Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-12-14
Metropolitan
FEMALE

TNHE subscriber proposes to open, on the second
4 Monday in January next, in the City of Raleigh,
q 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. Tt is situated on Hal
flax street, a few hundred yards north of the Capt.
tol, 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.
lie has also purchased an unimproved lot, in the
same vicinity,-oneo 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 special reference to school
purposes. Many circumstances conspire to render
Raleigh a most desirable location for a female school.
Its proverbial healthfulness; the objects of Interest,
which attach to it, as the capitol of the State its
accessibility by means of rail roads the 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 q first class school, will be promptly pro-
yided.
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
graduation will also be given in Music and other Or
namcntal Branches, to those who attain the requis.
lite proficiency.
The session and vacations will be arranged to cor.
respond as nearly as practicable with those of Wake
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, $1C
Preparatory Do II
Classical and Scientific Department, q
Music on Piano and Guitar, including the
use of Instrument, 2,
Other Ornamental Branches at the usual prices.
Board, including washing, fuel, &c. 81
Contingent Expenses,
Payable promptly at the end of each session.
No deduction for absence, after a pupil has enter
cd, except in cases of protractcd sickness. The a
bove terms are as moderate, it is believed, as tn
oxpensiveness of living and the facilities, which will
be provided, will justify. But experience has laugh
that Parents, who properly appreciate the education
of their children, are more %soiicitous about the char
acter of the instruction impaired, than about tn
price paid for it.
Hence the prime object will not be to make tn
school as cheap as possible, but to render the in
struction as efficient as possible.
The subscriber hatters himself that the experienc
he has had in teaching young ladies and the salts
faction he has been enabled to give, will be
sufficient guarantee, to all who may be disposed
patroniZe his school, that their daughters will /
properly cared for, and faithfully instructed. An
as he has undertaken this enterprise at the urgeI
solicitation of numerous friends, and under the in
preston that important interests may be subserve
thereby, he trusts that he shall not lack that gene
Gus sympathy and liberal support which have be-
accorded to him elsewhere. A. MCDOWELL.
Nov. 26th, 1853. II.