emulation in its efforts for noble rivalry; to aid the aspirations
of a well-regulated ambition; and to encourage, in all possible and
practicable ways, the desire of young genius to wing his eagle
flight, as it were, on the pinions of intellectual corruscations.
Every branch of human learning, either useful or ornamental, or of
the least utility, will be taught at the Philomathian Institute,
for which Mr. and Mrs. Wheelwright feel the utmost confidence in
their own capacities and qualifications; since, in addition to
being a graduate of one of the first universities of the age in
which we live, Mr. W. has studied a learned profession, and Mrs. W.
is possessed of the superior advantage of having been reared and
educated in several of the leading European capitals. The utmost
regard will be had to the morals and manners of such young
aspirants as may be entrusted to their charge. To invigorate the
constitutions of the pupils, a gymnasium will be provided for the
boys of the male sex, and one hour per day will be devoted to
callisthenics in the female department, to be occupied by the
girls. In this department, the higher branches of instruction, both
useful and ornamental, will be prosecuted under the immediate
superintendence of Mrs. Wheelwright, who will spare no pains in the
inoculation of the soundest lessons of virtue, while yet their
young and youthful minds can be bent like the twig, and inclined
like the tree, as the poet says. Those who desire it will receive
instruction in the elements of moral philosophy, for which purpose
they must be provided with Newtown's Principles, and other works of
the kind. Mrs. Wheelwright has paid much attention to this sublime
and beautiful study, which so enraptured the immortal Milton:--

"'How charming is divine Philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,
But musical as Apollo's lute,
And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,
Where no rude surfeit reigns.'

"It is to such a feast that the young ladies of this village will
soon be invited. Great pains will moreover be taken to cultivate
the domestic habits and affections, as the poet says:--

"'Man may for wealth and glory roam,
But woman must be bless'd at home;
To this should all her studies tend,
This her great object, and h