NEW PLAN OF STUDIES AND METHODS, 1823
The Exercises of this Institution will be resumed on the first Monday in January under the continued superintendance of the Rev. Dr. McPheeters.
The assistant Teachers, both in the Male and Female Departments, whose diligence and success have hitherto given much satisfaction, will continue to serve in their respective places.'
On the resignation of Miss Nye, Miss Benedict was elected to fill her place in the' Female Department, and is now ready to engage in the service of the Board. * * *
An arrangement has been made with Dr. McPheeters, under which, what has been usually called the Classical Department of the Academy, is now, at his own request, given up to his sole instruction and management. * * *
The tuition fees of the Academy, for a session or half year are the following:
1st Class—Spelling, Reading, First Catechisms, Copy-writing, $5.
2nd Class—The four simple rules in Arithmetic, committing to memory the English and Latin Grammars, Geography of the United States, Plain Sewing, $7.
3rd Class—Arithmetic, Geography and English Grammar throughout, Rudiments of the Latin Language, Needle-work, $12.
4th Class—The Latin and Greek Languages throughout, Elements of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic, Moral Philosophy and Chemistry, Drawing, Painting and Embroidery, $15. * * * W. Hill, Sec'ry.
Raleigh, Dec. 23, 1823.
Raleigh Grammar School,
Or Preparatory Professorship.
The Trustees of the Raleigh Academy, having given up the Classical Department of the Institution to the sole instruction and management of the subscriber, he proposes to establish a Grammar School, on a plan, of which the following is an outline:
1. The number of pupils, shall be limited to twenty; but the school will go into operation with ten, or with any less number.
2. That the attention of the instructor may not be too much divided, and that full time may be given to each recitation, the pupils shall not, at any time, be divided into more than two classes.
3. The object of the school shall be, to prepare the pupils for entering with credit, the University of this State, or any other University or College in the United States.
4. The use of translations among the pupils, either in or out of the school room, shall be strictly prohibited; but in all cases where the general standing of the class, or the difficulties of any particular lesson, or number of lessons, seem to make it necessary, it is the intention of the instructor to sit down familiarly with the class as one of its members, and aid the pupils in getting their lesson, not by translating it for them, but by referring them to their Dictionaries, and affording them such hints and directions as will enable them in the exercise of their own faculties to surmount the difficulties which occur; after which, the class will generally be required to review the lesson, and recite it at the proper hour.
5. That the pupils may become acquainted with the solution of the principal difficulties to be met with in the classics, a selection of these difficulties will be prepared as soon as practicable; and particular sentences, as trials of skill, from time to time, be handed to the pupils. After allowing sufficient time for reflection and research, their solutions will be called for; and if not satisfactory to the instructor, he will either furnish what appears to him to be the true solution, or give further time for investigation.
6. The classes will be required to pay scrupulous attention to the rules . of Prosody, that they may, at an early period, be able with ease, to scan Hexameter verse; and thus habituate themselves to correct pronunciation.
7. The school-room shall at all times be furnished with a competent number of Ancient Maps, for the purpose of instructing the classes as they progress, in the Geography of the classics. It has been found by experience, that the classics are studied by youth, with increased attention and delight when their acquaintance with Classical Geography enables them to locate on their Maps, the poetic scenes and historic facts, of which they read.
8. The sessions and vacations of the school will be regulated for the present, by those of the University of North Carolina. The price of tuition per session will be $15, paid in advance.
9. Instead of public examinations, the attendance of two or more literary gentlemen will be solicited at, or near the close of each session, for the purpose of examining the pupils privately* and parents and guardians shall be regularly furnished with circulars, specifying the standing of their sons and wards, in regard to Behaviour, Industry and Scholarship.
10. Particular attention will be paid to the conduct of the students. * * * All unnecessary harshness and severity, in administration and government and instruction of the school, will be avoided. * * *
W. McPhbeter8, Principal of the Raleigh Academy
Dec. 23, 1823.
—Raleigh Register, December 26,1823.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
