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Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent if more is consumed it is charged to him-i
| 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
remitted, 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 ,oho do not design 10 prosecute the toole
Course required for degree more limited range
of studies is Furnished, adapted TO the sphere aud
course Of life Of each induiduai, far such can
6ereasonabiy anticipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
Ist. MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENT-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be Carried seriatim, through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
3D. AN ENGLISH observation-disclosures in
structon 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. A MERcANTILE DEPARTMENT-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with all that is ne
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
/. PenmGnstip- 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. Arithmettc-Comprising 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 as requisite for a thorough
knowledge 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 fit the student to take charge of any set
of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL LDEPARTMENT-Compris
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and, also, Surveying, Botspy, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by experimentalec-
lures.
5th. A CIvIL ESGiNEER DEPARTMENT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) AL
zebra, (mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, (with the use ofinstruments
in the hed,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, 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 also be given School Teach
ing, both s 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-
portuniues of exemplifying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
7th. a DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
In which students who wish to take n thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing SO; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledget to translate with facility, and TO pro-