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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-
fcssors at two dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues are payable in advance The tuition is
remttcd, on application, to all students designed
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars per session, to be paid to the In
structor in advance.
For students sOho do not design to prosecute the sphoIe
Course required for degree, more limited range
of studies 20 fuynished, adopted to the sphere and
course of Is Of each individual, 40 far such can
bereosonably 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 seriati through all the higher
branches Of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
3D. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENr-Comp in
Grammar, Writing. Geography, History, Compo.
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, Story on tho
Constitution, Philosophy, ornithology: Natural
Christianity.
Sd. A MERcANrILE 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,
!. Pcnmanship--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 centage; together with
all such operations requisite for thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room.
3. Book keeping-Singe and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods complete course of
ms in brap ch Wi he frn had d.
signed to fit the student to take charge of any set
of account books. 1tFT
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DEpAnrMENr--Compris
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry; the last two illustrated by cxpermentallec
lures.
9th. A CIvIL ENGINEER DEPARTMENr--In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and writtcn,) AL
zebra, 2mental and written,) Geometry, Trgo
nometry, Surveying, with the use of instruments
in the feld,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
jects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
tcal Lectures will also be given on School Teach
| ing, both a science and as ON 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 exempfying them, by hearing rcci
tatons in the lower departments Of the institution
7th. DEPARTMENT or MoDHRN LANGUAGES
| 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
knowledge to translate with facility. and to pro-
nounce with tolcrabc correctness, in short
| time as possible, are also provided for
Systematic instruction will be given in Elocu-
ton by lee and otherwise and frequent oxer-
cises in Defamation andin English Composition be
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.