Letters and Advertisements
Letter ~ November 18, 1851
DANCYVILLE MALE ACADEMY
The attention of the public is respectfully invited to the card of this institution to be
found in another column of our paper. Our long and intimate acquaintance with its worthy
and eminent principal, Rev. Mr. Gamewell, enables us to speak confidently both of his
qualifications as a teacher and his qualities as a gentleman.
A graduate, with the highest honors, of one of the first institutions in the Union, he
unites with pre-eminent abilities, these noble qualities of the heart which peculiarly fit
him for the position he occupies—that of instructing and maturing the youthful mind.
We congratulate the Trustees in their good fortune in having been able to procure the
services of a gentleman under whose administration the Academy cannot fail to prosper.
Advertisement ~ November 20, 1851
DANCYVILLE MALE ACADEMY
The Trustees of this institution having secured the services of Rev. Frank Gamewell, A.
M., a graduate of South Carolina College, for the ensuring year, the exercises will
commence on the FIRST MONDAY in JANUARY NEXT.
TERMS OF TUITION PER SESSION
For Spelling, Reading, and Writing--------------------- $ 8.00
Grammar, Arithmetic, Geography, History-------- 12.00
Higher English Branches---Logic, Rhetoric,
Natural and Moral Philosophy, Surveying,
Algebra,& c. ----------------------------------- 16.00
Classics, and Higher Mathematics------------------ 20.00
The Academy building is a large and handsome edifice, beautifully situated just out of the
village on the North. The community in and about Dancyville, is one of high moral tone,
and of more than ordinary intelligence and culture. The health of the neighborhood is
unsurpassed by that of any region in the West. It is hoped that these inducements will
attract extensive and liberal patronage.
By order of the Board. Nov18 wtd JOHN M. RAWLINS, Sec'y.
TRUSTEES
Rev. Arthur Davis, Pres't. |
C. Rivers |
Thos. Shepard, Esq. |
Mr. Howell Taylor, Jr |
Wm. Nolen |
J. W. Black |
Robt. Morris |
H. L. Douglass |
J. T. Niblett |
R. Scott |
F. B. Ragland |
W. A. Lundie |
O. Alexander |
Willie Cherry |
The preceding documents appeared in The Memphis Appeal newspaper.
Researched at the Shelby County Library and formatted by
MARY KAY DANCY SMITH