The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-08-15
From ID, Raleigh Register.

IllLLSBOR0UGIl ACADEMY"
This Institution has, for years. been
grn~ing on the pubic confidence. LIS
able and indrlatigsble Principal. Mr..
Bingham, has preferred that II should win
Iis way ~ fame, rather by the pro6cien.
cy Of the pupils, Than by The adventurous
aids so often resOried Ia, by the friends Of
other Academies. Though urged BY Pa.
rents and Guardians To give III the public
his system Of school government and stu.
dies, he has hitherto declined 10 Co be-
yond the ordinary advertise meni, Of The
line at which The school exercises com.
menee. Very recently. however. the
Trustees Of the Academy have issued
small pamphlet. containing some outlines
Of the system Of discipline adopted BY
Mr.. B., together with . list Of the stu.
dents, and calculated. we trust, 10 place
Tie claims of this school on such ground
as fully 10 justify it's extensive patronage.
by that publication il vii! appear that
both the Classical and English Depart,
ments ste filed; tina, The location Of the
school 10 10 a healIhful region and in a
community unsurpassed for morality.
But " hat is Of infinitely more importance
even than these advantages, 10. that The
discipline combines energy with mildness,
and that il is not confined To The Acade
mic hours, bot extends to those Of relax
s,ior. Tue pupil is thus led to acquire
consistency Of character. and insensIbly
to cultivate proper selI'resrect. IL is
common TO hear American scholarship
deprecated. and perhaps when contrast.
ell with European, il may not be without
truth, but there 10 abundant reason 10 &C.
coun, Cor il. The time directed TO Clss.
steal studies and the thorough elementary
instruction in Europe, has long been re.
garded as among the prominent causes OF
this superiority. Experience has laugh,
tia. there 10 no sound learning in The
higher branches. wilhou, a periee, mas
terry Of the primary studies. More good
minds have been wrecked, BY attempting
. norih.rest passage To learning. Than
ever failed 10 arrive al il by the old route.
The impotence Of this age, and par.icu.
larry Of this country, have become pro-
verbal. and in nothing 10 this more seen
than in The discoveries Of short systems
Of education; sspecies Of quackery which
panders 10 the public appetite.
Without recurring particularly to the
many errors in the organization Of Gram
mar Schools, the writer thinks there is
one common defect in The mode OF get
Ting IN such schools. If young gentle
man is literally educated. as !, is called,
and should be seized with the mania for
professional fame. withou, the means oil
pursuing his studies. he forthwith. "urg'
ed by poverty and reques. Of friends" is,
sues proposals Tor opening ga Classical
Seminsry"-not to build up an honest
name as an instructor, not TO extend the
blessings Of sound learning TO Others
hut 10 sustain himself while preparing Tor
The practice Of Car different profession,
,ha. Of Divinity, Law, or Medicine. Now.
we do no, censure many Of these good
men, for il they faithfully discharge their
du,y TO their pupils they deserve applause.
An we mean to say is. tia, ii is not pro-
bsble we should find them as devoted TO
this temporary calling, as IL u were 10 DC
tha business Of their lives-shas men %