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PROSPECTUS OF THE CHELTENHAM COLLEGE FOR YOUNG LADIES

NOVEMBER 1, 1853

PROSPECTUS

OF

THE CHELTENHAM COLLEGE INSTITUTION

FOR

THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES

AND OF

CHILDREN UNDER EIGHT YEARS OF AGE;

Cambray House.

Committee:

REV. H. W. BELLAIRS, M.A., one of H.M.’s Inspectors of Schools,
_3, Priory Parade_.

REV. W. DOBSON, M.A., Principal of the Cheltenham College, _2,
Sandford Place_.

REV. H. A. HOLDEN, M.A., Vice Principal of the Cheltenham
College, Fellow and late Assistant Tutor of Trinity College,
Cambridge, _The Queen’s Hotel_.

LIEUT.-COL. FITZMAURICE, K.H., _14, Royal Crescent_.

S. E. COMYN, ESQ., M.D., _4, Berkeley Place_.

NATH. HARTLAND, ESQ., _The Oaklands, Charlton Kings_.

Honorary Secretary:

REV. HUBERT A. HOLDEN, M.A.

Treasurer:

NATHANIEL HARTLAND, ESQ.

The COMMITTEE are now able to publish a detailed Prospectus of the Course and Arrangements of this Institution, with the Hours and Terms for the various Departments and Classes.

The management of the educational Working of the College, which it is proposed to open after the ensuing Christmas Vacation, will be committed to a LADY PRINCIPAL to be assisted by Teachers and Professors, appointed by the Committee.

FEES, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY IN ADVANCE.

The Pupils of the Institution will be arranged in FOUR DIVISIONS, according to attainments; and the terms will be regulated according to the following scale:—

FOR THE FIRST DIVISION 12 _Guineas for the Half Yearly Session_.
FOR THE SECOND DIVISION 9 _Guineas_ ” ”
FOR THE THIRD DIVISION 6 _Guineas_ ” ”
FOR THE FOURTH DIVISION 4 _Guineas_ ” ”

Children will be admitted after the completion of their Fourth year; but Boys must be withdrawn on the completion of their Seventh year.

REGULAR COURSE OF STUDY:

HOLY SCRIPTURE AND THE LITURGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,
The PRINCIPLES OF GRAMMAR and the Elements of LATIN,
ARITHMETIC,
CALISTHENIC EXERCISES,
DRAWING,
FRENCH,
GEOGRAPHY,
HISTORY,
MUSIC,
NEEDLEWORK.

EXTRA AND BYE COURSE OF STUDY:

GERMAN,
ITALIAN,
DANCING.

For Pupils desirous of availing themselves of _extra_ Lessons in MUSIC and DRAWING from Professors attached to the College, extra Classes will be formed and extra charges made.

EXTRA OR BYE STUDENTS.

Students, not engaged in the Regular Routine of the College Course, will be at liberty to attend the Bye Course of Study and also the _extra_ Classes in MUSIC and DRAWING. Such Students may be nominated upon either Ordinary or Bye Shares (issued at £10 each), and will be required to pay a Fee of _Two Guineas_ a year to the College, exclusive of the Fee to the Professor.

HOURS OF ATTENDANCE.

MORNING.—From a Quarter past Nine to a Quarter past Twelve.

AFTERNOON.—From Half-past Two to Half-past Four.

(_Wednesday and Saturday Half Holidays._)

Children under Seven Years of Age will attend in the Mornings only.

_Members of Classes for Religious Instruction under the Parochial Clergy, will be excused attendance at the College on Monday Afternoons._

BOARDING HOUSES

for the reception of Pupils will be opened, with the sanction of the Committee, in the immediate neighbourhood of CAMBRAY HOUSE, under the Superintendence of the following Ladies:—Mrs. MURGEAUD, _7, Oriel Terrace_; Miss ATKINSON, _of Kingsbridge, Devon._; Mrs. TREW, _of Stoneham House, Bath Road_.

The Charge for Boarders is £35 per annum. Extras: Washing £4, 4s.; Seat in Church £1, 1s.

A few of the Fifty £20 Shares remain to be disposed of; application for which should be made to the Hon. Secretary. The Proprietors of such Shares will have the option of nominating either one Regular or two Bye Students.

Several Teachers and Professors have been appointed, the announcement of whose names is deferred for the present, till the list is complete.

_November 1, 1853._