The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-03


| Fuel is afforded TO the students at cost. sum
equal To the probable cost ia advanced by each stu
dent; if more is consumed ii is charged TO hin-ii
| less, tho 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, on application, TO all students designed
4 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 uho do not designio prosecethe nhole
| Cotnserequirsd for degree, more limited ran ge
of studies IS furnished, adapted 10 the sphere and
course Of iYe Of each indiridudi far such can
| bereasonaby " anticipated.
The studies of this Course arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MATHEMATICAL DrPARTnEsT--In which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu-
dent will be carried, seriatigl, through all the higher
branc hCs of the Mathematics, ending in their APP
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &C.
ID. AN ENGLIsH DEPARTMEST-Compri in
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution,
siton, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy Political rammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology, Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism and Evidences Of
Christianity.
3D. A MsRcANriLE DKPARTNEST--In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with all that is nc
cessary to qualify youth for tho immediate duties
OF the counting house; including,
L.
systcm OF this art, which invariably produces a
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to- the pur-
/ poses of the accoun ntant and business man.
2. drihmetic-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 .keep,ng-Singlc and Double Entry, by
| the most approved methods. a complete course OF
| instruction in this branch will be furnished, dc
signcd TO fit the student to take charge of any set
| OF account books.
4 ath AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMEHT--Compris-
ing selection from the English and Mathematical
courses aud, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
/ istry the iasttwoilustratodb by cxperimcntallec-
| turcs.
I 5th A CIvrL EsGINEER DEPARTMgNT-In which
arc taught Arithmetic, (mcntnl and writton,) Al
gcbra, (mental and writton,) Geometry, Trigo-
| nornetry, Surveying, with tho use OF ofinstruments
In the field,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography
| 9Th A TEAoHses' DsrARTMENT.-The course OF
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
ccts from the other departments, inc udng all the
| branches pursued in our common schools. Prac-
ticnl Lectures will also be given on School Teach
ing, both ma n 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
portunitics of eremphfying them, by hearing rcci-
tations in the lower departments of the Institution
| 7th. A DepARTMENT or MoDspN LANGUAGE
| In which students who wish To take n thorough
course can have opportunity OF dong so; while
others, whose object may be TO acquire suiiicien'
knowIodget to translate with facility, and to pro-