Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-29
SHOCKOE-HILL
Academy and Gymnasium.

sion of pupils, either day scholars or as boarers
OH !Mondoy,t the Goth of September next.
The ordinary course of inst ruction compriscs tho
Prosody, Construction, and Critical Analysis of the
Greek and Roman Classics, the English, French
spanish, and Italian languages, and the various
branches of Mathematical science
In order that each SUBJECT of study may receive the
requisite attention. and that the literary PROGRESS of
every pupil may be successfully advanced the school
is divided into four separate DEPARTMENTS and the
number of scholars limited at t,oeny to each tencber
Thus, the greatest amount of improvement is rem
deted atalnnbe, and the important principle of the
D'0tsion " Labor, It's natural and most ia
vourable result.
These departments severally embrace
j. The Ancient Languages; The Hebrew, Greek
and Latin
?. The Languages of Modern Europe; The French.
Spanish, Italian, and German.
]. The Mathematics; Arithmetck Algebrn Co
ometry, Tngonome,ry, Mensuration, Navigation,
Surveying, Conick Sections and Fluxons.
, q. The English Language; the Grammar, Spelling.
Reading, Penmanship, Book keeping. Geography
Composition, Elocution, Chemistry. Natural PhiIos
ophy, Astronomy, and The Use of the Globes.
10 each OF these Departments one instructor at
least VIII devote his exclusive attenieIE and ad-
uona instructors viii be employed, their aid NAV
DE found requisite.-Tbe whole course Of studies
mus systematsed, viii be subject to tho general SUI
perin'endence and immediate control of the Princ-
pal, whose available means vnoliriaEsf
lnoeiatIgabe assiduliy shall ba spared to render
TINS institution permanent, respectable, and worthy of
the liberal patronage Of a discerning community
VIII De his object, to prepare young gentlemen. as
speedily as may be consistent with q thorourh know
ledge OF their studies for any class of any University
or College in the u. States for the Military Academy
at West Point, for the more practical duties OF
mercantile life
a course Of lectures OH Chemistry and Natural
PHILOSOPHY will, also be given by the Principal ac-
companied by illustrative experiments, for which
complete and splendid apparatus, win be procured
during the ensuing vacation.
No department of education in this school will bo
neglected. that another may meet with undue regard
but It is the determination of the PRINCIPAL that the
care bestowed on each branch Of instruction shall
precisely correspond with its relative inporancc and
no pupil viii be suffered to pass through any depart
ment OF learning, without a thorough acquaintance
with every step Us he proceeds, and until his knrs
ledge of all the subjects to which his attention may
nave been directed, Shall be accurate and finished
10 take Charge Of the department of the angua-
ges OF Modern Europe, during the ensuing YEAR the
tr'hcpaI has engaged John Eorve, Esquire, ma
tive of France who received his education in PARIS
and whose distinguished literary reputation I'd en-
nent success as instructor constitute the surest
pledge of the value of his services.
Mr. Oliver p Hubbard, graduate of Yale Col
iege, who is highly recommended by President Day,
and Professor Olmsted of that Institution, teach
Ier OF Alathcmaicks will devote himself exclusively
to the Mathematical Department
MIR. Robert A. Campbell. who has for several wears
| been student in The Shockoe IH'l Academy and
who read with ease the most dfbcult classical au-
'hors, will assist the Principal, IN the Greek Latin
and English languages.
For further assistance should il be rcouirad mr.
engagements at the North will be nude during the
ensuing vacation, by 'he Principal who annually Wis.
Its the best schools in Boston, New York etc. Ut
tended by such ol his pupils as choose To accomno
ny hIm-a practice, which enables him to avail INN
sell OF the many and important improvements i'm cd
ucaiIon, which are yearly made in New England and
the middle States, and to supernduce upon his own
system oil instruction. such of these improvements ns
may be deemed applicable and eXprdient
IL has been nscertained by the experience OF the
past year during which time particular attention has
q C hr-f Iln- 1-F,I
time, place, and mode of the corporal exercises of
the Students, that their literary progress has been
far greater than any former period and that their
health and physical dcvclopemcnt have been evident
/ ly promoted
| The Gymnastc Exercises will be directed as here
totoe by ono e the instructors, and many improve
ments will be made IN the apparatus Of the Gymna
sum.
! In the month of July annually, there is public
examination Of the students Of this institution; and
to prevent misrepresentation, i: is proper to remark
that the examinations Of this school are conducted in
I Il manner totally different from that which is too
often pursued where there is 4 previous concert be-
tween the Teacher and the scholar and the ndiyid-
ual passages and questions on which the latter is 10
be examined, are full we'll known to both, for weeks
hctorG the period OF public Investigation arrives
Such an examination as this a confirmed Ounce can
endure, as well as the most accomplished sch lar
Bur In this Institution, the whole annual course Of
study IS presented to competent visitors, who may at
tCnd the examination and such portions selected, as
they may direct and these portions thus selected
the pupils arc subjected to rigid and thorough
scrutinyi so that po scholar, pass The ordeal sat
lsiactorIy' unless intimately acquainted with every
part Of what he processes to have acquired Here
then, there can be previous arrangement and SUI
perfcial knowledge cannot escape detection.
The government Of this Institution is entirely pa
rental, and of such nature, secure the strict
obedience ofthe pupil TO the rules Of correct beha-
viour, and TO render this obedience as rolvafay1 as
1t Is strict THIS object is ACCOMPLISHED by blending
IN tho department OF the instructor, mildncss with
Ill rreFNfn null hs laefe &
IN behalf of good order, and thus persuadng him of
/ It's necessity.
The terms Of Tuition are, for the Classicks inclu-
ding the MINOR branches of education so dollars pcr
annum; for the higher branches Of tho English de
paTtment, 80 dollars per annum for the ordinary
branches Of the same department, 81 dollars per
unnum; md to all except classical scholars 10 dol
lars per additionally for the modern LANGUAGES
Of Euiope-.No payment pH be required IN Advance.
A particular enumeration Of tho local advantages
ofths Institution Is hardly necessary. Occupying as