1823.

The first semi-annual examination of the students of the institution, took place on Thursday, the 20th inst.
The different classes were examined on the following studies, viz: Homer's Iliad, 4 books; Lucian's Dialogues, the Odes of Horace, Virgil's Bucolicks, Nixon's Latin Prosody, together with scanning the different measures of Horace, Corderius, and the Latin Grammar, Arith- metick, Algebra and Geometry in Hutton's course of Mathematicks, Pike's Arithmetic, Willett and Adams' Geography, Pickett and Murray's English Grammar, reading and synonomising in Pickett's Expositor, spelling in Walker's Dictionary and Webster's Spelling Book, the shorter and child's catechism; also on reading, writing and composition.
The subscribers having had the experience of Nathaniel N. Smith for the last session, feel a confidence in recommending him as a Teacher qualified and disposed to discharge his duty. Under his instruction, young gentlemen can be prepared for entering any college in our country.
While due attention is paid to the classicks, particular pains will be taken in teaching the English language critically, penmanship, arithmetic, geography, history and composition. Students, for the future, will be required to attend school on Saturday forenoon, for the purpose of reciting English Grammar, reading, parsing, composition, declamation, etc. It often happens that boys who have neglected those previous studies, enter college, and graduate, without being able to write a tolerable letter, much less to arrange their thoughts in a clear, pure and eloquent style. The reason of the above regulation is to obviate this fault. * * * Robert Johnston, Henry Connor,
Lincoln County, Nov. 20, 1823.
John Hayes.
—Western Carolinian, December 2, 1823.

CATAWBA SCHOOL COURSE, 1824.

The subscriber, induced by the encouragement heretofore received, and by the growing prospects of the Catawba School, has consented to extend his engagements with the managers of this institution. In this school the course of instruction is such as to qualify students for admission into the University of this State, or to prepare them for the useful discharge of the duties of active life.
To attain these objects, the course of instruction will embrace the English, Latin and Greek languages; the elements of abstract and practical Mathematics, Geography, History and Astronomy. In the English language, no pains will be spared in instructing students in reading, orthography, etymology and syntax; and those lower branches of an English education, too much neglected in our public schools, but absolutely necessary in the ordinary concerns of life, shall be strictly attended to.
In the study of the ancient languages, particular attention will be paid to analysis, prosody, mythology, and composition; while the beauties of the classics will be, at the same time, carefully explained.
In the mathematics, the course of study will include arithmetic, use and construction of Logarithms, Algebra, Geometry, Trigometry, with their application to surveying, Navigation, etc. * * *
Also, the second semi-annual examination of the students of this School will commence on the 17th and end on the 20th of May. On the 17th, the English department will be examined; on the 18th, the classical; on the 20th, there will be a public exhibition, in which will be delivered several original and select orations, together with dialogues and dramatic pieces. Parents, Guardians and friends of literature, in general, are respectfully invited to attend.
Lincoln County, April 20, 1824.
N. N. Smith, Rector.
—Western Carolinian, April 27, 1824.

EXAMINATION CATAWBA SCHOOL, 1824.

EXAMINATION.

THE examination of the Catawba School commenced on the 17th and ended on the 20th inst. And we, the undersigned, feel a pleasure in announcing, that the specimens of improvement exhibited by the students, in each department, were such as realized our most sanguine expectations; and that there was not an individual who did not give satisfactory evidence of diligence and application on the part of the pupil, and of the ability and attention of the Instructor.
This school will commence its operation on the 7th of June, under the entire superintendence of Mr. Nathaniel N. Smith. The institution is intended to afford such course of study as will comprise the various branches requisite to perfect a young gentleman for entering the most respectable Colleges in our country, or to qualify him for the discharge of the duties of active life.
Boarding, with good accommodations, including washing, candles, fuel, &e. can be had at the rate of $65 per annum, to be punctually discharged at, or before, the close of each session.
Rorert Johnston,
Lincoln County, May 22, 1824.
Henry Conner.
—Western Carolinian, May 25, 1824.