The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-11-20

| Fuel is afforded to the students Mt cost A sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent; If more is consumed it is charged to hirn-
| less, the balance is refunded
Board is furnished with the families of the Pro
| fessors ut two dollars per week
| Washing, at the usual rates.
| All dues are 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 ho do design 10 prosecute the tphole
Course required for degree, more limited range
Of studies rs furnished adapted TO the sphere aud
course Of l9e Of each individuaI, far such can
| 6eredsondbly anticipated.
The studies of this Course arc arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
| lst. MATHEMATIcAL DEPARrMENr-In which,
| beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra the stu
dent will be carried seriati through all the higher
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
I'd. An ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-Co Comprising in
| struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy
Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithoogy, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
3D. A MERcANrGLE 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
/. PenmHnSLip- By an original and popular
system of ths art, which invariably produces a
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur-
poses of the accountant and business man.
,. ATIltmetic-C Comprising numerous abbrevi-
ated methods oi 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 ht the student to take charge Of any
of account books.
18th. AN AGRIcULTURAL DEPARTMENT-C Compris-
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botsiy, Mineralo
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by xpermentalec-
lures.
9th. A CIvIL ENGINEEn DEPARrMENT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written, Al
gebra, (mental and writtcn,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the ofinstruments
in the field, Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. a TEAcHEss' DEPARrMENr.-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-
tcal Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both a 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 op.
portunties of exempfiying them, by hearing reci4
tatons In the lower departments of the Institution
9Th. A DEPARTMENr or MoDERN LANGUAGE
In which students who wish to take IA thorough
course can have an opportunity of dong so while
others, whose object may be TO acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and W pro-