Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-02-03

Columbia and many parts of
Maryland"
Brookeville is described as being
"equidistant from the mountains
and the seaboard, elevated and
healthy; and having no taverns
and few youth who are not con-
nected with the academy, presents
fewer inducements to vice than
most places in which similar insti-
buttons are located"
The course of study was de-
scribed as liberal and extensive
but not voluminous. 1t included
Latin, Greek, French and English
languages, philosophy, astronomy,
mathematics, rhetoric, grammar,
history, arithmetic, penmanship,
geography, reading and ortho-
graphy." No Infringement in sys-
tem-no short methods in teaching
are protested but in accord with
the philosophy of the human intel
lect a thorough education is i'm
parted"
The catalogue lists, presumably
as students, two from the Wash
ington family = George w. and
John A. of Mt. Vernon.
Listed from Washington are
James B. Aiken, Franklin l.. Hunt,
Baltimore students include Column
bus S. Crook, John N. Dunkall,
Henry S. Flint, Gassaway S.
Grimes, John Mccormick, Jere-
miah W. Owings, Alexander w.
Owings, Thomas Reese and-Rut-
ter. Students from Georgetown in
Guided Samuel M. Barnard, Ed
mund H. Bradley, Samuel c. Hep
burn, William E. Hilton, John r.
Lang. Frederick County-Thomas
M. Brashear, Charles S. Ham
mond, John W. Hammond, Richard
w. Hammond, William N. Wore.
Montgomery Countians listed
were Richard T. Bentley, AleXan-
der C. H. Darne, William H. Dor
sey, Marshall P. Howard, Hamil-
ton P. Howard, Gustavus Jones,
Wesley L. Magruder, Luther M.
Mccormick, John w. McBee, Ed
ward Pugh, William H. Peasants,
David w. Porter, Hezekiah Riggs,
Richard A. Thompson.
From Anne Arundel County,
which then included Howard, were
John Cook, Jacob Waters, Septi-
mus Dorsey, Thomas C. Worthing-
ton, Stephen B. Dorsey, Cookies
Vile; and John Hobson. From
Prince Georges were Charles
Diversified, Benjamin F. Hatton,
Henry D. Hatton, Joseph Snowden,
Edward Snowden, DeWilton Snow
den, Henry Snowden.
There were a number of others
whose names we could not decipher
coming from various counties of
this state and from as far north as
New York, to New Orleans in the
South, and to Ohio, then "west."
The terms included boarding,
washing, mending, fuel, lights, use
of bed and bedding and tuition in
all branches except the French
language, $121.50 pc rannum, pay
able in advance. French was $500
per quarter extra. Pupils of adj
vanced standing write themes and
exegeses in Latin and English and
declaim semi-monthly during the
summer season"
Candidates for the ministry of
any denomination who are in re-
duced circumstances by boarding
in the institution will be instructed
free Of charge"
The following are few of the
regulations: "All pupils must live
with the teachers in the boardings
attached to the Academy. Each
pupil must be furnished with a
Bible, fine tooth comb, hair comb,
hair brush, tooth brush, clothes
brush, backing brushes and black
ing. Each pupil must attend di-
vine worship on the Sabbath and
moral and religious readings be-
fore going to bed; also Bible reel
tations on the Sabbath mornings"
From the vernal to the autumnal
equinox every pupil was required
to study two hours before break
fast, and from the autumnal to the
vernal equinox three hours before
going to bed. The teachers presid-
ed over these studies just as they
did at the Academy. (Long day,
huh?)
The original building which
housed the Brookeville Academy is
still standing in Brookeville. 1t
later became an insurance office
and now belongs to st. Johns
Church, at Olney.