The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-09-25

Il snow ID sueeesial operation under ne ~
~psuRtsOdeea Of Mt, Roass8 ASpsRseN -
Principal, and competent Assistants, Mr,
Anderson i a graduate of the South Carolina
College, and has been engaged u teaching
in this and the neiShbOdns States for several
years past. He is a teacher BY profession,
aud BY the arrangements made with him his
interest is Intimately identified with the pros
Periiy Of The institution over which be pres,des.
He comes recommended to us BY gentlemen
Of high character and standing in this State, as
an accomplished scholar, a gentleman and u
Notwithstanding with these qualities a
Ialsn. for maintaining discipline aD6 a happy
faculty Of impatling knowledge. Chemic4
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, aud the accommodation OF oil 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 viewto prevent e~xtravagance, to
repress the love Of display, and the spirit Of
rivalry in dress, the following uniform hasbesn
prescribed:
FoR SPRNG AND SUMNER
Dress Of plain Blue Bingham Calico, or any
other material Of the anne color not more ex-
p~ensive, and sun-bOnnet Of the same, with
white or brown Iinnen sPFOn.
FOR FALL AsD WINTER
Dress Of Wooden or Worsled Of any des.
criPtiOn, Of a solid green color, bonnet Of the
same color, with linnen or brown Holland
apron, and thick sOled shoes,
Pupils are strictly prohibited from attending
dancing or social parties.
The Trustees are gratiied in announcing,
that with the means at their disposal, they will
be enabled, commencing with the next regular
session, to afford gratuitOus instrucuont to all pu-
pills residents Of this county, in the following
branches: Spelling, Reading, Writing and Arr
thmetic. Either English Grammar or Geography
may be taught IN addition at S. per session,
for each. 1t isrto be understood, however, that
il the pupil should be taught any other branch
es Of the higher classes, she win be charged al
the full rates Of that class. 1t has been deemed
expedient to adopt as a rule, that no pupil UNI
der the age Of six years shall be received for
gratuitous instruction.
The scholastic year consisting often months,
will be divided into two sessions Of FIVE months
each, commencing respectively on the first Of
October and March Of every year. At the
close Of the Summer Session q public exami-
nation will be held, after which there will be
a vacation during the months Of August and
September. Pupils will be received a any
time, and will only be charged from the time
Of entrance; but after that no charge will be
made for a less time than a Session, unless in
case of continued absence for more than q
month, on account Of sickness or death.
canton is one Of the healthiest places in the
South during the whole year; and for morality,
intelligence and refinement, its citizens may
we'll compare with those Of any interior town
the State.
It is the aim Of the Principal and Trustees
10 build up and permanently establish an insti.
Of the highest order-one which will
afford gratultous instruction in the useful and
solid branches of education, and at the same
time, on moderate terms, ali the advantages to
be had any where else of a more thorough and
extended course; thus sparing our people the
expense and sacrifice Of feeling incurred in
their children abroad. Situated as our
Academy is, in 4he midat Of a wealthy and
intelligent population, at a healthy point, con-
nected with all the principal places of the
State by stage and mail facilities, and con.
Quoted by competent teachers, we sec no
good reason why our most sanguine hopes
not be realized. We call on our fellow
citizens Of this ahdthe n~eighboring counties to
give our Academy a fair trial, and If found
deserving, to sustain an institution here al
home, whore they car watch over the health,
comfort and progress Of their daughters during
their course Of neutrality-suspicious. ourselves
that no efforts shall be spared to render it wor-
thy Of patronage.
w. R. HILL,
qaE aavs atu H, LATHAM, t0
JN0. T. CAMERON,
JAS. PRIESTLEY,
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