Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-01-02

PROSPECTUS OF THE COLLEGE OF "a
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PROSPECTUS OF THE COLLEGE OF BA-
yHy TON ROUGE.
4 HE College, located on a gentle eminenee,
commanding an extensive view of the Mississippi,
the Town Of Baton Rouge and its delightful en-
virons, is probably not surpassed in beauty and
healthfulness of situation, BY any Literary estab-
lisI,ment in the country. Comprehending the adj
vantages of a city residence, and the comfort aud re-
tirement ofa rural dwelling, it is particularly atlap-
ted to young gentlemen i'll the pursuit of an edura-
ton. While it is removed from the epidemicks,
dissipation, and perils Of large cities, it affords
ample opportunities for exercise in pure air, for
| study and repose. These advantages, literary in
s~ttutions, in all countries, have sedulously sought;
but none has been more successful in the pur snit of
them than the College of Baton Rouge. In res
pect to location it has obtained nearly ALI that is
desirable.
Ii the English department due attention viii be
| paid to OrthosrapIy, Pemmanship, Aritimetiek.
Geography, Grammar, History, Rletoriek, Eio~
eytiou, Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics, Buck
keeping, Botany, MincraiOgy Chemistry, A,tron-
/ omy, Natural, Intellectual, and Moral Philosophy,
Political Economy, the Constitution Of Louisiana,
| and of the United States, aud criticism in refer
| enee to Letters and the Fine Arts; and in the d.
| part,pent of Ancient and Modern Literature, 10
the Spanish, French. Latin, and Greek languages.
The College year is divided into two Sessions,
comprehending forty-four weeks. The first SEES
sion begins on the 10th of January, and ends on
the last Friday Of July The second commences
on the first Monday Of September, and terminates
or The third Monday in December. The periods
intervening are the regular vacations. At the
close of the second Session a commencement will
be held, and degrees conferred, securing to grad
yates I" all the privileges usually conferred By any
University in the United States."
No student viii be admitted into College fr a
less period than one Session; and all charges for
half a Session must BIT paid in advance. No de
duction will be made for loss OF time, except in
cases of extreme sickness. Each student is re-
quired to furnish one bed, and sufficient bedding,
one knife and fork, one clothes brush, one pail,
two combs, one tooth brush, and two napkins, and
TO dress in a style Of neatness suitable to a collie
giate life.
The charge for Board and Tuition is $500 for a
College year, and at the same rate for shorter pc
RODS. For mending and washing $50 will be re-
quired for the same period. All extra expense,
incurred by sickness. or otherwise, must be borne
by the parents of students mourning it.
Students will be furnished with all necessary
books and stationary, at the New Orleans retail
prices.
All the members of College will be free, and
at perfect liberty to follow any creed in respect to-
Christianity. lectures on Moral Science will
probably be given in the College Chapel, On Sun
day evenings, which students, with the pcrnissioa
of their parents, will be required to attend.
A department for training young ladies' in all
the useful and orna mental branches of Female Ed
~ucation, kept exclusively in the residence of Mrs.
A~A,$A N"' "'' "' Va ~"
connected with the Colle.s. The President and
two of his dAugh;ers viii assist in the instruction
of this department The charge for board and
tuition, in any or in aNthe branches Of a thorough
French and English education will be at the rate
of $50, a Collegiate year, and $3f VIII be added
for mcnding an washing. The Xtra4brabehes of
Musiek, Dr. cling, Fancy Work, Calistnt nicks,
sc, will be subject to the customary charges in
Baton Rouge.
The publiek are assured that arranGr ments
bo-al ,or ~. No. ! ,vitI -. ,,r1o e entt ! l..
conragements are afforded, that vii! render the
College Of Eaton Rouge equal in comfort, and Ia
e~IiitIes Of requirement, to any institution in she
country; and the hope is confidently cherished that
the South will not suffer itself to be surpassed BY
the North in sustaining effor IS esscnti II to the pros
perity and glory of her children.
The College OF Baton Rouge was established
for the promotion Of die dearest interests Of our
common country, and the patronage of the puhIick
is now :nvoked fer the accomplishment ii the OBJ
,ect. Great responsibilities have been incurred
by the present arrangements, and IF the Trustecs
are pot sustained BY the liberal cooperate n Of the
publick the result must be disastrous.
By order of the Board Of TRUSTEES.
LOUIS FtSkDT-