Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-11-29
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MONTGOMERY
NI FEMALE INSTITUTE

The FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION of tie Montgom-
cry Female Institute will commence on Mon
day, September 10th, 1872, and close June
30th, 1878, the re-openng of the School being
poncd from September ID, on account of
the interruption occasioned by the Fair.
THE SCHOLASTIC YEAR is divided into two
Terms of TWENTY wEEKs EACH, commencing
respectively, Sept. 10th, 1872, and February
l4th, 1873. Christmas week, being II Holt
DAY, is not included in the SESSION of FORTY
WEEKS.
The CoURsE of INSTRUCTION embraces the
usual English Branches Bookkeeping, Math-
ematics the Natural Sciences, Rhetoric, His
tory and Literature, Mental and Moral Phi
losophy, Latin, Greek, French, German,
Music Vocal and instrumentaD, Drawing,
Composition, Penmanship &c. Special Mt
teution will be given to Reading, Spelling,
arithmetic and English Grammar, as constitu-
ting the ground ,Uork Of liberal education,
and the Principal alone, gives instruction in
the last ftco branches, bestowing that care
which they demand. Arithmetical and Geo
metrical Forms are used for illustration
Regarding the University of Virginia as a
model of Southern Educational Institutions,
| the pan of study pursued, will be made TO
conform to that, as nearly as possible, with
such notifications as are necessary in course
| for young ladies. The object will be 10 fur
| nsh the advantages of thorough, practical
| and accomplished education, and to promote
| the moral as well as the intellectual advance
ment of pupils; and with this in view, the
| Teachers wllever strive to Undue the minds
of those entrusted to their care, with those
principles which will secure this end. The
great aim will be to teach the pnpil 10 THINK
to discipline her mind and 10 EXPAND It's po,eers.
The perniciouS Pdrrot-SyStem 7ohereJy lie memo
~ alone is exercised to The utter neglect Of oher
and higher intellectual Jdculties, zee entirely
| ignore
| The DISCIPLINE will he sufficiently strict
and regular to promote the uninterrupted
progress Of pupils. The Principals fimi-
| ly, with the resident teachers and pupils,
| constitute one household, and thus compose
a Home School. Pupils Arrays accompanied
By some mcnaber Of tile famiiy, attend such
places of worship as parents and guardians
may desire, nothing of sectarian character
being introduced in the School. The young
| ladies boarding with the family are not per-
mitted to pay visits, to receive visitors
except members of their respective families.
| They are required to walk every afternoon
! 1.-THE weather peImitting) with one of the
| Teachers, and are encouraged TO take all
healthful exercise that is proper, and consis-
tent with duty and discipline. Every care is
taken to promote physical culture. The strict
| est attention is paid to the laws OF health,
and the results have been marked and graft
flying The number Of boarding pupils ia
limited this year, to six yet the Principal,
who has established this School especially to
meet the wants of the people of Montgomery
| County, confidently hopes, in the course of
another wear, to perfect plans whereby he
can accommodate an increased number. A
! Graduate of the University of Virginia, he has
been engaged in teaching since 1860, e1cert
duriRg the our gears Of the aodr He will be
assisted by Teachers Of successful experience
The School though private enterprise, is
emphatically permanent Institution. Being
aided by no donation either public or pri.
vatc, it is dependent solely upon the indtvid-
ual efforts OF the Principal, and relies upon
merit for the patronage OF a generous, enlight-
ened and unprecedented public. 1t aims to be
an institution of sound iearning 1t is situ-
ated in quiet part Of the village, with no
surroundings calculated to interrupt pupils
| in the prosecution of their studies. The
| building is large commodious and well ven
tiated, and is provided with every thing ne
cessary to insure comfort.
| The TExT-Do0Rs used, are such as the eXpe-
rience of our most successful educators has
| found 10 be the best, and are furnished at city
| retail prices Besides the daily examination
| OF classes, there will be two REVIEW EXAM
NATIONS, one at theend Of each term Of twenty
weeks.
Monthly reports stating progress, &c, of
pupils will be sent to parents and guardians,
who are respectfully invited to attend the
examinations No deduction will be made
for late entrance, nor for Absence except in
cases of protracted illness or of death.