The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-17

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
rcmtted, on application, to all students designed
for the Ministry.
The tuition fec for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars per session, to be paid to the In
structor in advance.
For students ,cho do not design 10 prosecute the tchole
Course required for degree, more limited range
Of studies is furnished, adapted 10 the sphere aud
course Of life Of each indipiduai, far such
bcredSOndbiy anticipated
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
1st. \ MATHEmATIcAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra the stu
dent will be carried Seriat through all the h CHER
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
pication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
ID AN English DEPARTMENT-Comp in
structon in Orthography, Reading, Eocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution Philosophy, Ornithology, Natural
Theology, Elements oi Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
Sd. A MERCANTILE DEpARTMENT-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is nc
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
/. Penmdnship- 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.
=. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per ccntage; together with
all such operations as requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room
3. Book kcrping-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course Of
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed to fit the student to take charge of any set
OF account books.
4th. An AGRICULTURAL DEPARTmENT-Com
ing a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
isry; the last two illustrated by cxperimcntallec-
lures.
9th. A CIvIL ENGINEER DEPARrMENT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and wrlttcn,) Al
gebra, (mcntal and writtcn,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, with the use of instruments
Ia the held,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. TEAcHERs DEPARTMENT.-The course of
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
iccts from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
tical 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 the best and most popular
methods of teaching, but they will also have oY-
portunitics of exemplilying them, by hearing reci-
tatons in the lower departments of the Institution.
7th. A DEPARTMENT. OF MopERN LANGUAoEs-
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing SO; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledget to translate with facility, and 70 pro-