The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-10
WILSON MILITARY ACADEMY.
1t is Located in one of the Most Pros"
porous, Most Beautiful and Most
HeaIthy Towns In the State.

H As LUCatCu An OhC Va t"S EAO7N A"'
porous, Most Beautiful and Most
-Healthy Towns In the State.
The institution of learning, now
known as, Wilson Military Academy, -
formerly, La Fayette Military Academy,
commences its third year, on the fourth
day of September, when large number
of young men and boys, dressed in the
beautiful uniforms of military cadets
and anxious to obtain a good literary or
business education, will gather in the
large and comfortable assembly hall OF
the school, where they will receive all
the nece ssary orders and instructions,
preparatory to commencing the years
campaign.
Major J. W. YereX, the affable and
general superintendent has had a wide
experience in educational matters and
this together with his personal
magnetism which makes him so popular
with his pupils, is an assurance Of a
large, aud rapidly increasing patronage.
The location of the school is all that
could .e desired. Wilson is one Of the
prettiest and most progressive towns in
the State, or in the South, and it is ad-
mittedly one of the most healthful
Stately elms and majestic oaks line the
streets on either size, while fine and
even elegant residences surrounded by
beautiful, well-kept lawns add to the
attractiveness Of the town as well as to
its desirability as a place of residence.
On beautifully shaded spot Of about
nine acres, just ouJ side the business part
of the town, and yet within easy reach,
and not far from the railway station,
stands the fine Academy building, capa
BILE Of accommodating large number of
students, and fitted up with all the mod
ern improvements necessary to insure
their convenience and comfort.
The discipline of the school being mill
tary in its character. is firm, strict and
thorough; but impartial, con iderate and
kind, and so h0melike that cadets are
made to feel that they are regarded by
the management as gentlemen, and will
be treated as gentlemen so long as they
observe the regulations Of the school,
which rules and regulations are much
the same as those which obtain in any
well-regulated family.
The professional staff is composed Of
superintendent Of each department being
a specialist in his own particular line Of
work.
1t is the intention of Major Yerex to
make his school as practical as possible,
and the experience which he and his as
sistants have had in the schools of both
the Northern and Southern States and
Canada, are a guarantee that the courses
of study in the different departments
and the methods of instruction are mod
ern and fully abreast Of the times.
In the arts department students are
thoroughly prepared for college, the
University, West Point or Annapolis;
while the commercial department fits its
graduates for responsible and lucrative
positions in the great centres of trade
and finance, as well as in all departments
Of the governmental service.
The third term of this school com
mences on the fourth day of September;
but large number of cadets are en-
rolled already, and the prospects for a
very large attendance next year are of
the most encouraging character.
The cadet band, which has gained such
an enyiable reputation throughout the
State will continue to be a feature of
the school, and while it affords those de-
sirous Of learning to play on band instru,
ments a fine opportunity to do so, it also
furnishes the citizens of Wilson excellent
music once or twice a week, and on
special occasions the martial strains of
this fine military band ard heard in other
parts Of the Safe.
Wilson is to be congratulated upon
having such a prosperous and progressive
institution of learning permanently es-
tablished there, and Major Yerex is to
congratulated upon the success which
indications seem to assure as being
already securely within his grasp.