The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-17


Fuel is Afforded TO the students at cost. A sum
equal to the probable cost is advanced by each stu
dent If more is consumed II is charged To him-if
less, the balance is refunded
Board is furnished with the families of the Pro.
fessors attwo o dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues are payable in advance. The tuition is
rcmittod, on application, to all students designed
for the Ministry.
The tuition fec for Modern Languages will be
eight dollars per scssion, to bo paid to the In
structor in advance.
For students rho do ds,fg 10 pro-ecfefh rchole
Courscrtqufred for degree, n more iimited range
of studiss Is furnished, adapisdfo the sphere and
course ofiyeof zach indiriduai, so far as such
bereasonaag anticipated.
The studies Of this Course are arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
let. A MATHEnATIcAL DEPARTn sHT-ln which
beginning with Arithmetic and Algcbra, the stu-
dent will I've carried, seiain through all the higher
branches Of the Mathomatics ending in their ap-
plcauon to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
ID. An ESoLIsH DEPbRTMENT-Compris in
structon in Orthogrsphy, Reading, Elocuton,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo-
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy
Moral Philosophy Political rhInInar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements Criticism, and Evidences Of
Christianity.
Sd. A MEnoASTr EDEPARTMENT-In which will
be impaired acquaintance with all that is ne
ccssary to qualify youth tor the immediate duties
of the counting house; including,
/. penmunship- BY original and popular
systcm of this art, which invariably produces n
bold, finished hand, peculiarly adapted to the pur
poses of the accountant and business man.
2. acknowledgements numerous abbreyi-
eted methods OF computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
calculationsfoundcd on per centagc; together with
all such operations requisite for a thorou gh
knowledge ofthe business oftho counting room.
3. Book. .kcep,ng-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course of
instruction in this branch will be Furnished, de-
signed to ht the student to take charge Of any
OF account books.
+th. An AeRIcULTupAL DEPARTNgNT--C Compris-
ing n selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mineralo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last sttvoillustratedb by erperimentalec-
lures.
5th. A CtvIL ESoIHEsR DsrhpTMsTT-In which
taught Arithmetic, (Incntal and written Al
zebra, (mcntal and writtcn,) Geometry, Tigo-
nomctry, Surveying, with the use ofinstrumcnts
in the fiold,) Practical Engineering, Architecture
Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
/ 9th a TEACHrps' DEPARTsENr.-Thc course o.
study willconsistof iudicious selection of sub
oots from the other departments, including all th,
] branches pursued in common schools Prac.
/ teal Lectures will also be given on School Teach
! ing, both as a science and as an art.
| Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest in
I struction relative TO the best and most popula
methods OF bleaching, but they will also have op
/ portunitios ofcsempilying them, by hearing reci
tations In the lower departments Of the Institution
4 7th. A DrPhRrMENT or MoDrRS LANoUAGss-
In which students who wish to take thorough
course can have an opportunity OF dong so; Will
othcrs, whose object may he TO acquire suflicien
kno~lcdgeto translate with facility, and TO pro