The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-19
A LBANY FEMALE ACApEMY.--.rhs next

A LBANY FEMALE ACADEMY--The next
IA quarter will commence on the first Monday of
September. This Institution (founded ia the year
1914, and occupying q spacious and elegant edi-
Ace, erected especially for ts Accommodation COM
prises six departmenis the whole under the charge
have charge of the ornamental branches, and sub
lect TO monthly visitalions by committees OF the
board of trustees.
The course Of instruction 10 designed to be use
foi and practical, and to embrace all the various
branches of a complete female education
The institution is furnished with maps, charts,
globes, models, chemical and philosophical sppara-
tus; an orrery, with numerous working modes and
diagrams for illustrating the science OF astronomy,
constituting an apparatus for this purpose not sur
passed. il is believed, by that Of any similar inslitu-
ton in the country; and an extensive library, con-
tanning about six thousand volumes; in addition 70
which, in each Of the three lower departments 10 a
small library, carefully selected with reference to
the capacities and attanments Of the younger pu-
pills.
One important feature in the arrangement Of the
academy the division Of labor among many in
srucors, that the attention Of each is devoted TO
lew studies, instead Of being occupied with the
whole belonging TO department.; and il 10 TO this
that the trustees ascribe, in great measure,
the reputation which the institution has derived
from the superior scholarship Of its pupils.
The department decomposition continues, as here
tofore, to receive particular attention. and in add
ton to criticisms and corrections oil individual pro-
docons, oral lectures are given, by the principal
and professor the first department, to the various
classes convened for that purpose.
The services of teacher are devoted exclusiyely
to instructions in penmanship: and instruction in
vocal music is given by lady eminently qualified
and who is engaged in this branch alone.
The French department, il is believed, 10 not
equalled in its arrangements and facilities by any
other in the country. The pupils receive daily les
aonS nd hv he of he MIR rln in vuhic oh
young ladies may qualify themselves to become ac-
eomplished teachers of the language, the juvenile
department has succeeded beyond the expectations of
the trustees. Taught in the same manner az chill
dren Of the age in France, the pupils in this
department acquire the language in its purest
pronunciation, with astonishing ease and accuracy.
In the department Of drawing and painting, the
trustees have secured the services of very accom-
plished instructor in this art.
The courses of lectures astronomy and chem
istry delivered during the autumn and winter
terms; those on the other branches of natural
science, during the spring and summer terms.
The boarding establishment, under the personal
charge of the principal and professor MoLMAaD, and
subject to the visitation Of the trustees-in both Of
which are afforded the hest for the acouire
any Of the ornamental branches of female educa-
ton and in the latter of which the French language
is exclusively spoken--the trustees commend with
great confidence to their patrons
lhe academic year commences on the lat OF Sop
tember and is divided into four terms, commencing
respectively on the LIST September, l7th November,
9Th February, and 4th May; a vacation Of six
weeks following the examination in July, and Sec
ond of one week at the close Of the quarter ending
on the 9th April
The board are happy to state that they have been
enabled to engage the services Of MIR. L. 8. Pan
SONS as principal of the nstitution--a gentleman
whose talents, requirements, and experience in
teaching, inspire the utmost confidence that the in
teres,s Of the academy will be constantly advanced,
and that it will continue, it has BEEN to be rich
fountain Of public blessing.
For terms Of instruction, or any other informa-
ton which may be required in relation to the in
stitution, re erence may be had TO L. 8. Parsons,
A. M, the principal or to either Of the trustees By
order of the board.
L. s. PARSONS. Secretary.
Trustees.
Hon. G. G. Bronson; Rev. B. #. WEIGH, d. D.;
Rev. i. N. Wyckof, d. D.; Herman Pumpelly, esq;
Edwin CrosweIl, esq; Thomas w. Olcott, esq; Ira
Harris, esq; John q. Wilson, esq Hon. VIM. L.
Marcy, LII. D.; Rev. VIM. B. Sprague, d. D.; Rev.
Duncan Kennedy, D. D.; James McNaughton, M.
d.; Marcus t. Reynolds, esq.