THOMAS H. WILLIE AGAIN PRINCIPAL.
OXFORD MALE ACADEMY.
The exercises of this Institution will commence the ensuing year on the first Monday in January, under the care of Mr. Thomas H. Willie. The prices of tuition will be, for 1st class (beginners) $7.50; 2nd Do including Reading, Writing and Arithmetick, $10.00; 3rd Do. the former including English Grammar and Geography $12.50; 4th Do. Latin and Greek Languages, Sciences etc. $15.00 per session of five months, and 75 cents contingent expenses. Board in respectable families at $8 per month. The character and qualifications of Mr. Willie, his experience as a teacher, the healthy and pleasant location of Oxford, the moral and intellectual character of the village and its vicinity, it is believed, will ensure to this Institution a liberal share of public patronage. Thos. B. Littlbjohn, Presdt.
Oxford, Nov. 26th, 1839.
J. M. Wiggins, Sec'y.
—The Raleigh Star, December 11, 1839
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)