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I found this ad in the pages of the Brooklyn Eagle, and I’m pretty sure it’s one of the first ever advertisements for the school that would later become Fordham University:
ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, Rose Hill, Westchester County, N.Y.—
This institution is situated in the immediate vicinity of the village of Fordham, in one of the most picturesque and healthy parts of Westchester county at a distance of about 11 miles from the city of New York, and 3 from Harlem. The college edifice is large, elegant and commodious. The grounds are extensive, and in a high state of improvement, and affording every inducement as well as facility for agreeable and healthful exercise. The system of government is mild and paternal. The utmost attention is paid not only to the intellectual but also to the moral education of the pupils. Their domestic comforts, as also their general deportment and manners are watched over with scrupulous care. When their walks are extended beyond the college precincts, they are always accompanied by one of their tutors. There are eight professors and as many tutors residing in the institution, who form one family with the students. The system of education embraces a thorough classical and commercial course. The academic year commences on the first Monday of September and terminates on the 15th of July.
TERMS
Board and tuition, washing, mending, use of bed and bedding, $200 per annum, payable half yearly in advance.
The French language forms part of the regular course.
The Italian, Spanish and German languages together with music, drawing, & c., are extra charges.
Physician’s fee, $3 per annum.
Books, stationary, & c., are furnished by the college at the current prices.
Each student, on entering, must be provided with at least three shirts, six pair of stockings, six pocket handkerchiefs, three pairs of shoes or boots, a hat, cloak or overcoat, a silver spoon and silver drinking cup, marked with his name.
Parents and guardians will receive semi-annual reports of the health, progress, application, deportment, & c., of their wards or children.
The Brooklyn Eagle, December 29, 1841
This institution is situated in the immediate vicinity of the village of Fordham, in one of the most picturesque and healthy parts of Westchester county at a distance of about 11 miles from the city of New York, and 3 from Harlem. The college edifice is large, elegant and commodious. The grounds are extensive, and in a high state of improvement, and affording every inducement as well as facility for agreeable and healthful exercise. The system of government is mild and paternal. The utmost attention is paid not only to the intellectual but also to the moral education of the pupils. Their domestic comforts, as also their general deportment and manners are watched over with scrupulous care. When their walks are extended beyond the college precincts, they are always accompanied by one of their tutors. There are eight professors and as many tutors residing in the institution, who form one family with the students. The system of education embraces a thorough classical and commercial course. The academic year commences on the first Monday of September and terminates on the 15th of July.
TERMS
Board and tuition, washing, mending, use of bed and bedding, $200 per annum, payable half yearly in advance.
The French language forms part of the regular course.
The Italian, Spanish and German languages together with music, drawing, & c., are extra charges.
Physician’s fee, $3 per annum.
Books, stationary, & c., are furnished by the college at the current prices.
Each student, on entering, must be provided with at least three shirts, six pair of stockings, six pocket handkerchiefs, three pairs of shoes or boots, a hat, cloak or overcoat, a silver spoon and silver drinking cup, marked with his name.
Parents and guardians will receive semi-annual reports of the health, progress, application, deportment, & c., of their wards or children.
The Brooklyn Eagle, December 29, 1841
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