MIDWAY UNDER HILL AND HILL.
MIDWAY ACADEMY,
Franklin County, N. C.
THE Exercises of this Institution will be again resumed on the first Monday in January next, under the immediate instruction of the Subscriber, assisted by his son DANIEL S. HILL. The course of Studies will be conformable to the plan of Education as adopted at our University. As the Subscriber is preparing his buildings for a permanent establishment, and will devote himself entirely to the duties of his School, parents may rest assured that every exertion shall be made to advance his pupils both in moral and intellectual improvement. Board will be $40, and tuition $10 per session, payable in advance.
Midway is situated two miles below the main Stage Road, ten miles from Louisburg, sixteen miles from Warrenton & four from the Shocco Springs. For health, it is exceeded by no situation in the State: for 4 years, there were from forty to sixty Students, and not a case of fever occurred. Should, however, medical aid be required, the attention of Dr. John Brodie, whose skill as a physician is inferior to none in the State, will be at hand, as he resides within two miles of Midway. The Students will be barred from exposure to extravagance and dissipation, as there is not a store or gill-shop within five miles of the Academy.
In the government of Midway Academy, the Principal will pursue that course which he would with his own children. He will advise and admonish; where these fail, the rod will be resorted to, but with parental prudence. When any pupil shall be deemed incorrigible in disorderly conduct, or habitually inattentive to his studies, his parent or guardian will be immediately informed thereof.
Letters to the Principal or Students must be directed to Louisburg, N. C.
Charles A. Hill, A. M.
Nov. 6th, 1828.
—Raleigh Register, November I4, 1828.
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies, 1790-1840, By Charles L. Coon 1914) |