Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-12-07
metropolitan
FEMALE

IVNHE subscriber proposes to open, on the second
IL Monday in January next, in the City of Raleigh,
a High School for young ladies, under the above
title.
For this purpose, he has purchased the property
formerly owned, and employed for school purposes,
by the late Rev j Finch. 1t is situated on Hal
flax street, a few hundred yards north Of the Capt.
toll, in a pleasant and desirable part of the city
sufficiently near, to enjoy all the advantages of the
city, and sufficiently retired to be free from most Of
its annoyances.
He has also purchased an unimproved lot, in the
same vicinity,-one Of the most eligible and beauti-
full sites in the city, upon which he intends, as soon
as circumstances will admit, to erect large and COM
modious buildings, with speciafreference to school
purposes. Many circumstances eonspire 70 render
Raleigh a most desirable location for a female school.
Its proverbial healthfulness the objects 0 Interest.
which attach to it, as the capitol of the State; its
accessibility by means of rail roads; tho high char
acter of the institutions it already contains and
its growing Importance, giving promise of perma-
nent prosperity, are all circumstances which cannot
be overlooked by parents, desiring to give their
daughters a polite and an accomplished education.
The subscriber will be assisted in the duties of the
school by Mrs Mcdowell and other competent and
experienced instructors and all the facilities ne
cessary to a first class school, will be promptly pre-
vided.
The course Of instruction will be thorough en-
bracing all the branches usually taught in High
Schools or Colleges, and diplomas will be granted
to those who complete the course. Certificates Of
x iduudllOH MIL dlsO NC given III D1uSGa anu OLNeE W.
namental Branches, to those who attain the reqais.
tie proficiency.
The session and vacations viii be arranged to cor
respond as nearly as practicable with those ofWakO
Forest College, IN order that parents patronizing
both Institutions, may have the advantage Of send
ing their sons and daughters together.
TERMS PER SESSION.
Primary Department. $40
Preparatory Do Is
Classical and Scientific Department, Is
Music on Piano and Guitals iacluding the
use of instrument, Is
Other Ornamental Branchesa at the usual prices.
Board, including washing, fuel, &c. so
Contingent Expenses, L
Payable promptly at the end of each session.
No deduction for absence, after a pupil has enter
ed, except in cases of protractcd sickness. Tho a.
bove terms are as moderate, Il Is believed, as The
expensiveness Of living and the facilities, which will
be provided, will Justify. But experience has taught
that Parents, who properly appreciate the education
of their children, are more sohcitous about the char
acter of the instruction impaired, than about the
price paid for it.
Hence the prime object will not be to make the
school as cheap as possible, but to render the in
structiOn as efficient as possible.
The subscriber fatters himself that the experience
he has had in teaching young ladies and the salts
faction he has been enabled to give, viii be q
sufficient guarantee, to all who may be disposed to
patronize his school. that their daughters viii be
properly cared for, and faithfully instructed. And
as he has undertaken this enterprise at the urgent
solicitation of numerous friends, and under the inn
preston that important interests may be snbserved
thereby, he trusts that he SHAH not lack that gener-
Gus sympathy and liberal support which have been
accorded to him elsewhere. A. MCDOWELL.
Nov. 26th, 1853. Ia