ENFIELD ACADEMY UNDER THOMAS RAGSDALE, 1828.
ENFIELD ACADEMY.
The exercises of this seminary will be resumed the first day of Jan. under the continued superintendence of Thos. L. Ragsdale, a gentleman of acknowledged capacity and correct moral deportment, who possesses the rare faculty of imparting his knowledge to his pupils with much facility.
The course of studies will be preparatory to the classes of the University.
Tuition to be paid in advance.
Eor Spelling, Beading and Writing, $10.00 per Session.
Arithmetic, English Grammar and Parsing, Geography, with the construction of Maps, $12.50.
Latin and Greek Languages, $12.50.
Rhetoric, Logic, Natural and Moral Philosophy, $15.00.
Geometry, including plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Surveying, Levelling, &c. $20.00.
Bookkeeping, by single and double entry, $20.00.
A student of a higher class may prosecute any study of an inferior class, without any additional tuition fee.
Board can be had at 5 dollars per month in families convenient to the Academy. A public examination in June, of which timely notice will be given.
The Academy occupies a high and healthful site, remote from all scenes of dissipation.
The strictest attention will be paid to impressing upon the students, the necessity of a gentlemanly deportment, both in and out of school.
Letters (postpaid) directed to the principal, will be promptly noticed.
Board of Trustees,
By John Branch.
The Editor of the Edenton Gazette will please insert the above until forbid.
—The Star, December 4, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
