HILLSBOROUGH FEMALE ACADEMY COURSE OF STUDY, 1839.
The Trustees of this Institution take pleasure in announcing that it still continues under the care of its former efficient and accomplished Instructresses. No pains have been spared to place it in the highest rank of Female Academies. The Spring Session will commence on the 17th of January. Parents and Guardians are particularly requested to bring their daughters or wards in time to be in readiness for the opening of the School, as it is important that the pupils of each class should enter upon their studies at the same time. The modes of instruction, as well as the text books adopted, are, as far as practicable, those recommended by the American Common School Union.
Of the First Class.—Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, with the use of the Globes, History, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Mythology, Botany, Rhetoric, Astronomy, Geology, Political Economy, Dictation and Composition.
Of the Second Class.—Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, with the use of the Globes, History, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Dictation and Composition.
Of the Third Class.—Spelling, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Grammar and Geography.
Of the Fourth Class.—Spelling, Reading, Writing, and the Tables in Arithmetic.
Terms of tuition, payable in advance.
First Class.................................... $17.00
Second Class................................... 15.00
Third Class.................................... 15.00
Fourth Class................................... 12.00
Music on Piano or Guitar......................... 25.00
Drawing and Painting............................ 12.00
French and Latin................................ 15.00
Working on Canvass............................. 5.00
Working on Muslin............................... 5.00
James S. Smith,
Cad Jones, Sen.,
William Cain,
H. Waddell,
Stephen Moore,
Nathan Hooker,
P. H. Mangum,
Trustees,
December 12.
—Raleigh Register, December 21, 1839.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915)
