The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-07

Fuel is afforded to the students at cost A sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each
dent If more is consumed it is charged to him-if
less, the balance is refunded.
Board is furnished with the families Of the Pro-
fessors at two dollars per week
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance. The tuition is
remitted, on application, to 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 pho do not desig,, 10 prosecute the ,ohole
Course required for degree, a more limited range
of studies is furnished, adapted 10 the sphere and
course of life Of each individual, far such can
bereasonably anticipated.
The studies Of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit;
lst. A MATHEMATioAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, seriatim, through all the gher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &C.
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-Compri in
etruction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo
sition, Rhetoric, Logic Intellectual Philosophy.
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
Sd. A MERcANTILE DEPAnTMEsr--In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house, including,
i. Peflndfshtp- by an original and popular
system of this art, which invariably produces
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur-
poses of the accountant and business man.
2. Artumetic-C Comprising numerous ahbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount
Equation of Payments, &c., aud other Mercantile
calculations founded on per oentagc; together with
all such operations as requisite for thorou gh
knowledge of the business of the countng room
3. Book. keeping-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. A complete course Of
instruction IN this branch will be furnished, do,
signed TO t the student to take charge Of any set
OF account books.
+th. An AGRICULTURAL LDEPARTMENT-Compris-
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
stry the last two illustrated by experimentallcc-
lures.
9th. A Civil ENeINEER DEPARTMESy-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) AL
gebra (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the use of ofinstruments
in the fed,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughtlng, and Topography.
9th. A TEApHERs' DEPARTMENT.-The course of
study will consist of judcious selection of sub
iects from the other departments, including all the
tical Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both as a science and art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest i'm
struction relative to the best and most popular
methods OF teaching, but they will also have op-
portunities of exempifying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
7th. DEPARTMEET or MopsRN LANGUAGES
In which students who wish to take n thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing so; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledgeto to translate with facility, and TO pro-