The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-18


Fuel is afforded to the students at cost sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent if more is consumed il is charged to hiln-if
! lcss, the balance is refunded
Board is furnished with the families of the Pro-
| fcssors at two dollars per week.
| Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance. The tuition is
remitted, application, to oil 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 ,cho do not design TO prosecute he troe
Corserequ'red Jor a degree more limited range
Of studies Is Furnished, adapted to the sphere ana!
course Of life Of each individual, far such can
| bereds0nabig anticipated.
The studies OF this Course arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
lst. A MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
| beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu-
dent will be carried, serGin, through all the higher
| branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, sc.
| ID. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMEST-C Comprising in
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
stion, Rhetoric, Logic, IntelectI2i Philosophy
Moral Philosophy, Political Gramlnar, story on the
Cons titution, Philosophy, Ornithocgv. Natural
Theology Elements OF CRITICISM, and Evidences of
| Christianity.
Sd. A MEncA MILE DEPARTMENT--ln which will
! be impaired acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the Immediate duties
/
/. PenmGnShip- By an original and popular
| system of this art, which invariably produces a
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur-
poses of the accountant and business man.
2. acknowledgements numerous abbrevi-
ated methods OF computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &C., and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per centage; together with
all such operations as requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room
g. Book -keeping-Single and Double Entry by
the most approved methods. A complete course Of
instruction in this branch will be furnished de-
signed to t the student to take charge Of any set
oil account books.
4th. AS AoRtcULTuRAL DEPARTMEST-Com Compris
ing selection from the English aud Mathematical
courses; and, also Surveying, Botany, Minerao-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two Illustrated by expermentalcc-
lures.
5th. A CivIL ENGISEER DEPARTMENT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (montal and written Al
gebra (mental and written,) Geometry, Tngo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the use OF instruments
in the held) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, DraugLting, and Topography.
9th. A TEACHERS DEPARrmENr.-The course of
study will consist OF judicious selection of sub
jocts from the other departments including all the
branches pursucd in common schools. Prac-
tiCa Lectures will also be given on School Teach
ing, both as a science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative to tue best and noat popular
methods Of teaching, but they will also have OPP
POI tuaitics OF cxomPhlying them, by hearing rec-
tatioas IN tic lower departments of the institution.
1th. A DEPAarMgNT 90 MopERN LANGUAGES
In which stu.ents who wish 10 take a thorough
cOciae can have an opportunity Of doing so; while
othc's, whose object may be 70 acquire sufficient
knowledge TO translate with facility, and to pro-