SPARTA ACADEMY UNDER W. A. WALKER.
MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY.
WM. A. WALKER respectfully informs the inhabitants of Edgecombe and adjacent Counties, that his second session commenced on the 4th instant, at his residence seven miles from Tarborough, in the immediate neighborhood of Sparta.
Terms Per Session of 5 Months.
Greek, Latin, & the subordinate branches.................. $14.00
Geography, English Grammar, History, Composition, &c. &c.. 8.00
Spelling, Reading and Writing........................... 6.00
Boarding, Washing and Mending......................... 25.00
Boarding may be had in many private families in the neighborhood, if preferred.
Under an arrangement with his present patronisers, the vacation will commence 1st day of August and terminate 30th of September.
Such as did not enter at the commencement of the session, will only be chargeable from the time of their entrance, up to the completion of their respective Sessions.
June 23, 1830.
—Raleigh Register, August 26, 1830.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)
