Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-28
CKOSHOE-HILL
Academy and Gymnasium

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= preseGt month, and opened again for the admis-
sion Of pupils, either day scholars or as boardcrs
on Monday. the Goth Of September next.
ne ora,naiy couifo o. instruction comprises the
Greek and Roman Classics. the Bnglish 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
u divided into four separate Departmental and the
number Of scholars limited ut tDeny to each teacher
fhus the greatest amount Of Improvement is rem
dered aitainable. and the important principle Of the
Duision Of Labor, secures its natural and most ia
vourable result. 4f
These departments seyerally embrace
J.. The Ancient Languages; The Hebrew. Greek,
+ 2. The Languages Of Modern Europe; The French,
Spanish, Italian, and German.
3. The Mathematics; Arithmetick, Algebra, Ge-
ometfy, Trigonometry, Mensur.tion, Navigation,
Surveying Conick Sections and Fluxions.
d. The English Language; the Grammar, Spelling,
Reading, Penmanship, Book keeping, Geography,
Composition Eiocution, Chemistry, Natural Philos-
ophy, Astronomy, and the Use Of the Globes.
To each of these Departments one instructor, ut
least, viii devote his exclusive attentions and i'd
ditional instructors will be employed their aid may
be found requisite.-The whole course of studies
thus systematsed will be subject to the general
perintendence and immediate control Of the Princ-
pal, whose available MEANS undivided attention. and
ndefatgable assduity, shall not be spared to render
TINS institution permanent respectable and worthy of
the liberal patronage of DISCERNING communty-It
WIZ De his object, to prepare young gentlemen, as
speedily may be consistent with thorough know
ledge Of their udies for any class of any University
or College in the U. States, for the Military Academy
at West Point, or for the practical duties Of
mercantile life
A course of lectures on Chemistry and Natural
Philosophy will also, be given by the Principal; &C
companed by illustrative experiments, for which
complete and splendid apparatus, wiz be procured,
during the ensuing vacation. .r
No department of education in this school, will be
neglected that another may meet with undue regard
out 1t IS the determination of the Prncipa that the
care bestowed on each branch Of instruction, shall
precisely correspond with its relative Importance; and
no pupil will be suffered to pass through any depart
ment OF learning, without thorough acquaintance
with every step as he proceeds and until his know
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 lanpua-
| gSot Modern Europe, during the ensuing year. the
Principal has engaged John Herve, Esquire a ma
tive OF France, who received his education in Paris
and whose distinguished literary reputation and en-
Inent success as an instructor. constitute the surest
pledge OF the value of his services.
Mr. Oliver z Hubbard, graduate of Yale Col
lege, who is highly recommended by President Day,
and Professor olmsted of that Institution as teach
or of Mathematics, will devote himself exclusively
to the Mathematical Department.
Mr. Robert A. Campbell, who has for several wears
been student In the Shockoe Hill Academy and
who read with ease the difficult classical au-
thors, will assist the Principal in the Greek Latin
and English languages
For further assistance, should il be required ar
rangements at the North will be made during the
ensuing vacation, by the Principal, who annually Wis
/ its the best schools in Boston, New York etc at
tended by such of his pupils as choose to accompa-
ny him-a practice, which enables him to avail hiE,
sell OF the many and important improvements in cd
ucatIon, which are yearly made in New England and
the Middle States, and to superinduce upon his own
Of fhoca
] may be deemed applicable and expedent.
| IL has been ascertained by the experience of the
past year. during which time particular attention has
been given by the principal of this institution to the
time, place, and mode of the corporal exercises of
the Students, that their literary progress has been
far greater than al any former period and that their
health aud physical development have been evident
lyProm9ted
The Gymnastic Exercises will be directed as here
toiore by one OF the instructors and many improve
ments will be made in the apparatus of the Gymna
| stun.
| In the month of July, annually, there is public
examination OF the students OF this Institution; and
to prevent misrepresentation j. is proper to remark
that the examinations of this school are conducted in
manner totally different from that which is too
often pursued, where there is previous concert be-
tween the Teacher and the Scholar and the ndiv i'd
ua passages and questions on which the latter s 10
be examined, full well known to both for weeks
before the period of public investigation arrives
such an examination as this, confirmed Ounce can
endure, as well as the most accomplished scholar
But IN this 1nstitution the whole annual course of
study Is presented to competent visitors who NAV at
tend the examination, aud such portions selected as
they may dIrcc and on these portions thus selected
the pupils are subjected to a rigid and thorough
scrutiny so that scholar, pass the ordeal sat
lsiactory unless Intimately acquainted with every
part OF what no Processes TO have acquired Here
them there can be no previous arrangement, and SUI
pcThcial knowledge cannot escape detection.
Inc government OF this Institution is entirely pa
rental, and of such nature, TO secure the strict
obedience ofthe pupil TO the rules of correct beha
viour and to render this obedience as voluntary, as
1t is strict This object is accomplished by blending
! in the department Of the instructor, mdness with
decisions and by enstiug the affections Of the pnpil
in behalf of good order, and thus pcrsuadng him of
| its necessity.
The terms Of tution arc, for the Classicks inclu-
ding the MINOR branches of education so dollars per
annum tor the higher branches Of the English dc
partmont, 40 dollars per annum; for the ordinary
branches of the same department, 80 dollars Der
annnm; and to oil except classical scholars 10 dol
lars per Onnum additionally for the modern languages
Of Europe.No payment t0iH be required in adpaSIce
particular enumeration Of the iocnI aAvopt rios