The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-01-22

rnn CANTON FEMALE ACADEMY,
Is now in successful operation under the SUI
perintendence Of Mr.. JAMES F. GeuLD, as
Pnncipal, and competent Assistants. bI.
Gould is 4 graduate Of Harvard Upitersity
and has been engaged in teaching for 25
years Ia the city u Baltimore, and TOUR 81 Ave
in Pendleton South { tolina. He il q teach
er BY profession, and by the arrangements
made with him his interest is intimately iden-
titled with the prosperity Of the institution
over which he pres des. He comes recommen.
ded to us BY gentlemen Of high character and
standing in the city Of Baltimore, and also By
sumo Of the most distinguished men Of South
Carolina, aud among them the Hon. Juhn e..
calhoun, as an accomplished scholar, and o
Notwithstanding with these qualities a
talent for maintaining discipline and u hnppy
faculty Of lmparling Knowledge Chemical
and Philosophical apparatus, Globes, Maps,
Sc, 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 md
| his family. aud The accommodation OF all the
+. boa ding pupils W ON parents and guardians
1 may wish to have placed utdrr the Immediate
, charge Of the Principal 1t ts located in a
! pleasant ana retired part II the r'wn and N
the vic ntv &c esprcttble families, where
boarding can b. had an reasonable rrtus
With the view to prevent extravagance, Q
(. ~repress the love Of display, and the spirit Of
rivalry ia dress, the following uniform has been
prescribed:
= FoR SPRING AND SUMNER
I Dress Of plain Blue Bingham Calico, or any
! %pensive, and sun-bonnet OF the sa ne, with
/ white or brown linnen apron.
. For FAIL AND WINTER
Dress Of Wooden or Worsted Of any des
%cription, Of a solid green color, bonnet Of the
II same color, with linnen or brown HOLLAND
e apron, and thick soled shoes.
10 Pupils are strictly prohibited from attending
dancing or social parties.
The Trustees are gratihed in announcing
that with the means at their disposal, they vii
be enabled, commencing with the next regula
3 session, to afford gratuitous to all pn
= pills residents Of this county, in the following
branches: Spelling, Reading, Writing and Ari
Is thmetic. Either English Grammar or Gergraph.
!. may be taught in addition at So per session
y for each. 1t is to be understood, however, tina
If the pupil should be taught any other branch
v esof the higher classes, she Will be chatged q
y the full rates Of that class 1t has been deeme
\ expedient TO adopt as a5rule, that no pupil "
i der the age ot SIX years snail De received le
ke gratuitous instruction.
lg The scholastic year consisting of ten month
nj will be dividedint tic two sessions of five month
H. each, commencing respectively Oh TIE first
Y October and March Of every year. AT tn
Ue close Of the Summer Session a public exam
nation will be held, after which there will /
a vacation during the months of August an
20 September. Pupils will be ~recrived at an
time, and will only be chatged from the tin
oI entrance; but after that no charge VIII
made toi a less time than a Session, unless
vi, c.Sa of cnutinupd absence for more than
lsl lnnth, an account ot sickness or Geattt. d
b aniou is one u the h a Ihlcst plac 8 in Il
Ia Soath during tn whole year; and tor nloralll
inltltigenc, a d refinement, its citizens mi
well eompnre with those OF any Interior TOW
llnathe Stale. -
4 Il is the aim Of the Principal and Truste
10 build up and permanently establish al lhs
futon Of the highest order-onr Witch W
afford gratnItous instruction in the useful a
i. solid branches of education, and at the sar
time. on moderate terms, all the advantages
be had any where else Of a more thorough a
extended course; thus sparlng cur people I
expense and sacrifice OF feeling incurred
sending their children abroad Situated as q
Academy is, in the midst Of a wealthy q
intelligent population, at healthy point, &c
nected with all the principal places OF
State by stage and all facilities, and CT
Quoted by competent teachers, we see
good reason why our most sanguine hoI
should not be realized. We call on our fell
citizens Of this and the neighboring counties
give our Academy a fair trial, and if for
deserving, 10 sustain an institution here
home, where they can watch over the heuI
comfort and progress Of their daughters dur
their course Of education-pledging oursel
that no efforts shall be spared 10 render Il "
2 thy Of patronage.
IS. taE ". r. HILL,
H. LATHAM.
o JNO. r.. CAMERON
JAS PRIES1LEY,
~. PUGH,
w. MONTGOMERY