HILLSBOROUGH ACADEMY UNDER ROGERS AND HOOPER.
CLASSICAL SCHOOL
In Hillsborough, N. C.
THE Rev. William Hooper, respectfully informs the public, that he has associated himself with Mr. John Rogers, who has been for several years Principal of the Hillsboro' Academy, in the future conduct of this institution.
The undersigned having been appointed by the Trustees to the joint care of the Hillsborough Academy, announce to Parents and Guardians, that they will exert themselves to make thorough Scholars of those who may be committed to their care. The School will be conducted on the plan of the most approved Classical Schools in our country, of which the subscribers have taken pains to obtain particular information. Youth will be prepared for the Sophomore Class in the University. The School will be divided into four or five Classes, and none will be admitted but those who become members of one of the regular classes; this school being intended for those whose object is to obtain a complete and liberal education.
Tuition, Thirty Dollars per annum, or Fifteen per session, to be paid always in advance. Board may be had at Ten Dollars per month. The exercises of the ensuing session will commence on the first Monday in July.
John Rogers,
William Hooper
June 15th.
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The Editors of the Newbern, Wilmington, Fayetteville (Observer), Salisbury and Cheraw papers will give the above three insertions, and forward their accounts to this office.
—Raleigh Register, June 21, 1825.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
