JESSE RANKIN, PRINCIPAL OF OXFORD FEMALE SEMINARY, 1835.
SOUTHERN FEMALE CLASSICAL SEMINARY,
Oxford, N. C.
THE EXERCISES of this Institution will be commenced on the Second Monday of January, under the direction of the Subscriber, assisted by his wife, and other competent persons as their aid may become necessary. The Subscriber proposes to conduct the School on the same general plan pursued by his predecessor, under whom it has become so extensively and so favorably known. The prices will be continued, in all respects, as heretofore.
The School is furnished with Globes, Maps and Pianos, a collection of Geological Specimens, and a Chemical Apparatus.
The health of the place, the moral and literary character of the society, and the cheapness of board and tuition, present inducements of no small importance to parents wishing to place their daughters in a Boarding School.
A number of Young Ladies can be accommodated with boarding in the family of the Subscriber, where a parental care will be extended to them. We are so extensively known, and Mrs. Rankin, especially, in the character of a Teacher, that special reference is deemed unnecessary.
MRS. O'BRIEN, who has so satisfactorily taught Music, will be continued in that Department. Jesse Rankin.
Nov. 20.
—Raleigh Register, Tuesday, December 2, 1834
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)