The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-06

| Fuel is afforded To the students at cost. sum
equal TO the probable cost s advanced by each stu
dent if more is consumed it is charged to him
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
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 ,phO do not design TO prosecute the tphoe
COtuSerequired for degree, more limited range
of studies is Furnished, adapted TO The sphere and
course of life Of each indipid,tai, far such can
beredsonabig anticipated
The studies of this Course arc arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
let. A MATHEMATIcAL DEPARTMENT-ln which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried Scridt through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their APP
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy &c.
ID. AN ENGLISH observation-disclosures in
struction in orthography, Reading, Elocuton,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
stion, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, 0rnithology, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences OF
Christianity.
Sd. A MERcANTrLE DEPARTMENT-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is ne
ccssary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
L. PcnmGnShip- 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. misunderstanding numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &C., and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per centagc; together with
all such operations are requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room.
g. 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 the student to take charge of any set
of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTM ENT-Compri
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and also, Surveying, Botany, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemist ry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by experimentalloc-
lures.
9TH A CIvIL ENGINEER DEPARTME ENT--In which
are taught Arithmetic, (Inental and written,) Al
gebra (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nomctry, Surveying, with the use OF instruments
in the ield,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughtng, and Topography.
9Th A TEAcBERs' DEPARTMEST.-'Fhe course Of
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
iects 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 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 OPP
portunities of oxompifying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution.
7th. A DEPARTMENT OF MoDERN LAHGUAGEs-
In which students who wish to take a thorough
course can have opportunity Of DONG so; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-