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Curtis, Robert I.

This article examines the history of North Carolina's Bingham School, a private classical academy that ran from 1793 to 1928. During the school's first 80 years, it focused on a classical education while fending off claims that a more practical curriculum was needed. It was claimed by headmasters up to 1873 that classical study remained central to the training of a Southern gentleman and expressed the conservative nature of South both politically and socially.

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 3, July 1996, p328-377 , il, por, map, f

Bingham, William, 1752-1804; Bingham School