WILLEY'S TERMS AND COURSE OF STUDY, 1829.
FEMALE SCHOOL. MRS. WILLEY
RETURNS her sincere thanks to the citizens of Salisbury and its vicinity, for the liberal patronage she has received in the support of her seminary, for the instruction of young Ladies; and hopes, by unremitting assiduity to the best interest of those placed under her charge, to merit a continuation of public favor. The next Quarter of her school will commence on the first Monday of April next, where young ladies will be instructed in all the English and Ornamental branches of Education usually taught in this country. Her terms, per quarter, are as follows:—
1. Reading and Spelling,......................................$3
2. Reading, Spelling, Recitations and Writing,.................. 4
3. Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, Reading, Spelling, and Writing........................................... 5
4. Plain and Ornamental Needle Work, including the above branches, 6
5. History, Composition and Rhetoric, with the above,............ 6
6. Drawing and painting,..................................... 10
7. Theorem Painting upon velvet and paper,..................... 10
N. B. Music and the French Language will be taught, in addition to the above branches, as soon as the School will justify the employment of more assistance.
Mrs. Willey can accommodate a few young Ladies who board on reasonable terms.
—Yadkin & Catawba Journal, March 24, 1829.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
