Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-12-05
EDUCATION, &c.
MILITARY INSTITUTE,

MILITARY INSTITUTE
BOARD oE VISITORS.
The Adiutant General, together with five fl
persons, to be annually appointed by the Elk
ecutive, to attend examinations at least once
in the wear, according to law.
FACULTY
Incorporated with all the powers, privileges
and rights exercised by the Trustees and Fa
Guilty of any other College.
COL. II. F. JOHNSON. General Superin'
tendant-educated at West Point.
COL. E. w. MORGAN, Joint Superinten'
dent, and professor of Civil and Military En-
gineering-educated at West Point.
LIEUT.. COL. B. r. JOHNSON, professor OF
Observation-Disclosures at West Point.
MAI. RICHARD OWEN, professor of Nat
ural Science-a pupil OF DIR. Ure, OF elias
gov.
Mr.. ALEX. SCHUE, Adjunct professor of
Chemistry-for Is months a pupil OF the
celebrated Liebig.
REV. II. V. D. MENUS, A. NJ, professor OF
Ancient Ianguages-educated at Princeton
College, N. J.
J. G. BLAINE, A. B., Adjunct professor of
Lancuages-educated at Washington Col
lege,Pa.
J. II. DAVIESS, Esq, professor Of Lava
practitioner in the various courts OF Ken
lucky.
REV. J.. R. SWIFT, A.. NJ, professor of E.
thics and Bellies Lettres-educated at Yale
College.
Mr.. E. A. CAMBRAY, prof. Of Modern Lam
guages-educated in the CITY of Paris.
CAPT. C. E. MOTT, Principal of the Aca-
demy-educated in New York.
CAPT. w. w. GAUNT, Adjutant of the In
stitute.
Two hundred and thirty cadets, from fifteen
different States, have entered this Institution
since it was organized, in l847. 1t is entirely
free from the control or domination of any
sect or party, either political or religious. Eco
nomv in dress, by the adoption of a cheap Uni
form, for winter and summer, is rigidly enforc-
ed. Every student is required to select a col
lege guardian. with whom all funds brought or
received must be deposited, and no debt must
be contracted without the consent OF such
guardian.
Civil Engineering +
will be thoroughly and practically taught in the
Western Military Institute-the professor,
Col. Morgan, being one of the most skillful
and experienced Engineers in the United
States. He was for a long time the Principal
Assistant Engineer of Pennsylvania, after re-
ceivine the highest honors of the U. S. Military
Academy at West Point. All the instruments
connected with that department, have been
procured at considerable cost, and of the best
quality.
The superintendent takes the liberty of sta
ting that he is now offered $75 per month for
competent assistant Engineers. One of his for
| mer pupils receives at present $4,000 per annuln
as principal Engineer of a railroad now under
construction in Kentucky, whilst others of the
same class are receiving in different parts OF
the United States, $4,000, $500, or $1,000 a
wear as Assistant Engineers.
The rapid advancement of our whole coun-
try, and the eagerness of our people, for. ex-
| ploring the hidden resources of the new
States and the newly acquired territory, will
give ample scope for ages to come, to the skill
and enterprise of the Engineer, the Geologist,
the Mineralogist, the Surveyor and the Archi-
tect. Young men who have an aptitude for the
Mathematical and Physical sciences, will have a
wide field opened to them for engaging in an
honorable, a healthful and lucrative pursuit, for
which they may be thoroughly and practically
qualified, in a short time, and at small expense,
at the Western Military Institute.
To secure the manifold advantages of health,
economy, discipline, progress aid moral train
ing, the Faculty of this Institution have select
| ed for its permanent location the famous
Blue Lick Springs,
situated on the Lexington and Maysville Turn
pike, twenty-four miles from the latter place,
| and forty.from the former; emphatically a coun-
try location, being ten or twelve miles distant
from any town or village. The buildings are
mostly new, well constructed for Garrison pur-
poses, and ample for the accommodation of
300 Cadets. This place is unsurpassed for its
healthy atmosphere, pure water and romantic
scenery; and is, unquestionably, one Of the
most eligible locations for a Literary Institu-
ton in the United States. The grounds have
been greatly improved and ornamented during
the last FIVE years. A plat of forty acres, beau-
tifulIy situated on the margin of the Licking
River, Immediately in the rear of the buildings,
will be reserved for Military Exercise. The re-
moval will be made Immediately after Christ
mas, and the school opened at that place on the
18th day Of January, 1850. Vacation will em-
brace the months Of July and August, by which
arrangement the Watering Season will not in
terfere with the exercises of the institution
The academic year extends from the first Mon
day of September to the third Friday of June
forty weeks.
TERMS:
The entire charge for tuition, boarding, lodg-
ing, washing, fuel, lights. backing, servants at
fonlapoa nn.,cio ,,cn IF apYnc 4ra Rrn will ho