Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-30
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CITY OF a1CHmoMn.

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academy icsu! aud complete course of q. 49,
GrxNAlua- iATlhNF
u Is dc SOed that this institution shall he funded oni co-
and nave recently into operation In the ncrh
ein section OF The United States The course OF dies WING
vaoastn!legiae our c,n,n ~ or for The n
me w'h embrace the following educarinr
!, AsciiNr LMcrAe,s; The Latin. Grrrk and Hebrew
Italian , LANouA6f' The French Spanish Portuguese
and Literature. '' $1,000" % i"oS"'"h
] ! PiNNASsAIP and Boox-K,rpxo
D tosiroo N the several ases striei In ic sebocl
use 81 Maps and Gn,cs "D''
N3TrRAL pH'IOsoriir, including Astronomy and Chemr
meiry plane and spherical 1sononeir NenstIai,on Nae;
CATION, Surveying Conick Sections and Flaxinns ~
I'm GSsSAsfI~ ExEK.Eas.
lie number o. pupils wal, usually, limited NJ bu v;,.
h,n j., 49, MY 'oeSeh instructor; and the school
% az suci manner be regulated that pupil ma recriva
the requisite share OF attention 10y '''S''o
gentleman from Germany will the Gy,uas,cs Fxe,
- alu .li1l ne .crnan and ttEev Languages rafr,
OF France Will give instruction the French Spanish PORT,
,c classical department aad on L,,glish assian ,I E IA
piosed IN ae mathematical Elsiish Department AL
a. %n WIN be po'ued should the number of scholars
The school, thus organized, MI ne subjected to the Immediate
The entire expense Of tuition i, al, Crane Of tho
pursued IN ihls institution ncndns hoard iojnin. ami
my IN The family otthe principal wi each pup sJs
per a,mln TO day scholars ,e will $50 per annun
for te higher branches of the department aud $40 ar
tonay per annnm for the Ancient Modem lane uage< %
bacing the higher branches of Mathematics Book
ana the tiylastck Exercises Payments will trau;rId
the termination of quarter but no b ~, a.
adUace There will vacations the irs, of one [ =.
Christmas, the second of weeks On ,ba u.
o August and OF coue, days ten months al
session Time during tire Immediately before the Aaeu
vacation the pupils wi annually, subjected 10 raid Sr
oIou9 examination IN all then studies preceding yeaT
aud this examination will be conducted not by line s,Sc,o
OF the school, he pupils beng previously aware Of the
ruAI passages and questions, in which they are 10 be
exned but by competent geneeu, may attend III.
examination, and IN such parts whole apiaI corss -
siady as i'ese gentlemen NAV select ' -
Tine scholars who board with the PRINCIPAL shall be oe,,
and treated as members of his family, moral depoInen,
~. rs'G ant ana constant care, and they shall DO
aiea on ue Sabbath by tlei. instructors
70 such place opiic worship in this city as IN each isanc'
| iiie parent ar guardian dnect Sr
The moral and scholastic government or this Institution shall
maxim the nth of which has the test of experecc b
school which well gocered cannot be veil taT,vE1 s
may, VAN truth, DE aked, that mote OF suvoa,
best aGapted to tie ecIusiaees, most conlcve IN %
welfare OF children and youth, is that which may DO termed de
parental, which 10 founded more in reason ,an on 90
winch Is Indebted for its SUCCESS affection rac ,han -
me department OF Tie instructor should invariably be such as
10 secure The respect Of the pul r-ru of dis- l,
ever exact willing obedience the latter willie cc, az
T irritable lempe or a wan, OF fmpes forms ~, oc ah
rac;cr former Though the Igh of, Of , IN le cha
sonar josephine VIII never DC eluuuished any teaeT ro
possesses either independence OF discretion sllbs $500 no
me right by no means implies the csrinty of IFS trecr;s I
'leen the conviction that right will be exercised sho.li
occasion require will generally the necessity of rc
uS TO- mode OF punishment which ought if possible to I've
avoded And though nothing roc richly deserve ar NO.
cectay ensure the contempt of the ntpii than fe sou
eht on tie part Of tire instructor of the vcy means which ~
some extreme cases, become Indispensable 10 The sIpno -
y yet the subscriber convinced, by the experience ~
more than thirteen years m teaching that in tue IS
SCHOOL, reason IS intellectually ,ol
ue e former, most commonly, every p,rr,ose a.,
''i Is seoum necessary, and that
sifuctoT IN the assignment of hi
Stenuhs 'o tne recitation, VIII accomplish Infinitely IS,r
than any severity of punishment which Fan be inf;ctsJ ~ 80
pupil - 1'''si On inc
AgIeeaby to the principles briefly suggested IN the prree
remarks, ~athe police OF TINS institution I've rrrs Ted and GO
Quoted, and shorld neither influence Of go -
coercion resulting from confinement drue M hors ol
tion, nor such personal discipline SHALL in the id, ~,
e PRINCIPAL e deemed espedeUl, produce the desired ,,
I ouenneI whl De removed from the school, and sent hore
| tn lis parent guardian N''
An elevated, hcaihiul aud retired lot situated n, S,.eo
n, IN inc centre OF most respectable uegl.ourcod has
uec ooieu or the exercises of tho Gymnasium and sr t
eccthn Oh building suited 10 the Of
lot VIII be enclosed aud the building eornpIcted m @ re
and the institution will go ho operation before o. ON the Or,
ofOciober next " ~ wv Ais'
Is unnecessary 10 specify the numerous and sneror adj
NiiagcS which the city Of Richmond
nicni Of Literary Gymnasium Tie ren,ark,s'n bc,hh6t
ness OF ITS climate the beauty situation a, the exrc
OF its society, ton well Known ro,prre enumeration
Letters ~ application directed TO the tubscrber IN huor9
WI receive attention.
OLIVER a. SHAW
Persons csliy a distance from Rictn,,d as r
rcd ior information concerning the qualifications and uccrs 81
M Shs" as an Instructor "a the Rev. jeremiah Hav ID D.
L. y D. President OF ale College, OF which SIR S6,y : ,
graduate 10 BcJiInu Sihnan e. James e. Kingsley Eyrs r.,
issuIs ~ the College,, the Right Rev Eisp Meme a.,
rev Messrs Scplea Taylor VIM. Armstrong aud Csrrs g.
". bacehus ana j. NJ WcSlau Ers aud Do.tor Il pags
81 ths city and the following gentlemen of III CITY who
nre among the pars # Mr. Shaws Classical and Niacna,
cal Academy, VIZ the Hon WIN. Brock through John WI
nam anu Ihapman Johnson E7F, Dostors William TaTr
wen auo John Dove Richard Audvu, Geo. Fisher, EOter
Gwlunney, ThoS Taylor NohoLs Mills, GustayS Luckc AMI
Il 6 Gillian, Esqrs. mays