The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-02

| Fuel is afforded 10 the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost ia advanced by each
dent If more is consumed il is charged TO hiIn-if
lcss, tho balance is refunded
Board Is furnished with the families Of the Pro-
fcssors at two dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance. The tuition is
ronittcd, 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 ,oo do not desig 10 prossctef the ooe
Cousersquirsd for degree, limited range
Of studies is furnished, adapted 10 the sphere and
course fife Of each indiuiduoi, 90 far such can
bereosonably anticipated
The studies of this Course arranged under the
following departments, to wit;
1st. A MATHEMATICAL DgPARTNgST-In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent WILDE carried, serioin through all the higher
branches Of the Mathematics ending in their m
plicauon to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
ID. AS EsoLIsB DgrARTnsST-Compris i'm
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocuton,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition Rhetoric, Goric, Intellectual Pbioaophv
Moral Philosophy, Political rammsr, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornthoogy, Natural
Theology Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences Of
Christianity.
Sd. A MsRoANrnr rDEpARrMESr-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with ali that is ne
cessary TO qualify youth for the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
l. Pcnmoushtp- by an original and popular
system of this art, which invariably produces n
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur-
poses of the accountant and business man.
2. drifhmefic-Comprising numerous nbbrevi-
ated methods of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per centagc; together with
all such operations as are requisite for thorough
knowedg ge Of the business of the counting room.
2. Book kecping-Sinelc and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. A complete course Of
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed To lt the student to take charge Of any sct
OF account books.
lth. An AeRfcuLTURAL -Compris-
ing a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses and, also, Surveying, Botany, Miucralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last sttwoillustrated by eSperimentallcc
tures.
5th. A CIvfL ESGfNEER DrPAETMEST-In which
arc taught Arithmetic, (mcntal and written,) Al
gobra, (mcntal and wrttcn,) Geometry, Tngo-
nomotry, Surveying, with the use of instruments
in the hcld,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. A TehCHERs' DEPARTMsNT.-fhe 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-
tical Lectures will also be given School Teach
ing, both as n science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
slruction relative 60 the beet and most popular
methods of teaching, but they will also have op-
portunitics Of cxemphfying them, by hearing roc-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
7th. A DsPAsTMENT or MODERN LANGUAGEs-
In which students who wish to take a thorough
course can have an opportunity OF dong so; while
othcrs, whose object may be to acquire sufficient
knowledge TO translate with facility, and TO pro-