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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 22, 1906

Fox River Academy

A NEW NAME

At a recent meeting of the Board of managers of the Sheridan Industrial School the name of the institution was changed to the Fox River Academy. The school is situated about two and one-half miles from Sheridan, and but a short distance from the banks of the Fox River, one of the most picturesque streams in the State; thus the new name is less local and more appropriate.

COURSE OF STUDY

At the same meeting of the Board a four years’ course of study was adopted, representing about the amount of work carried in a good high school. The course is made practical, complete, and inviting. A good-sized class of students who have been in attendance a number of years has been already formed, and expect to complete the course next year.

INDUSTRIALS

Although the name has been changed, the industrial features of the institution have been strengthened, and will not only be made more prominent, but better, in the future. It is the desire to make the work not only educational in nature, but profitable financially and helpful to the students. It will be the constant aim to turn out such work as will bear close inspection and merit favorable criticism.

IMPROVEMENTS

A number of needed improvements were also planned for at this meeting of the Board. Among these is the building of a comfortable home for the young men, a building for laundry and canning purposes, and the finishing of a cottage for the principal of the school to live in. All are to be conveniently located on the school campus.

SCHOOL SESSION

The school will continue throughout the year, with but a brief vacation during the month of August. The spring and summer terms will begin the first Wednesday in March; the fall and winter terms the second Wednesday in September.

EXPENSES

The terms are most reasonable. Fourteen dollars will cover all expenses for tuition, board, room, and plain washing. Sufficient work is guaranteed to every student to reduce this amount to a cash payment of ten dollars a month. At present there is opportunity for a few earnest young men, who wish to

do so, to meet all their expenses by work. Such should write to the school at once, stating definite information concerning themselves.

SUMMER SCHOOL

The special features of the summer school will be, besides the usual common branches, drills, industrials, and Bible study, classes in civil government, American literature, agricultural botany, zoology, and pedagogy. The work of the day will be so arranged as to make it profitable, interesting, and pleasant. The location is a very pretty one for a summer school.

CHURCH-SCHOOL

There is no church-school in connection with the academy, and children below the seventh grade can not be accommodated at present. Parents should take notice of this fact before sending small children to this school.

LOCATION

The academy is situated a few miles southwest of Chicago, in LaSalle County, near Sheridan, on the Fox River branch of the Burlington railroad. Thus it is centrally located, and of easy access from all parts of the country. Those expecting to attend should correspond with the principal of the school beforehand; they will then be met at Sheridan by the school team. All passenger trains stop at Sheridan during the daytime.

A SELECT SCHOOL

The school will necessarily be select in its nature. Not more than sixty students can be comfortably accommodated at any one time. Only those are invited who have an earnest purpose to improve and a desire to be helped, and to be helpful as well. Only the best teachers to be obtained will be employed, and students may expect thorough work and rapid advancement. Students may expect the work offered by this institution to stand for all that is best in an all-round education. Their training will be secured under surroundings in harmony with the true principles of the much-desired “simple life.” Correspondence with both parents and young people is invited. Address W. T. Bland, Fox River Academy, Sheridan, Ill.