The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-03-04
THE CANTON FEMALE ACADEMY,

Is now in successful operation under the SUI Z
perintendenee Of Mr.. JAMES F. GOULD, as
Principal, and competent Assistants. MT.
Gould is a graduate of Harvard University !,
and has been engaged in teaching for 25
years in the city of Baltimore, and four or five
in Pendletou South Carolina. He is a teach !;
er by profession, and by the arrangements I
made with him his interest is intimately iden-
tilted with the prosperity of the institution
over which he p%resides. He comes TeCommen-
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 q
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
tended for the residence of the Principal and
} his family, and the accommodation OF all the
/ boarding pupils whom parents and guardians
! NAV wish to have placed under the immediate
charge of the Principal. 1t is located in a
t pleasant and retired part of the town, and IN
A the vicinity Of respectable families where
boarding can be had on reasonable terms.
With the view to prevent extravaganza to
d repress the love of display, and the spirit OF
If rivalry in dress, the following uniform has been
prescribed:
Q For SPRING AND SUMNER
Dress of plain Blue Bingham Calico, or any
other material Of the same color not more eA'
nensive, and sun-bonnet of the same, witt
white or brown linnen apron.
For FALL AND WINTER
70. Dress Of Wooden or Worsted OF any des
cr;ntion. Of a solid green color, bonnet OF tn
same color, with linnen or brown t1oilah
apron, and thick soled shoes.
Of PUPILS are strictly prohibited from attendln
ed dancing or social parties
The Trustees are g~ratified in announcln
h0 shat vim The means at their disposal, they WI
let ha enabled. commencing with the nextreguli
&c session. to afford gratuitous al
re- nils residents Of this county, IN tne ioll9"'t
branches; Spelling, Reading, Wrting anu -
y" thmetic. Either English GraInmaf OF ue"sluP
NAV be taught in addition al 70 per s ~
l8. for each. Ii is to be undeistoou' howe'Sr1 ~
:. if the pupil should be taught any ptheL una aJ
w, es of the higher classes, she WV u IAN
aid The full rates Of that class. 1t has been aGgm a.
- and;ent 10 ADOPT as a rule, that no pupil y
100 der the age OF SIX years s0aA ~
gratuitous instruction.
an NJ soholast;c YEAR consisting OF ten mont
nee iii no dividedinto W sessions OF hVe mon
POO each. commencing respectively on tue ~.
October and March of every year; Az
hco oloso Of the Summer Session a public eXaI
to notion will be held, after which there VIII
ITS: na''o" ,;on durino Tie months of August a
the contamher. Pupils will be received at a
49, timpe, md will only be charged from the IL
wy Of entrance; but after that no charge WIN
the n,odo far a less time than a Session, unless
lble case Of continued absence Tor more tla'
ern month. on account of sickness or death'
onO canton is one Of the healthiest places ~
. 10y South during the whole year; ana lot moral
4uo intelligence and refinement, It's clllzehs =
due we'll compare with those OF any interior ~
in the State. ~ I'D TINE
end It is the aim o. r the eptpV' Establish an il
sold 10 oulla up ,h %n0 bjghest order-ono which
all aFard oratutous instruction in the useful
solid branches of education, and at the s
= time. on moderate terms, all the advantage
%, ho had anv where else OF a more tnoroug,n
,''Rpa SytenIed course; thus sparing our people
y. exnense and sacrifice Of feeling incurre'
S 1927 Se65ding their children abroad. Situated as
Academy is, in the midst OF a wealthy
intelligent population, at a healthy point
Hon, nected with all the principal places OF
any, Quoted by competent teachers, we SCI !,
Feb GOOD reason why our most sq1ngulne !
utors ssb0u,d not be realized. We call on our i'
lock. citizens Of this and the neighbCrlng count {
w. Give our Academy a fair trial, ana II !
ay OF 9,soryinp, to sustain an institution ne
,crib- Ge ooa wbere thew can watch over the h'
,or in comfort and progress of their daughters q
IN n heir course Of education-pledglng, ours
thot no efforts shall be spared to render II
= ~ thy Of patronage ,v n mn
II. LATHAM,
IplF ! $50 m A NTED(