MILITARY INSTRUCTION INTRODUCED.
On Saturday last the Male Students of the Raleigh Academy, composing a military corps under the instruction and superintendence of Mr. Greville, English Teacher in the Academy, paraded on the State House Square, in handsome uniformity of dress, to receive a Stand of Colors wrought and painted by some of the young ladies under the instruction of Mrs. Bowen. The Flag, made of white silk, was elegantly and fancifully painted. The American Arms were painted, and also a wreath of laurel, enclosing an inscription, "Virtue, Liberty and Science." The Stars were richly spangled; and the Colours altogether exhibited a fair specimen of the taste and work of the Young Ladies, and the ability and attention of their highly respected Teacher.
—Editorial, Raleigh Register, April 6, 1809.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
