The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-08-07
TnE CANToN FEMALE AoApnMY,

Is now in successful operation under the su,
perintendece of Mr.. ROBERT ANDERSON, a,
Principal, and competent Assistants. Mr.
Anderson is a graduate of the South Carolinr
College, and has been engaged in teaching
in this and the neighboring States for severa.
years past. He is a teacher by profession
and by the arrangements made with him his
interest is intimately identified with the pros
perity Of the institution over which he presides
He comes recommended to us by gentlemen
of high character and standing in this State, as
an accomplished scholar, a gentleman and q
notwithstanding with these qualities a
talent for maintaining discipline and a happy
faculty Of imparting knowledge. Chemical
and Philosophical apparatus, Globes, Maps,
&c., will be provided.
The Academy building is spacious and COM
Portable, and besides the School Rooms, is in
tended for the residence Of the Principal and
his family, and the accommodation Of all the
boarding pupils whom parents and guardians
may wish to have placed under the immediate
charge Of the Principal. 1t is located in a
pleasant and retired part Of the town, and in
the vicinity Of respectable families, where
boarding can be had on reasonable terms.
With the view to prevent extravaganza, to
repress the love Of display, and the spirit of
rivalry in dress, the following uniform has been
prescribed:
For SPRING N SUMNER
Plain Blue Bingham Dress and sun-bonnet
Of the same, with white or brown linnen apron.
For FALL AND WINTER
Dress of Wooden or Worsted of any des.
cription, of solid green color, bonnet of the
color, with linnen or brown Holland
apron, and thick soled shoes.
Pupils are strictly prohibited from attending
dancing or social parties.
The Trustees are gratifed in announcing,
that with the means at their disposal, they will
be enabled, commencing with the next regular
session, to afford gratuitous instrn ctlonto all pu"
pills residents Of this county, in the following
branches Spelling, Reading, Writing and Arr
Either English Grammar or Geography
may be taught In addition at S. per session,
for each, Ii is to be understood, however, that
the pupil should be taught any other branch
es OF the higher classes, she will be charged at
the full rates of that class, 1t has been deemed
expedient to adopt as q rule, that no pupil nm
the age of six years shall be received for
gratuitous instruction.
The scholastic year consisting often months,
be divided into two sessions of five months
zach, commencing respectively on the first of
October and March Of every year. At the
lose Of the Summer Session q public exami-
will be held, after which there will be
vacation during the months of, August and
September. Pupils will be received at any
line, and will only be charged from the time
1t entrance; but after that no charge will be
made for a less time than aSession, unless in
case of continued absence for more than a
month, on account Of sickness or death,
Canton is one of the healthiest places in the
during the whole year; and for morality,
and refinement, it's citizens may
we'll compare with those Of any interior town
in the State.
II is the aim Of the Principal and Trustees
10 build up and permanently establish an insti-
luton of the highest order-one which will
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solid branches Of education, and at the same
on moderate terms, all the advantages to
be had any where else Of more thorough and
extended course; thus sparing our people the
and sacrifice Of feeling incurred in
their children abroad. Situated as our
Academy is, in the midst Of a wealthy and
population, at a healthy point, con-
with all the principal places Of the
State nv stare and mail facilities. and con. |
Quoted by competent teachers, we see no
good reason why our most sanguine hopes
should not be realized. We call on our fellow
Of this and The neighboring counties to
give our Academy a fair trial, and if found
deserving, to sustain an institution here at
nome, where they can watch over the health,
and progress of their daughters during
course Of neutrality-suspicious. ourselves
no efforts shall be spared to render it wor-
Thy OF patronage.
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