Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-05-05
LITERARY GYylIyN.4SIUyU
IN THE
CTTY c. RYCFYEMNwn

CITY ,CE, RICHMOND.
r!NHE subscriber respectfully the pubR that he
intends to connect with his Classical and Mathematical
Academy regular and complete of GYMyArtc ExE
csrs and thus establish in The city of Richmond LITERARY
| GYMNASIUM.
tits designed, that this shall be founded con
Quoted the plan similar Schools, which long existed
IN Germany and have recently into operation the noril
em section of the United States The of studies which
VIII ne adapted rs to young gentlemen either for the
various collegiate institutions of country, the pursuits
OF active life, will embrace The following branches OF education
l. ANCIENT LANGUAGES The Latin Greek and Hebrew.
MoDnN LANGUAGES: The French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Italian and German
g. THr Eselrsa Language: Gran,a Reading, Execution
| and Literature.
L. PlNMAxs+ and Boox-KEipIxe.
CoMPosrrIoN in the several languages studied III the school,
HIsroav and GEOGRAPHY comprising the construction and
Martial PaInsorv, including Astronomy and Chemistry
g. MATHEMATICS, consisting of Arithneli X Algebra Geo
mety, plane and spherical Tgonon,etry, Aesrraon Nay
gation Surveying Conick Sections and fluxions. !
| y THE GIMSAsrI EXERCISES.
The pupils will, usually a, TEN hi, will
in isance exceed TWENTY each INSTRUCTOR and the school
shall i'll such manner be regulated that rac pupil may receive
the requisite share of attention.
gentleman from Germany vii; direct the Gyn,sick
ces and teach the German ard ebreu Languages natire
Of France will give instruction iii the French Spanish Portu
and Italian languages classical teacher will
ployed in Mathematical English department Add
onal aid will be procured should the number of scholars
The school, organized, will be subjected immediate
supsrnenence and exclusive control the subscriber its
principal
The entire expense of tuition IN ALL any, of the branches
pursued in this institution, including board lodging and wash
per annunl doy scholars terms viii $50 per annun
orthe lower branches OF the English department. $40 per
for the higher branches OF the department. and di
ouaiiy per for te Ancient sIo.ern languages,
and The Gymnastics Exercises Payments will be required al
the termination of each quarter hut charge mil be made
Advance There will be vacations the first of week
Christmas second of weeks commencing the LIST
of August and of course few days than months of
session time during the year Iieda;eiY before the August
vacation pupils win, annually, be subjected rigid
thorough examination in all their studies of the preceding year.
this examination conducted, instructors
OF school, previously
particular passages and questions i'll which they be
exam;ned bit by competent gentlemen who may attend the
examination and in such parts of the whole annual
study, these gentlemen may select
The scholars who beard with the principal stall be regarded
and treated members OF his family, their moral department
snail will, vsant and constan; and they shall he
accompanied the Sabbath by off their instructors
to such place Of public worship III this city each instance
the pareut guardian may direct
The moral and scholastic government of this institution shall
receive the rccst and most particulars attention. 1t is
naxn the truth of winch has borne the Of experience that
school which net well Concerned cannot be well taught and
may, with TRUTH be remarked that the mode of government
best adapted the circumstances and most conducive TO the
welfare OF children and youth that winch may be termed the
perennial, which is founded ban force and
which smdcbict for its affection rather than TO fear
The department OF the shoulo INVARIABLY be sch as
80 secure tie respect ofhc pupil for go OF discipline will
ever exact willing obedience from the latter, while either
irritable temper OF want OF hme forms TRAIT III the Cha
of tie former Though the right of administering per-
possesses either Independence discretion still the assertion of
the right implies the certainty Of its srefcse and,
indeed, the convici6 that such right WIN be exercised should
occasion require III generally obyiate the necessity OF resort
ing mode of punishment, which ought possible, to be
avoided And though moth ing more richly deserve, or more
eecuay ensure the contempt othe pupil than the abandon-
the part othe instructor OF the very means which, III
extreme cases, become indispensable to the support OF
authority the subscriber is convinced by the experience OF
than thirteen teaching that IN the government al
school, sncacuably efficient than the rod tina,
while the former commonly anserS every purpose, the
latter is seldom and that tf oiion OF the
scior i'll the assignment of tasks and ii's Peneaiy IN
attending tcg recitation, will accomplish infinitely more
than any severity OF punishment, which can be no'ed ON the
pupil.
Agrecay to the principles briefly suggested IN the preceding
remarks will the police OF this institution be regulated and con
ducted and should neither the influence of PERSUASION the
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours Of
ton such personal discipline SHALL in the judgment
the principal be deemed expedcnt produce the dese effect
the offender will be removed from the school, and sent MONS
TO hiss parent or guardian.
An elevated heaihiul lot situated shockoe
fl Ill the of most respectable negbouhood has
been obtained for the exercises OF the Gymnasium, and for the
erection Of building suited the purpose Of the school The
lot viii he enclosed and the building completed III few weeks
and the institution will 20 into operation before or on the frs
ofOctojcr next.
is unnecessary specify the and superior al
ment Of Literary Gymnasium. The remarkable hcaltfi
climate, the beauty of its situations and the excellence
fits society, too well known to require enumeration
application directed the subscriber IN Richmond
WIZ '''''' OLIVER A. SHAW.
Persons residing a distance from Richmond, refer
red concerning the qualifications and success
Mr. Shaw as an nsructer the Rev jeremiah Day, d.
l. H. D. President of Yale College, of which Mr. Shaw is
graduate Bejamin Sian & James j. Kingsley Eqrs Pro
y ssnrs IN the same College the Right Rev Bishop Moore, the
Rev Messrs Stephen Taylor VIM. Armstrong and Croes,
n t2scch,,s and J. M Wckha Es1rs, and Doctor vi. Pag
If ms citv and In the following gentlemen this CITY, whit
are among the patrons of Mir Sbaws Classical and Maihema,i
cal Academy viz the Hon WIN Brockenbrougt John Wick
well and John Dove Richard Anderson, Geo Fisher, Rober
Gwatbmey Thos Taylor, Nicholas Mills Gustavns Lucke ans
? r. 9. Gillian, Esqrs may ,
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