Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-01-07

III. Moral Philosophy; Plao's Gorgas; The Captive
of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatic Pneumatcs, and
Meteorology.
sopHomoRE Glass;. Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Rhetoric continued
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR GLASS;. Political Philosophy; The Andra of
Terrence; The Clouds of Arisophanes Acoustics, Optics
IL Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ccero's
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes dc Corona Voltaic
Electricity Galyanism; Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro Dynamics Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution Of the United States; Astronomy,
finished The Science of Heat; Thermo Electricy Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means of experimental illustration
In all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
of three thousand dollars has recently been
partly in this country and partly in London and Paris in
the purchase of apparatus adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS
At the close Of each study branch Of study the
bers of the class carefully examined and at the close
of the year, all the studies Of the year, in the presence
of Committee of the Trustees; and their attainments
are communicated to the Board Of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, d
vine worship Is held twice every Sunday and the rec
taon Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa
ment At the request Of his parent guardian student
il permitted to attend any place of worship which himself
parent guardian may select One member of the
Faculty will attend at each Of the different places of
ship presbyterian, Episcopalian, and MethodsD in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least Of the Professors NTH their families, will
reside in the College buildings and will board at COM
table with the students who required to occupy
such rooms may be assigned them by the Faculty
ADMISSION.
In order to admission pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen years Of must give
sustain examination in the following studies viz
Arithmetic, Elements Of Algebra Latin and Greek
two books of xenophons Anabasis jacobs behring's
Latin Reader Saust Cesar Cceros Select Orations,
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter as Freshman five
dollars Sophomore, ten dollars if Junior fifteen
D' - N 800 LIST Session. I'd Session
Tuition :. s2i 90 $2i 90
Room rent :xnsnss: 90 4 1OS
Use OF Library 20 70
Fuel for oratory and Recitation room 1 so
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost sum equal
to the probable cost is advanced by each students If more
is it is charged to him. if less the balance is
refunded.
Board is furnished with the families of the Professors
at two dollars per week.
Washing at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance The tuition is remit
ted application, to all students designed for the Min
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be eight
dollars per session, to be paid to the Instructor in ad
vance.
Course required for degree limited of
dies is furnished adapted to the sphere and of life
of each individual far such be reasonably antc
ipated.
The Of this Course arranged under the follow
ing departments, to wit:
1st A MATHEMATICAL DEPARTMENp-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra the student will be carried,
se7dti through all the higher branches of the Mathe
matics ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
ID. AN ENGLISH DEpARrMENT-Comprising instruction
in orthography, Reading, Eocution Grammar, Writing
I9
Story the Constitution Philosophy, 0rnthology, Ma
tura Theology Elements Of Criticism, and Evidences Of
Sd. A MERCANTILE DEPARTMENT-In which win be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary to quail
y youth for the immediate duties of the counting
/. Fsnmanship-By original and popular system of
this art which invariably produces bold, finished hand
peculiarly adapted to the purposes Of the and
business man.
2. A,latmaic-comprising numerous abbreviated me-
thods of computing interest," Discount Equation Of Pay
ments &c. and other mercantile calculations founded
per centage together with all such operations are re-
quisite for thorough knowledge of the business Of the
g. Book-keeping-singe and Double Entry, by the most
approved methods complete course Of instruction in
this branch will be furnished designed to at the student
to take charge Of any set of account books.
4th An AGRICULTURAL DEPARrMENr-Comprising a Sc
lection from the English and Mathematical courses and
ALSO Surveying, Botany Mneralogy Geology, Chemistry,
and Agricultural Chemistry; the last twolustrated by
experimental lectures.
9Th CIVIL ESarNEKR DEpARrMENr-In which are
taught Arithmetic (mcntal and written Algebra, (men
tai and written Geometry, Trigonometry, Surveying
with the of instruments in the field Practical Engi
neering Architecture Perspective Draughting and To
Biography.
9th TEACHERS DEPARTMEyT.-The course Of study
will consist of judcious selection Of subjects from the
other departments including all the branches pursued in
common schools Practical Lectures will also be given
on School Teaching both as a science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest instruction
relative to the best and most popular methods Of teaching
but they will also have opportunities Of exempfying
them, hearing departments
the Institution
It'll. DEPARTMENT MODERN LANaUAGEs-In which
students who wish to take thorough have
opportunity Of doing while Others whose object may
be to acquire sufficient knowledge to translate with fac
y and to pronounce with tolerable correctness in
short time as possible, also provided for.