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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.

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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

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The preceding documents appeared in The Memphis Appeal  newspaper.
Researched at the Shelby County Library and formatted by

MARY  KAY  DANCY  SMITH


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