The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-17


Fuel is afforded to the students at cost sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent If more is consumed il 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.
ALI dues are payable in advance. The tuition is
remitted, application, to all students designed
for the Ministry
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars psf session, to be paid to the In
strnctor in advance.
For students tcho do not design prosecute the tuoe
Course required for degree, a more limited ange
Of studies is furnished, adapted to the sphere and
course Of life Of each individual, so far as such can
bereGsonably anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
lst. A MATHEMATIcAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, Seram, through all the higher
branches Of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
| ID. AN ENGLISH DEPARTmENr--Comp 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, ornithoogy, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences OF
Christianity.
Sd. A MERcANTILE DEPARrMENT-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
1
/. Permdnship- By 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. Notwithstanding numerous abbreyi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount
Equation OF Payments, &C., and other Mercantile
founded on per centage; together with
all such operations requisite for thorough
knowledge Of the business of the counting room
3. Bookkeeping 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-Compr
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mineralo
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by expermentalec-
lures.
5th. A CIVIL ENGINEER DEPARTmENr--In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) AL
gcbra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trgo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the use OF ofinstruments
in the held,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughtng, and Topography.
9th. A Teachers DEPARTMENT.-rhe course Of
study will consist Of judicious selection of sub
jects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
tical Lectures will aso be given School Teach
ing, both as a science and as an art
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative 20 the best and most popular
methods of teaching, but they will also have op-
portunitcs of exemphfying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
9TH. DEPARTMENT or MopERN 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 sufhcien,
knowledge to translate with facility, and TO pro-