The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-03

| Fuel is afforded to the students at cost A sum
equal to the probable cost ia advanced by each
dent; If more Is consumed IL is charged to him-if
less, the 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 are payable in advance. The tuitionis
remitted, 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 ,rho do not ds,gnt rosscfefhe Iohois
COwscrequtred for dsgree, more limited range
Of studies is furnished, adapted 10 the sphere ard
course cf iye Of each fndividuai far as such can
| 6creasonably cnficipufsd
The studies Of this Course arc arranged under the
following departments, to wit:
LIST. A MATHEmhTIcAL DErARTMENT-in which,
beginning with Arithmetic and Algebra, the stu
dent will be carried ,seam through all the higher
branches Of the Mathematics, ending in their ap-
plication to Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c.
I'd. An EsoLrsH DEPhRTmEST-Compris in
struction in Orthography, Reading, Bocution,
Grammar, Writing, Geography, History, Compo
sition, Rhetoric, Logic, Intellectual Philosophy.
Moral Philosophy, PoliticalGrammar, Story on the
Constitution, Philosophy, Ornithology. Natural
Theology, Elements oi Criticism, and Evidences of
Christianity.
Sd. MERCANTILE DEPARTMKST-In which will
be impaired an acquaintance with ali that is ne
ccssary to qualify youth for the immediate duties
Of the counting bousej including,
/. Penmnnship- By original and popular
system of this art, which invariably produces n
bold finished hand. peculiarly adapted To tho pUr-
poses of the accountant md bosincss man.
2. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbrcvi-
atcd methods OF computing Interest, Discount,
Equation of Payments, &c, and other Mercantile
caculauonsfoundcd on per ccntagc; together with
all such operations are requisite for a thorough
knowledge Of the business Of the counting room.
3. Book keeping-Single and Double Entry, by
the most approved methods. complete course OF
instruction in this branch will be furnished, de-
signed to fit the student TO take charge of any sct
Of account books.
3th An AGRICULTURAL LDEPARTngNr-Compris
ing a selection from the English and Mathematical
courses; and, also, Surveying, Botany, Mincrnlo-
gy, Geology, Chemistry, and Agricultural Chem
istry the last two illustrated by cxperimenialloc
lures.
5th. A CIvrL ESoINEER DrrARrmgHr--In vhic h
zebra, (menta and written,) Geometry, Trigo-
nomctry, Surveying, with the use ofinstrumcnts
in the held,) Practical Engineering, Architecture,
| Perspective, Draughting, and Topography.
| 9th. TEAcHsRs' DEPARTmsNr.--rhc course of
study will consist of judcious selection of sub
jccs from the other departments, including all the
branches pursued in common schools Prac-
tcal Lectures will alec be given on School Teach
| ing, both a science and as an art.
Pupils will not only thus receive tho fullest in
struction relative TO the best and most popular
methods of teaching, but they will also have op-
portuntics of exemplifying them, by hearing reci-
tatons N the lower departments of tho Institution.
| 7th. A DEPhRTMENT or MoDgpN LAvoUAers-
In which students who wish to take a thorough
course can have an opportunity of dong so while
others, whose object may be TO acquire sufficient
knowledgeto translate with facility, and To pro-