NEW BERN ACADEMY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1794.
NEWBERN ACADEMY.
The Trustees met on Monday the 23 ult. at the academy when the pupils were examined in the Latin and English languages, Euclid's elements and geography: after the examination a dramatic piece in ridicule of scholastic pedantry was exhibited by Mr. Guion, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Gaston and Mr. Pasteur, and the business concluded by an oration delivered by Mr. Gaston on the blessings of American independence; the trustees expressed the highest pleasure at the whole performance which they considered as reflecting great credit on Mr. Irving's abilities and assiduity as an instructor and affording the most flattering prospect of the improvement of his pupils in every branch of literature.
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New Bern (N. C.) Gazette, January 4, 1794.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) 
