of administering
sna discipline, will be relnqused any teacher whs
possesses either Independence discretion still The assertion of
tue right by means implies the certainty Of erecsc and
indeed the conviction that such right will he exercised should
occasion require will generally ovac the necessity of resort
he
avoided And though nothing richly deserve or more
eieetuay ensure the contempt of the pupil the abandon
ent on the part OF the instructor OF the very means which, in
some extreme cases. become Indispensable to the support
authority ytte subscriber is convinced by the experience
more than thirteen years teaching that government of
school, reason Us intellectually efficient than rod that
while the former, most commonly every purpose the
latter Is seldom necessary and that the discretion of the in
s"ctor III e assignment OF tasks, aud his puncuaty in
attending TO their recitation, will accomplish infinitely more
than any severity ofpunmet which inflicted on the
pupil.
Aseeahy to the principles briefly suggested the preceding
remarks viii the police OF this regulated and con-
cted and shord neither the influence of nor te
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours of
on nor such personal discipline SHALL the Judgment of
the PRINCIPAL be deemed cxpedieni produce the desired e,
me oendcr VIII be removed from the school, sent home
10 his parent guardian
An elevated heahiul and retired 10; situated on sbkoe
Inn, III the centre of respectable noghbourood las
been Obtained for the of the Gymnasuu and for e
erection oil building stated to tire purpose of the school The
ot WI be enclosed and the building completed few weeks
ana tc institution VIII 20 into operation before first
of October
vaaees which the city of Richmond possesses for the establish
nent OF Literary Gymnasium The remarkable leaihfl.
o "s climate the beauty of its situation, and the excellence
{" us society, are too well known require enumeration
letters OF application directed the subscriber in Richmond
! WI! receive attention.
OLIVER A. SHAW.
Persons residing distance from Richmond are refer
ed or information concerning the qualifications and success OF
WI 9na" as an INSTRUCTOR to the Rev. jeremiah Day. ID.
l. L. d. President Of Yale College, of which MIR Shaw, re
graduate 10 bejamn Sllman James L. Kingsley Esqrs Pro.
lessons IN the same College TO the Right Rev Bishop Moore the
Rev Messrs Stephen Taylor VIM Armstrong and Crocs g.
H. Bacchus and j. NJ Wckham Esqrs and Doctor Al PAGE
" uhs CITY, ana To tho following gentlemen of this city, who
are among the patrons of MIR Saw Classical and Ma6ema,;
cal Academy, viz the Hon. VIM. Brockeubrough John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson Esqrs. Doctors William Taze
well and John Dove, Richard Anderson Geo Fisher RobeT,
wainey Tho Taylor Nicholas Mills Gustavus Lucke and
r. G. Gillian, Esqrs. MAJ
rules held in the clerks of the court Of the United
Tor the 9Th circuit and eastern district Virginia in
INC month oi Feb 1929 James Thompson and Richard Mint
deeeaSeJ nh. o,, g p o. EppaPhods Tmbeakc
'S partners oi william Cunningham 20. delts,- CHAN