RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOLS

EVANS' SCHOOL, 1822.

The subscriber having agreed with Gen. Gray, Wm. Hogan, Esq. and other gentlemen of their neighborhood, to teach a School, for one year, at a stated salary, with the privilege of taking in eight pupils on his own account, would be thankful to any gentlemen who may wish to have their sons or. wards educated in the Latin or Greek language, for their patronage. The price of tuition will be $18 per annum. Board may be had at $52. The Seminary will commence about the second Monday in December.

L. EVANS.

TROY'S SCHOOL, 1837.

NOTICE.

THE Subscriber has employed a Gentleman of complete qualifications, to teach an English School in the neighborhood, twelve months from the first Monday in August next—a few boys or young men of good character, would be received as Scholars from a distance, and board can be had in the neighborhood upon reasonable terms.

JOHN B. TROY.

RANDOLPH FEMALE ACADEMY, 1839.

RANDOLPH FEMALE ACADEMY.

THE friends of female education (and we hope they are many) in this section of country will be gratified to learn that the citizens of Asheboro have agreed and pledged themselves to erect a female Academy at this place. A suitable building for the purpose is to be commenced forthwith. As the benefit to be derived from the institution will extend through a section of country heretofore destitute, and considering that we are mostly mechanics and merchants of moderate capital and limited income—consequently not well prepared to raise funds for public enterprise, it is confidently hoped and believed that our fellow-citizens in this and the neighboring counties will be pleased to extend to us such aid as may be within their power.

A. H. Marsh, Jonathan Worth, George Hoover, Hugh M'Cain, & J. M. A. Drake are commissioners for the purpose of raising the necessary funds by subscription. The amount of three or four hundred dollars is already subscribed by the citizens of this place, which it is thought will be more than half enough to complete the building. Any person disposed to contribute can have an opportunity of subscribing by calling on any of the above named commissioners. Subscriptions will be required to be paid in by instalments, from time, to time, as the money may be needed in the progress of the work.
Asheboro N. C. Nov. 2(1, 1838.
—Southern Citizen., February 8, 1889.

ASHEBOBOUGH FEMALE ACADEMY BEGINS, 1839.

ASHEBOROUGH FEMALE ACADEMY.

We invite public attention to the advertisement of this institution, which appears in another column. Great pains have been taken to lay the foundation of our Seminary on a firm and durable basis; and it is hoped and believed that it will be permanent, and extensively useful, not only to the inhabitants of our county and immediate vicinity, but also to youth at a distance; particularly in a Southern Direction. Our village is situated in a high, hilly, and particularly healthy section of country—near to the Back creek and Caraway mountains; and this being a fine grazing country, with good outlet for range of cattle and other live stock, our provisions are mostly of the domestic kind—plenty of cheese, Butter and Milk, fresh from the cool Recesses of the Dairy.
—Southern. Citizen, June 14, 1839.

ASHEBOROUGH FEMALE ACADEMY.

MISS ELIZA RAE,

The prices of tuition for a session of five months will be $6 for Spelling and Reading; $8 for Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic; and $10 for Philosophy, Rhetoric, Needlework, &c; and $20 for Music on the Piano. Particular attention will be paid throughout to Spelling, Reading and Writing.

This place is believed to be as healthy as any other in the United States, and board may be had in any private family in the place at $6 per month.

It is intended to give a thorough course of instruction in this institution, and to qualify the pupils in every respect to take their places in society.

The Trustees flatter themselves that the distinguished qualifications of the lady who they have engaged to take charge of the School, the health of the place, and the low price the inhabitants have consented to charge for board, will attract to the institution a liberal share of public patronage.

The Cheraw Gazette and Fayetteville Observer will insert 3 times.
—Southern Citizen., June 14, 1839.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASHEBOROUGH ACADEMY.

THE ASHEBRO ACADEMY.

Mr. Editor:—The writer, on a recent visit to the Female Academy at Asheboro', was astonished to find so respectable an institution here. I had perceived by some articles in your paper that the inhabitants had built a house, and employed a Lady to take charge of the school; but knowing that there was no great wealth in the village, and having understood that the people of the country had extended little assistance, I supposed it must necessarily be rather a patched up concern, and that the newspaper account was only the usual puff which is given to newly opened Schools. But I was surprised and astonished to find a House large enough to accommodate 60 Scholars, built and completely finished off, (with the exception of painting,) with 12 large glass windows, and every part of the materials of the best quality; and the workmanship of the finest order and latest style: and furnished too with the necessary seats, tables, and a fine Piano. There is a seat for every two Scholars, and a table in front so that every Scholar has her place both for writing and her other studies. About $100 more would paint the house and provide some other conveniences; and I was truly gratified to learn that the spirited inhabitants of the village were determined to complete the undertaking according to the original design, whether they get the assistance from the country which is usually extended elsewhere, or not.

The Trustees have been as careful and as liberal in procuring a Teacher as they have been in building and providing the house. They have employed a Lady from Boston of first rate qualifications. I had the pleasure of hearing her exercise some of her classes—and was delighted to perceive that she is fully competent. The first class she examined consisted of some small ones who had commenced 4 months ago in the Alphabet. They could read, and read correctly. They spoke loud, pronounced each word with distinctness, and after they had concluded the reading of their lesson, the tutoress gave out to them some of the most difficult words in the lesson, and they spelled them correctly—giving a distinct articulation to each letter and syllable. I never saw little children so correctly taught.

The next class examined were some young Ladies who were studying Arithmetic. They performed well. This branch I am told is particularly attended to. Emerson's Arithmetic is used. They are taught the four principal divisions of Arithmetic Orally before they make use of a slate. This is a delightful and interesting study as taught in this School. I understand that great pains is taken by the tutoress to make the pupils understand the principles and reasons of their operations. They are not permitted to pore over a question they can't understand, for an hour or two together. A question is performed by the tutoress whenever they commence a new rule; and the principles Orally explained and illustrated. When the question is correctly performed on Slate, she is not content simply to say, "It is right." She makes the pupil explain the reason of each operation occasionally, and thereby ascertains whether they performed the operation themselves or procured the assistance of those further advanced. She does not use the black board, teaching Arithmetic; the only material defect I observed or heard of in the management of the School. It is much the best method of teaching Arithmetic.

I did not hear her examine her classes on Grammar, Philosophy and the higher branches; but understand that she is equally careful that they thoroughly understand everything they pass over. She is not content that a pupil can answer a question in the identical words of the book: by oral illustration and conversation she satisfies herself that the pupil understands the principles correctly.

It is of vastly greater consequence that the Scholar understands the principle and reasons of any scientific rule, than that she should be able to repeat the rule verbatim et literatim. In the former case the understanding is enlightened; in the latter, the memory only is exercised. In the Musical Department Miss Rea, I am told, takes much pains, and is bringing forward the young Ladies very rapidly.

On the whole, this School is particularly deserving public patronage. It is a remarkably healthy, orderly village, and board can be had in any of the Families at $6 per month. The people of the village take great interest in their School, and some of them pay much attention to the Scholars, and encourage them in their studies. It is to be hoped that the people of the country will assist the citizens of Asheboro' in completing their laudable design.
 

A VISITOR.

ASHEBORO' ACADEMY.

The exercises in this Institution, so highly satisfactory to those interested in the first Session, which closed as we noticed week before last,—will be resumed on the first of January next. Terms of Tuition and Board will be, we suppose, the same, or very nearly so, as heretofore.
—Southern Citizen, November 29, 1839.

ASHEBOROUGH ACADEMY ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1840.

ASHEBORO

Female Academy.

MISS ELIZA REA.

The prices of Tuition for a Session of five months will be for Spelling and Reading $6; for the first part of Arithmetic and History, either or both including the foregoing, $7; For Grammar, Geography and Arithmetic $8; for Philosophy, History, &c., $10; Music on the Piano, $20; for Wax Flower Work $7; Wax Fruit $6; the learner to be entitled to six pieces of each.

Boarding including Washing, Candles, Fuel &c., can be bad at the Rev. Jesse Lawrence's Where Miss Rea boards, or in most of the other families of the place, at 6; per month.

The Trustees, during the first Session, could only speak of the qualifications of Miss Rea from recommendations which she brought with her from the North; They can now add, from their own observation of the management of the School heretofore, that she will use every exertion for the advancement of her pupils.

The Trustees hope that the remarkable healthiness of the place, the established reputation of the lady who has charge of the Institution, and the low price of board, constitute sufficient inducements for parents and guardians to send to our school.

J. M. A. DRAKE, Sec'y.