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

Ul L IL i l. II IL i IL
BOARD oE VISITORS.
The Adjutant General, together with five fl
persons, to be annually appointed by the Elk
%ecutive, to attend examinations at least @pct
in the year, 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,
tcndant-educated at West Point.
Col. f. w. MORGAN, Joint Superinten-
dent, and professor of Civil and Military En-
Observation-Disclosures at West Point.
LIEUT.. COL B. r. JOHNSON, professor of
Observation-Disclosures at West Point.
MAI. RICHARD OWEN professor of Nat
ural Science pupil of DR.. Ure, of Glas-
Mr.. ALEX. SCHUE, Adjunct professor of
Chcmistry-for Is months 4 pupil OF the
celebrated Liebig.
REV. II. V. D. MENUS, A. NJ, professor of
Ancient Languages--educated at Princeton
College, N. J.
J. G. BLAINE, A. B., Adjunct professor of
Observation-Disclosures 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. 4. CAMBRAY, prof. of Modern Lam
guages-educated in the city of Paris.
CAPT. C. Z. 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 1917. 1t is entirely
free from the control or domination of any
sect or party, either political or religious. Eco
nomy in dress, by the adoption of a cheap Uni
form, for winter and ulnmer, is rigidiy enforc-
ed. Every student is required 10 select a col
lego 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 skill1ul
and experienced Engineers in the United
States. He was for a long time the Principal
| Assistant Engineer of Pennsylvania, after re-
ceiving 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 1915 per month for
competent assistant Engineers. One of his for
mcr pupils receives at present $4,000 per amum
as principal Engineer of railroad now under
construction in Kentucky, whilst others of the
same class are receiving in different parts of
the United States, $4,000, $1,000, or $1,000 a
year as Assistant Engineers.
The rapid advancement Of our whole coun-
try, and the eagerness of III 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 Mincralogist, 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 hcalthful 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
cd 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
800 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 I~nstitu-
ton in the United States. The grounds have
been greatly improved and ornamented during
the last five years. A plat of forty acres, beau
tifully situated on the margin of the Licking
River, immediately in the rear Of the buildings,
win be reserved for Military Exercise. The res
moval will be made Immediately after Christ
mas, and the school opened at that place on the
7ih 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
tendance, music, use of arms, &c. &C., will be