Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-04-30
Buffalo Academy.

lpects OF q large NUMBER o.
lin both the male and male depart
ments, and we ddr,elad to o, see goodly
nn,,her Of .,oung gentlemen, who
hara : ,sed through the preparatory
T. aftment, and. have entered upon
i their studies embraced in the inter
mediate and advanced departments,
commencing with the beginning, OF
1.-THE present session. > /. -.
j Bytheearnest appeals of the friends
Of education, the people of trans Al
Ileghany, Va, are becoming thorough
" aroused upon the subject. Owing
to the pure, fresh air and hcalthful-
ness Of Central Western Virginia,
There is perhaps more. native intellect
among the children, than in any
other division of the State. Every
! family who has the means to educate
their children, are vieing with their
neighbor, in the way Of educating
their sons and daughters. This is as
it should be. Buffalo Academy, un.
der the management of Prot. Laugh
lin, offers opportunity not heretofore
presented TO the people Of this-section
| of the State, to have their children
thoroughly educated; and at much
less expense, top, than, at. any 0'her
institution within our knowledge.
eitherin Virginia or in any other
State. j.. \ ~ ~.:.. g.. ~
| In the Inter- Mediate Department.
the course emb races reading, higher
arithmetic, English grammar, analy-
sis Of poetry, q nited ates-history,,
geography, outline maps, intellectual
algebra, botany physiology, Watts
on the mind, composition, and decla-
nation. Is there a parent in al this:
section Of the State, that would, for
one nf}ment, deny to his son an edu'
cation 80 limite, ! as not 10 acquire a
knowle dge Of the branches Of learn
ing, Taught in the intermediate de-
part,nent Of. this institution E-theyy
are absolutely NECESSARY, in the every
dav transactions Of life: After the
student has adv nced thus far, he is
then prepared for the course embrace
in the Advanced Department, which
consists in written algrebra, natural
philosophy, geometry, surveying,
mensuration, engineering, plane and
spherical trigonom etry comic sections,
analytical geometry, chemistry, as
tronomy, book keeping, general his
tory, Latin Greek mental philosophy,
moral philosophy, rhetoric, logic,
political economy, evidences Of Chris
tianity, and Butt err analogy.
The branches taught in this course
Of study, are necessary for thorough
education. If the student has that
ambition, which is necessary to place
"a young man in position to rise to
eminence-to excel in some one Of the
learned professipns-he can. at this
institution acquire an education, with
proper application. after he has re-
tired from school, become the pride
of his parents and an h nor to his
country. We would appeal most
earnestly to the young men of the
valley Of Kanawha, to come to this
institution: In a few short months,
| of proper energy and labor, you may
succeed in acquiring an education
THAT will enable you to- discharge all
| the duties of life -to fill all the high
places Of honor and trust, with credit
ito yourselves. 7 our heritage, in the
language of Lieut.. Maury, is in a
goodly land. Its fields are wide; its
skies are bright, and it's people free.
Choose you out its men of mark-the
great and good--as patterns for your
selves. ! ASK tn cir experience, if in
It's silent teachings You may not find
reasons. nay more, encouragement, to
hope for q good name, too,-a place
among them. g, \ II "
As the female department, under
the management / ofAa lady Of rare
Literary and scientific attachments, is
worthy of special notice, we shall adj
VERT TO this subject again.