The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-24

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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 hiln-i
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 tuho do not desgt 10 prosecute The tpoe
Course required for a dsgree a more limited range
of studies is furnished, adapted to the sphere and
course Of life of each indioidual for as such can
bsreGsonaby anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
lat. MATHEMATIcAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will carried seriGti, through all the hi CHER
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their an
pication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, SC.
ID. An ENGLISH DErARTMENT-Comprisi in
struction in Orthography, Reading Elocution,
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity
3D. A MsRcANTGLE EDEPARTMENr-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with all that is ne
coksary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the countin g house; including, -
/. PenmanShip- 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. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation Of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
caculationsfoundcd on per centage; together with
all such operations as requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting-roou
3. Book keeping Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. A complete course Of
instruction in this branch will be furnished de-
N,E NNNa .l.fa4 Ntnl, .l,,
Of account books.
4th. An AGRICULTURAL DEPARThENT-Comp
ing a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botshy, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last illustrated by experimentalec-
lures.
5th. A CIVIL ENGINEER DEPARTMENT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) AL
zebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the use ofinstruments
in the feld,) Practical Engineering, Architecture
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9Th. a TEAcHERs' DEPARTMENT.-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 q science and 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 an
portunities of cxemplifying them, by hearing reci
tatons in the lower departin OF The Institution
7th. A DEPARrMENT or MoDERN LANGUAGES
In which students who wish TO take a thorourh
course can have an opportunity of dong SO; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledgeto translate with facility, aud to pro