POMONA BECOMES A SELECT SCHOOL, 1838.
SELECT SCHOOL.
The Subscriber, having engaged a Teacher to instruct his own children, begs leave to inform the public that he is ready to take in a select number of boarders at the moderate price of $6 per month, the Tuition fees besides being very moderate.
The Gentleman he has engaged, is qualified to teach the Latin, Greek, French and English Languages to any extent, and to prepare young men for entering the University.
The following recommendations will be sufficient to satisfy those who may be inclined to send, as to his knowledge and conduct.
Mr. Higgins has taught with me during this and a part of the last Session, and has acquitted himself with considerable success and satisfaction.
I consider him qualified to take charge of any Academy in the State, both in point of knowledge and exemplary conduct.
Alban J. N. Hart.
Principal of the Oxford Male Academy.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
