SALEM SCHOOL FOR BOYS OPENS, 1826
SALEM MALE ACADEMY.
THE Public are respectfully informed, that the Trustees of the Female Academy at Salem, Stokes County, North Carolina, intend opening a BOARDING SCHOOL FOR BOYS, also, in the same place; in which all the branches of a good English Education will be taught— and besides that, the Latin, Greek, French and Spanish languages.
The undersigned, on whom the superintendence of this School will devolve, begs further leave to state, that five competent Teachers will be employed for the various branches of instruction; and that every exertion will be made to render this institution worthy of the patronage and confidence of parents and guardians, by adopting and pursuing such a course of education and school discipline, as will be calculated to improve the mind, regulate the conduct, and preserve the health of the pupils. And while endeavoring to prepare them for a life of usefulness and respectability in this world, the higher concerns of eternity will not be lost sight of, but a conscientious care be taken, to imbue their minds with religious knowledge and impressions.
The pupils will board and lodge under the same roof with their teachers, and be continually subject to their inspection.
The School will commence, and be opened for the reception of scholars by the first of July next.
Arrangements will be made to accommodate from thirty to forty pupils.
The terms of admittance will be: Entrance money, $5. Board, including bedding, washing and tuition, embracing Reading, Grammar, Composition, Penmanship, Arithmetic, Mathematics, Book-keeping, Surveying, History and Geography, $35 per quarter, payable in advance; instruction in Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, Music and Drawing, each $3 per quarter. Books, stationary, and other contingent expenses, placed to account. Clothes found by the parents, or placed to account at their option. No pupils are admitted under eight, or above twelve years of age. Applications, mentioning name, age, &c. received by Andrew Benade,
Pastor of the Congregation at Salem, N. C.
Salem, March 18.
—Raleigh Register, May 19, 1826.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)