Southern shield., 1857-06-27
$ U l. F FEMALE GOLLEGE, UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE Tennessee Annual Conference

| THE Board of Trustees take pleasure m announcing, that the past year has been one of unparalleled success more than two hun dred pupils have been enrolled, showing an increase of over fifty per cent. upon the pat ronage of the last collegiate year.
 It is especially gratifying to know, that a large portion of this increased patronage comes from our own vicinity; a fact show ing conclusively that this young Institution, now in its sixth year, is rapidly gaining popularity where the ability of it's teachers, and the careful discipline of its pupils are best known.
 | The Trustees thus encouraged by their own neighbors, feel justified in recommend ing Soule College to those parents and guardians in the South and West, who may desire to place their daughters or wards at a first class Southern Boarding School.
 Soule College is located at Murfreesboro, l Tennessee. Few places combine so many advantages of situation and healthfulness, with so much convenience of access. It is connected by Railroad with almost every State, South or West of Tennessee. It is two hours ride from Nashville, twenty-five from Memphis, and five from Stevenson, the junction of the Memphis and Charles ton Railroad with the Nashville and Chat tanooga Railroad.
 Our buildings are unsurpassed in the State. The rooms designed for boarders are large, high, and remarkably we'll ven- tilated. But four young ladies are usually assigned to a room. The Halls, for venti- lation and promenading, are admirably con- structed. Neatness, regular habits, stu diousness and refinement are carefully in- culcated. The character of the buildings and discipline is such that not single case of serious or fatal sickness has ever origi- nated in the College.
 The government of the boarding family is parental. Young Ladies are not allowed to ! leave the College yards, without teacher in company; to receive visits from young men, | or to correspond with them in any manner; to attend parties, pic-nics, &c.,, without per mission (which is rarely granted), nor to make accounts at stores without parental permission.
 It is very desirable that all boarders should be members of the College family Our terms are fair, our accommodations better, and our discipline infinitely superior to those of any private boarding house. Young ladies, especially these in advanced classes, are found to improve more rapidly l when under the necessarily lax discipline of private boarding houses. The President cheerfully holds himself responsible for the mental, moral, and social improvement of hiS bodrderS; he can promise naught but careful instruction in the recitation room for those boarders, whose time and conduct are not under his control.
 The Collegiate year embraces two terms of twenty one weeks each. The first opens the first Monday of September, annually The second immediately upon the close of the first, without vacation; usually about February lst. The year closes from the middle to the end of June.
 EXPENSES PER TERM: Tuition in Juvenile and Acade-
 mic Department ent.................$8 to 15 co Tuition in Juvenile and Collegi-
 ate Department. ................. 20 % Incidental Fee. ee...................... 1 co
 EXTRA CHARGES. - Boarding, fuel and lights, $60; Washing, $5 to $7 50; Music (Piano and Guitar), $25; use of instrument, $5; French, $l0; Vocal Music, $5; Needle work, $5; Embroidery, $l0; Drawing or Painting, $l0; Graduation Fee, $5. An cient Languages not charged, unless to pu- pills not in the regular college classes.
 Expenses must be paid in advance, by cash or approved note. For particulars or copy of rules apply to
 c. ". CALENDER, A. M.,
 President Soule Female Academy
 Or D. D. WENDEL, Sec'y. Trustees. TRUSTEES. B.W. AVENT, NJ. D. l.. II. CARNEY, W. SPENCE, W. s. HUGGINS, LEVI WADE. JOS. WATKINS WM. R. McFADDEN, J. T. B. TURNER. D. D. WENDELL. MURFREEsBoRo, June l, 1857.
 REFERENcEs-WM. F. & J. T. MOORE, and J. c. TAPPAN Esq. Helena