WAKE FOREST FEMALE SCHOOL.
The Public are respectfully informed that a Seminary for the instruction of young Ladies will be opened at this place on the third Monday of July next, under the immediate direction of Mrs. Phillips, who has had eighteen years experience as a Teacher at the North and in this State, and comes with the best testimonials of qualifications from Bishop Griswold and other characters of high standing. Two very competent young Ladies are employed as Assistants.
The course of instruction will be that usually pursued, viz; Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, History, Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, Composition, Plain Needle Work and Embroidery, Drawing and Painting, and Music on the Piano.
The prices of Tuition for the Session of five months, will be; for the ordinary branches of an English Education $10—Needle Work and Embroidery $5—Drawing and Painting $5—Music on the Piano $15, payable always in advance.
Board can be had in my family in the same house with the teachers, at thirty dollars per Session, where every proper attention will be paid to the comfort, morals and manners of the pupils.
The pure air and water, healthiness and good society of this place are too well known to require mention. That the location of this Seminary is in every respect proper, may be inferred from the fact that Wake Forest has for a number of years past supported excellent and prosperous schools. Calvin Jones.
June 26, 1831.
—Raleigh Register, Thursday July 7, 1831.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
