The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
PEACE INSTITUTE,
One OftIle Foremost Schools OF
tIae state, Md Deserving
THE LIBERAL PATRONAGE IT RE
cEIvEs AND THE HIGH ESTEEM
IN WHICH 1T rs HELD.

Raleigh may well take pride in the
excellent educational advantages it
offers,not to the youth Of the city only
but Of the whole land. Its schools, pub
lie and private, are organized upon a
broad and enduring basis, they are
literally managed ami generously
sustained, and in the educational work
which they carry forward we find en-
listed some of the best instructors of
the age.
Handsome as the grounds and com.
modious as the buildings Of Peace
Institute are they are, after all, only
outward appearances Of what Peace
Institute is. Its record in the past, the
|incalculable good it has accomplish
ed, the eminent fitness Of its officers
Of government and of its corps of
teachers for the proper discharge of
the duties that devolve upon them
these are the essential elements Of the
school, and 1t is by these considera-
tions rather than from a view of pleas
| ing eAternals that the Institute must
be judged.
As regards its past record: The
Institute was opened for the rccep-
ton of pupils in the year 1872. The
number of pupils matriculated during
llS72-'73 was So. A steady increase
lin attendance has characterized the
school since then, and this increase
reached 100 per cent. in 18S0.'81, or a
total of 1856 pupils. The 200 mark
was passed 1928, and the year
I1S83.'S4 shows the gratifying total Of
l2l6; of these 20l were from Nortl
Carolina, 10 from Virginia, 4 from
South Carolina and one from the
District of Columbia:
We have said that, in addition II
the past record of the school, it mus
be judged by its officers of government
and its corps of teachers. Let u
glance at their names, and see fth'
staff be adequate to the work re
quired. The officers Of government
are: -s.~. -.<..&~.
REV. r. BURwELL, d. D.. Princi
, pal; JOHN B. BURwELL, A. NJ, As
, sociate Principal; Mrs. JOHN B
BURwELL, Lady Principal. =
The corps Of Teachers comprises, il
. the Collegiate Department: >.
:. REV. JoHN S. WATKINS, ID. d
MISS JENNIE FAIsoN { Assistant Lad
/ PRINCIPALLY, MADAME ANNA FROM
, Mss GERTRUDE w. MENDENHAL
J graduate Wellesley College, Mass,
MISS MARY L. RICHARDSON, Ms
lELLEN G. HOWARD, MRs. MARY s
seILAcY, Mrs. J. A. MCDONALD, Pro
ii A. BAUMAN, Mrs. A. BAuMAN, Mis-
Mamie III. BURwELL New Englan
!, Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mr.:
MINNIE b. HELPER and Miss S. n
: eKIRKLAND. Miss Ell Potter, IA
E League, New York; late teacher
:, School of Design, New York City
Drawing and Painting.
This is a strong faculty, compose
!. of men and women who stand hIg
> lin their PROFESSIONALISM and wome
who have given the closest possibl
attention to the art Of teaching. Nc
'Isslis the Domestic Department on
: whit inferior. Mrs. JoHN b. BUl
!, WELL is at the head of the boardin
: department; Miss MAMIE TISsLEY
Matron and Intendant Of Infirmar,
: and DIR. L. BURKE HAY WOOD an
4 DR.. HUBERT HAYWOOD are the a
! tendant physicians. In the domel
: tic department. every effort is pr
!. forth to make the pupils feel tbs
= Peace Institute is for the time bein
! HOME. Pupils are surrounded
= home comforts, and there is all Of Il
: home sanctuary. IT..
! As regards thecolrse of study v
!, can write but briefly. There Al
: three courses: Primary and Prepar
Il tory Collegiate and Optional. b
!, ! ginning with the primary and pr
Il paratory, every pains are taken
:" thoroughly incnlcase those rudimen
4 upon which the edifce off social,
= = finished education must depen
= Reaching the collegiate departmel
i we find il divided into six school
= either Of which may be pursued i
! dependent Of the other--the methc
! being analogous to that of the I'm
d" versity Of Va, and the most not,
European schools and adopted
successfully by prominent fem