RALEIGH ACADEMY CLOSING, JUNE, 1835.
The examination of the pupils in both branches of this Institution, commenced on Monday morning, and closed on "Wednesday evening of this week.
On Tuesday evening there was an interesting exhibition of public speaking, by the students in the male department The Orations, the Dialogues, and other performances, were creditable to the genius and application of the young gentlemen; and evinced in connexion with their examinations a proficiency in their studies which reflects much credit on the talents and assiduity of their Instructors, Messrs. L. B. Johnson, Principal, and Thos. B. Haywood, Assistant Instructor. A crowded and respectable auditory, were highly gratified with the exercises of the evening.
The young ladies, pupils in the Female department of the Academy, under the guidance and instruction of Mrs. S. P. Nye Hutcheson, also went through a critical examination, in the different branches of Female Education, during the three days mentioned. In these exercises, the young ladies acquitted themselves to the delight of all who witnessed their performances; their advancement, as indicated by their examinations, surpassed even the hopes of their parents and guardians, and is the surest test of the talents and qualifications of their accomplished Instructress.
It will be seen from an advertisement in this paper, that the summer session of both branches of the Raleigh Academy, will commence on Monday, the 15th of the present month.
—The Standard, June 5, 1835.
[Announcement of the examination appeared in The Standard for May 22, 1835.—C. L. C]
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
