Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-01-04
Metropolitan
FEMALE SEMTNARY

ETNHE subscriber proposes to open, on the second
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. 1t is situated on Hal
lax 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.
lie has also purchased an unimproved lot, in the
same vi~einity,-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 mossdesirable~ 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 perna-
nent prosperity, are all circumstances which cannot
be overlooked by parents, desiring to give their
daughters a polite and an accomplished education.
The S" bscriber 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 pro-
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
graduation will also be given in Music and other Or
namental Branches, to those who attain the requis-
ito proficiency.
Tho session and vacations will be arranged to cor
respond as nearly rs 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, $40
Preparatory Do Is
Classical and Scientific Department, %
Music ON Piano and Guitar, including the
use of Instrument, %
Other Ornamental Branches at the usual prices.
Board, including washing, fuel, &c. go
Contingent Expenses, l
Payable promptly at the ond of each session.
No deduction for absence, after q pupil has enter.
ed, except in cases of protracted sickness. The a.
bovo terms are as moderate, it is b believed, as the
responsiveness of living and the facilities, which will
beProyided, will justify. But experience has taught
that arents, who properly appreciate the education
Of their hildren, are more sOlicitous about the char
acter of d instruction impaired, than about tht
price paid fof&.
Hence the prnNe object will not be to make thu
school as cheap as Nossible, but to render the in
struction as efficient aApossiblo.
The subscriber fatters himself that the experience
ne mas MAXIM -~oeHcnns. youNg ladies and the salts
faction he has been enabled to give, will be
sufficient guarantee, to all who may be disposed t
patronlze his school, that their daughters win b
properly cared for, and faithfully instructed. An,
as he has undertaken this enterprise at the urgen
solicitation of numerous friends, and under the i'm
preston that important interests may be subserve,
thereby, he trusts that he shall not lack that gener
Gus sympathy and liberal support which have BEEF
accorded to him Elsewhere. A. WCD0WELL.
Nov. goth, 1853. 10