WILLEY'S SELECT SCHOOL, 1828.
Select School.
In compliance with the frequent solicitations of several respectable families in this place, Mrs. Willey has been induced to open a Select School for the instruction of young ladies, in the useful and ornamental branches of Education.
Her terms are as follows:
For Reading, Spelling and Writing, $4 per quarter.
Arithmetic, English, Grammar, Geography, History and Rhetoric,. together with the above, $5.
Drawing and Painting upon Paper and Satin, theorem painting upon Velvet and Paper, and open and ornamental Needle Work upon Lace, Cambric and Muslin, $10.
Those who feel disposed to encourage the above School, may be assured that the utmost care will be paid to the morals and manners, as-well as the scientific pursuits of such as may be placed under her charge.
Salisbury, Oct. 13, 1828.
—Yadkin & Catawba Journal, October 28, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
