The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-27

| Fuel is afforded 10 the students at cost. sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each
dent; If more is consumed il ia charged to him-ii
| less, the balance ia refunded.
Board ia 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 ia
rcmitted, 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 Dho do mol 10 the ,ohole
Cotustrequtred for a degree, more limited range
Of studies ~ furnished, adapted TO the sphere aud
course Of iYe Of each individual far such can
bersasonabiy y anticipated.
The studies Of this Course arc arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MATHEaATroAL LDKPARTNEST-In which
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried, seiatim, through all the higher
branches of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
ID. Az EsGIIsH Observation-Disclosures in
struction in Orthography, Reading, Elocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy,
Moral Philosophy, ,PolitcalGrammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements OF Criticism, and Evidences Of
Christianity.
Sd. A MsacAxTILg gDrrARrmESr-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with all that is nc
ccsssry to qualify youth for the immediate duties
Of the counting house; including,
|. Penmanship- BY an original and popular
system Of this art, which Invariably produces
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur
poses of the accountant and business man.
2. Arithm,fio Comprising numerous abbrcvi-
sted methods Of computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculations founded on per centage together with
all such operations as are requisite for thorough
knowledge ofthe business of the counting room.
3. Book .keeping-Singc and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods A complete course of
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
sgned to it the student TO take charge of any set
Of account books.
Ith. AS AGRIculruRAL DEPhnTNgST-Compris-
ing a selection from tho English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry; the olasttvoillustrated by erperimentalloc-
lures.
9th. A CivIL ESGiNEER DEPARTMgNT-In which
are taught Arithmetic, (mentai and written,) Al
zebra, (mental and writton,) Geometry, Trgo
pometry, Surveying; with the use ofinstrumcnu
in the field, Practical Engineering, Architecture
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
9th. A TsAcHEss DrfARTMssT.-Thc course o
study will consist of judicious selection of sub
jocts from the other departments, including all th
branches pursued I'm our common schools. Prac
teal Lectures will also be given on School Teach
ing, both as science and art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
methods ofteeohing, but they will also have op
portunities of ercmpllying them, by hearing reoi
taiions in the lower departments OF the Institution
18th. A DrpABTNyNr OF MODERN BAsGUAoss-
In which students who wish to take n tboroug
conrse can have an opportunity OF doing 40 whit
otbors, whose object may be to acquire sufiicien
kno~ledgsto translate with facility, and to pro