ACADEMY DORMITORIES AND REGULATIONS, 1805.
The Trustees of the Warrenton Academy, having lately viewed with concern the declining state of this institution, and believing the want of suitable buildings for the accommodation of the students with board, lodging, etc., under the immediate inspection of the Principal, to have been in a great measure the cause thereof, they have been zealous in their endeavors to procure funds adequate to such purpose; and it is with pleasure they now announce to the public that they have contracted for the building of a steward's house, together with all necessary outhouses, which by the terms of the contract are to be compleated by the first day of January next. By this arrangement the students sent to the Academy will be compleatly separated from the town and being compelled to board at the seminary, the price of boarding will be considerably lessened.
The Trustees flatter themselves, that from the healthiness of the situation, the exertions now employed to erect proper buildings, and the possession of a good mathematical and philosophical apparatus, which most other institutions of the like kind in this state are destitute of, will ensure to this institution the patronage of their fellow citizens. They pledge themselves to the public to keep over it a special care and superintendence. They will see the laws made for the government thereof duly executed, and no exertions shall be wanting on their part to make it the seat of literature; of science, and of morals.
The subjoined regulations have been established by the Trustees:
RULES
For the Government of the Warrenton Academy.
1.  No student shall be permitted to lodge out of the Academy, except the children or particular relations of those who reside in town or its vicinity, and to whose satisfaction and convenience it may be to board with such family.
2.  The Principal of the Academy shall cause the bell to be rung on every morning at sun-rise, when the students shall rise, and within half an hour thereafter he shall cause the bell to be again rung, when the students shall assemble in the common-hall, and the Principal shall deliver a prayer, immediately after which the students shall go to their studies.
3.  The Principal shall cause the hell to he rung at dark every evening; after which no student shall he absent without license from him or a tutor.
4.  Each Saturday shall be employed by the students in such exercises as the Principal shall prescribe, until ten o'clock in the morning.
5.  It shall be earnestly recommended to the Principal to cause the students to meet at the Academy, at twelve o'clock on every Sunday, by the ringing of the bell, and to deliver to them a discourse upon some religious or moral subject.
6.  No student shall be allowed to absent himself from the Academy, for the purpose of attending a music or dancing school.
7.  Every student who shall be concerned in any kind of gambling, if he shall be under the age of fourteen years, shall receive from the Principal such correction as in his opinion he shall deserve. If over fourteen, for the first offence he shall be publicly admonished by the Principal, for the second he shall be suspended until the next meeting of the Trustees, who shall decide regarding it as they think, and the Principal in that case shall convene a Board as soon as he can conveniently thereafter.
8.  The ages of the students shall be made known to the Principal when they first enter the Academy, and shall be recorded by him.
9.  There shall be a vacation of one week, to commence on the first Saturday of May in each year, and another which shall commence on the Saturday next succeeding the fourth Monday in November in each year, and shall terminate on the first day of January following; and on the Saturday next preceding the said Saturday above-mentioned, there shall be a public examination of the students at the Academy, by the Principal assisted by at least five of the Trustees, and such other gentlemen as he or they may invite for that purpose. On the day next before the fall vacation there shall be a public exhibition by the students, either by the delivery of single pieces, or the acting of plays or farces, as the Principal shall direct.
10.  The rules regarding prayers in the morning and delivery of a discourse on Sunday, shall not be put in force, if at any time the number of students be less than ten.
11.  That no student shall be absent from his studies during any time set apart for the purpose; and any one offending herein, or against any of the rules and regulations hereby adopted, shall be dealt with as in the case of gambling herein before specified.
12.  Any student who shall be guilty of any immoral or disorderly conduct, other than what has been herein specified, shall be subject to the same punishment, to be inflicted in like manner, as in the other cases before mentioned.
The first three articles are necessarily suspended in their operation until the fall vacation. When the new buildings are completed, not only these articles will be enforced, but every other regulation adopted which the good order and prosperity of the whole establishment can require.
By order,
R. Davison, Secretary.
March 30.                                                     
—The Halifax (N. C.) Journal, May 6, 1805.
[The above appears in several preceding numbers and also in several succeeding numbers of the Journal.]
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)