WILLIAMSBOROUGH EXAMINATION, JUNE, 1828.
WILLIAMSBORO' academy.
THE semi-annual Examination of the Students connected with this Institution, will commence on Wednesday the 4th June. Barents and Guardians are requested to attend.
The Subscriber has had charge of the Williamsboro' Academy for upwards of six years, during which time, he believes entire satisfaction has been given to all interested. The government of this school is strict, but parental. Constant attention is paid, not only to the general improvement of the Students in useful learning, but also to the formation of correct morals. The Exercises will be resumed on Monday, 23d of June. Two or three additional Students can be accommodated with board in the family.—Board can also be obtained in the most respectable families of the village and neighborhood, on moderate terms.*
Williamsboro' has always been famed for its healthful situation, and its excellent water. No student has been absent from school more than one day ,on account of sickness for several years. References—Judge Henderson, of the Supreme Court; "Wm. Robards, Esq. State Treasurer; Rev. Dr. McPheeters, Raleigh; Mr. Theo Parker and Mr. S. D. Cotton, Tarboro’. Alexander Wilson.
23d May, 1828.
The Tarboro' Free Press and Edenton Gazette will insert the above three times and forward their accounts to the Seminary.
—Raleigh Register, May 27, 1828.
Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)