The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-07

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Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost s advanced by each stu
dent; If more is consumed il is charged to him-ii
less, the balance IL 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 ia
RENTED, 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 tDh0 do not design to prosecute the hoI.
Course required for a degree, a more limited rang.
ofstudis e Furnished, adopted TO the sphere and
course Of life Of each indiriduaI 80 far as such can
bsreasono6ly anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENr-In which
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu.
dent will be carried sidm, through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
I'd. An ENGLISH DEPARTMENr--Compri in.
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution
Grammar, Writing. Geography, History, Compo.
sition, Rhetoric. Logic, Intellectual philosophy
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements ofCriticism, and Evidences Of
Christianity.
81. A MERCANTILE DEpARTMENr-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,
!. Penmanship-By an original and popular
system Of this art, which invariably produces q
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
calculations founded on per centage; together with
all such operations as are requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting ROOM
!. 8. Book keeping-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course OF
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed To fit tho student to take charge of any set
of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DEpARTMENr-Compris
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry; the last two illustrated by experimentallec
lures.
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and writtcn,) AL
zebra, mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry. Surveying, with the use Of instruments
in the feld) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
PesIsIpoetiys, Draughting, and Topography.
study will consist of judicious selection of SUBJ
ecs from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
teal Lectures will also be given on School Teach
ing, both q science and as an 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 OPP
potSunitie1 oA e1enpnIylnB tncin Dy nearing reel
tatons in the lower departments of the Institution.
7th. DEPARTMENT. OF MoDERN LANGUAGES
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing 80; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-
nounce with tolerable correctness, in as short
time as possible, arc also provided for.
Systematic instruction will be given in Elocu-
ton by lectures and otherwise; and frequent cxcr.
cises in DISSEMINATION and in English Composition be
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.