WESTRAYVILLE ACADEMY EXAMINATION, JUNE, 1811.
The Examination of the Students of the Westrayville Academy was closed on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The Subscribers have great pleasure in announcing to the persons concerned in this Institution, that in the English, French, Latin and Greek Languages, the Students, generally, passed a very satisfactory Examination, and discovered great progress and proficiency in all their Studies. Indeed, when we take into consideration the infancy of this Seminary, and that most of the Students began their classical pursuits under the direction of Mr. Bobbitt (the present Teacher) we cannot too much applaud their application and his attention and assiduity.
Alex'r Falconer,
James W. Clark,
George Boddie,
Rob't C. Hilliard.
On Wednesday the 19th inst. the Students delivered select Speeches, Orations and Dialogues to a crowded and respectable audience: after which Mr. James W. Clark, in behalf of the Trustees, addressed the Students in a very handsome and appropriate manner.
The exercises of the Academy will commence again on Monday the 8th of July. A. Griffin, Sec'y.
June 19,1811.
—Raleigh Register, June 28, 1811.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) |