(On January 30, 1821, the above with the following not to advertisement of Statesville Academy appeared:)
N.B. - From the inexperience of youth, it often happens they are to easily led into habits of extravegance. In these they too successfully indulge, notwithstanding the care and vigilance of the trustees. The teacher, especially, suffers the blame, although errors of this kind are committed without his knowledge and permission. Aware of this, and at the same time desirous to afford every security to parents and guardians, the following rules will be strictly attended to:
Every student shall be confined to one particular store for the purchase of those articles of which he may stand in need; his account in said store to be carefully examined once in every month.
No student shall be permitted to play at unlawful games, nor indulge in the use of ardent spirits; and to prevent these evils their accounts in taverns shall be examined and a report obtained from the owners of boarding houses respecting the conduct of their boarders, once in every month.
These and the other regulations of the school will be carried into execution by the following gentlemen: Co. Richard Allison, Dr. Joseph Guy, Rev. Dr. McRee, Robert Worke, Esq., Wm. McKnight, Esq., Gen. George L. Davidson, John Huggins, Esq., Capt. Alexander Dunlap, Thomas Allison.
J.M.
Western Carolinian, January 30, 1821
(Source: North Carolina Schools and Academies 1790-1840, by Charles L. Coon, 1915) |
