The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-25


Fuel Is afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent; if more Ia consumed it 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, ii,if
All dues are payable in advance. The tuition is
remtted, on application, to all studeFts 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 tcho do not design 10 prosecute the tpoe
Course required for degree, more limited range
Of studies IS furnished adapted TO the sphere and
of life Of each indipidual far such can
bereasona6ly anticipated
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit;
LIST. MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried seriat through all the CHER
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &C.
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-Compr in
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.
Sd. A MERCANTILE DEPARTMENT-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is ne
ccssary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
/. Penmanship- 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. AritImetic-Comprising numerous abbrevi-
ated methods OF computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, Sc, 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-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course Of
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed to ht the student to take charge of any set
OF account books.
4th. AS AoRIcULTURAL DEPARTMENr-Compris
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 experimentallec
lures.
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) Al
gebra, (mental and. written,) Geometry, Tngo-
nomctry, Surveying with the use ofinstruments
in the held,) Practical Engineering, Architecture
Perspective, Draughtng, and Topography.
9th TEAcHERs' DEPARTMENT.-The course Of
study will consist of judcioub selection of sub
ects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prao-
teal Irctures will also be given School Teach
ing, both as n science and 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 oi exemplifyng them, by hearing reci-
tations the lower departments of the Institution
Tth. A DEFARTMEET OF MopERS LANGUAGES
In which students who wish 10 take a thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing 80 while
others, whose object may be TO acquire sufficient
knowlsdge,o TO translate with facility, and to pro-