SPRATTSVILLE LANCASTRIAN SCHOOL, 1822.
SPRATTSVILLE LANCASTRIAN

School for both sexes, six miles south of Charlotte, on the Old Nation road.

THE trustees of this institution have the pleasure to inform its friends, and the public generally, that their school-house is elegantly fitted up, and is now open for the reception of scholars, and still continues under the management of Mr. Ulrick, who has pursued this admirable system with much ability and energy, to the credit of the institution and the great improvement of his pupils. The trustees consider it a duty they owe to Mr. Ulrick, to thus publicly acknowledge, that too much cannot be said in his favor, as regards his particular attention to his pupils, and his ability to perform the duty committed to his charge. All those who may feel disposed to patronize this school, may depend upon having every reasonable expectation satisfied. The branches taught are such as are comprised in a complete English education. Tuition from seven to nine dollars per session, and the following articles are found, without any extra charge, viz: quills, ink, slates, pencils, books for the junior classes, mathematical instruments, maps of the United States and of the world, together with the use of an elegant pair of globes. Early application will be necessary, as the number of scholars is limited. Genteel boarding can be had at the school-house, or within one quarter of a mile of the same, at from twenty to thirty dollars per session. The public are earnestly invited ' to pay this institution a visit, and satisfy themselves with the propriety of the system, and success of the school.
Signed by order of the board, J. Smith, Sec'ry.
Mecklenburg County, N. C., Dec. 14, 1822.

—-Western Carolinian, December 24, 1822.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)