Washington telegraph., 1855-10-17
To the Friends of Education.


the claims Of our Male and Female Schools
to public patronage and support. With
unanimity, seldom attained in any communi-
ty, we have united In establishing, as we
trust. on sure and solid basis, two Institu-
tons of Learning, not surpassed, and proba-
bly, not equaled in the State. We have, as
has every other community. profted by ex-
perience. and feel convinced, that schools,
to be of any great worth, must be conduct
ed by men of undoubted qualifications
morality and piety. Such men we now
have at the head of our schools, and most
freely do we endorse them as such.
Professor BORDEN, of the Male Acade
my, has settled among US permanently, and
designs building up in our midst, perma-
nent Institution Of Learning. He brings
with him, not only the highest testimonials
of scholarship. but also an experience of
about eight years as a teacher As gen.
tleman and disciplinatian. he stands emf
nently high, and is wi,hal a Southerner by
birth and feeling. As he is permanently
located here we can most cordially commend
his school, as one every way worthy of the
patronage of al who have sons to educate.
We can speak 10 less hatleringly of Pro
fessor L. j. JOINER. the Principal of the
Female Academy in this place He, too.
has cast his lot with us as a citizen-having
purchased the largest and most commodous
building in town. he is prepared to receive
as boarders, as many young ladies as may be
entrusted to his care His school has been
in successful operation for some months, and
We speak advisedly when we say that be has
given entire satisfaction to all his patrons.
We take pleasure in bearing testimony to
his fine scholarship. and his unexceptionable
department as man and christian, in all the
relations Of life At his school, a full and
thorough course Of instruction is to be had.
and the young ladies' of our country, can
there receive such an education, as will fit
them for all the varied spheres and duties of
life
We need say bot little more. That the
importance of educating our sons and daueh.
ters is everywhere felt and acknowledged. we
have no doubt but it is melancholy fact.
that in too many instances the cause of edu-
tion has been neglected, and as conse-
quence, many faithful and competent teach
ers have been left without either encourage
ment or support. and have had to leave the
community where that apathy and neglect
have occurred. to seek more eligible and
lucrative locations. We hope such may not
be the case with the two gentlemen, whose
schools we now commend to your patronage
and support
We may be excused for saving few
words in regard TO our town. That it is
one of the most desirable and healthy places
in the State. Is fact to which all who know
the place will bear cheerful testimony
There are here but few. if any. temptations
TO vice or immortality. There is not a gro
Gerry or dram-shop in our midst-a happy
state of things of which but few Southern
towns can boast, We have three churches.
and another will be erected within the next
few months And also Sabbath School.
superintended by Professors JOINER and
BORDEN
Our population is moral and Intelligent,
and parents at a distance may senc Sheir sons
and daughters to cur schools, with full
assurance. that, in all respects. they viii
be as well situated as at any other point
in the United States. Our town is Justly
celebrated for Its healthfulness. there being
no local cause of disease any where near it
Boarding for young men can be had in
respectable families of our place as low as
it can be afforded and young ladies will
be received in the family of Prof JoYNER
as boarders, where they viii receive as kind
treatment and attention as they could under
the parental roof
That the friends of Education will ex-
tend to our schools their patronage, we en-
terrain no doubt, for we can now offer to
the youth of both sexes schools that may
well challenge the support and admiration
of South Arkansas The terms of tuition.
in each institution, may be learned from the
advertisements of the Professors, which Will
be found in another column,
d. I. WITTER- d. z. ALEXANDER
ELI v COLLINS, CHAS B. mitchell.
A. J. HAYNES. THOMAS HUBBARD.
A H. GARLAND, B. F. HEMPSTEAD.
DAN'L NJ FOSTER DAN'L E WILLIAMS
H. w. SMITH JOHN ID. TRIAIBLE.
WM. H. ETTER, B. L. 3RITTIN
JOHN FIELD. r. P WILLIAMS
BENZ. P. JETT JAMES K YOUNG
5. t. SANDERS. JOHN B. SANDEFUR.
r. L. PHILLIPS. H. p. JOHNSON
A BLOCK, JAS. A. l.. PURDOM.
G. w. HOOKS, ORVILLE JENNINGS. /
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