Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-07-06

There is no such thing as fate. Shun sickly
sentiment Study the lives of self-made men
the biographies of American and British
statesmen, engineers and mechanics those who
have risen from the lowest condition of honest
labor TO the highest positions of public trust.
The post of honor is the private station.
a learned and efficient teacher, skillful
mechanic, an honest and enierprising trades
man, an Intelligent farmer is as useful and
honorable citizen as the soldier, or the poll
tican,
What is the fortune TO which you would as
pre? Not wealth nor fame but that combi-
nation of meRtal and moral qualities called
character; cultivated mind, a pure heart,
and resolute devotion TO right. Wealth and
fame are as transient as the mist, but charac-
ter, built on the firm foundation of industry,
intelligence and truth, will never fail
Perhaps ought to stop and execute my
commission without further preface, but
would fsin address through you few words
to the audience in behalf of the Academy
This institution is not a Primary school. 1t
was established for the purpose of giving in
struction in the vernacular and learned Ian
gnages, and such sciences and branches of
education as tho trustees think proper.
1t was designed to establish a grade OF
schools higher than the common school and
y
vicinity and moderate charges to the youth
of each county, in which the benefits Of
both would be measurably united, and The
eyils OF each avoided.
| The rapid multiplication of institutions
called colleges, and the introduction OF Free
Schools have diverted the patronage of the
public from the more comprehensive, solid
and safe course of instruction, impaired in
Academies under efficient tutors
| In the latter, the preceptor and pupil are
brought intimately together. Parental in
| tluence is not lost in the mobocratic spirit Of
large numbers Of students left to self.conlrol !;
moral, if not religious scruples are not sacr-
feed to the spirit of 'free inquiry" or the
doctrine Of evolution. Free Schools cam OF 90
more than gronnd heir pupils in the radments
of education. Academies develop those rud-
menis and apply them 20 a higher plane of
knowledge they invigoraie enlarge and adapt
the mind for the practical pursuits of life, or
for entering upon the study of the learned
professions, or the higher arts and sciences.
! Rockville Academy by reason of its sau-
brious sitaution its connection by rail with
the Capital of the United States lis moderate
charges aud liberal course Of study, invites
the patronage, not only Of the citizens Of the
county, but of all the adjacent counties and
States, and strangers sojourning in Wash
| ington.
II the example of our late generous fellow :
citizen, Julius West, should fail to animate
parents and guardians, selfinterest should in
dnce this community to cherish by all means
the only classical and mathematical school in
this section of the county
For $50 per anDum, your sons and wards
may be prepared FOR the study of any profess
sion, art, or science, Tor il preferred, to com
pote their course in the colleges o: universe
ties OF the country
What parent, capable Of estimating the value
Of liberal education, or soieitous for the
future advancement of his children, would
hesitate to cxpehd this trihe in enlightenng
the minds Of his offsprng2
Whether classical education is regarded as
necessary, or expedient for mental culture, no
Investment would return 10 parent or child a
larger yield OF intellectual pleasure.