HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY RULES, 1818.
The exercises of this Institution closed on the 20th ult. and will be resumed on the first Monday in January next. A few pupils in addition to the number engaged may be accommodated with Board in the subscriber's family. Every attention will be paid to the discipline, Classical, and Religious instruction of Youth, sent to this Institution. In order that Parents and Guardians at a distance may learn the Principles upon which this Institution is conducted, the following Rules are subjoined.
1. Each Scholar must be present at morning and evening Worship, at the opening and close of the exercises of the day.
2. No profane, abusive or indecent language shall be permitted among the pupils—but each conduct himself with propriety and decorum on all occasions.
3. The use of ardent Spirits is strictly forbidden, unless as a medicine, and the severest discipline will be used when such cases occur.
4. No Scholar shall be permitted to lounge about any Store or Tavern, or the public streets, nor play therein.
5. Every Student is required to pay strict regard to the Lord's Day, attending regularly public "Worship, refraining from ordinary studies, and every kind of amusement, as riding, walking, visiting and the like.
6. Every Student shall attend such recitations from the Scriptures on the Sabbath as shall be prescribed.
7. Should any Member of the School continue to use profane, indecent or licentious language, or be guilty of any immoral course of conduct, so as to render him an improper and dangerous companion for his fellow students, he shall (after due discipline being exercised) be dismissed from the Institution.
Dec. 11. John Witherspoon, Princ'l.
—Raleigh Register, December 11, 1818.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
