HEMDON ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1837.
HEMDON ACADEMY.

This Institution was advertised at the beginning of the year under the head of 'Boarding School/ The first Session will close on Wednesday the 28th of June, and the second commence on the Monday following, 3d of July. The undersigned would be glad to accommodate a few more Boarders at his established prices, viz. $7 per month, everything furnished except lights. The established price for tuition, is, for Latin or Greek, $12.50; for Mathematics, $10, and for all others, $7.50 per Session.

No neighborhood is more suitable for such an Institution, than that wherein Hemdon Academy is located. It is about five miles northwest of Louisburg, and is thought to be the most elevated spot in Franklin county. 'Tis a neighborhood of sober, industrious and temperate people; and the Subscriber confidently assures the Public that nothing Uke vice or immorality would be countenanced. The Undersigned being sole proprietor and instructor of the institution, promises on his part, faithfully to do everything in his power for the intellectual and moral improvement of all that may be entrusted to his care. A strict discipline will be kept up among all classes, and no young man will be taken, unless he is willing to submit implicitly to the directions of the Subscriber. Any person wishing to send a scholar to the Subscriber, will please make it known to him by letter.              

John Y. Hicks.
Hemdon Academy, June 1, 1837.

—Raleigh Register, June 13, 1837.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914)