KELVIN SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 1837.
BOARDING SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES. Kelvin, near Pittsborough.
The Exercises of this School, which have just closed for the second Session of the present year, will be rsumed on the 1st of February next, under the superintendence of Miss C. C. Jones and the Subscriber, assisted by a Lady in every respect suitably qualified. The first Session of the year 1837 will close on the 15th of July, including a short vacation. * * * The second Session will commence on the 15th of July, and terminate on the 12th of December. The School will be, as heretofore, strictly private in its character. No young Ladies, except those resident in the immediate vicinity, or so near the School as to be considered under the immediate care of their parents or guardians, will be permitted to board in any family of which a teacher is not a member. An arrangement has been made with Miss Holmes, with whom a lady connected with the School resides, to accommodate a small number of young ladies with board. Terms, for board and tuition, $85 per Session, payable in advance; tuition for day scholars, $15 for all over 12 years of age; 12^2 for those under 12.
Instruction in the Ancient Languages and Mathematics, will be given when desired. * * * Books and Stationary will be furnished to boarders and day scholars at the lowest retail prices. Music and drawing will form separate charges. The services of an additional Instructor in Music having become necessary, one has been accordingly provided. The services of a gentleman who is highly recommended, have been engaged for the next year (1837) who will give Instruction in the French and German, which will also form a separate charge.
Pittsborough, December 15, 1836. W. H. Hardin.
—The Register, December 27, 1836.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) |