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Wilson Collegiate Institute Promotes Advanced Female Education
The Wilson Collegiate Institute offers five course tracks including primary preparatory collegiate music and art. The extensive curriculum covers eight collegiate subjects and a rigorous literary program praised as among the strongest in North Carolina. Noted for thorough music and art instruction, the institute is led by principal Silas E. Warren with Miss R. C. Shepherd as Lady Principal distinguished for training under the University of Virginia.
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North Caroline
School of Music and Art
Faye
Silas E. Warren
Board OF Management and Instruction
R. C. Shepherd
University of Va
Palmyra
University of Virginia
Miss Shepherd
H. S. Morton
Thos. H. Haden
A. E. King
Virginia
Shepherd
C. W. Porter