Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-02

 Dancing, - SIP % Painting-oil twenty lessons, 500 water color twenty lessons, 800 pastel, twenty lessons, 300 |" monochromatic twenty lessons, 300 Ornamental leather-work, twenty lessons, 8 co Drawing -Crayon twenty lessons, 500 't Penciling, per session, 500 Music Instrumental, per session. 20 % Use of Piano for practicing per session. 5 co Stationery Senior Department, per session, 800 :. Junior Department per session, 200
 The charge for Stationery includes pens ink, paper pencils, and copy-books Pupils are 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 taught in classes, and the lesson made interesting possible; one advantage of this sys- tenn is that all are benefited alike and the standing in the class does not depend the instruction they may, may not receive at home. The course of study in the Junior Department comprises Towns Spelling; Mitchell Outline Maps Grammar; Child's History of the United States; Study of Words ; Scholars Companion; Parley's Common School History; Morse's Geography; Peterson's Familiar Science First Lessons in Composition, Quackenbos Outlines of English History; Arithmetic; Writing i; Reading.
 In the Senior Department, a large portion of the instruction given is in the form of familiar lectures and conversation The lessons are fully explained and an abstract prepared by the teacher is dictated These dictations are written in blank book and
 
 of each pupils possessing textbook is obvated ; and each one prepares abstract weekly it cannot be objected that they will not learn generze 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 are reviewed. Parents invited to visit the class rooms on these days, that they may see the manner in w is ad md ind, improvement made.
 The pupils in the Senior Department have access to well-chosen library.
 The course of fstudy in the Senior Department com prises Scholars Companion Trench on Words Smellies Philosophy of Natural History Goodrichs Geography and History, Ancient and Modern Composition and Rhetoric, Quackenbos Wayland's Moral Science Markhams History of England Lncota's Botany; Bullions Grammar Mrs. Phelps' Ctemisry Shaw English Literature; Dapies' Algebra Burritts Geography of the Heavens.
 Names Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy English, Past and Present, Trench Mental Philoso- Beautiful, and the True; Davies Geometry Book Keeping; Putz and Arnold's Medieval Geography and History Sismondis Literature of the South of Europe; Composition.
 TExT-BooKs IN FRENCH
 Jewett's Ollendorff Roemer's Idoms De Fivas' Reader; Chouquets Dialogues; Historic de France Le Grand-pere Literature Franchise Noel ct Chap- sars Grammar; Pic.iola; Gengembre's Method MaDlre s SCOnVefSatlOnS.
 The boarding pupils are not permitted to go out unaccompanied by teacher, They take daily exer- else in the open and subjected to no restraints other than those essential to we'll regulated family Housekeeping is taught if desired
 Each pupil will supply herself with dressing case, workbox, 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. 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 is spoken and cheerful conversation encouraged.
 Day pupils who bring urittea excuses from their parents, for unprepared lessons, are allowed time during school hours for their preparation.
 Tn the Senior Department, the pupils are required to study one hour and half at home; and those in the Junior Department but one hour
 The terms for day pupils are, tuition in English, French, Latin and Drawing. s25 per session. Junior Department Sl2-payable in advance Extra branches above
 The Principal is permitted to refer to the following gentlemen The Hon. wm. L. Marcy, secy of State. Washington ss s Jefferson Davis Sec'y of War,
 !" '' Judge Wayne, Snp Court U s. Savannah ' O. s. Seymour, Litchfeld.
 ' s. P. Beers,
 George c. Woodruff Esq., "
 Doct. Henry W. Buell.
 Henry R Colt, Esq, "
 Iitch6eld June 1S56