Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-10-10
PROSPECTUS OF THE COLLEGE OF IA.

PROSPECTUS OF THE COLLEGE OF BA.
rT TON ROUGE.
IA He College, located on a gentle eminence.
commanding an extensive view eI the NJ ssippi
the Town Of, Baton Rouge and lis delightful en-.
yirons, is pr ,sbly not surpassed III beauty ant
lea!thfu,ness Of situation, By spy Literary estab.
ilsl,inent in the coaatfg. Cpmprehending the adj
santages OF a city residence, aAd the comic: / and re-
f,reinent Of a rural dwelling, it isparticuiarly adsp.
ted to young gentlemen IN the pursuit of an educa.
ton. While it is removed from the epiaemicks
dissipation, and periis oil large cities, Il. affords
ample opportunities Tor exercise in pure air, for
study and repose. These advantage, literary in
st!tut,ons, IN aslconhtries, have sedulously sought:
but nane has been more successful in the pursuit Of
them than the College of Baton Rouge. In res
p,ect to location it has obtained nearly ali That IS
desirable.
In the i;ng.isl. department due. attention will be
paid to ortlosraphy, Penmans'ip, Ari,lmetick,
Geography, Grammar, History, Rfhetoriek. Flo.
eution, Algebra, Geometry, Mathenatiekss Book
keeping, botany, Mineralegy, Chemistry, A&tron-
omy, Natural, intellectual. and Moral Philosou,y.
Political Economy, the Constitution of Louis is ia.
and OF the United States, and criticism IN refer
ence to Letters and the Fine Arts; and in the de-
partmeDt OF ancient and Modern Literature. 10
the Spanish FRENCH. Istin, and Greek languages.
The college year is divided into two Sessions,
comprehendins forty our weeks. The Grst ses-
sion begins Oh the 1oti, uf January, and ends on
the last Friday OF july: The second commences
VII iiS hIit 4sCulay VI DcDteFnUef, ana terminates
on the third Monday in December. Tie periods
Intervening are the regular vacations. AT the
close Oh the second Session a commencement viii
be held, and degrees conferred, securing to grad
yates all The privileges usually conferred by any
University in the United States"
No student will be admitted into College for a
less period than one Sessions; and all charges for
half a Session must be paid in advance, ia tie-
duction viii be made for less OF time, exceDt in
cases of extreme sickness. Each studen, IS re-
CURED 10 furnish ono bed, and sufficient .beddins.
one knife aud fork, one clothes brush. one na;l
two combs, one tooth brush, aud two. napkins, and
to dress IN q style of neatness suitable to a cole
giate life. -. .
Tie charge far Board and Tsstion is ssoo for
year, and at the sa me rate for shorters. me-
For ~mending and washing $50 will be re-
CURED Tor the same period. All extra. EXPENSE.
by sickness. or Otherwise, must be borne
by the parents of students ihcurring it.
Students will be furnished with all neeessaTyS
BOOKS and stationary, at the New Orleans retail
prices.
perfect liberty to follow any creed in resract to
Lectures on Moral Science will
begiyen in the College Chapel, on SON
lay evenings, which students, witt, the permission
their parents, will be required to attend.
a department tor training young ladies in all
he useful and ornamental branches of Female Ed
cation, kept exclusively in the residence Of Mrs.
4AcEY. and under her superintendent. will be
onnected with the College. The President and
wo OF bis daughters will assist in the instruction
{ this department. The charge for board and !
lition, in any or in aHthe branches of a thorough 5
'"each ard English education will be at tie ra,e
+ $3.50, a Collegiate year, aud S56 will be added j;
II intending and washing. The extra branches of .
lasick, Drawing, Fancy Work, Calisthenicks, Z
c, will be subject to the customary charges in
atom Rouge. =
The publick are assured that arrangements :
i've been, or shortly will be made. if suitable en- >
engagements are afforded, that will render the =
oliege of Patton Rouge equal in comfort, and Ia y
iitics OF requirement, to any institution in the u
untry; and the hope is confidently cherished that St
South will not suffer itself to be surpassed bv h
G North in sustaining effot IS essential TO the pros
rity and glory Of her children. p
The College Of Baton Rouge was estah! shed c.
the promotion of she dearest interests of our II
mfnoi country, and the patronage of HE rabIiek G.
now invoked for the accomplishment of the OBJ a
t. Great responsibilities have been incurred e
the present arrangements, and if the Trustees J
not sustained by the liberal corporation of lie ),
biicS the result must be disastrous.
By order of the Boar,i of Trustees. =,
LOUIS FAVROT, 81
Pres;t of the Board. ~
= Rev. VIM. b. LACEY "
Pfes't of the Cnj1cpe