The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-02-05
THE CANTON FEMA1E AclDBmY.

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Is now in successful operation under he su-
perintendsnce Of Mr.. JAMES F. GoULp. as
Principal, and competent Assistants. Mr..
Gould is a graduate Of Harvard University
and has been engaged in teaching for Is
years in the city Of Baltimore, and four or Ave
in Pendleton South Carolina. He is a teach.
ct 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 comesrecommen-
ded to US by gentlemen Of high character and
standing in the city of Baltimore, and also BY
SINE Of the most distinguished men Of South
Garolina, and among them the Hon, John q.
Caippun, IS aa accom- ,l'shed scholar, and a
MISUNDERSTANDING wifh these qualities
talent tor 6atRtaining aiseiJIue anG a happy
faculty Of lmparting kuuNledge 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 q
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 AMI 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 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. FIX
Pupils are strictly prohibited from attending
dancing or social parties.
TIL Trustees are gratItied in announcing,
that with the means at thtlr disposal, they will
be enabled, Commencing with The next regular
session, to afford ratultousinstructton TO all pl-
pills residents of this county, in the following
branches: Spelling, Reading, Writing and Ari-
thmetlc. Either English Grammar or Geography
may he taught IN addition al So per session,
for each. ltls 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
expedlent to adopt as a rule, that no pupil mn
der the age Of six years shall be received for
gratuitous instruction.
The scholastic year consisting of ten months,
will be divided into tw sessions Of five months
each, commencing respectively on the first Of
October and March of every year. At the
close of the Summer SCISSOR apublic 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 entrances; 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
we'll compare with those of any interior tow
in the State. 4' lin 4at4
II is the aim Of the Principal and Trustees
to build up and permanently establish an instr
tuition of the highest orHer-one which vii
afford gratultous instruction in the useful ant
solid branches of education, and at the same
time, on moderate terms, all the advantages tc
be had any where else of a more thorough anC
extended course; thus sparing our people the
expense and sacrifice Of feeling incurred il
sending their children abroad. Situated as on,
A academy is, in the midst of a wealthy ant
intelligent population, at a healthy point, con
nected with all the principal places Of TIL
State by stage and nail facilities, and con
Quoted by competent teachers, we see M
good reason why our most s%anguine hope
: should not be realized. We call on our fellow
citizens of this and the neighboring counties t
give our Academy a fair. trial, and if foun
deserving, to sustain an institution here a
home, where they can watch over the health
comfort and progress of their daughters durin
their course Of education-pledging o%urselve
that no efforts shall be spared'to render it VOL
thy Of patronage.