BARRY'S SCHOOL, 1828.
MR. P. BARRY'S SCHOOL.
We, the undersigned, who attended the examination of the Pupils of Mr. P. Barry, last week, in this place, consider it due to his care and industry to express our particular gratification at the manner in which his scholars acquitted themselves. They were generally small, & most of them new beginners; yet the accuracy with which they answered the questions propounded to them in their various studies,—Geography, History, &c. evidenced considerable progress, and reflected credit on themselves and on their indefatigable teacher.
We were also much gratified at the handsome manner in which the larger boys acquitted themselves in declamation.
R. M. Saunders,
Chas. Fisher,
Robert Macnamara,
John Beard, jun.
Junius Sneed,
Danl. Meenan.
—Yadkin & Catawba Journal, June 24, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
