The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-08


Fuel for Oratory and Recita-
ton room. i 5U
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. A sum
equal 70 the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent if more lie consumed it is charged to him-if
less, the balance il 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
RENTED, 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
struct0r in advance.
For students scho do not design prosecute the ,coe
Course required for degree, more limited range
Of studies Is furnished, adapted to the sphere and
course Of life Of each individual, far such can
6sre0sonobsy anticipated
The studies of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MArHEmArIcAL DEPAnrMENr--In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will carried seriai through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their app
plcation to Natural Philosophy. Astronomy, &C.;
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy.
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements Of Criticism, and Evidences OF
Christianity
3d. A MERCANTILE DEPARrMENr-In which will
cessary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
l. 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.
q neutrality-suspicious. numerous abbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation Of Payments, &C., and other Mercantile
all such operations are requisite for a thorough
knowledge of the business of the counting room.
B. 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 books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARrMENr--Compris
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry; the last two illustrated by experimentalec-
lures.
9th. A Civil ENeINEER DEpARrMENr-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and written,) Al
gebra, mental and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nometry, Surveying, with the use of instruments
in the ield,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9Th. A TEAcHrRs' DEPARrMENr.-The course OF
study will consist of judcious selection of SUBJ
ects from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
tical Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both n science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
struction relative to the best and most popular
netnods OIL tcachng, but they Will also have op-
portunities of cxcmplifying them, by hearing reci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution.
7th. A DEPARTMENT or MopERN LANeUAoEs--
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity of doing 90; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-
nounce with tolerable correctness, in az short a
time possible, also provided for.
Systematic instruction will be given in Elocu-
ton by lee and otherwise and frequent cxer-
cises in Defamation andin English Composition be
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.