EXAMINATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1826.
THE Summer Examination of the Oxford Female Academy, will commence on Wednesday the 7th of June next. Parents and Guardians, and those friendly to Female Education, are invited to attend.
The Second Session of the Institution will commence on the 19 th of June. Joseph Labaree, Principal.
Oxford, May 23d, 1826.
—Raleigh Register, May 26, 1826.
THE Fall examination of this Institution will commence on Wednesday the 8th of November next, and close on the Friday evening following. The first session of the next year will commence on the 2nd Monday of January. The very liberal patronage which has been given to the Seminary the past year has encouraged the Principal to increase the number of Teachers, and to make some important additions to the course of studies heretofore pursued. He has engaged a Gentleman and Lady for the ensuing year, who have had a long and successful experience in teaching in some of the first Academies in our Country.
A Cabinet of Minerals, a Chymical and Philosophical Apparatus will be added before the commencement of the next session, and every recitation in Chymistry, Natural Philosophy, Astronomy and Mineralogy will be accompanied with a Lecture, and the principles in those Sciences illustrated by appropriate experiments.
Particular attention will be paid to plain and ornamental penmanship, to the projection and drawing of Maps, and to plain and ornamental Needle-work. A stated Lecture will be given to the two higher classes, on Moral Philosophy, able and experienced instructors will be engaged in the departments of Music, Drawing and Painting. The Seminary is well furnished with Maps, Globes, &c.
No alteration to be made in the price of board and tuition.
Oxford, Sept. 21st, 1826. Joseph T. Labaree.
—Raleigh Register, September 26, 1826
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)