The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-08

ton room i bU
Fuel ID afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost 10 advanced by each stu
dent; if more 10 consumed it is charged 10 hm-if
less, the balance 10 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
RENTED. on applications 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 tcho do not design TO prosecute the tDole
Course required for degree, q more limited range
Of sfudies Furnished, adapted TO fhe sphere and
course Of life Of each individual, far such
bsreasonotiy anticipated.
The studies Of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MArHEMArIcAL DEPARrMENr-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will carried, seram, through all the higher
branches of tho Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication 10 Natural Philosophy. Astronomy, &C.
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENr-Compris in
struction in orthography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History. compo-
Moral Philosophy Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Orthodoxy, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
be impaired an acquaintance with ell that 10 nc
cessary TO qualify youth for the immediate duties
Of the counting housc; including,
l. Premiership 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. arithmetic Comprising numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c., and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per ccntagc; together with
all such operations arc requisite for thorough
knowledge Of tho business Of the counting ROOM
8. Book keeping-Singlc and Double Entry, by
the m nDDrOVed fncthOda. A cOmDleta n
instruction in this branch will be Furnished, de-
signed to fit the student to take charge Of any set
Of account books
4th. AN AaRIcuLruRAL DEPAnrmENr-Co mpris-
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincra1o-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
isTy the last two illustrated by experimcntalleo
lures.
sth. A CIVIL ENGINEER DEPARrmENr--In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental aud written,) Al
zebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, with the usc of instruments
in the feld,) Practical Engineering, Architecture.
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. A TEACHERS DEPARTMESr.--The course Of
study will consist of judicious selection Of SUBJ
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
tical Lectures will also be given on School Teach
ing, both a science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative to the best and most popular
methods of tcaching, but they will also have OPP
portunities of exemplifying them, by hearing rec-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
It'll. A DEPARTMENT. OF MoDEnN LASoUAGEs--
In which students who wish to take thorough |
course can have opportunity of doing so; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and TO pro-
nouncc with tolerablc correctness, in as short
time as possible, are also provided for.
Systematic instruction will be given in Elocu- |
tion by lectures and otherwise; and frequent exer-
ciscs in Defamation andin English Composition DO
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.