Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-04-04
PROSPECTUS OF THE COLLEGE OF IA
ynV TON ROUGE.

PROSPECTUS OF TIE COLLEGE or ia.
yuy TON ROUGE.
HE College, located on u gentle cm'nence.
commanding MI extensive view OF tho Mississippi
the Town Of Baton Rouge. aud its telig',tlnl en-
virpus. is probably not surpassed IN beauty ant
.ealt,fulness OF situation, b, any Literary cstab.
lisl,mei,t in the country. Communicating the a''
~yantsyes Of n cts residence ,s.ai the comic and re.
,iruncnt Off rural dwelling, it is particular y a.lsr'
ted TO ,pt,ng gentlemen IN the pursuit u M e'itIra-
ton. While Il Is removed from the e,ihen,icks,
dissipation, and p r,ls OF large cities, 1t aff,rd'
ample opportunities Tor exercise 10 pure mir, for
study anil reposr. These advantages, literary i,-
1T t,tions, in all countries, have seiulously sought:
but none has been more successful ~ the pursuit oi
them than the College OF Iiaon Ronsc. In res
pect to location it has obtained nearly all That -
desirable.
In the Ensiisl, ,,r partment due attention will he
pad to Ort,o 4raphy. PerJn4nsI'ip.. Ari,hmet'ek.
biography, Gram nar. History. hhctoriek. Flo.
eutiUu, Algebra, i,eometry, Mathematical, Book
keeping. botany, Mincralogy, Chemistry. a ,ro''-
onny, Natural, Intellectual. and Mora, Philosophy,
Political Economy, the Constitution OF Louisi ia,
and Of the United states, and criticism in rgfrt.
e,,ce to Letters aud the Fine Arts, and in the u :
uartnent of Ancient aml Modern Literature, 10
the spanish, French. Latin, and Greek languages.
Tile College year Is divided into two $. ssiois.
conprel,endi,g forty our weeks. The first srs-
sion hegins on the tOu, Vi January, mud ends on
tIlE INST HittHs VI th1s " StSppb "
on tbe FIRST Monin, OF September. and Terminates
on the ih,rd Nonhay 10 Dreember. The periods
int evening ere the regular v%aeaiions. At the
close Of the second session n commencement will
be held, and degrees conferred, seen, lug T. erad-
mates Is all the privileges usually conferred by any
University IN the United States"
No student viii be admitted INTO College for a
less period than one Session; and all charges Tor
bali u Session must be- paid in advance. NO de-
due,ion will be made for loss of ii ne, except IN
cases of extreme sickness. Fael, student IS re-
auited 10 furnish one bed, aud sufficient bedding,
one kn fc AID fork, one clothes lrnsl,, one pail.
two co.tbs, o,,e tohti, brush. AID twJ napkins, aud
to dress in Il stj le oi neatuess suitable TO a collie
giate life.
The charge for Board and Tuition is 900 for a
College year, aud III the same rate I r. shorter PEE
RODS. For including aud washing SIS viii be re.
uu,ed for the SANE per I'D. III extra .xpensr,
INCURRED b, sieknc $. or otherwise, must be borne
b, the parents OF students .,eurritg IT,
students will be furp,is',rl with all necessary
books and stationary, ut the New Orleans retail
prices.
nj perfect li,erty 10 follow any creed III respect 10
christianity. Lectures o, Moral Science will
,obabi, he given IN the College Chapel, on SUM
DIV evenings, which %staae,ts, witt, The p omission
OF their parents, will b. required to attend.
A department for training young ladies' in MI
the useful aud Ornamental branches of Female Et'-
NCallNh, ~ ~ W tV ~ "
iAcgr. and untier mr superintendent. will be
with the College. The President and
two Of his daughters viii assist ~ the instruction
OF this department The charge for board and
tuition, IN any or ia a1thebranc''rs Of ii thorough
French arl Ehsi sA education will be At t'e rae
OF $40, y Collegiate year, and $50 viii be ald+'l
for mending an wash *. The extra branches OF
Nusick, Driving. Fancy Work, Calisth. hicks,
&c will be s%ubjee, to the customary charges in
baton Rouge.
The pub,ick are assured that arrangs ments
been, or shortly will be made. it suitable en-
cor ragemrnts are afforded, that will render the
Of atom Rouge equal in comfort, and la
~ciIitics oi requirement tn any institution III the
and the hope is conf lent'y cherished that
The South will not suffer iisrif 10 be surpassed by
the Nort', IN sustaining effn - essential to the pros
perify aud g,ory OF her children.
Tie College of Baton I.ous e was cstab' sl,rd
for the promotion Of ;hc dearest inter SIS OF oar
Common country, and the patronage ni the pahlick
snow invoked Tor the accomplishment Of the OBJ
Great responsibilities have been Incurred
Dy the res, ut arrange m,its, and it tie ! rustecs
IRE not sustained by the libcraIco-opcration Vi Inc
pub!ick the result must he disastrous.
By order OF the Board Of Trcs'e
LOUIS FsVROT.
pre.'t Of the Board.
Rev. WEI. Is LACEY.
-49-v Pres't ofiic College