Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-05-07
LITERARY GYMNASIUM
IN THE
CITY OF RICHMOND.


01TX OF RICHMOND.
I'VE subscriber respectfully announces TO the public, that he
Acsds ,,sar nn T ean n az
s and hive saabsh i'm 'he city of Richmond, LirinA
It dsssns Sa, this institution shall founicc and con.
duetsd che Pln Of similar Schools winch long
Of .e Omitted States The course Of sadcs which
e a. 70 Sss youns gsnen either for ,o
u,acuve e wiz embrace the following branches of education
l. AscirSr LASousers: The Latin. Greek and Hebrew
niooNsS iNseoAols; Ia French, Spanish, Portuguese
g. THK EsoLisa Or Its Grammar Reading E,ocuon
I. PrsrAssarr and Book Ksrr,xo
D. COMPOSITION in the studied in the school
hEroxS er GEOGRAPHY comprising lion and
Use Il Maps and Gpbes
NaruR~L PnLosoPiy, including Astronomy aud Chemistry
o. mATHhhAFIcks, consisting Of Arihctik Algebra Geo
ms!ry plane and spherical TIgonomey, Mcnsuraon, Nav
gauon, Surveying Conick Sections and Fluxions
g. THr GyssAsrIc ExEncrEs.
The number ofpups will usually, he limited rrs but will
10 no mstnice exceed each chon
sha IN such manner he regulated that each pupil may receive
uie requisite share OF attention
gentleman from Germany viii direct the Gymnas,ick Exe
cs aud teach the German and Hebrew Languages native
guese and Italian languages classical teacher will ass, in
he classical department. and an English assistant will be
poyed IN the Mathematical and English de- Add
uooai and will be procured should the number of scholars
The school, thus organized will he subjected to the immediate
and exclusive control OF the subscriber,
pursued in ss institution, including board, lodging wa s
ins IN the family OF the principal will be- for pu $50
r the lower anebcso the English department. $40 annun
for the higher branches Of the department. $40 ad
onaly per annum for the Ancient Modern lang uaees en-
taeing the higher branches of Mathematics, Book Keeping
and the Gynnsstick Exercises Payments Will required al
the termination Of each quarter but charge made IN
edrane There viii be vacations, the rsi week at
CnIstmas the second Of seven weeks, commencing Is,
OF august and oil course, few days than months of
session time, during the year Immediately before the Angus,
vacation, the pupils will, annually subjected to rgd and
and this examination will be conducted v the
ofthe school, (hc pupils being previously made awat of the
particular passages and questions III which they
sxamnel ou, by competent gentlemen who may attend the
study, AZ these gentlemen select.
"a scholars who board with he nnciPa Shall be REGARDED
shall vigilant constant care and they stall DO
accompanied on the Sabbath by oneor more
TO such place Of public worship this city in each instance
the parent or guardian may dnect.
The moral and scholastic government Of this institution shall
receive the strctest and particular attention IL
MAXIM the truth Of which has borne the ofcxpcrcncc
school which is well eoreraed he well taught
may with truth, he remarked, that tic mode OF government
hest adapted To the circumstances and conducive the
welfare OF children and youth is that which mas the
PARENTAL which Is founded more IN reason than force and
which indebted for its affection rather than
Tho department fthe instructor should Invariably sc as
10 secure the respect Of the pup for rigcur Of discipline will
exact willing obedience from the latter while an
irritable temper or want of hmness forms trait in the cha
racter OF me ufmcI Though The r o administering per-
toal discipline Will never he rcmquscd by any teacher
possesses either Independence discretion, m the assertion
VIC sn, ny no means implies TIE CERTAINTY ~ ts erert,se and
ineed the conviction, that scha right VIII he exercised should
occasion REQUIRE will generally obvIate the
ing Ia mode of ptnishnCni which ought, possible he
avoided Aud though nothing richly deserve
encctualy the contempt of the pupil Than the a nn
ncnt on the part Of the instructor OF the very Which,
extreme become Indispensable IN tire support
authority yet the subscriber is convinced, by the experience
than teaching, that nncn OF
school, intellectually efficient than sc rod, ts
while ,hc former commonly, answers the
latter is seldom, and That tic disc on of tho in
sncfor m the assignment oi TASKS and iN Purcualty in
attending Ia their rccJaiion viii accomplish infinitely
fian any severity of punishment which be inflicted the
pupil p
Agrecahy t'e yrncnlrs briefly suggested the preceding
remarks will tno police Ibis institution be regulated and
coercion resulting from confinement during the hours Of
rou, nor SUCH personal discipline SHALL tie judgment
thc principally lie deemed cxpcdcu produce the desired effect
e oifrLcrw he removed from the school, aud sent nome
20 his parent GUARDIAN
An elevated, beautiful and retired lo situated Shokoc
ti inthe OF respectable ueIgIbournood, has
hen obained for the Of te Gymnasium, fo
erection Of building suited u the purpose of the school The
10, will I've enclosed and the building completed weeks
and the institution will into operation before the first
~ Ocobcr most.
Sis unnecessary specify the numerous anil superior al
Vantnses ~s the city Of Richmond for the establish
Of literary Gymnasium fhe remark able hea,hil.
re Oft obac the beauty Of It's s,a,on and the excellence
of us society are too well known enumeration
Letters of application directed subscriber in Richmond
will receive attention.
OLIVER a. SHAW.
~ Persons residing distance Richmond Te 70 fer
rcd for information concerning the qualifications aud Of
L. l.. d. President Of Yale College, of which MIR Shaw
graduate, Bejain Snnan g. James H. Kingsley Esqs Pro.
lessons tho same College, othe Right Rev. Bishop Moore
Rev Messrs Stephen Taylor, VIM Armstrong and Goes
". Bacchus md J. NJ Wickhsn Esqrs and Doctor ~ Page
of,bis city, and te following gentlemen Of this oy, who
among the patrons of MIR Shaw Classical aud Nahena,
cal Academy, the Hon. VIM Brockenbough, John Wick
ham and Chapman Johnson Esqrs, Doctors William Tazc.
wen aud John Dove Richard Anderson Geo Fisher Robert
wahWey Thns Taylor, Nicholas Mills, Gustavus Luckc aud
H. ., Gillian, Es1rs may :
China, Glass, and Earthenware.
VNHE Subscribers now receiving the most com
u pCtc, and extensive assor mont in il,c aovc line