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Gazette Of The United States And Daily Evening Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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On July 10, pupils of Newbern Academy were publicly examined by trustees and guests, showing improvement in Greek, Latin, mathematics, and logic. Evening featured theatrical exhibition with orations, dialogues, and a farce, delivered by students including Messrs. Guion, Bacon, Stephens, Beechy, Gaston, Pasteur, Forbes, Cobb, under principal Mr. Irving.
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NEWBERN, July 12.
On Thursday the 10th instant, the pupils of the Newbern Academy were publicly examined, in the presence of the board of Trustees, and a brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen: their improvement in the various branches of useful science, particularly the Greek and Latin languages, the Mathematics and Logic, since the last public exhibition, demanded and procured them universal approbation.
In the evening a very crowded and respectable audience were highly entertained by a theatrical exhibition: the salutatory address in commemoration of American Independence was delivered by Mr. Guion, with the utmost propriety of voice and gesture; several orations were pronounced by Messrs. Bacon, Stephens and Beechy with several excellence: to these succeeded several humorous dialogues, and a representation of the farce entitled, "the Mock Doctor or Dumb Lady cured," in which every part was well supported by the young gentlemen above mentioned and Messrs. Pasteur and Forbes. A number of extracts from various comedies were also performed by Mr. Cobb and those who had previously spoken, and a petite piece (supposed to be the production of Mr. Irving, the principal of the Academy) in which the pretender to science was highly characterized and ridiculed, afforded great entertainment to the spectators. The youthful performance was ended by a valedictory oration on the rising glory of America, delivered with singular elegance by Mr. Gaston and the business of the evening concluded with an elegant extemporaneous address by Mr. Irving; in which he depicted in lively colours the numerous advantages of science.
To bestow further eulogy on any particular characters, would be an act of injustice to the students in general, it is sufficient to say, that from the rapid progress which the pupils have made in literature, since their last public exhibition, they received a justly deserved applause, and there is no doubt from their great advancements, during the short period they have been under his tuition, that the principal of the Newbern Academy, will receive the profits and honors due to his indefatigable industry and other merits.
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Newbern
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Thursday The 10th Instant
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universal approbation; justly deserved applause
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Pupils of the Newbern Academy were publicly examined in the presence of the board of Trustees and a brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, showing improvement in useful science, particularly Greek and Latin languages, Mathematics and Logic. In the evening, a crowded audience was entertained by a theatrical exhibition including a salutatory address in commemoration of American Independence by Mr. Guion, orations by Messrs. Bacon, Stephens and Beechy, humorous dialogues, a farce 'the Mock Doctor or Dumb Lady cured' supported by the young gentlemen, Messrs. Pasteur and Forbes, extracts from comedies by Mr. Cobb and others, a petite piece by Mr. Irving ridiculing pretender to science, valedictory oration on rising glory of America by Mr. Gaston, and extemporaneous address by Mr. Irving on advantages of science.