The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-10-17
Alexandria Boarding school.

SCHOOL
FGNIIE subscriber, having long had desire and
Il concern TO establish a school, in which a small
class Of youth and young may be practically
taught in the higher branches of knowledge and one
particularly calculated for those who design engaging
IN the business Of teaching, will in accordance with
the appreciation and wish Of its present principals,
resume the immediate charge VI the Alexandria
Boarding School on the sixteenth Of the eleventh
month, (Noyember.)
This institution was founded in 1874 by the sub
scrber, and conducted by him until 1912 and since
that time by Caleb 8 and James HaloWel. The
sehool-room, lecture-roOm, and recitAton-roOms
capacious and well-arranged, the dormitories well
ventilated, and every convenience is provided in the
establishment for promoting the health and comfort
Of the students.
The number OF students will be limited to about
thirty in order that the principal may give his indi
vidual attention TO each one and secure that precs-
ion and eonnexion in the study Of the different
branches, 30 important TO the mental improvement
and real benefit Of the learner.
The students will all board in the family Of the
subscriber, Of which they will be considered part;
and constant effort will be directed 10 the eultya-
ZION OF those feelings Of confidence, kindness and
family affection that the best security against
every species Of Tregularity.
The collection Of philosophical and chemical ss-
parutus having been aceumuatlDg for more than 20
years. is unusually large for private one; and there
IL also good cabinet Of minerals and geological spe-
OF rncllh, anu OtneT specimens OF
natural history, which will greatly aid the students
In these departments Of science.
There will be regular lectures on natural philoso-
ply, chemistry, geology, vegetable physiology and
astronomy, all accompanied by such illustrations as
calculated best TO facilitate the acquisition Of
clear IDEAS Of the subjects treated of and as a fur
Their means Of efiecng this object, the students will
be permitted and required 10 use the apparatus them
selves Almost every one who has gone through
college course, and attended lectures upon natural
philosophy and chemistry, where he has seen the
experiments performed, is aware Of the difficulty he
has experienced when he came afterwar ds to make
these experiments himself or TO prepare the gases
and perform other chemical manipulatons in the
lsboratoryj and Of what great benefit 10 him a few
practical Instructions by experienced teacher
would then have been. The difficulty il frequently
so great that many who are well informed on the
subject of chemistry, and who fully sensible Of
the advantages might be TO them to put the knowl-
edg they possess into practical use in agriculture
pharmacy, and other branches Of business, yet feel
deferred from the attempt by the consciousness ola
want OF clear practical understanding Of the
sary manipulatons. In college, where the classes
large, these cannot readily be taught and the
principal object of the subscriber, IN resumlng the
charge OF the institution is to perform what has APP
peared TO him to be a duty-to afford class Of
young men who had finished, or were about to An
ish, their school education an opportunity OF be-
coming practically acquainted with the higher
DthnCHcs VI HldlHcUuNCS, pnnOsOpny, chemistry,
and astronomy; and especially to aid those who are
desirous Of qualifying themselves for the important
and responsible office Of teachers, by giving them
pecial instruction upon the best modes Of conducting
and governing a school, the course Of studies to be
pursued &c, as well as TO make them familiar with
the use of the different kinds of apparatus and in
struments employed in philosophical and chemical
illustrations and astronomical observations, thereby
not only enabling the teacher TO conduct his school
with more satisfaction TO himself, but, what is OF
much higher consequence, qualifying him for being
more eminenty useful to such Of the rising genera
ton may be placed under his charge.
The students of chemistry will be required to en-
pfoy themselves in the laboratory, under proper in.
strucors, in making the different gases; performing
experiments in illustration of various chemical prin-
cpes; the analysis Of soils, minerals, and animal
and vegetable substances, to become practical
chemists, and thereby carry the benefits of this in
teresting branch Of science into agriculture, manu-
features, medicine, or whatever kind of business
they may afterwards engage in.
The students Of astronomy will, by the aid of
good transit instrument astronomical clock, tele-
scope, Troughton's circle, &C., with which the in
sttution is provided make contin uous observations
the motions Of the celestial bodies thus not only
becoming familiar with the use of astronomical in
struments, but also more minutely acquainted with
the principles Of this increasingly interesting branch
of natural science.
Those studying engineering, &C., will practise
The ordinary branches of an English education
as reading, writing, grammar, geography, arithme-
tic-wi be particularly attended to, so to perfect
the students in these studes but no student will be
admitted who is not toerably we'll advanced in them.
Also, as the students will be members of the sub
scriber's family, and companions of his own chill
dren none will be admitted who cannot bring salts
factory evidence of good moral character and exem
pary behavior retained in the school after decl
ded proof that such evidence was incorrect"
Especial lectures will be given upon agriculture
and agricultural chemistry, in which the subscriber
feels particular INTEREST," and he will still contin
ue his experiments his farm in Maryland, to
which he has been devoting his attention for the last
four years, he will afford to the students, during
each year, an opportunity of witnessing the result
of the experiments heretofore made well as those
now In progress.
The subscriber will devote himself, personally
and constantly to the duties Of the school, and be
ably assisted by James s. Hallowell, one of the
present principals, md other competent nstru ctors
As the course of study for each school year will
be an entirely connected one in the different branches
will be of great advantage to the students, as well
pleasant to the family and teachers, for the
students to be in the school from the beginning to
the end Of the term For this reason, and because
the principal is well convinced from experience that
nine months in the year is Us long young persons
can be separated from their parents and immediate
family connexions without absolute injury to those
feelings that he deems Of even Importance than
education, and that neither teachers nor students
can probably devote a greater portion of time to
unremied duty, he will have his school year to
consist of nine months beginning on the first of the
tenth month, (octsber and ending on the first of the
seventh month, JulyO and reduce the terms ac-
cordngly. ....... .... .-...-
Terms, for board, lodging, washing, and tuition
in all the branches above indicated, one hundred
and sixty dollars for the school year, half pay
able at the commencement and the other at the mid
die Of the term.
Fuel and lights, two dollars per year. .
The school, as will be understood by the prece-
ding is designed for finishing school in the higher
branches of mathematics and the different sciences;
but teachers will attend those who desire to study
Latin, Greek, French, Drawing &C., at FIVE dollars
per quarter Of twelve weeks extra. ..
Students will be admitted, under the present ar.
rangement, the sixteenth of the eleventh month,
(November.) Till that time application may be
made TO the subscriber at Sandy Spring Post Office
Montgomery county, Maryland, or to his nephews,
CALEB s. HALLowELL e. Brother, Alexandria,
Virginia. -.
BENJAMIN HALL0WELL.
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