The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-12-08


Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal 10 the probable cost 10 advanced by each
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-
fessors at two dollars per week
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues are payable in advance. The tuition is
remtted, 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 tpho do not design to prosecute tie hole
CoHserequired for degree, a more limited range
of studies is furnished adapted 10 the sphere aud
course of life Of each indiUiduai, far such
bereGsonabiy anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
lat. A MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, seriatin through all the higher
branches Of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, sc.
ID AN ENGLISH PARTMENT-Comprising in
struction in photography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar, Stc-y On the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
81. A MERcANTlLE DEPAETAEST-in which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that Is nc
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house, including,
/. 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.
,. Arttmetic-Comprisng numerous abbrevi-
ated methods Of computing Interest, Discount,
EQUATION of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculations founded ON p6r Centagey together with
all such operations as are 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 fit the student to take charge of any set
Of account hooks.
4th. AN ANAGRicuLTpRAL DERAETMENr-Oompris-
ing "a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and, also, Surveying, Botsny, Mineralo
gy, Geology, Chemist ry, and Agricultural Chem
stry the last voillustrated by experimentallec-
tures.
5th A ClvIL ENGINEER DEPARTMENTAL which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) AL
gebra (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, with the use ofinstruments
in the fcld,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. a TEAcHgRE' DEFARTmEET.-The course of
study will consist Of judicious selection OF sub
ects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
teal Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both as a science and an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative 10 the best ana most popular
methods Of teaching, but they will also have op-
portpnites OF cxemplifying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the lnsttuiioH
7th. DEPARTMENT OF MopEBs LANGUAGES
In Which students VINO wish to take thorough
ouurse can have an opportunity OF dolng soj while
others, whose object may be TO acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-