VINE HILL ACADEMY TEACHERS AND COURSE OF STUDY, 1837.
The Trustees of this Institution, take pleasure in announcing to the public, that they have procured competent Teachers, under whose direction the school will commence on Monday the 17th July next. The male department will be under the charge of Dr. William Flint, who brings the most satisfactory testimonials of his moral worth, scholarship and practical experience as a teacher.
The Female department will be conducted by Miss Matilda B. Rowan, who comes highly recommended by the Principal of the Female Seminary of Schenectady, and the Professors of Marion College and others as a Toung Lady of finished education, and possessing that amiability of disposition and discipline of mind, which admirably qualify her for the duties of an instructress.
In the male department the tuition for a session of five months will be as follows:
Spelling, Beading, Writing, Grammar, Geography, Parley's history and Arithmetic......................$ 8.00
Latin and Greek Languages, Rhetoric, Logic, Algebra, Geometry, Navigation and Surveying.............. 12.50
French .......................................... 12.50
In the female department—1st Division.
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Elementary Geography, Parley's History, and Arithmetic per session...$ 8.00
2d Division.
Ancient and Modern History, Universal Geography, American History, Rhetoric, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Natural Theology, Elements of Criticism,
per session .................................... 10.00
French.......................................... 12.50
Botany .......................................... 3.00
Drawing ......................................... 8.00
Flower Painting.................................. 10.00
Oil Painting ..................................... 10.00
Board can be had at the Academy, and in the most respectable families in the neighborhood at $7 per month.
Simmons J. Baker,
Collin M. Clark,
Wm. R. Smith, Jr.,
Wm. R. Smith, Sen'r.,
Jambs L. G. Baker,
Whitmell J. Hill,
Charles Shield,
Trustees.
Charles Shield, Sect'y.
May 10th, 1837.
—The Star, May 17,1837
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
