The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-11
EXPENSES.

ton room. .........V bO
Fuel ia afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu-
dent if more is consumed it is charged to him-ii
less, the balance is refunded
Board is furnished with the families Of the Pro-
fessors at two dollars per week. ~
Washing, ut the usual rates.
All dues are payable In advance. The tuition is
RENTED. on application, 70 all students designed
for the Ministry.
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars per session, to be paid to the In
structor in advance.
For students toho do not design to prosecute the hole
Course required for degree, more limited range
Of studies 1 furnished, adapted to the sphere and
course Of life Of each indirdai so far as such can
bsreosonabiy anticipated
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
| lst. A MATHEMArIcAL DEpARTmENT--In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried seriat, through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plicaton to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, sc.
I'd. AN ENGLISH observation-disclosures in
| struction in photography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
siton, Rhetoric, Logic, intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithoiogy. Natural
Theology, Elements Of Criticism, and Evidences OF
Christianity.
/ Sd. A MERCANTILE DEPARrMENT-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that Is ne
ccssary to qualify youth for the immediate dutics
of the counting house; including,
l. Penmanship--By an original and popular
systcm of this art, which invariably produces a
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur
poses Of the accountant and business man.
2. misunderstanding numerous abbrcvi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &C., and other Mercantile
calculations founded ON per centage; together with
all such operations as are requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of tho counting room.
3. Book keeping-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course oil
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed to fit the student to take charge of any set
of account books. fE
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DErARrMENr--Compris
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
stry the last two illustrated by cxperimentallec-
lures. q ff'c "a
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and writtcn.) AL
zebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry. Surveying, with the use of instruments
in the ield,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. A TEACHERS DEPARTMENT.--Thc course OF
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
ects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
teal Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both as a science and an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative to tho best and most popular
methods of Teaching, but they will also have OPP
portunitics of exomplifying them, by hearing rcci
tations in the lower departments Of the Institution
7th. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGE
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing so; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-
nouncc with tolcrablc correctness, in as short
time possible, nrc also provided for.
Systematic instruction will be given in Elocu-
ton by lectures and othcrwise and frequent cxcr-
ciscs in Defamation and in nglish Composition be
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.