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less, the balance is refunded.
Board is furnished with the families Of the Pro-
fessors at two dollars per week. as rs ~
Washing, at the usual rates. a~ lae
All dues are payable in advance. The tuition ia
remitted on application, to all students designed
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars per session, to be paid to the In
structor in advance. 9 44
For students tDho do not design to prosecute Tie hole
Course required for q degree, more limited range
Of studies Is Furnished, adapted 10 the sphere and
course Of life Of each individual, far as such can
bsreasonably anticipated. .,s. si,,s5., ...t +,
The studies of this Course arranged under the
following departments, TO wit: r9.las
lst. MArHEMATIcAL DEPAHrMENT--In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, seriati, through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Sc.
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARrMENT-Com in
Grammar writing Gooeraphy' History, G compo,
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, Political rammar, storyo the
Constitution, Philosophy, ornithoIogy. Natura!
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences Of
Sd. A MsncANrrLE DEpARrMENr-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is
ccssary 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
poses of the accountant and business man. pN' -
2. Artfhmetic--Comprising numerous abbrevi-
atcd methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &C., 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 --Singc 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. ft.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL Observation-Disclosures
aelectiOn 10 EpOlish n nd Mathemaf cal
courses and, also, Surveying Botany, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
is,ry the last two illustrated by cxpcrmentallcc-
lures. ao !. 1850.
9Th. A Civil ENGINEER DEPARTaEST--In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mental and writtcn,) AL
zebra, (mcntal and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nomctry, Surveying, (with the of instruments
in the iield,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography
9th. A TEACHERS DEPARTMENr.--Thc course of
study will consist of judicious selection of aub-
jccs 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 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 OPP
portuntics of excmplifying them, by hearing reci-
tatons in the lower departments of the Institution
| 7th. A DEpARrMENT OF MopKRN LANGuAeEs--
In which students who wish to take thorough
\ course can have opportunity of doing 80; while
others, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge to translate with facility, and to pro-
nouncc with tolerable correctness, in as short
| time as possible, are also provided for.
| Systematic instruction will be given in Elocti-
ton by lee lures and otherwise; and frequent exer-
cises in Defamation and in English Composition be
required Of all the students connected with the In
stitution.