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and brandt in winter are plentiful. The
INDUSTRIES OF MARsHALLBURG.
beach is lined with crab camps. The
Grabbing season runs from March 1st to
June 1st, and gives employment to
large number. Some $4,000 dozen is the
average season catch. This means &c.,
O00 per month to the crab-fshermen dur
ing the season.
CLANS are had the year round. The
annual catch is above 10000 bushels,
which fetch easily IS cents per bnshel at
the wharf.
The oyster industry is also quite large.
A. b. Riggin and Company operate a
canning factory here and pack 10000 gal
Ions per season.
The fishing industry is the fishermans
peon-his very life, other industry is in
cidental. Nearly every family own
smack, a skiff, a sharpe and these line
sound and creek.
Some $500 people are embraced in the
school district They are a sturdy, in
telligent thrifty people. They enjoy life
in way peculiar TO themselves. They
are hospitable and kind-hearted. Theirs
is a narrow strip of land between Pam
Iico and Core Sound with the roar of
ocean in hearing, and they are fond of
it. 1t is their Eden, but they extend
cordial welcome to settlers and say
come and feast ard grow up with liz.
Beautiful building sites overlooking the
Sound are to be had for song and the
time is not far distant when Core Sound
from Beaufort to the eastward will seem
enc cont inued village.
Graham Academy is distant from the
village of Marshallburg, one and one
half miles; from Beaufort, miles; from
Morehead City, 10 miles. The location
is an ideal one-one ofothe healthiest in
North Carolina. The community is noted
| for the absence Of all the ordinary
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year Algebra is begun. Mines Elemen-
tary Algebra is used as text book.
Algebra is continued throughput thH
Junior year, during which time Mines
High School Algebra is completed.
The Senior year is devoted to Plane
Solid and Spherical Geometry In the
Fall and Winter terms of the Senior
year, Latin Scientific course, an elective
in Trigonometry is given.
SCIENCE.
Physical Geography is taken up in the
Winter term Of the Freshman year and
continued for two terms. Houston's
Physical Geography is the text book
used.
Four hours a week are given to Physi-
ology during the Spring term of the
Freshman year. Hutehisons Physiology
and Hygiene is used as a basis for this
work.
Cages Elements Of Natural Philosophy
is studied during the Fail term Of the
Sophomore year.
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
The mild climate of Eastern North
Carolina makes outdoor sports possible
throughout the entlfe year. Regular and
systematic exercises is given to all young
men under the guidance Of one Of the
Faculty, who is especially prepared for
that kind of work
Athletics will receive more attention
during the coming year, aiming not so
much at competition as at culture
The young ladies in this department
are in charge Of the Preceptress.
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT.
This is new feature and embraces
stenography, Typewriting, Telegraphy
and Bookkeeping, This department will
be in charge of thoroughly competent
Instructor and the advantages given
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and Review. Three books of the Ilaid
are read, a careful drill is given IN
scansion and in the peculiarities of the
Homeric dialect. References to Greek
life and civilization are noted and Greek
Mythology is studied.
GERMAN
German is studied during the Sophie
more and Junior years Of the Latin
Scientific and Bellies Lettres courses.
During the Sophomore year Joynes
Meissner's German Grammar is complet-
ed to syntax About one hundred pages
of ''Deutchen Meisterwerken" is read,
with frequent exercises in conversation.
During the Junior year Joynes Meissner's
Grammar is completed; one Classic
Dramma is read, and about four hundred
pages of Modern Prose Fiction. Exercises
in conversation based upon the works
read.
ENGLISH.
Our aim in the department Of English
is to lead the student to a correct use
of the English Language; to acquire an
easy and natural style; and to develop
q taste for Literature To this end the
greater part of the time is devoted to
composition and to the study OF Litera-
ture from the writings of the best British
and American authors.
In the Freshman year the subject of
English Grammar is reviewed during the
Fall term The Winter and Spring terms
are devoted to English Analysis Ere
quent short compositions are required.
In the Sophomore year in connection
with Lockwood's Lessons in English,
Irving's Sketch Book is studied during
the Fall term: Longfellow's Evangeline
during the Winter term and Holmes
"Autocrat" during the Spring term. The
class will have weekly exercises in COM
position based especially upon the read
ing matter of the course.
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(staff Correspondence. j

Marshallburg, N. c., May 11.--This is
my second visit here The previous one
was in the month of April last year in
company With Governor Aycock. the
great Educational Governor, and q large
party from Morehead City and Beaufort.
That visit was the commencement occa-
sion of The Graham Academy for the
term of 1901 and 1892 The trip down
the sound was a most delightful one.
There was no contrary wind, the waters
were smooth, old Sol shone forth in
splendor, the jovial. congenial Governor
was in the pilot house guiding the Kit
ty Watts, the Naptha boat doing ser
vice at the time, the party was in excel
lent humor and about equally divided
in number of gallant men and fair wo.
men. The crowd ON the campus was
large and expectant-ali eager to see and
hear the plowbow orator of Wayne eoun-
ty who had been elevated to the Execu-
tive chair of the greatest State in the
American Union. The Governor braced
by the Salt sea atmosphere and inspired
by the handiwork of nature as exempli-
fed on every hand as the launch piled the
sound. was in prime condition Full OF
his subject-all absorbing at the time
and since-he arose amid scenes even
more inspiring. delivered his message ard
sent the people to their homes happy and
encouraged.
Today the scene is shifted. There is
no Governor, no party. Aboard the
Violet" with boat cover, the writer
has but two travelling companions, DR..
w T. Paul. of Atlantic, who is recover
ing from fractured rib, the result of
a fall through the trestle work at Pier
No at Morehead for which he has en-
tered suit for $4,000 damage against
the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail-
road, and lonely widow enroute to the
Island of Hatteras. The day, however.
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give its students a thorough prepara-
tion for admission to the freshman class
of the best colleges and universities Of
our country It is not a college, but it
is intended to fill the gap between the
public school and the college and also
to give young men and women, who for
any reason are unable to continue thIr
work beyond the academy, a good, sound
education; but it advises its graduates
to avail themselves of the advantages
of the well-equipped college and uni
versity.
DISCIPLINE.
The regulations of the school are few
and are based upon the sense of duty
and right The students are expected to
conduct themselves as ladies and gen
tlemen; to be diligent in study; and To
be respectful to the Faculty When a
student fails to conform to these prin-
ciples some member of the Faculty will
seek to influence him rightly by private
admonition and the cooperation Of the
parent, but when satisfied that a stu
dents conduct is injurious TO the school
the parent or guardian will be requested
to remove him or her at once from the
school.
RELIGIOUS CULTURE.
Believing the religious training Of the
youth Of our land to be of paramount
Importance. Graham Academy has from
its founding endeavored to inculcate
those principles of faith and practice
which are best calculated to an increase
of vital Godliness, and to the building
up of tho highest type of Christrian
character among those who have come
within the sphere of it's influence.
No institution of learning, however we'll
equipped, which makes no provision IN
it's curriculum for the cultivation OF
the spiritual side of the student can
ever measure up to that high standard
of education which is SO essential to the
development of virile Christianity
Christianity that shall remain steadtast
and immovable under the assaults Of
these who seek to drive US from the
'1aith which was once delivered to the
saints" During the past year a great
revival was held when more than 100
Of the students were converted.
Graham Academy, with its corps OF
oonsecrated Christian teachers, located in
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is beautiful Old Sol shines forth in all
his glory, the waters are placid, the
temperature is that Of real spring time,
and time is spent viewing and reviewing
the panorama nature has provided.
POINTS OF INTEREST ENROUTE.
Leaving Beaufort the first point of in
terest bring up memories of the civil
war, for historic Fort Macon looms into
view. To the student of history and the
devotee Of nature the sight is ever OF
interest Soon the Inlet is crossed and
the eye takes in Shackelfords Banks.
Next TO the north is passed Lenoxviiie,
where is located one of the several
Menhaden Shad Factories in these parts.
These factories are of interest because
they give employment to the natives
bring TO them a great revenue and sup
ply both oil and fertilizer. Directly We
approach to the south Horner's Island,
around which cluster so much history
and even more tradition.
This spot even disputes with historic
Roanoke sland the acknowledged birth
place of Virginia Dare, the first landing
of the early Colonists. 1t is one OF the
most attractive Islands on the Atlantic
Coast Its territory reaches from Cone
Sound to the storm-lashed beach of the
Atlantic Some $50 people occupy the
island and as you approach it going east
the beach side homes present a village
like appearance This section is the
home of the Banker Pony. Since 1885,
when Amadas and Barlow landed them
on Core banks, this hardy little animal
has prospered and fourished. They are
the dimutive offspring of the horses pur-
chased by GreenviIle, at Isabella, on
June 9Th, 1855. For ages natives and
visitors have enjoyed the pony penning
days. annual occasions of the section.
On these days many banker has changed
ownership and stamping ground. As they
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lent health He has never drank drop
of liquor in his life. Twice a day, morn
ing and afternoon, rain or shine, calm
or storm, rolling waves or placid sea.
this man OF 63 years meets the naptha
launch ana exchanges mail pouches. FL
never misses the connection. Sometimes
the launch picks him up down the sound
where contrary wind and rolling pillows
have forced him and tow him to the
windward. but they always find him when
they come and when they go. The sys-
TEN is a novel one. AS the old man APP
proaches. head on, the launch slackens
speed Gaskill's boat gl:des slowly along
side and the exchange of mail is made.
With pleasant words of greeting the
boatmen part.
AT MARSHALLBURG AND Up SLEEPY
CREEK ABOVE THE SKIFF TIA
MAR" TO GRAHAM ACADEMY.
Alightlng from the Violet" one of the
pretty little naptha launches operated by
the Beaufort, Morchead City and Ocra-
coke Steamship Company for mail and
passenger service, between Morehead City
and Ocracoke, / was soon aboard the
skiff 'Tamar," sailing up SLEEPY Creek
to Graham Academy. Walter Davis,
bright young fisherman, was captain, and
the trip was a pleasant one ana made in
q jify The Academy IS located one and
a half miles from the landing at Mar
shallburg. at the head of Sleepy Creek,
amid a pine forest of rare beauty. 1t is
reached both by boat and 9 sandy road
way. lined with stately pines. The wood
land has an underground of numerous
specimens of bush and shrub and vine.
Pink, violet and jasamine blossoms are
an added first charm, and their per
fume mingled with that of the pine, is
exquisite Deer and bear are TO be
found in the surrounding forest within
a few miles of the academy. Duck, geese
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classes during the year, one during the
last week of each term. The results of
these examinations are combined with
the daily record of the class exercises
and make up the students standing.
Regular reports are sent home once a
term.
EXPENSES
The total charges for tuition, room and
board in the Dormitory is $500 per an
mum; one-third payable at the opening
of the Fall term; and one-third at the
opening of the Winter term; and the
balance at the opening of the Spring
term. Sons and daughters of ministers,
and candidates for the ministry pay no
tuition, which amounts to a reduction
of $1,000 per annum in the advanced
courses.
EXTRAS.
Piano or organ per term, "a lessons,
5000 Vocal, per term, "a lessons, $500.
A rental fee of $3.50 per term will be
charged each music pupil for use of in
strument.
Business course, per term, $500
COURSES OF STUDY.
The Academy offers seven courses of
study:
/. The Academic Course gives thorough
instruction in the common English
branches and also prepares students to
enter any of the higher classes. New
classes will be formed at the beginning
of each term whenever a sufficient num-
Der of students make the request.
II. The Classical Course is arranged
for those students who want thorough
aud systematic drill in all the branches
requisite for admission to the Freshman
class Of the classical course OF our best
colleges and universities
H. The Latin Scientific Course is ar
ranged for those who wish to leave out
Greek. German or French is substituted
for Greek in the Sophomore and Junior
years and advanced work in Mathematics
or Science in the Senior year.
". The Bellies Lettres Course is
especially intended for young ladies who
may wish to leave out some of the Lam
guages and Higher Mathematics. The
work after the Freshman year is large
ly elective 1t thus affords opportunity
to connect studies in music with well
selected course in Literature and Sci
ence.
v. The Biblical Course takes up the
Conference course of study for the min
listers Of the Methodist Episcopal church.
VI The Business Course includes the
studies usually pursued in schools of
Business.
In both tie Classical and Latin scien-
tifc Courses, four years Of Latin are
required Collar and Daniels First
Latin Book is the text used during the
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Rome. Required readings are assigned
from the larger Histories and reports
are given by the students.
In the Senior year Of the Bellies Let
tres Course two terms of English His
tory may be elected
MATHEMATICS.
During the first two years of the Aea-
demie course Mines Elementary Arith-
metic is completed. In the third year
Mines Standard Arithmetic is studied
as far as Percentage. The text book is
supplemented by practical work in the
class room.
In the Freshman year of the advanced
courses the subject Of Arithmetic is
completed, using Mines Standard Arith-
metic, supplemented by Dubbs Arithme-
teal Problems.
In the Winter term Of the Sophomore
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The Junior class takes up the more
advanced work of Composition and
Rhetoric. The text book for the year is
Mead's Practical Composition and Rhe-
toric. In connection with this work Ma
caulay's Essay on Addison is studied in
the Fall term; Millions LAllegro, ii
Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas in the
Winter term; and Macaulays Essay on
Milton in the Spring term. Composition
W rk is continued as in the Sophomore
year.
The Senior year is devoted to the His
tory of Literature with readings from
the leading writer's.
In addition to the prescribed course in
English the following course in reading
is required:
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
Coopers Last of the Mohicans.
Addison's Sir Roger de Coverly Pa
pers.
Goldsmith's Vicar Of Wakefield.
Coleridge's Ancient Mariner
JUNIOR YEAR.
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
Scott's Ivanhoe.
George Eliot's Silas Mariner
LoWell's Visions of Sir Launfal.
Pope's liar, Books /, VI. XXI. and
XIV
Tennyson's Princess.
HISTORY.
An Elementary History of the United
States is completed during the second
year of the Academic course In the
third year Morris Complete History of
the United States is taken up and the
leading facts prior to the Civil War are
studied.
In the Freshman year OF the advanced
courses Morris History Of the United
States is completed.
The study of History is again taken UP
in the Senior year. This class recites
three times week and completes Mey-
ers and Aliens History of Greece and
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come forth from marshes and banks they
are wild and haggy, but with proper
care and attention they soon slick up
and develop into little horses of beauty.
They are tough and hardy. They are Of
great strength and many OF them have
great speed. A genuine banker pony is
both to be admired and desired. Passing
Harkers Island the Straits are entered
Here are beautiful stretches of water
with landscape that fascinate the eye of
the artist. Presently we approach, to
the lett the settlement or Village of
Straits. In the distance is seen a small
boat with lone occupant plying his
oars to our path. This is stephen Gas
kills boat and Stephen Gaskill at the
oar. He is the mail man. He's a gov
eminent employe. He brings the mail
pouch and takes the mail pouch. Mr.. Gas
kill is lean and lank but enjoys excel
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d community peculiarly free from the
temptations which ordinarily beset young
people, possesses in a marked degree the
advantages necessary for The successful
prosecution Of this phase OF it's work. A
neat church stands upon the campus, in
which two services are held each Sab
bath. also a mid-week prayer meeting
The Alpha Chapter, Epworth League,
ia which more of the students belong,
furnish opportunity for the cultivation
end exercise of those Christian activi-
ties which are essential to the we'll
rounded character.
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first year. The Roman method of pro-
nunciation Is followed and thorough
drill is given in the various infectional
forms and elementary principles of the
Latin Grammar. Some easy selections
are read during the Spring term. Allen
and Greenough's Latin Grammar, to-
gether with Harper and Tolmans Gaze
sar form the basis for the work of the
Sophomore year. Four books of Cae.
sar's Commentaries are read and Prose
Composition based upon the text, Con-
jugations and declensions are thoroughly
reviewed and by constant use of the
Grammar in translation and in Prose
Composition the student becomes famili-
ar with the most important rules and
idioms of Latin Syntax. Cicero is begun
during the last half of the Spring term
Two terms of the Junior year are de-
voted to the reading of Cicero's Orations.
Seven orations are read, including the
four against Catalina. In the Spring
term one book of Virgils AEneid is
read. Special attention is given to Latin
Prose Composition using Dodge and Tut
ties Latin Prose as a text.
During the Fall and Winter terms of
the Senior year six books of Virgil are
voted to review of Caesar, Cicero, and
syntax.
GREEK.
In the classical course the study of
Greek extends over the last three years.
The Sophomore class studies Whites
First Greek Book The students are
thoroughly drilled in the declensions and
conjugations. During the first two terms
the regular verb is mastered and in the
third term irregular verbs are intro
duced. Exercises in translation are
given from the beginning and special at
tention is given to translation from
the beginning and special attention is
given to translation from English into
Greek.
During the Junior year Goodwin's |
Greek Grammar is studied; four books
of the Anabasis are read. and Prose
Composition based on Pearson's Prose !
Composition During this year particu-
lar attention is given to the more i'm
portant rules of Greek syntax and to ac-
curacy in translation.
The Senior year is devoted to Homer
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sources of temptation. There are no sa-
looms, bathrooms, pool tables, nor other
places Of i'll repute. The faculty hold to
the opinion that young people of the
class and age they undertake to train
will be able to do better work when not
surrounded by too many social attrac-
ton. Plenty of out door exercise, ronlps
in the forest, rowing, sailing, fishing is
given students. An athletic park is in
course of preparation.
Rev. C. NJ Levister, the President
whom the writer has known for a long
while, has horse sense" and he is not
unmindful of the fact that once upon a
time he, too, was a boy-he would have
been a girl, too, had it been possible
and he realizes that recreation and study
are inseparable companions. A healthy
body means a healthy mind. In SLEEPY
Creek" the school has an oyster bed COW
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prepared than ever to deserve large and
increasing patronage of those who have
children to educate.
EQUIPMENT
The Main Hall contains the study and
recitation rooms and the dining hall on
the first floor. The second floor con
tains the girls Dormitories and has
rooms for twenty.
Esther 'Pomeroy Hall has fifteen rooms
for young men. A church is on the cam
rus in which chapel services are con-
Quoted.
A new eight-room building is in course
of construction, which will greatly en-
large the facilities.
AIM.
Graham Academy aims primarily to
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er1ng four acres. Luscious biyalyes from
the schools own well stored garden help
to give variety of food for student and
faculty. Indeed, the ozone of the pine,
the salt sea air and the phosphorus food
products of the section ali combined. sug-
gest robust body and healthy mind.
The past year has been the most sue
cessful in the history of the school, and
the prospect is bright for the future.
The total enrolment is two hundred and
fity-three. With enlarged and better
equipped buildings; with a full corps. of
competent teachers, the school is better
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veyed to Marshallberg free Of charge;
provided proper notice is given in adj
vance of arrival. At other times stu
dents viii remain on train until Pier
No. is reached, where tney will board
the steam launch, laying over in Beau
fort, and taking the launch to Marshall
berg on the following morning. The fare
from Morehead City to Marshallberg is
fifty cents. Fall term begins Monday,
September 21st.
The commencement exercises Of this
most excellent school Will be held this
week, beginning with Thursday evening.
May 14th, and extend through Sunday.
May 18th. On Saturday ,-e 18th, the
Rev. John H. Howard d. D.. OF Railway.
N. j., will deliver his famous lecture
Forces That Win, and on Sunday nth.
Dr. Howard VIII preach the annual SER
mon. G. j, RIVENBARK.