COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON FLOWERS 
 MEMORIAL COLLECTION 
 
 DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 
 DURHAM, N. C. 
 
 PRESENTED BY 
 
 W. W. FLOWERS 
 
PROSPECTUS 
 
 OF 
 
 THE CITY OF RALEIGH. 
 
 liALEIGH: 
 
 PUINTED RY JOSEPH GALfeS & SOX.' 
 
 1834. 
 
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 EXTRACT 
 
 FR03I THE 
 
 ^URNAL OF THE LAST CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESSv 
 Held in JVarrenton^ May, 1833. 
 
 " 1. Resolved, That the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocess of 
 North-Carolina, will establish a School, to be located in or near the City of 
 Raleigh, to be called the " Episcopal School of North-Carolina." 
 
 2. Resolved, That the object in establishing this School, is to afford to 
 the friends and members of our communion, an opportunity of educating 
 their children in classical and other learning, and of instructing them in the 
 Doctrine, DiscipUne and Worship of the Church. 
 
 3. Resolved, That the Convention annually appoint by ballot, a Com- 
 mittee consisting of 12 persons, 4 of whom shall be Clergymen, and 8 Lay- 
 men, to be called the " School Committee to whom, with the Bishop as 
 Chairman, shall be entrusted the whole management of the School ; any 
 two Clergymen and four Laymen of whom, shall constitute a quorum for the 
 transaction of business ; and the Committee shall report their proceedings 
 
 4|pnually to the Convention. 
 
 4. Resolved, That the School Committee take measures for opening the 
 School forthwith : And to enable them to do so, that they be authorised to 
 employ Teachers and to procure a suitable building. And resolved further, 
 that the Convention will fulfil any engagements which may be entered into 
 by the Committee. 
 
 5. Resolved, That the School Committee be authorised to employ as ma- 
 ny Agents as they may think proper, for the purpose of calling upon the 
 members and friends of the Church for pecuniary aid to effect this object. — 
 Resolved further, that the members and friends of our communion be, and 
 are hereby exhorted, as far as their means will permit, to lend their aid to 
 the support of the School." 
 
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 « RESOLUTIONS. 
 
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TEACHERS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 EPISCOPAL SCHOOL. 
 
 J3>SEPH G. COGSWELL, Doctor in Philosopliy, . . . Rector. 
 
 REV. JOSEPH SAUNDERS, A. M Chaplaiv 
 
 TOHN DE BERNIERE HOOPER, A. B. ....... Teacher. 
 
PROSPECTUS, &c. 
 
 The Committee of the Episcopal School having so far 
 executed their trust, as to feel authorised in naming a particular 
 day for opening the School, beg leave to submit the foUowina; 
 Prospectus to the friends of the proposed Institution. And as 
 the School will differ in some respects from the literary institu- 
 tions in our State, it is deemed advisable in tlie present address 
 to be more explicit on its character and objects than might other- 
 wise be necessary. 
 
 GENERAL OBJECTS OF THE SCHOOL. 
 
 The Episcopal School, as intended by the Convention, will 
 be a truly Christian Seminary its object being, by a thorough 
 education, to prepare young men for every duty in the present 
 life, and for a happy immortality in the life to come. 
 
 What, then, is essential to the attainment of this end ? 
 
 That every School aiming to fit youth for the duties of life 
 should provide for a thorough training in classical and other 
 secular learning, will be admitted by all ; and such provision 
 will certainly be made by the Episcopal School. But to pre- 
 pare them, both for the present life and for that which is to 
 come, instruction must manifestly be religious as well as sec- 
 ular. Hence, we propose to secure for our pupils the means 
 of becoming good men and pious Christians. Throughout the 
 whole course, secular and religious instruction will, so far as 
 practicable, be blended. From the smallest boy to the most 
 advanced student, instruction in Religion will form as regular 
 a part of his education, as instruction in Mathematics, or in the 
 Classics. In this manner, it will be the aim of the School to 
 make the religious knowledge of the pupils keep pace with their 
 other knowledge ; so that by the time their secular education 
 is completed, they may be well grounded in the principles of 
 the Gospel, and in the Doctrines, Discipline and Worship of 
 the Church. 
 
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 But instrudion^ though both secular and religious, is only 
 a part of education. The Episcopal School, however, will aim, 
 so far as the course extends, to accomplish all the objects of 
 Christian education, in the most enlarged acceptation of that 
 term. 
 
 The morals of boys when first removed from the restraints of 
 the parental roof, are perhaps a source of deeper anxiety to tlieir 
 parents than even their instruction. Many a parent has found, 
 upon the return of his son from School, that some learning has 
 been acquired by him, but at the melancholy price of corrupt 
 principles and dissipated habits. In the proposed School, the 
 moral habits and manners of the pupils, will be considered an 
 important part of education. And to guard and improve these, 
 by a constant supervision of the pupils — by a familiar and 
 affectionate intercourse with them — ^by keeping them from the 
 common temptations to vice — ^by forbidding them to go from 
 the School grounds, unless in company with a teacher, or by 
 express permission — ^by filling up all their time with study and 
 exercise— by denying them the use of money for improper pur- 
 poses—and by checking the earliest indications of any vicious 
 habits — will be a paramount object with the Rector and other 
 Teachers. On these means, under the Divine blessing, they will 
 rely for counteracting evil propensities, and reclaiming offend- 
 ing pupils. But should all these precautions fail, and a youth 
 become decidedly immoral, he will not be permitted to remain 
 in the School, and thus exercise a corrupting influence over 
 other Students. 
 
 Another important object in education, is the preservation of 
 health, and the invigorating of the youthful constitution. Tiie 
 beautiful and healthy site of the School, will of itself, tend much 
 to this object, as will also the strict attention to the morals of 
 tlie pupils, already mentioned. The Institution, however, will 
 not rely altogether upon these. Early rising, and retiring re- 
 gularly to bed — abundant and systematic exercise — the inter- 
 diction of all sedentary games — simple, nutritious and regular 
 diet— cleanliness— commodious and well ventilated apartments, 
 and due precautions against exposure in hot or bad weather, 
 will be united with tiie other means to preserve, where it already 
 
exists, tliis fiist of earthly blessings ; and to impart, where it 
 does not, health, and vigor, and physical activity. 
 
 There is still another object necessary to a liberal education. 
 It is to discipline the mind on philosophic principles, so as to 
 make the person as able a man, as his share of natural talent 
 will admit. Every educated man knows perfectly well, that 
 it is not the amount of knowledge which a youth gains at school, 
 that constitutes the true value of education. It is the mental 
 discipline which he there undergoes, and the ability which he 
 thence acquires, of obtaining such information as liis future cir- 
 cumstances may demand. To train the mind in this manner, 
 it must be directed, in turn, to such studies as will best assist 
 in the developement and discipline of its principal faculties. 
 Its powers of perception, attention, memory, imagination, judg- 
 ment, reasoning and invention, have each their appropriate in- 
 struments, by which they are developed and invigorated. No 
 one of these purposes will be disregarded in the course of edu- 
 cation in the Episcopal School ; and a reference to this object 
 will regulate the order in which the studies will be taught. The 
 chief reliance, however, for early mental discipline, will be the 
 study of the Greek and Latin Classics, and of pure Mathema- 
 tics 5 for it is believed, that there is no one faculty of the mind, 
 which is not directly, or indirectly called into action by these 
 studies, when pursued upon a proper method. 
 
 All the foregoing, appear necessary parts of an enlightened 
 Christian education. Instruction therefore, in Classical and 
 other learning ; the inculcation of the principles and duties of 
 the Christian religion ; a parental supervision of the moral ha- 
 bits and manners of the pupils 5 the preservation of their health 
 and a systematic discipline of the mind ; these, are the purpo- 
 ses which the Episcopal School will, under the blessing of God, 
 eiideavor to effect for all those who may be entrusted to its care. 
 
 FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF THE SCHOOL, 
 
 To accomplish these several objects ; to avoid the evils of a 
 divided respougibility, and to give unity and efficiency to the 
 
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 eperations of the School, the following plan of Government and 
 Discipline has been adopted : 
 
 To form tlie religious and moral characters, as well as to cul- 
 tivate the minds of youth, it is necessary for the lustructers to 
 have control of all theii* actions ; for this reason, the Students 
 and Rector of the Episcopal School, will compose one family, 
 and reside in the same buildings ; the Rector being the Patri- 
 arch or head of the family. As he will thus sustain the rela- 
 tion of parent to his pupils, he has been clothed with a general 
 parental authority over the whole Institution. The entire gov- 
 ernment and discipline of the School, are lodged exclusively' 
 in his hands ; he will exercise a personal superintendence and 
 control over each branch of instruction and throughout every 
 department of the vjistitution; his decision in every matter of 
 the Students, will be final ; nor will there be allowed any appeal 
 from him, by a Stitdent, to the School Committee. The other 
 Teachers will be a Council of advice to the Rector, whenever 
 he shall choose to consult them : but any measure recommen- 
 ded by them, which he may adopt, will be deemed by the School 
 Committee, to be his own act, and he alone held responsible for 
 it. All the Teachers will be under his control, both in the in- 
 struction of their several Classes, and in executing such parts 
 of the Discipline as he may assign them. As the Rector will 
 thus have a controlling influence throughout the whole Institu- 
 tion, he will be held responsible by the Committee, not only for 
 his personal acts, but for the faithful performance of duty, by 
 all subordinate persons, and for the general well being and suc- 
 cess of the whole Establishment. As the Students will com- 
 pose the family of the Rector, tliey v/ill eat at the same table 
 with him and another Teacher, and \m\e precisely the sarne Jure, 
 that they have. Sejiarate apartments will be appi'opriated 
 for dormitories, study-rooms and recitation rooms. In a room 
 adjoining each dormitory and communicating by a glass door, 
 for the purpose of supervision, an Instructer will have his bed. 
 In each study-room, where the pupils are to assemble after 
 morning prayers, after breakfast, after dinner, and again af- 
 ter supper, to prepare for recitation, a Teacher will be con- 
 stantly present. When the Recitation hour arrives, the seve- 
 
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 ral classes will retire to t1\eir respective recitation rooms. By 
 these means, all the studying of the Scholars will be done under 
 the immediate supervision of an Instructer. A recess between 
 study hours, will be given for recreation and exercise ; these 
 will be as regularly prescribed to each Student as his literary 
 exercises, and they will be under the immediate inspection of 
 the Rector. All active, innocent amusements will be allowed 
 and encouraged ; but no sedentary games. No laborious em- 
 ployments will be enjoined, nor any Mechanic art taught. In 
 a healthy country, where delightful groves and spacious grounds 
 are provided for boys, and a regular alternation between study 
 and exercise is allowed, it is believed, their youthful feelings and 
 buoyant spirits will, of themselves, prompt them to take full as 
 much exercise as their health may require. 
 
 By these arrangements, the Students u ill, at all times, both 
 day and night, in the study-room and on the play -ground, be 
 under the inspection and control of their Teachers. The In- 
 structers will thus have abundant opportunity ot keeping up a 
 constant intercourse with tlieir pupils. This intercourse, we 
 wish it distinctly understood, will be that of Christian parents 
 with their children. It will be the duty of the Rector to re- 
 gard all the Students as his children, and to govern them as 
 he would liis own family — holding up the same motives, and 
 adopting the same measures, to make them diligent in their stu- 
 dies and exemplary in their behaviour, that a Christian parent 
 should with his children. The Teachers will study to strip 
 their government of that reserved, formal and constrained cha- 
 racter, which commonly marks the relation between Master and 
 Scholar, and endeavor to make it affectionate, confidential and 
 intimate. By means of tliis unreserved intercourse, they v/ill 
 be able, it is thought, to secure in the most effectual manner, 
 (ill the objects of the School. They will be able constantly, to 
 inspect the morals of their pupils^ to warn them affectionately, of 
 approaching danger; to watch over their health; to advise and ex- 
 hort them privately; to mould their characters, and to guide them 
 in the paths of virtue and knowledge. From such an affection- 
 ate and every-day communication, between intelligent and pious 
 men on the one liand, and susceptible and ingenuous youth on 
 
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 the other, the Committee cannot but look for the happiest re- 
 sults. Indeed, they rely much for the success and efficiency of 
 the Institution, as a means of Christian education, upon this per- 
 ^ sonal and familiar intercourse between Instructers and pupils. 
 The Christian and parental principles on which the Episcopal 
 School is founded, will pervade every department of the Insti- 
 tution, and give character to all-its proceedings. The disci- 
 pline of the School will, therefore, be entirely Parental disci- 
 pline, conducted on purely Christian pri?iciples. The Rector 
 being invested with such authority, will be able to exercise the 
 discipline of the School in that truly parental and Christian 
 spirit, which is here intended. In his government, it will be 
 his constant aim to combine,, as has been well expressed, "the 
 maximum of vigilance with the minimum of punishment."* A 
 leading feature of the discipline, will be its prevetitive nature. 
 It will aim, by a prudent foresight, to prevent the occurrence 
 of offences among the Students, rather than to punish thewi 
 when committed, on the same principle that a wise parent would 
 much prefer securing his child, by due precaution,^ against bad 
 habits, to even the most th.orough reformation of such habits, 
 wlien once contracted. It is confidently believed that the vigi- 
 lance of the present Rector, aided by his familiar acqiKiintance 
 with the propensities and habits of boys, and by the co-operation 
 of the other Teachers, will be able to effect much by this;)?T- 
 ventivc discipline, steadily pursued. 
 
 To assist the Teachers in keeping the Scholars from tempta- 
 tioii, tlie following regulations have'been adopted by the School 
 Committee. 
 
 1. Particular vidlance shall be used by the Rector and other 
 'i'eachers under his direction, to preserve the Students from 
 the corrurning influence of an improper intercourse with the 
 City near v/hich they reside. So boy, under any pretence 
 whatever, sliall be allowed to liave his associates out of the 
 School; nor at any time to Itmve the premises of the Institu- 
 tion, except in strict conformity witli such regulations as the 
 Rector may establish. 
 
 * Coleridge. 
 
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 In regard to the situation of the Episcopal School, the Com- 
 mittee feel, that they can recommend it, as combining health, 
 beauty and commodiousncss. The grounds situate about a mile 
 west of the Capitol in the city of Raleigh, on a gradual eminence, 
 comprise more than 150 acres of dry, sloping. Oak forest 5 af- 
 fording ample space for buildings, exercise, and every purpose 
 connected with the School. Its site, therefore, will be at a suf- 
 ficient distance from the City to enable the Rector to carry into 
 full effect this feature in our system which aims at cutting off 
 all communication between the pupils and the town. 
 
 2. No Student shall be allowed to have an account at any 
 Store, or other place in the City; or to purchase any article 
 (except with his pocket money) without the permission of the 
 Rector. Every Student, previous to his admission into the 
 School, will be required to pay into the hands of the Treasurer, 
 all the funds, of every description, which he may have, and 
 likewise to pay over all other funds, which he may receive 
 during the Session ; for which the Treasurer's receipt will be 
 given. Stated allowances for pocket money will be given to 
 each Student, under such regulations as the Rector may pre- 
 scribe. And it is desirtd that these allov/ances may be as small 
 and as nearly alike for all the Students, as practicable. At 
 the end of the Session, an account will be rendered to the Pa- 
 rent or Guardian of each Student ; stating the amount of money 
 paid to the Treasurer by the Student — the allowance made to 
 him for pocket money — the amount of his expenses at the School 
 during the Session, and the sum, if any, refunded to him at the 
 close of the Session. Any evasion on the part of a student, in 
 complying with the true spirit and meaning of this regulation, 
 will be particularly noticed, even to his dismission, if neces- 
 sary, from the School. 
 
 3. All the Students will be required to dress so as to com- 
 bine plainness, neatness, and cheapness ; but no uniform is 
 established for the School. 
 
 4. A select Library will be provided for the reading of the 
 Students during their leisure hours. No Student, therefore, 
 need purchase any Books for his private reading ; and none will 
 be admitted into the School, but such as are entirely consistent 
 
with the character of the Institution. The Rector will, at any 
 time, withdraw from the Students, all Books and Pamphlets of 
 which he may disapprove. 
 
 5. Whenever the Rector discovers that the conduct of a boy, 
 is exercising a corrupting, a disorderly, or otherwise injurious 
 influence on the other Students, he will, if the case be urgent, 
 forthwith dismiss him from the School ; if not, he will respect- 
 fully request the parent to withdraw him ; — and if he be not re- 
 moved in a reasonable time, he will dismiss him. 
 
 Another important feature in the Discipline, resulting from 
 the Christian principles of the Scliool, will be the character 
 of the motives held up to make the Students diligent and ex- 
 emplary. All the incitements to exertion, which address them- 
 selves to the pride and worldly ambition of the pupil, will be 
 systematically excluded from the Institution. A spirit of emu- 
 lation and rivalry among Students would surely be out of place 
 in a Christian Seminary. The ordinary methods of exciting 
 them, must therefore be avoided. No honors or distinctions in 
 Scholarship will be given at the Examinations. These induce- 
 ments to study, were they lawful, only influence a comparative- 
 ly small portion of a class, while they leave the large majority 
 untouched by their influence. Besides, these motives are like 
 mechanical springs, which operate no longer than they are ap- 
 plied. They cease, of course, when the youth quits the Insti- 
 tution. Many a young man, under these artificial stimulants, 
 has highly distinguished himself at College, and awakened in 
 the bosom of his delighted friends the most sanguine hopes of 
 his future eminence, only to sink into early and hopeless obscu- 
 rity. 
 
 On the contrary, it should be the aim of Christian education, 
 to bring, as early as possible, the youthful mind under the habi- 
 tual influence of those conscientious motives^ wliich should re- 
 gulate the conduct of maturer years. 
 
 But the radical objection to these motives, in a course of 
 Christian education is, that they are inconsistent with the spirit 
 of the Christian religion. No Christian parent would rejoice 
 to see his own sons acting towards each other under the influ- 
 ence of these passions. "Emulation," which has been well 
 
defined, ^'a desire of surpassing others, tor the sake of supe- 
 riority," has been justly pronounced ''an k nhal low ed lirincu 
 pie ; it can scarcely, if at all, be disjoined from jealousy and 
 envy — from pride and contention. It is a principle of such 
 potency, as to be likely to engross the whole mind, especially 
 of the young and ardent, and to turn it habitually and violently 
 from those motives, which it should be the great business of edu- 
 cation to cherish and render permanent in the mind; namely, 
 a sense of duty, and gratitude and love to God."^ Instead, 
 therefore, of these temporary, partial and unliallowed-' excite- 
 ments to exertion, the Episcopal School will appeal only to those 
 that are truly Christian in their character and influence; and 
 which may continue to operate, with increasing force, during 
 the whole period of existence. The Committee, therefore, feel 
 that none hwt Christian motives can, consistently with its cha- 
 racter, be introduced into a Christian School, to promote Chris- 
 tian diligence and good behaviour. 
 
 The same principles will govern the Rector's treatment of 
 offending pupils. He will deal with them precisely as a Chris- 
 tian parent should with his own children. His great object be- 
 ing to make them sensible of their faults ; and to lead them, by 
 all the methods which the Christian religion sanctions, to genu- 
 ine repentance and amendment of life. The parental authority 
 with which the Rector is clothed, accompanied by that real 
 fatherly anxiety for the welfare of his pupils, which it is hoped 
 he will always feel, will enable him to manage offences and re- 
 form offenders, much more successfully than minute pre-esta- 
 blished regulations. And as the responsibility of the Rector 
 to the School Committee will be in exact proportion to the ex- 
 tent of his authority, that, will be the best security, that his 
 discretionary powers will not be improperly used. 
 
 STUDIES, sessions, &C. 
 
 The Studies are to embrace a thorough course of instruction 
 in the English language, from reading and writing, to its connect 
 use in speaking and composition. 
 
 * Babin^ton on Chrretian Education. 
 
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 llie Greek and Latin languages to any required extent, with 
 the history of Greek and Latin Literature, from written lec- 
 tures. The French, German, Italian, and Spanish Languages 
 and Literature. 
 
 Pure and mixed Mathematics ; Natural Philosophy and As- 
 tronomy. The application of Ti igonometry to the mensuration 
 of Heights and Distances, Surveying and Levelling, will be 
 taught both theoretically and practically, by Field Exercises. 
 
 Ancient and Modern History and Chronology — Ancient and 
 Modern Geography, and Statistics. 
 
 Logic; Rhetoric; English composition; the History of English 
 Literature, and the cultivation of the powers of taste. 
 
 Book-keeping ; the statement of Accounts, the drawing of 
 ordinary Instruments of Business; and in general, to furnish a 
 young man with such information as will fit him to discharge, 
 with ease and accuracy, the duties and business of ordinary life. 
 
 Religious Studies, — Regular and systematic instruction will 
 be given in the HOLY SCRIPTURES ; in natural Theology, 
 Moral Philosophy, the evidences of revealed Religion, the His- 
 tory of the Church, the Doctrines, Discipline and Worship of 
 the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Students, in company 
 ^vith their Teachers, w ill also regularly attend Public worship 
 in Christ Church, Raleigh; except such of the day-scholars as 
 may be required by their parents to go with them to other 
 places of worship. 
 
 The Episcopal School will regard the critical study of the 
 Greek and Roman Classics, as the very foundation of its course 
 of liberal instruction ; as the basis of all true learning and taste ; 
 as capable of being made to exercise an important influence in 
 favor of the Christian Religion, and, when studied in connexion 
 with pure Mathematics, as the very best discipline of the mind. 
 It will aim, therefore, to produce thorough Scholars in Classical 
 learning, by leading the pupils into an accurate study of the 
 Historians, Poets, Orators and Philosophers of Antiquity; and 
 a familiar acquaintance with Ancient Geography, Mythology, 
 History and Antiquities, as indispensable for understanding 
 and relishing the various allusions in the Classic Authors. 
 
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 Written exercises in Latin and Greek, and the process of 
 double translations in writing, will be begun earlj, and con- 
 tinued throughout the whole course of study. Written lec- 
 tures on the History and principal Authors of Greek and Latin 
 literature, will also be delivered when the Students are suffi- 
 ciently advanced to profit by them. 
 
 But in this unaffected zeal for Classical learning, the Chris- 
 tian character of the School will not be lost sight of ; nor the 
 importance of guarding against the lax principles and impuri- 
 ties of the heathen classics. That these classics may be taught, 
 not only without harm to the Christian principles, but so as to 
 aftbrd assistance to the cause of the Christian faith, is abun- 
 dantly confirmed by the fact, tliat " the great champions of the 
 Christian religion, Grotius, Stillingfleet, Lardn^r, Paley, 
 Leland, Mead, Bishop Newton and a host of others, have laid 
 all classic antiquity under contribution for materials,"* for the 
 defence of revealed truth. But not to exhaust this argument, 
 who that has read the Christian poem of "Paradise Lost," in- 
 stinct as it is with classic feeling and allusio-*, shall deny to 
 his child, the study of antiquity ? and what the greater impos- 
 sibility of guarding against the impurities of Anacreon, Horace 
 and Ov id, than those of Shakespeare, Dryden and Pope ^ 
 
 Expurgated editions of the classics, will invariably be used 
 where good ones can be had? but the chief reliance for shielding 
 the pupil from the immoral influences of ancient authors, will 
 be placed on the Christian character and vigilance of the 
 Teachers. It will be their aim to teach the classics on Chris- 
 tian principles; and setlulously to avail themselves of the fa- 
 vorable opportunities which it is believed they will afford for 
 ihev^ing the truth, inculcating the distinguishing principles, 
 and infusing the spirit of Christianity" into their pupils. 
 
 It is not intended, however, to over-estimate the importance 
 of classical studies. They are highly important, but the study 
 of the English language is absolutely essential. English Gram- 
 mar; the study of the English classics; a facility of English 
 
 * Rev. Mr. Soalmr)- on The stnfly of th,- 0]as=:ics on Christian prin-^ 
 
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 composition; Arithmetic; a knowledge of Accounts; Geogra- 
 phy; a good hand-writing, and even correct spelling, are of 
 the first importance, because necessary to persons of all pro- 
 fessions and pursuits. In the course of study in the Episcopal 
 Scliool, the claims of English learning will be fully acknow- 
 ledged and amply provided for. It will aim to eftect both these 
 objects: to secure a complete course of English instruction to 
 classical scholars, and to furnish Students, who do not studj 
 the classics, with such a liberal English education, as will tho- 
 roughly fit them for Farming, Merchandise, or any other active 
 business of life, which does not require a knowledge of the 
 learned languages. The best methods of teaching the different 
 branches of learning, both by lectures and by recitations, will 
 be constantly adopted, according to successive improvements 
 of the best Seminaries, both in this country and in Europe. 
 
 In teaching, great reliance will be placed on oral instruction^ 
 for without doubt, no set of School Books can supersede the 
 necessity of the Teacher, or render unimportant his viva voce 
 instruction. The Teachers will be assisted in these *'Oral 
 Lectures," as they have been happily called,* by the use of 
 Maps, Charts, Globes, Landscapes, Models, or Prints of 
 Ancient and Modern objects of interest. 
 
 There v. ill be two sessions in the year; each concluding with 
 a public Examination. The winter session to begin in January, 
 and to end on the third Thursday in June. The summer ses- 
 sion to begin on the Friday after the fourth Thursday in June, 
 and to end on the Wednesday after the fourth Monday in No- 
 vember. The winter vacation will be seven weeks; and the 
 summer recess, one week.t The length of each Examination, 
 and consequently the day on which it begins, will be deter- 
 mined by the School Committee. And tliat it may be a real 
 test of the scholarship and improvement of the pupils, it will 
 be conducted by an examining Committee, previously appoint- 
 ed. The Teacliers of the School to be present at the. Exami- 
 
 * Professor Hooper's Lecture before the North-Carolina Institute. 
 j-This arrangement is made at! th express reference to the CoMMEycE- 
 •MEyT of our Univerpity. 
 
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 nation of the several classes, but to take no part therein, vm^ 
 less particularly requested by the Examiners. No report, 
 however, on the relative merits of the Students will be made. 
 
 New Students can be admitted into the School at any time^ 
 but a punctual attendance at the opening of each session is much 
 desired. Boys will be received at any age, at which parents 
 are willing to trust them from the parental roof. 
 
 it will be seen, that the Scliool is avowedly Episcopal in its 
 character^ but it is open to all who choose to send their 
 children: and on application for admission, no enquiry 
 will be made as to the religious creed, felther of the. 
 parent or of the scholar. 
 
 Each student must be provided with a copy of the Holy 
 Scriptures and of the Book of Common Prayer. 
 
 TEACHERS. 
 
 Whatever time and labour may be bestowed in devising the 
 discipline of a School, and in marking out its course of instruc- 
 tion, the Committee are fully aware, that after all, its real 
 value must depend chiefly upon the character and qualifica- 
 tions of the Teachers ; and they are willing that the fate of 
 the Episcopal School should be decided on these grounds. 
 
 While irom the Christian character of the Institution, the 
 School Cominittee have felt constrained to take especial care 
 tl)at nohs be employed as Teachers wlio are not communicants 
 of the Church ; they cannot but think themselves fortunate in 
 having secured the services of a gentleman, as Rector of the 
 School, who, from personal character, from unusual opportunir 
 ties and from long and successful experience, is so admirably 
 qualified for the business of Education. Mr. Cogswell, the 
 Rector of the School, is a graduate of Harvard Universitv in 
 Cambridge, and was afterwards Professor of Mineralogy in that 
 University. For the benefit of Foreign travel, and to inform 
 himself beyond what the Institutions of this country alFordedj 
 he went to Europe, where he spent six years, visiting the most 
 important countries, and observing and comparing with one an- 
 ether, the most celebrated Seminaries of learning on the Con,^ 
 
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 tinent of Europe. He studied the languages anil literature of 
 Germany, France and Italy, in those cities of the several coun- 
 tries, which were most esteemed for their accomplishments, 
 and for the elegance and accui acy with which they spoke their 
 native tongues. Two years were passed by him in Germany, 
 attending the Lectures of the most eminent Professors, and pro- 
 secuting his Studies in the celebrated Universities of that coun- 
 try. He resided sometime in the University of Berlin, on ac- 
 count of the purity witli which the German language is spoken 
 in that city ; but his chief residence was in Gottingen, by the 
 University of which city, the degree of Doctor in Philosophy 
 was in due form conferred upon him. 
 
 At this time, Mr. Cogswell had formed the design of devoting 
 himself to the Education of youth in his own country. The 
 first Prospectus of the Round Hill School states, that "even 
 while abroad," he cherished the hope of one day erecting in 
 his own country, an Institution for the liberal education of boys^ 
 and that to fit himself for the task, he spent much time in vis- 
 iting and comparing those places of Education, wliich were in 
 greatest esteem." After his return to the United States, such 
 was his desire to realize his long cherished hope of establishing, 
 on an improved plan, an Institution designed for the early stages 
 of Education, that he voluntarily resigned the Professorship 
 which he then held in the University at Cambridge j.and in 
 connexion with another Gentleman, opened the Round Hill 
 School **for the liberal education of boys." For more than 
 ten years, he has had the direction of that Institution. After 
 having become familiar, by personal observation, with the Lite- 
 rary Institutions of Europe, of every rank, and after having his 
 observation of foreign Seminaries improved hy ten years' perso- 
 nal experience in the business of Education, he comes to take 
 charge of the Episcopal School of North-Carolina. The entire, 
 governn ent and discipline of the School, and a superinte^iding 
 control over the instruction and every other department of the 
 Institution, are placed in his hands. It is the decided opinion 
 of the School Committee, that the friends of sound learning, of 
 thorough mental discipline, and of religious and physical Edu- 
 cation in our State, have good cause to rejoice at such an ad- 
 dition to the band of instructers at the South. 
 
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 Tiie Rev. Mr. Saunders, the Chaplain of the School, it is 
 supposed, is generally known to the Diocess He is a graduate 
 of our University, and for four years was Tutor in that Insti- 
 tution: afterwards, he had charge of the classical department 
 of an Academy in our State for five years. To his care, the 
 religious instruction and training of the pupils, will be particu- 
 larly entrusted. 
 
 Mr. Hooper, the third Teacher, is also an alumnus of our 
 University, where he was gi-aduated some years since. From 
 that time, until the last Commencement, he \yas Tutor in the 
 University, and discharged the duties of his office to the entire 
 satisfaction of the authorities of the College. 
 
 With these three Teachers, the Episcopal School will be 
 opened; but it is the design of the Committee to add to their 
 number so soon as the state of the School shall require it. 
 
 EXPENSES. 
 
 It wdll not be expected, that Education, in all its branches., 
 intellectual, religious and physical, like that provided by the 
 Episcopal School, can be afforded at the ordinary price of 
 board and tuition at an Academy, where professedly nothing 
 but literary instruction is to be given. When Parents, there- 
 fore, are considering the difference between the expenses of 
 the Episcopal School and of a common Academy, we w^ish them 
 artso to take into their estimate, the nature and the general ob- 
 jects of the two institutions. According to the usual practice^ 
 of Academies in our State, the time which Students are pre- 
 sent with their Instructers, is about 6 or 7 hours a day. The 
 remainder of the 24 hours, that is, about 3-4 of the whole 
 time, is spent by tlie Teacher and Students entirely separate 
 from each other; the latter perhaps at their boarding houses, 
 or at less proper places. During the whole of this time, the 
 Teachers, of course, exercise no supervision over their scholars; 
 no inspection of their morals and habits; no control of their 
 associates, or the places of their resort. They can exert no reli- 
 gious and moral influence over their minds and feelings, by 
 affectionate and familiar intercourse; they can impart no usefu'l 
 
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 information by free conversation, in answer to their enquiries* 
 In sliort, during the greater part of their time, they can do 
 nothing to guide, train and educate their pupils in the paths of 
 virtue, religion and knowledge. 
 
 From the foregoing account of the Episcopal School, it has 
 been seetJ, that it is the high aim of that Institution to accom- 
 plish all these objects; and by the blessing of God, we believe 
 they will be effected in some good degree. As the School will 
 constitute one family, the Students, it has been seen, will eat 
 at the same table with the Rector, and be, while in their sleep- 
 ing apartments, under the supervision of a Teacher; they will 
 do all their studying in the school room, where a Teacher will 
 be constantly present; and all their recreations and exercises 
 will be regularly taken under the eye of the Rector. By these 
 means, the wliole time of the Students, both by night and by 
 day, will be spent in company with the Rector or with some 
 other Teacher; and a constant, affectionate and unrestrained 
 intercourse will be kept up between them. The Teachers will 
 have no other business, no other livelihood; their whole time 
 will be devoted to the improvement of their pupils in morals, 
 health, religion and knowledge. For such advantages, surely 
 a parent will be willing to pay more than for merely the usual 
 quantity of instruction at a common Academy. 
 
 It should also be borne in mind, that more Teachers will be. 
 nece^iafy to carry on such a system of Education, than would 
 be -Efficient to give the usuaPmstruction 6 or 7 hours in the 
 day; bjesides, when a Teacher gives up his whole time and 
 talents, to the improvement of his pupils, it is but reasonable 
 that he should receive a more liberal compensation. 
 
 The Committee 4re aware of no Institution . at the South, of 
 the same nature with the Episcopal School, with which to com- 
 pare it in the item of expense; but such Seminaries exist in 
 other parts of our country; and to enable those who are inter- 
 ested, to make a fair comparison between the expenses of the 
 Episcopal School and other institutions having the same objects, 
 the Committee have obtained, and present the best information 
 i» their power. There is one such institution in Massachusetts 
 
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 and there are three in the middle States; and from the printed 
 documents published by the proprietors of these Schools, the 
 prices of board, tuition, &c. have been extracted, and they arc 
 as follows: 
 
 1. The Round Hill School, Massachusetts, price 
 formerly it was S 300. 
 
 2. The Flushing Institute, Long-Island, New-\ork, under 
 the care of the Rev. W. A. Muhlenberg, price $250, with a 
 matriculation fee of $25, for each new Student, and an extra 
 charge ot $80 per year, for instruction in French and Instm- 
 mental Music. 
 
 3. The Select Preparatory School, of tlie Bristol Collegiate 
 Institution, Pennsylvania, price $200. 
 
 These are public Schools, extensively known, of established 
 character, and aiming at the same general objects as the Epis- 
 copal School. 
 
 4. The remaining two are of the same kind, but more limited 
 in their accommodations; the Students living in the private 
 families of the Instructers, viz; A Select Classical School, 
 Westchester County, New- York, price $200; and 
 
 A private School in New-Jersey, on the Delaware, price 
 $ 250. 
 
 These institutions too, it should be remarked, are none of 
 them situated in Cities, but all in country villa^es^ where pro- 
 visions are at a low price. 
 
 It is however proper to state, that the rate of expenses in 
 the Episcopal School was not determined by an examination of 
 the prices of similar institutions; but by a patient and careful 
 estimate. In fixing the annual charge at $175, the Committee 
 believe, that they have put it as low as Christian Education in 
 all its branches, of secular and religious instruction, constant 
 moral supervision, mental and religious training and provision 
 for health, could be afforded in North-Carolina; and this belief 
 is strengthened by a consideration of the prices in other Schools 
 in the above list 
 
 On this subject of expense, it may be satisfactory to mention, 
 that it is intended to keep a full and exact account of the -Re- 
 venues of the School derived from Donations andTuition, and of 
 
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 its expenditures. This account will be made public annually, 
 and if, contrary to the expectation of the Committee, any sum 
 shall remain in the Treasury at the end of any last session, the 
 price of Board and Tuition will be reduced on the succeeding 
 year. It is the purpose of the Committee, that the funds 
 shall be managed with the greatest possible economy. To se- 
 cure for the School the ablest Instructers, no expense shall be 
 spared 5 but this object being attained, the other expenses of 
 the School shall be restricted by a reasonable frugality. The 
 friends of the School may rely that all the funds of the Insti- 
 tion shall be employed exclusively to the purposes of educa- 
 tion, and that there shall be no attempt to accumulate for the 
 School, or to make one cent of profit for any purpose. 
 
 The general experience of Boarding Schools has shewn, that 
 in the end, it is true economy for the Students to own their 
 Books, Stationery, Beds, bed-clothes, and some other articles 
 used by them. By this means, the boys feel the interest of 
 property in thes^ articles, and they consequently take more 
 care of them, and wear out or destroy a less amount during the 
 course of their education. Eaqji Student of the Episcopal 
 School, therefore, will have to furnish his own School Books, 
 and Stationery, and his mattress and the necessary bedding. 
 These articles will be entirely the property of the Student^ and 
 when he quits the School, he will of course take them with him. 
 
 It may be useful to apprize parents that each Student should 
 have his name distinctly and durably marked on his wearing 
 apparel and his bed-clothes. The Committee, believing it w ill 
 be a matter of convenience to parents, will take the necessary 
 steps for, having School Books and Stationery, and the neces- 
 sary mattresses, supplied to Students on reasonable terms. 
 
 The annual charge of $175, for Board and Tuition, is to be 
 paid semi-annually at the beginning of each session. 
 
 The children of parents resident in town or in the immediate 
 vicinity of the School, will be received as day-scholars at a 
 charge of $ 50 per annum, also to be paid half yearly in advance. 
 
 It is hoped, that the preceding Prospectus is sufficiently full 
 and distinct, to give a correct notion of the Episcopal School; 
 of the objects which it aims to accomplish, and of the means 
 by which, under the divine blessing, it hopes to effect them. 
 
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 It will be seen, that its standard is high ; that, not contenl! 
 with accomplishing one branch of Education, while all the 
 others are neglected, it aspires to furnish a full Christian Edu- 
 cation in all its provinces, and not mere instruction; that it 
 aims at thorough scholarship in classical and other learning, at 
 a thorough system of intellectual culture and discipline, at 
 sound and practical instruction in the principles and duties of 
 our holy religion, and in the Doctrines, Discipline and Worship 
 of the Church; at a constant supervision, both by night and by 
 day, in a Christian and parental spiiit, of the morals of the 
 pupils, and at a course of systematic exercise for the preserva- 
 tion and improvement of their health. 
 
 It will be further seen, that Christianity will not simply be. 
 taught in its walls as a science, but that the Christian character 
 is to be stamped upon every thing connected with it ; that the 
 instruction is to be given on Christian principles and in a Chris- 
 tian spirit; that the discipline is Christian in its nature and ten- 
 dency, and to be entirely administered in, a Christian manner; 
 that the motives held out to the Students are to be exclusively 
 Christian; and that the every day intercourse of the Teachers 
 with their pupils, is strictly t(5 be that of Christian parents with 
 their own children, endeavoring under divine assistance, to train 
 them up foe active usefulness in this life, and for a happy im- 
 mortality in the life to come; and all this with the least possi- 
 ble expense of money and time to the parents and the scholars. 
 
 It should be remembered by all who contribute by subscrip- 
 tion or by tuition, to the support of the School, that for their 
 children and for the Church of God, it has been instituted; that 
 it has not been got up from aay paltry motive of profit to any 
 one, but solely for the great purpose of advancing true religion 
 and diftusiug useful knowledge — for the glory of God and 
 
 THE PUBLIC GOOD. 
 
 Such 4 School, the Committee can, without hesitation, re- 
 commend to their fellow Churchmen and to the friends of sound 
 learning and piety, throughout the State. Upon such a Schodf, 
 they can, with humble assurance, invoke the blessing of Al- 
 mighty God. And therefore, with their fervent prayei^s for 
 '* the dew of liis heavenly grace," to rest upoa the Iuslituti>'>n, 
 
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 they confidently entrust it to his Providence, and commit it to 
 the liberal patronage of the members and friends of the Episco- 
 pal Church in the Diocess of North-Carolina. 
 
 L. S. IVES, Chair:.ian,^ 
 GEO. E. BADGER, 
 JARVIS B. BUXTON 
 DUN. CAMERON, 
 T. P. DEVEREUX, 
 GEO. W. FREEMAN, 
 W. M. GREEN, 
 
 fred'k. J. hill, 
 
 JOS. H. SAUNDERS, 
 GEO.E.SPRUILL, 
 E.L.WINSLOW. 
 
 ^School Committee.,.^ 
 
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 Saleigh, Jan'y. 8, 1834. 
 
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