The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1847-07-31
the CANTON Female ACADEMY,

THE CANTON FEMALE ACADEMY
Is now in successful operation under the SUI
perintendece Of Mr.. RoBERr ANDERSON, as
Principal, and competent Assistants. Mr..
nderson isa graduate of the South Carolina
and has been engaged in teaching
in this and the %neighborlng States for several
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 pres,des.
He comes recommended to us by gentlemen
Of high character and standing in this State, as
an accomplished scholar, a gentleman and a
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 i'm
tended for the residence Of the Principal and
his family, aud 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 AND SUMNER
Plain Blue bingham Dress and sun-bonnet
Of the same, with white or brown Iinnen apron.
For FALL AND WINTER
Dress of Wooden or Worsted 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 gratified in announcing,
that with the means at their disposal, they will
be enabled, commencing with the next regular
session, to afford gratuitous instructonto 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 IS per session,
for each. Ii is to be understood, however, that
if 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 a rule, that no pupil nm
der the age Of six years shall be received for
gratuitous instruction.
The scholastic year consisting Of ten months,
will be divided into two sessions of five months
each, commencing respectively OH 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 at 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 a
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
well compare with those Of any interior town
in the State.
It is the aim Of the Principal and Trustees
to build up and permanently establish an insti-
tutlOu Vi Lle HlButbb UIubI-oue WHICH Will
afford gratultous instruction in the useful and
solid branches of education, and at the same
time, on moderate terms, all 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
sending their children abroad. Situated as our
Academy is, in the midst 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 see no
good reason why our most sanguine hopes
should not be realized. We call on our fellow
citizens Of this andlh The neighboring counties to
give our Academy a fair trial, and if found
deserving, to sustain an institution here at
home, where they can watch over the health,
comfort and progress of their daughters during
their course Of education-pledging ourselves
that no efforts shall be spared to render it wor-
thy OF patronage.
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