The republic., 1851-11-01

Fuel is afforded to the students at cost A sum
equal TO the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent if more is consumed it ia 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
remtted, 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 ,rho do not design TO prosecute The ,phoie
CoTsereq,iired for u degree, a more limited range
of studies is furnished adapted 10 the sphere aud
course Of life of each individ,ia so far as such can
bereasonabiy 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, seiatim through all the hi CHER
branches of the Mathematics ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-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, Ornithology, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
Sd. MERcANTILE DERAnTMENr-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house, including,
/. Penmapship- 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.
2. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation OF Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculatonsioundcd on per centage; together with
all such operations as are requisite for thorough
know ledge 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 tit the student to take charge of any act
of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL LDEPARTMENr-Compris-
ing a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botpy, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by expermentallec-
lures.
9Th. A CIVIL ENGINEER DEPARTMEST-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) Al
gebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, with the use ofinstruments
in the tieh,) Practical Engineering, Architecture
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9Th. TEAcHERs' DgPARTMENr.-The 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 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 op-
portunities of exemplifyng them, by hearing reci-
ations in the lower departments Of the Institution
7th DEPARTMENT OF MoDERN LANeUAGEs-
In which students who wish to take o thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing so white
othcrs, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knovledgeto to translate with facility, and TO pro-