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I HAVE NO\r DISPOSED OF ALL MY PROPERTY TO MY FAMI- 
 LY. There is one thing more I wispi I could give tkem, 
 
 AND THAT IS THE CHRISTIAN ReLIGION. If THEY HAVE THAT. 
 AND I HAD NOT GIVEN THEM ON£ SHILLING, THEY WOULD BE 
 lilCHJ AND IF THEY HAVE NOT THAT, AND I HAD GIVEN THEM 
 ALL THIS WORLD, THEY WOULD BE POOR. 
 
 [The last Will of Patrick Eenr^^. 
 
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 i\.x am^iii^sa. 
 
 The Trustees of tlie Episcopal School of North 
 Carolina, respectfully solicit tlic attention of the friends 
 of Christian Education to the following statement of the 
 principles upon wliicii the School is established; the diffi- 
 culties it has had to contend with; and the grounds upon 
 which it notv lays claim to the confidence and patronage 
 of Episcopalians and the piihlic generally. 
 
 The principles which goYern the Institution being es- 
 sentially the same that were set forth in the * 'Prospectus," 
 published in the early part of January, 1834, we beg 
 leave to refer to that document for a specification of de- 
 tails, which our present limits will not permit us to give. 
 We then said, by way of summary, what we now repeat, 
 ^' That instruction in classical and other learning — the in- 
 culcation of the principles and duties of the christian re- 
 ligion — a parental supervision of the moral habits and 
 manners of the pupils — the preservation of their health — 
 and a systematic discipline of the mind and heart, are the 
 purposes which the Episcopal School will, under the bless- 
 ing of God, endeavor to eifect, for all those who may be 
 entrusted to its care." Hence, it will be perceived, that 
 our object has been to provide a christian^ seminary, 
 where youth maybe trained, by a thorough education, 
 conducted purely upon christian principles, under a strict 
 but paternal government, for the duties and trials of the 
 life that noiv is, and for the blessedness of that which is 
 to come. 
 
 It is not our present purpose to dwell upon the import- 
 ance of such schools, or the obligations resting upon chris- 
 tian men to support them. These points ought not to re- 
 
quire argument or ciMcIdalJoi], in a country where e- 
 very public and private blessing depends, for its continu- 
 ance, upon the sanctifying and conservative influence of 
 gospel principles. Our duty now calls us to other consi- 
 derations. 
 
 As the appointed guardians of the Episcopal School, we 
 are not disposed to conceal, that it has hitherto, in some 
 degree, failed to meet the high expectations of tlie public; 
 and we feel ourselves called upon to state the causes of 
 this, and how far they may be looked upon as removed. 
 
 The jirst disadvantage, under which we labored, w as 
 the want of suitable buildings. This was foreseen and la- 
 mented, but without the means of remedy. We were re- 
 quired, by the Convention establishing the School, ** to 
 open it forthwith;^'' and the demand for it was really 
 too great to admit of delay. We, therefore, pitched our 
 tent in an unbroken forest; and after the hurried erec- 
 tion of a single building — having rented one in the neigh- 
 borhood — we were induced to commence tlie first session, 
 in the hope of being able to make the increase of accom- 
 modations keep pace with the increase of pupils. In this, 
 however, we soon found ourselves mistaken. Boys flock- 
 ed in much faster than had been anticipated; and, conse- 
 quently, our numbers became at once too great either for 
 the comfort of the pupils, or the advantageous application 
 of the principles of our system; particularly as the build- 
 ings were at such a distance from each other, as wholly 
 to disconnect the different departments of the establish- 
 ment: thus greatly multiplying the difficulties of constant 
 supervision, and weakening and perplexing the hands of 
 discipline. 
 
 We are happy, however, in being able to inform the 
 public, that this evil no longer exists; that our buildings 
 are so nearly completed, as to admit of the comfortable 
 
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iirrangcuieni and scUicmeiii of i';c school on the i)lan of 
 n christian f aw ily first contemplated. 
 
 Besides this evil, consequent upon the want of rotm, it 
 should he recollected, that at the opening of our School, 
 we were wholly without experience, and almost Avithout 
 precedent, in the application of our cardinal principles, 
 it is true, that tv. o or three schools at the North, estah- 
 lished upon the same basis, were in successful progress. 
 But it immediately hecame apparent, that, owing to pecu- 
 liarities of habit and situation, a course of discipline suit- 
 ed to Northern boys, was, in many respects, inapplicable 
 to boys at the Souths and hence, that in this absence of 
 proper information, we had no alternatiye but to feel our 
 xvarj — to ascertain, by experiment, the best modes of ap- 
 plying a system, the main features of which are derived 
 from the revelation of God, and fixed by the dictates of 
 his unchangeable will. This necessity, it will be, at 
 once, perceived, must have subjected us to much inconve- 
 nience, and to occasional mistakes. And had not our Avork 
 been purely a benevolent one. Ave might, perhaps, have 
 shrunk from these difficulties of its prosecution. But, 
 Avith the conviction that radical and destructive errors 
 had crept into our systems of public education, that Avere 
 not to be corrected Avithout much labour and self-sacri- 
 fice, Ave resolved, by thehelp of God, to persevere, through 
 evil and through good report', not doubting, for a mo- 
 ment, that the knoAvledge Ave thus acquired Avould enable 
 us, at no very distant period, to remedy the evils eonse^ 
 quent upon inexperience, and to place the institutiou on that 
 high ground Avhich, from its principles and purposes, it so 
 well deserved to occupy. That period, we confidently be- 
 lieve, has arrived^ and Ave noAV ask of the friends of the 
 church and of christian education that favorable consi- 
 deration and patronage, to Avhich, Ave think, our exertions 
 are entitled. 
 
But ^\c feel lliat we f=Voukl be unjust to ourselves, and 
 to those who have had the immediate direction of the 
 School, did we omit the notice of a third evil, which, 
 more than any other, has operated to our disadvantage. 
 We refer to that growing cut of the misjudgmenl of our 
 friend.s — not attaching any importance to the misrepresen- 
 tations of our enemies. 
 
 In the first pjaec, more vvas expccledfrom the School 
 than Avas either promised, or could have reasonably been 
 looked for. We had encouraged the hope of being able, 
 under the blessing of God, to inculcate good principles, 
 promote virtuous habits, restrain exorbitant expenditures, 
 and guard against those corrupting influences to which, 
 in our schools, youth were too often exposed. But i>a- 
 rents expected of iismiicli more — expected that we should 
 tame the unmanageable and reform ilia vicious; and they 
 acted upon this expectation. No sooner was our School 
 opened, than numbers of boys, whose indulgence had 
 been unrestrained at home, or whose vices and turbulent 
 disposition had placed them beyond the discipline of other 
 schools, were eoniidently handed over to us. The conse- 
 quence was, that our teachers, in entering on their labors, 
 instead of finding themselves, as they had hoped, in a 
 christian family, perceived, that, by this misjudgmentof 
 parents, they were made the unwilling managers of a 
 ^'/lowse of correctioit ".^-perceived that, with very par- 
 tial accommodations, and no experience in the applica- 
 tion of our peculiar discipline^ — a discipline which address- 
 es itself chiefly to the virtuous and honorable feelings of 
 uncorrupted youth — they were surrounded by a large num- 
 ber of pupils, many of whom had come to the School 
 with bad habits, and bad dispositions — dispositions utterly 
 averse to whatever restraining influence might be brought 
 to bear upon them. 
 
 The committee felt, with the Rector, that the onlyrea- 
 
soniiblc iiiul proper course dictated by this difficult and un-. 
 looked for state of things, Avas, to protect tlie virtuous and 
 well-disposed, by cutting off, as provocation siiould arise, 
 Ihe vicious and refractory^ and by making such regulations 
 as would secure in future, the entrance of boys at an ear- 
 lier age.^ Thus, at the outset, were we forced into a 
 course of discipline, as little pleasing to ourselves, as to 
 those upon whom we were compelled to exert it. But, un- 
 der the conviction, that in such a course only, we could de- 
 serve the confidence ol parents, and the approbation of 
 those who had committed to us the guardianship of the 
 school, we hesitated not to go forward^ — not in the vain 
 hope, however, of escaping censure, or of silencing oppo- 
 sition. For we v, ell knew, that pupils, in other respects 
 orderly, would, in some cases, be likely so to sympathize 
 with the unwortliy, as necessarily to become involved in 
 their fate. We well knew that parents, who had sent their 
 sons to us to be cured of their vices, would experience sore 
 disappointment and chagrin, upon their excision from the 
 school. We well knewj^the disposition of delinc|,uents, 
 smarting under salutary discipline, to utter extravagan- 
 ces, and to give wings to the outcry of severity and cruel- 
 ty. We wrell knew, that there is a bias in the parental 
 breast, inclining to an undue confidence in such complaints^ 
 and we were not ignorant that the school had enemies, 
 who would not be wanting in eagerness to sieze upon, and 
 in*sldll to magnify, any circumstance capable of a colour- 
 ing prejudicial to our interests. A prospect of these evils, 
 however, did not deter us^ as it did not shake our confi- 
 dence in the ultimate triumph of a system, based upon the 
 
 * By a resolution of the Board, no boy can now be entered, who is older 
 than 14 years. In addition, the Trustees would respectfully urge upon pa- 
 rents the importance of entering their sons even much earlier. At 8 years, 
 they may, in most cases, be profitably received. 
 
truth of God, and oircrliigso Di^my pcciiliai' ud viiiilages to 
 those who had a desire, that their ehlldrcii should be His 
 obedient and prospered subjects. Cliiirehmen, at least, 
 we were willing to believe, as they had united in establish- 
 ing the Institution to supply their ovtU wants, would be 
 found united and assiduous in its support. 
 
 The Episcopal School has been in operation a little more 
 than two years. It has, during that period, experienced 
 all the evils anticipated, and many of the encouragements. 
 But the Trustees have the happiness to believe, that it is 
 now more worthy of the confidence and patronage, of the 
 friends of the church, and of the public, than it has been 
 at any former time. The buildings are commodious^ ex- 
 perience has been gained,- the old leaven of disorder is near- 
 ly jmrged out; our principles are better understood^ and 
 the school has now at its head, a Rector, remarkable for 
 his mildness, firmness and long-tried devotion to the inte- 
 rests of education^ while arrangements are in progress to 
 sustain him by a competent number of teachei's, who, by 
 gravity and experience, and permanent connexion with 
 the school, may secure the respect of the pupils, and exert 
 upon them a restraining and salutary influence. 
 
 But, notwitlistaijding these our best exertions to meet 
 the public wants and expectations, we are not so ignorant 
 of human nature, or the state of family education in our 
 country, as to suppose, that we are hereafter to proceed, 
 without encountering prejudice or complaint. Against 
 these, it is not in the power of man fully to provide. We 
 can only do our duty and leave the results to God. Still 
 we are unwilling to close this address, without briefly urg- 
 ing upon parents one or two considerations more, calcula- 
 ted to aid them in their judgments of the character and 
 administration of the school. 
 
 It was founded by the Protestant Episcopal Church of 
 this State, for the purpoi>c of supplying to parents a truly 
 
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 Chvislian Scliool for llieir so?is, v.licre, according lo llie 
 iloetriaes, diseipihic and worsjiip of the Ciiurcli, they may 
 receive, togelhep with classical and other learning, a tho- 
 rough training iiJtl'c principles and duties of the Christian 
 life. It should be rceoilected, therefore, that every mem- 
 her of the Prolestant Episcopal Church in this State^ 
 stands pledged for this high character of the Institution. 
 And, especially, that the Eoard of Trustees, in fulfilling 
 the duties assigned them, act as mere agents of the Churh, 
 and cannot be supposed to be governed by any other mo- 
 tives than those of duly carrying out her benevolent de- 
 signs. In this it would seem that the public are furnished 
 with a sufiicient guarantee, that no remediable fault in the 
 School will be sulfercd long to remain; and that every en- 
 deavor which ought to be expected of Christian men, will 
 be made to render the Iiistitutloil exactlyivliat it prof ess- 
 es to he: — a means, not of pecuniary proiit to any one, but 
 of advancing true religion, and diiTiising useful knowledge, 
 on the only sound principle — that ^'hb that w axketh 
 
 UPRIGHTLY, WAIKETH SUREIY." 
 
 In conclusion, we entreat parents to bear in mind, that 
 strict discipline is one of the prominent and essential fea- 
 tures in a Christian family: and that in every case, where 
 the proper subordination of the child cannot be secured 
 by motives addressed to the mind and heart, it becomes the 
 imperious duty of the parent to resort to punishment — 
 more or less severe according to the dispositions of the of- 
 fender. We are aware that this view of parental discip- 
 line, symbolizes but badly with those notions which attach 
 to it no other idea than indulgence. But we are unwilling 
 to believe, that so little regard to the v/elfare of their chil- 
 dren is felt, by the parents of our country, as such notions 
 would indicate; while we assure them, that no act of dis- 
 cipline in the I' p^copal School will be resorted to, which, 
 
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 ifi the experienced judgment of (lie amiable Txnd eor.seien- 
 tioiis Rector, is not clearly essential lo ihehesi j^ood of Ihc 
 jyupils, and to the true, the legitimate ends of Christian 
 Education. 
 
 Levi Sillimox Ives, Chr^n. 
 
 Simmons J. Bakeh, 
 
 Jakvis B. Buxton, 
 
 Duncan Cameron, 
 
 T. P. Devereux, 
 
 George W. Freeman, I ^ 
 
 William M. Green, 
 
 William H. Haywood, Jr., 
 
 Frederic J. Hill, 
 
 Richard Hines, 
 
 George E. Spruill, 
 
 Edward L. Winslow, 
 
 THe attetition of parents is respectfillly cfilled to the follow- 
 ing particulars: 
 
 Expenses: The annual charge for board and tuition to be paid 
 in advance, semi-annually, g200 00 
 
 Mattrass and bedding, if purchased at the school, 16 50 
 
 Towels and basin, if purchased at the school, about, 2 00 
 
 Each pupil is required to have a Bible and Prayer Book. 
 
 No other expenses incurred, except for clothing, books and 
 pocket money. It is desired that parents ivould send their sons 
 fully provided with clothing; or communicate to the Rector spe- 
 cial directions for its purchase. 
 
 All funds are to be deposited on the entrance of the pupil, in 
 the hands of the Rector, to be drawn out only at his discretion. 
 
 No pupil is allowed, on pain of dismission, to have an account 
 of any description, at any store or shop in town. 
 
 The next Session of the School will begin on Wednesday, 
 the 18th of January, 1837. 
 
 Persons who may be desirous of sending their children to the 
 School, would confer a favor by giving early notice of their in- 
 tention to the Rev. Adam Empie, D. D., Rector of the School, 
 or to E, B. Freeman, Esq., Treasurer and Secretar}^ Raleigh.