The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-04


Fuel is 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-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 are payable in advance. The tuition is
remtted, 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 oho do not design TO prosecute the tcoe
Coursereqt"red Jor degree, a more limited range
of studies rs furnished, adapted 10 the sphere aud
Of life Of each indiridual, far as such can
bcreasondt4y anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
1st. A MATHEMATIcAL DEPARTmENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, segt. through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in ther ap-
plicatiop to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
ID. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-Comprisi in
struction in orthography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political C rammar, Story on the
Constitutions Philosophy, 0rnithology, Natural
Theology, Elements 81 Criticism, and Evidences OF
Christianity.
Sd. MEncANgILE DEPARTMEET-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
Of the counting hpusel Including,
!. Psupsanskip- BY 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, Artttmstie-Comprising numerous abbrevi-
atcd methods oil computing Interest, Discount,
Equation Of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per centage; together with
all such operations are requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room
3. 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 ~ the student to take charge of any sci
Of account books.
4th. An AGRICULTURAL DERARTMENT-Co Compris-
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and, also, Surveying, Botasny, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry 1.-The last two illustrated by experimcntallec-
tures.
taught Arithmetic, (mental and wrtten,) AL
zebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Tngo-
nometry, Surveying, with the use of instruments
in the heh,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Drnughting, and Topography.
9Th A TEAcHERs' DEPARTMEST.-rhe 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-
tical Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing both as a sciencc and as art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative to the best and most popular
methods of teaching, but they will also have op-
portunities of fexempliiying them, by hearing reci
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
7th. A DEPARTMENT. OF MoDERN LANGUAGE
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity OF doing SO whi
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro