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There are churches of all the leading denominations in Dan- ville. Pupils who board in the College will attend the church and Sunday-School designated by parents or guardian ; or, in the absence of such instruction, one of the two nearest Methodist Churches, in the discretion of the Principals, under the care of an officer of the School.
. Calisthenics.
These graceful exercises afford excellent means for promoting physical improvement, and developing and strengthening the bodily powers. It is strongly recommended that pupils avail themselves of the advantages thus offered at a nominal cost.
Literary Society.
The PIERIAN LITERARY SOCIETY was organized by the young
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ladies of the College for the promotion of literary culture. The regular meetings, with their varied exercises, excite much in- terest, and the occasional social entertainments given by the Society, to which the teachers and officers of the School, and a few other guests are invited, are much enjoyed by all in attendance.
The annual celebration is held at the close of the session, in connection with the Commencement exercises of the Institution. The nucleus of a library, consisting of a number of valuable books, has been secured, and through the active efforts of the young ladies, aided by the kindness and liberality of a number of the friends of the Institution, additions have recently been made to the Society's library of a handsome book-case and over one hun- dred carefully selected volumes.
The attention of the friends of education is respectfully called to the subject of encouraging the Society by further increasing their library. Contributions of money or books are invited. The great value to students of a well-selected library will be readily appreciated, and we appeal to the generous friends of education to assist the young ladies in an undertaking so closely connected with the future prosperity of the Society.
Domestic Department.
This Department, under the supervision of the Principals, is conducted hy a lady of long and successful experience in similar positions elsewhere. All the details of the domestic arrangements are designed, first of all, to supply as far as possible everything essential to the health and comfort of the pupils.
In cases of sickness, pupils will receive the most careful atten- tion, and every available means will be used to promote their restoration to health. Patrons will be promptly notified of the facts by mail or telegraph, whenever necessary.
Regulations.
Experience has taught us that young ladies cannot properly study and go into society at the same time. Those are generally
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the best scholars who make and receive the fewest calls. Under ordinary circumstances visitors will not be received by pupils during school or study hours, nor on Sunday .. Without written instruction from parents or guardians, subject in all cases to the discretion of the Principals, boarding pupils are not allowed to make visits, nor to receive attention from, nor to correspond with gentlemen. This regulation is in force from the time the pupil enters the College building, or care of the Principals, until she is on board the cars for home, or under the care of parents or guardian, or some duly authorized representative, when the responsibility of the Principals ceases. . Social questions are of so delicate and difficult a nature that the Principals cannot un- dertake to decide them ; and they cannot assume the responsi- bility of guarding from objectionable influences pupils passing beyond their supervision. Bcarding pupils, when leaving the College grounds, will be attended by a teacher or officer of the School. They are not permitted to spend the night out of College.
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Valuable time is sometimes lost by young ladies in an exten- sive correspondence with friends and acquaintances, causing interference with the proper discharge of school duties. Parents are earnestly requested to exert their influence in aiding to restrict such correspondence, as nearly as practicable, to the immediate family circle.
The borrowing of clothing, jewelry, books, etc., by boarding pupils from one another is forbidden.
Each article of clothing must be plainly marked with the owner's name in full.
It is required that the dormitories be kept in order by the occupants with the assistance of the servants. This easy require- ment secures to pupils a training invaluable as an aid towards the formation of habits of neatness and order so useful in after life.
The young ladies are required daily, when the weather per- mits, to take a walk in the open air under the care of one of the lady teachers.
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Communications from parents or guardians in reference to pupils, to receive attention, must be made directly to the Principals.
The Scholastic Jear.
The next Session begins on the first Wednesday in Septem- ber, 1887, and closes on the first Wednesday in June, 1888. The Session is divided into two Terms (Fall and Spring), the former ending and the latter beginning February Ist.
Charges per Term, or Half Session.
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
FOR DAY PUPILS.
Collegiate Course (including Ancient and Modern Lan-
guages) $25 00
Primary Course 17 50
Music on Piano
25 00
Music on Organ
25 00
Voice Culture
25 00
FOR BOARDING PUPILS.
Board, (including Fuel, Washing, Lights, &c.,) Collegiate
Course, and Instrumental Music or Voice Culture . $110 00
Board, Primary Course, and Instrumental Music or Voice Culture .
102 50
Board and Collegiate Course (without Music).
92 50
Board and Primary Course (without Music) . 85 00
FOR EITHER DAY OR BOARDING PUPILS.
Singing Class 5 00
Theory of Music. 7 50
Use of Piano or Organ, one hour daily. 5 00
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1 Calisthenics . $ 2 50
Drawing 10 00
Painting 20 00
Wax-Work and Embroidery, the whole course of lessons, each 10 00
Pupils in the Primary Department will be charged $5 per Term for one additional study in the Collegiate Department. Pupils having two such studies belong regularly in the Collegiate Department. For studies included in this Department, see Course of Study, page 12.
A deposit of $5 to $10 should be made for books, stationery, &c. Whatever balance may remain unexpended will be refunded.
Pupils are required to furnish their own towels.
Special rates to ministers regularly engaged in preaching the Gospel.
For two pupils from the same family a discount will be given. No deduction will be made from full rates, for pupils taking lessons from the Professor of Music.
No extra charge is made in the Collegiate Department for Ancient or Modern Languages, and hence no deduction is made to pupils who may not wish to pursue these studies.
No deduction is made for time lost, except in case of pro- tracted illness of the pupil while absent from College, or continued absence due to other providential causes. The extra care, at- tention, and expenses involved in case of sickness in the College, for which no extra charge is made, are generally not adequately provided for even by the regular charges.
Pupils are liable for special damages to furniture or building other than ordinary wear.
Students can arrange for board in the College during the summer vacation, if desired.
The Principals cannot make advances of money for books, stationery, express charges, and other incidental expenses,
A comparison of our terms with those of other Colleges will show that in the aggregate they are as low as the charges of any other first-class Institution.
For Catalogues and further information, apply to
BLACKWELL & SHARP,
DANVILLE, VA.
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The Address of the Board of Directors.
To the Public :
Having committed the DANVILLE COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES to the care of Messrs. BLACKWELL & SHARP, as Principals, and having satisfactory assurance from theni that they will be assisted by a full and carefully selected corps of teachers in the several departments of instruction, the Board of Directors would confidently commend them and the College to the patronage and favora- ble consideration of those who have daughters to educate. The high Christian character, thorough scholarship. and recognized ability of these gentlemen to make the Institution what the age demands and the Incorporators intend it shall be-a first-class College for Young Ladies-are strongly attested by the testimo- nials of a number of the most accomplished Christian gentlemen, scholars and educators of this country, among whom are Professors Win. E. Peters, Chas. S. Venable, Schele De Vere, Noah K. Davis. George Fred'k Holmes, and Francis H. Smith, of the University of Virginia ; Prof. B. L. Gildersleeve, of the Johns Hopkins University ; Pres't E. E. Wiley and Professors John L. Buchanan and R. D. Bohannon, of Emory and Henry College; Prof. James A. Harrison, of Washington and Lee University ; Professors O. H. P. Corprew and Edward A. Allen, of Central College, Mo .; Prof. R. W. Jones, of the University of Missis- sippi, and Prof. C. P. Conrad, of the Arkansas University.
We would ask attention to a few extracts from the written testimonials of these distinguished men :
Professor Peters, LL. D., of the Chair of Latin in the University of Virginia, says: "Having learned that Mr. John Blackwell proposes to establish at Danville, Va., an institution for the education of young ladies, it affords me great pleasure to state that I consider him eminently fitted for such an enterprise, and I heartily recommend him to that community."
Prof. fhas. S. Venable, LL. D., of the Chair of Mathematics in the University of Virginia, says: "Having learned that Professor R. H. Sharp, Jr., and Mr. John Blackwell, of Lunenburg Co., Va., propose to establish a Female College of high grade at Danville, Va., it gives me pleasure, from my knowledge of these gentle- men and of their attainments, to express iny confidence in their success. Mr. Sharp is a Master of Arts in the University of Virginia, and Mr. Blackwell is a distinguished graduate, having obtained the highest prize offered by Dr. McGuffey in the School of Moral Philosophy of that session. I can safely predict success for these gentlemen in the important and useful enterprise which they are about to undertake.'
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The Rev. E. E. Wiley, D D., formerly President of Einory and Henry College, and now President of Martha Washington College, says : "Prof. Sharp has been our Professor at Emory and Henry College. in the Ancient and Modern Languages, doing faithful work and giving much satisfaction. He has also taught with suc- cess some other branches in our curriculum. He was elected upon the high recommendation of several of the professors of the University of Virginia, and other gentlemen of eminent merit as educators, and has fully justified the testi- monials given him. He has also shown himself in all his intercourse with the
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students and with his colleagues, an exemplary Christian gentleman. I have no hesitation in giving him a cordial recommendation for any position in any Insti- tution to which he may aspire."
Prof. O. H. P. Corprew, A. M., of the Chair of Latin and Greek in Central College, Mo .. and formerly of Randolph Macon College, says : "Mr. John Blackwell was a student of Randolph Macon College, during my connection with that Institution, and after leaving Randolph Macon, was a student in the University of Virginia, where I learn he did himself great credit. As [ understand that he expects to teach, I take great pleasure in recommending him as a man of decided ability, of studious habits and of much promise."
Prof. Schele De Vere, LL. D., of the Chair of Modern Languages in the University of Virginia, says : " Mr. R. H. Sharp, Jr., after having taught successfully for five years, has spent two years at this University, carrying away its honors in all the departments which he entered. I feel justified in stating that as far as character, experience, and acquired knowledge are concerned, I consider Mr. Sharp emi- nently well qualified to fill the . hair of Ancient and Modern Languages. As he has won my sincere and warm esteem, he has my best wishes for his success."
Prof. R. W. Jones, A. M., of the Chair of Mathematics in the University of Missis- sippi, formerly of Randolph Macon College, says: "Mr. John Blackwell possesses an excellent mathematical mind, superior aptitude to the exact ness of mathemati- cal methods, and being diligent in study, he was one of the best and most success- ful students I had, and such is my estimate of his abilities, attainments and character that I feel sure of his success as a teacher."
Prof. B. L. Gildersleeve; Ph. D., LL. D., of the Chair of Greek in Johns Hopkins University, formerly of the University of Virginia, writes : "Mr. R. H. Sharp, Jr., who was one of my students at the University of Virginia, has now had experience as a teacher; and I am sure that he is every way competent to give thorough instruction in Greek."
Further evidence of the eminent qualifications of Messrs. Blackwell and Sharp is unnecessary. Having intrusted them with the management of an In- stitution in which its founders have invested a large sum of money, they will have our hearty and liberal cooperation. No effort will be withheld, and no expense spared, to make this Institution worthy of the patronage it seeks, com- bining, as it will, the advantages of thorough culture with the healthful and refining influences of a happy Christian home.
W. T. SUTHERLIN, PRESIDENT. JOHN R. PACE, IST VICE-PRES'T. R. W. PEATROSS, 2ND VICE-PRES'T. B. F. JEFFERSON. JAS. G. PENN. W. W. WORSHAM. CHAS. H. CONRAD. ROBERT T. BASS. THOS. J. TALBOTT. ALEX. G. BROWN.
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ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
From the Report of the Board of Education of the Virginia Annual Conference at the Session of 1883-Rev. W. G. Starr, D. D., Chairman.
* * * "We are prepared to testify that 'the corps of teachers has been carefully selected.' The course of study is comprehensive. * : * * We hail with pleasure the advent of this new auxiliary in the work of education. May it have a long and prosperous life."
From the Report of the same Board at the Session of 1884-Rev. John E. Edwards, D. D., Chairman.
"THE DANVILLE COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES is a new College, in the second year of its existence, and gives promise of a successful career of usefulness. Its catalogue shows a large increase of students over the past year. The College is under the joint principalship of Professors Blackwell and Sharp, who have asso- ciated with them a full board of instruction in Latin, Mathematics, Mental and Moral Philosophy, the Natural Sciences. Modern Languages, English Literature and Music-Vocal and Instrumental. The building is new, with every appliance and convenience for the students in the study hall, and for boarders in the Col- lege. The Board of Education takes great pleasure in giving an unqualified recommendation of this College. In location and equipment it cannot fail to command the confidence of all who are looking out for a suitable institution in which to educate their daughters and wards."
From the Report of the Same Board at the Session of 1886-Rev. W. H. Christian, Chairman.
DANVILLE COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES, Danville, Va., with Profs. Blackwell & Sharp as joint Principals, isa young but vigorous institution. Its patronage has steadily increased from its organization, until now it has the largest patronage of its history. Thoroughly Methodistic in its character, with a trained and culti- vated faculty, parents may safely commit their daughters to the guardianship of this School.
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Calendar, 1887-'88.
1887.
Session begins September 7.
Christmas Holidays begin December 24, and end January 1.
1888.
Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday, June 3, 8:30 P. M. Address before the Societies, Monday, June 4, 8:30 P. M.
Annual Meeting of Board of Directors, Tuesday, June 5, 4 P. M.
Delivery of Distinctions and Diplomas, and Reading Essays of Graduates, Tuesday, June 5, 8:30 P. M.
Commencement Concert, Wednesday, June 6, 8:30 P. M.
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