The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-04-01


perintendence of MIR. JAMES F. GouLD, as
Principal, and competent Assistants. Mr.. a
Gould is a graduate of Harvard University
and has been engaged in teaching for %
years in the city Of Baltimore, and four or five
in Pendleton South Carolina. He is a teach |
er by profession, and by the arrangements
made with him his interest is intimately iden-
tilted with the prosperity of the institution
over which he %pres'des. He esrecommen-
ded to us by gentlemen Of high character and
standing in the city of Baltimore, and also BY
some Of the most distinguished men OF South
Carolina, and among them the Hon. John &.
Calhoun, as an accomplished scholar, 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 in
l 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.
8 With the view to prevent extravaganza, to
repress the love of display, and the spirit Of
rivalry in dress, the following uniform has been
2 prescribed:
n For Spring AND SUMNER
| Dress of plain Blue Bingham Calico, or any
other material OF the same color not more ex-
%pensive, and sun-bonnet of the same, with
.. white or brown linnen apron.
II For FALL AND WINTER
h. Dress of Wooden or Worsted of any des
y ~cription, Of a solid green color, bonnet OF thu
same color, with linnen or brown Hollant
"a apron, and thick soled shoes.
Pupils are strictly prohibited from attending
- dancing or social parties.
The Trustees are gratltled in announcing
It that with the means at their disposal, they WI
NJ be enabled, commencing with the next regulo
ny session, to afford qratuitous instructlonto oil Pu
dis TGSluGIltS VI VI GOAhhJS hH ~
,G- branches: Spelling, Reading, Writing and AT
IFS thmetic. Either English Grammar or Ge"graph
-, NAV be taught IN addition at S. per session
foreach, lii to be understood, however, thu
hu if the pupil should be taught any other brancl
It'll es of the higher classes, she will be charged
le- the full rates Of that class. 1t has been deemt
T expedient to adopt as a rule, that no pupil ~
. der the age Of six years shall be received /
vi gratuitous instruction. ,
its The scholastic year consisting OF ten month
IF will be divided into two sessions OF hve mont
i each, commencing respectively on the first
October and March of every year. AT q
lid close of the Summer Session a public exam
M nation will be held, after which there Will
Icy a vacation during the months OF August a.
;f. September. Pupils will be received at a.
~ time, and will only be charged rom the tif
ar of entrance; but after that no charge Will
rrn made for a less time than a Session, unless
nrt case of continued absence for more than
~ month, on account of sickness or death.
Vt canton is one of the healthiest places IN
10 South during the whole year; and for moral
on, intelligence and refinement, its citizens m
for we'll compare with those of any interior to-
in the State. IN .
Ills the aim of the Principal and Trust
7 Oh IN bnild ND and permanently establish an I'M
sis tution of the highest order-one which v
two afford gratultous instruction IN the uselul q
solid branches Of education, and at the sa
time, on moderate terms, all the advantages
be had any where else of amore thorough
{. EXTENDED course; thus sparing our people
"a EXPENSE and sacrifice Of feeling incurred
hal sending their children abroad. Situated as
'"a' Academy is, in the midst Of a wealthy
intelligent population, at a healthy point c
Yeti nected with all the principal places OF
ort- State by stage and mail facilities, and c
th;s Quoted by Competent teachers, we see
'htS rood reason why our most sanguine ho
said should not be realized. We call on our fel
by citizens of this and The ntighboring countle
rev. rive our Academy a fair trial, and II TO
III deserving, to sustain an institution here
VINO home, where they can watch over the he'
jan comfort and progress Of their daughters du
the their course Of education-pledglng curse
and that no efforts shall be spared to render 1t
hse. thy Of patronage. WV,
I OF II. LATHAM,