>From Springfield Advertiser, 28 Jun 1845 [This notice may be found in nearly every issue of the Springfield Advertiser after 24 May 1845 through 28 Jun 1845 and perhaps beyond.] SPRING RIVER ACADEMY The Board of Trustees of the Spring River Academy, are happy to announce to the public that this institution is now in successful operation. It is situated in Lawrence county, Mo., on the waters of Spring river, in a section of the country, fertile and prosperous, and as healthy as any part of the State. The buildings lately erected, are commodious and comfortable, and sufficient for the reception of more than one hundred students. The Academy is free from any pecuniary embarrassments, and in a flourishing condition. >From the arrangements which the Board of Trustees have made to procure a library and apparatus, (which will soon be received,) they feel confident that superior facilities will be afforded for the acquisition of knowledge by the students. The Rev. James R. Logan is engaged as principal teacher for the second session, commencing on the first Monday in May, and from his qualifications and experiences as a teacher, general satisfaction on the part of patrons of the Academy may be expected. Whenever the interests of the institution require other teachers and professors, they will be obtained. A country of plenty, a salubrious climate, arrangements for boarding the students at low prices and a well conducted and permanent literary institution, it is hoped by the Board of Trustees, will induce the public to sustain and patronise [sic] this outpost of science in the southwest. The high character of the community who surround this institution, for correct deportment and morality, will form an additional recommendation of this Academy to the parents and guardians of the youth of this country. Boarding will be furnished in private families in the vicinity, including washing, candles, &tc, at the following rates, viz: Young ladies and gentlemen, per week, $1.00 Children, , do .75 Tuition for the second session Preparatory Department $1.50 Higher branches $7.00 Samuel Were, Thomas Kerr, H. T. McCune, H. H. Ritchey, Wm. Parrish, Josiah Boyd, A. A. Young, Board of Trustees May 24, 1845 -- 3t. Note: The statement in the first paragraph “and as healthy as any part of the State.” doesn’t appear to be any more than the usual advertising fluff -- unless you’ve noticed that some sections of the state had reported many deaths from a strange, new disease the preceding year and found, according to at least one published report, to be most common among the populations of “low lying areas” and along the waterways. The disease, especially combined with “the common scarlet fever” was deadly. >From Springfield Advertiser, 19 Jul 1845 To The Friends of Education In The S. West. Mr. Editor -- It affords me much pleasure to inform those parents and guardians who have sons to educate, that I, a few days since, visited the Spring River Academy, in Lawrence county, which is superintended by the Rev. James B. Logan. I spent a few hours in the institution, in hearing him interrogate two of his classes, one in Orthography and the other in Grammer [sic]. I have visited many schools in south Missouri, and of all I have yet visited, I am bound to give this institution decidedly the preference. The pupils of the classes mentioned sustained themselves admirably well. I believe I have nowhere in Missouri seen an instructor take more or even as much pains in laying broad an deep the foundation for a profound English education. He explains the fundamental principles of the English language most elaborately. The Grammer [sic] class although not greatly advanced sustained themselves better than classes of the same age generally do. In fine, take the healthiness of the location, the advantages of good and cheap boarding, the good precepts and examples of the President and assistants, the Spring River Academy is certainly a promising institution and in every way worthy of the patronage of the people of the South west. July 15, 1845 Amicus Educationis