cnistonca uomina - Old Fulton History

Page 20 October 1957
Pike English and Classical School
"" -Mr, H. Blodget-
Having had some experience for a few years past in the noble
call of Instructor of the youth of both sexes, respectfully announces
that he / will open a School, on the 6th of October, in the old
school room formerly oc- / cupied by Mr. Rice, in the village of
PIke9 for male and female, to be known by / the above title, A
thorough and complete English and Mathematical course, the / Latin,
Greek and French languages, with all the requisite ornamental
branches, / will, in due proportion, characterize the entire system.
It is not the object »f the system of instruction t© give a
practical education, / consisting of a few branches only; nor on the
other hand to give a superficial / education containing a little of
almost everything; nor to finish a professional or / practical education,
but to commence a thorough course; in the meantime main- /
taining such a proportion between the different branches of literature
and science, / as to form a proper symmetry and balance of
character. In laying the founda- / tion of a thorough education, it
is necessary that all the important faculties be / brought into exercise,
When certain mental endowments receive a much, hieher / culture
than others, there is a distortion in the intellectual character,,
TMe pow- / ers of the mind are not developed in their fairest
proportions, by studying lan- / guages alone, or mathematics
alonej, or natural or political science alone. The / object is not
to teach that which is peculiar to any one of the professions; but
to / lay a foundation common to them, all.
The regulations of the school are formed with the single design
of promoting / the intellectual and moral ad/ancement of its members
The government will / be mild yet decided and firm. Authority will
be sustained by reason and affec- / tion. Punishment for misdeanor
when necessary, will be of such a nature as to affect rather the
mind than the body -- not as satisfaction for the / crima, but as
prevention of a recurrence of similar offences. As accurate ac- /
count of the deliquencies of every pupil, and also the degree of his
attain- / ment in conduct, scholarship and attendance, will be kept,
a copy of which / will be transmitted to every parent or guardian
who may desire.
With a tender and conscientious care of pupils, the principal
will labor, by in- / struction, to gain the love of children, and
merit the confidence of parents. / Every necessary attention
will be devoted to the taste, neatness, politeness, cor- / rect manners,
and moral principles of all pupils in this school.
THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION EMBRACES
For the Junior Class--The Elementary branches are Orthography, Reading
j, Writing, Par- / ker 1 s Elements of Composition, Grammar, Geographys
Arithmetic, Elements of History, etc.
per term of 12 weeks, #3.00
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