Locust Hill Seminary for girls, Pittsborough, N. C.

Advertisement for Locust Hill Seminary for girl in Pittsboro, N. C., Rev. Robert B. Sutton, D. D., Prinicpal. Located in Pittsboro "which has always been noted for its healthfulness and good society", the school is also accessible by daily "stages from Lockville, ten miles distant, on the Raleigh and Augusta Railroad." Instruction embraces...all the branches of a liberal and polite education"... and the school uses "maps, charts, globes, mathematical and philosophical instruments...to teach the physical sciences by actual experiment." "Reviews are frequent...discipline is mild and gentle but firm..." and punctuality, industry and neatness are invariably insisted upon." Tuition per twenty week session costs, "according to class, from $15 to $25. Music, drawing, painting, stationery and fuel extra."

Folder: NC6