OAKY MOUNT ACADEMY, 1839.
FEMALE SCHOOL.
The Subscriber begs leave to inform the Public that a School for Girls and small boys will be opened at his house, situated in Wake county, N. C. nine miles North west of Raleigh, commencing on the first Monday in February next.
Terms, per session of five months, with Board, $25. Books will be supplied by the Subscriber, but will be an extra expense.
The situation is high, healthy, and in an excellent neighborhood.
Pupils will be charged from the time of entering the School to the termination of the session; and no deduction will be made for absence except in cases of sickness.
Early application is desired to be made. Address the Subscriber at Raleigh.
Wake county, Jan. 10, 1839. Anderson Page.
—Raleigh Register, January 21, 1839.
OAKY MOUNT ACADEMY.
This Institution, published at the commencement of this year, under the head of "Female School," will close its first session on the 4th of July, and commence its second on the 15th.
Thankful for the liberal encouragement which he has received, the undersigned solicits a continuance of the same, and, as he will exercise a constant supervision over the institution, he pledges himself to spare no pains to give to those who are entrusted to his care the utmost attention.
The pupils will be placed under the care of his Daughter, who will teach the different branches of an English education and Needle Work.
TUITION.—For Spelling, Reading, Writing, and first lessons in Geography, five Dollars per session. For English Grammar, Geography and the higher branches, seven Dollars and a half. For Needle work, two Dollars per session of five months.
The undersigned will take ten or twelve boarders at five Dollars per month. Board can also be had in respectable houses in the neighborhood.
There will be, also, a good Male School, within one Mile of this Institution, to commence at the same time.
Oaky Mount, Wake county, N. C. Anderson Page.
June 26, 1839.
—Raleigh Register, July 6, 1839
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
