Litchfield enquirer., 1856-09-11

pastel, twenty lessons, 500 monochromatic, twenty lessons, 500 Ornamental leather-work, twenty lessons, SOO Drawlng-Crayon, twenty lessons, 500 Penciling, per session, 600 Music-Instrumcntal, per session, oOOO Use of Piano for practicing, per session, 500 Stationery, Senior Department, per session, 800 Junior Department, per session, 200
 The charge for Stationery includes pens ink paper pencils, and copy-books. Pupils not permitted to furnish their own stationery. The School is divided into two departments In the Junior Department the instruction is chiefly oral
 The pupils are taught in classes and the lesson made as interesting possible; one advantage of this sys- tenn is that all benefited alike and the standing
 in the class does not depend the instruction they may, or may not receive at home. The course of study in the Junior Department comprises Towns Spelling; Mitchell Outline Maps Grammar; Childs History of the United States; Study of Words Scholars Companion; Parley's Common School History; Morse's Geography Peterson's Familiar Science; First Lessons iu Composition, Quackenhos; Outlines of English History; Arithmetic; Writing Reading.
 In the Senior Department, large portion of the
 instruction given is in the form of familiar lectures and conversation The lessons arc fully explained and abstract prepared by the teacher is dictated These dictations written in blank book and afterwards committed to memory thus the necessity of each pupils possessing textbook is obviated and each one prepares abstract weekly it cannot be objected that they will not learn to sneraize for themselves There is also weekly class for the ex- tension of general information and the discussion of the leading events of the day. Weekly Lectures will be delivered on Physiology Philosophy History Astronomy, Literature, and the Fine Arts.
 On the first Friday in every month the classes arc reviewed Parents are invited to visit the class rooms on these days, that they may see the manner
 in which the school is conducted, and judge of the improvement made.
 The pupils in the Senior Department have access to . wcl-chosen library
 The course of study in the Senior Department con- prises Scholars Companion Trench on Words l; Smellics Philosophy of Natural History; Goodfich's Geography and History, Ancient and Modern ; Composition and Rhetoric, Quackenbos; Wayland's Moral Science {; Markham's History of England ; Lineotn's Botany; Buliion's Grammar Mrs. Phelps Chemistry Shaws English Literature; Dasies 1iqebra Burritt's Geography of the Heavens. kamcs' Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy ; English, Past and Present. Trench Mental Philoso- phy; Universal History Cousin, on the Good the Beautiful, and the True Davies Geometry Book Keeping Putz and Arnold's Medieval Geography and History; Ssmondi's is Literature of the South of Europe; Composition
 TExr-BooKs IN FRENCH Jewetts Ollendorf Roemer's Idioms De Fivas Reader; Chouqaets Dialogues Historic de France ; Le Grand-pere; Literature Franchise Noel ct Chap sals Grammar Pic.iola; Gengembrcs Method Mabfrc's Conversations
 The boarding pupils are not permitted to 20 out unaccompnnied by teacher, They take daily cxer- else in the open air. and subjected restraints other than those essential to we'll regulated family Housekeeping is taught if desired Each pupil will supply herself with dressing case, work-box, toilet and table napkins and ring, silver fork and spoons, umbrella and over-shoes Each article of Clothing is to be marked in full
 Every recitation is recorded, and quarterly report sent home. A testimonial is awarded to excellence Wednesday afternoons are devoted to plain and ornamental Needle work, and every pupil is taught to sew neatly.
 French is the language of the School, and of the house, except at table, when English issppken, and cheerful conversation encouraged Day pupils who bring uraea excuses from their parents for unpreparei lessons are allowed time during school hours for their preparation
 la the Senior Department. the pupils arc required to study one hour and q half at home and those in the Junior Dcpartmcnt but one hour The terms for day pupils are tuition iii English, French, Latin, and Drawing. S25 per session. Junior peptrtmcnt sl2-payablc in advance. Extra branches as above.
 The Principal is permitted to refer to the following gentlemen The 1 Hon Wm L. Marcy sec'y of State. Washington '' :" Jefferson Davis, Sec'y of War, '' < Jurigc Wayne, Sup. Court. U. s. Savannah 't 0. $. Seymour, Ltchfcld. '' ' s. P. Beers,
 George c. Woodruff Esq, Doct Henry W. Buell.,
 Henry R. Colt Esa