DANIEL W. KERR PRINCIPAL, 1830.
WAKE FOREST PLEASANT GROVE ACADEMY.
This institution will commence its operations again, under the superintendence of Rev. Daniel W. Kerr and wife, on the first day of February, 1830, and will be open to receive boarders, who can be accommodated with excellent board, in the immediate vicinity of the academy, on the most reasonable terms. In the female department the following branches will be taught: Reading, Penmanship, English Grammar, Geography, History, Rhetoric, Philosophy and Arithmetic. In the male department, the branches taught will be the same as those above. The prices for tuition will be the same in both departments, viz. 10 dollars per session, of ten months. Those who may think proper to enter their children into the above institution, may rest assured that the greatest possible care will be taken as to cultivation both of their minds and morals.
Nov. 28, 1829. By the Trustees.
—The Star, December 81, 1829.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
