DUBUQUE ACADEMY-1850

LEACH, CRAWFORD

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 11/29/2018 at 11:25:16

The Miner’s Express, Du Buque Visitor, Wednesday, Feb 06, 1850, Dubuque, IA, Page: 3

DUBUQUE ACADEMY

The undersigned would announce to the citizens of Dubuque, and the inhabitants of Northern Iowa, that they propose opening, on Monday the 26th Nov., in the large brick building adjacent to the Surveyor’s General Office, a SCHOOL, for instruction in all the higher branches of Learning. It is their design to establish upon a permanent basis, and Institution, where the Youth of both sexes may attain and Education, which will qualify them to fill, with honor and usefulness, any station in life – They hope, by untiring exertions, and a faithful regard to their trust, to merit and receive the confidence and support of the community.
They will never suffer the number of their Pupils to become so large as to cramp their efforts, and prevent them from doing ample justice to each and every one committed to their care.

TUITION FOR TERM OF ELEVEN WEEKS

For Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic, Smith’s Grammar, Geography, and Penmanship $4.00

For Latin, Greek, Algebra, and Geometry, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Surveying, High Arithmetic, History, Astronomy, and Book Keeping, by Double Entry. $5.00

For French or German, in connection with any of the foregoing. $6.00

Stationary furnished for .50 cents per term.

No deduction for Absence, except in case of sickness.

HIRAM P. LEACH-Principal
PHINEAS W. CRAWFORD, A. B.

An evening school will commence at the same time and place.