Litchfield enquirer., 1856-09-25
The Gould Seminary, An Engiish and French, Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies.
 LIrcHFIELD, CONN.


 School for Young Ladies.
 LITCHPIELD, CONN.
 
 C. H HoLLIsTER, Esq. P.zanxs1.
 MISS $ HOGAN. PRIsclrAL-
 AsssrAxr TEAcHEzs, MISS H. ' SFfLEA MISS 8. A. STYLES. RUPHS win be received into this Institution, de II signed for the efficient and thorough education of young ladies on Monday the Tth day of July next commencing on the first Wednesdays of November and May next, each followed by vacation of four weeks
 The number of boarding pupils will be limited some definite arrangement is made to the contrary Board and Tuition in English, French Latin, Draw 5 ing, and Needle-work, per annum, S250 60 Washing If reauired.) per session. 1900 Bedding per session. 200 Pew Rent, per session. 00I
 ExTaA CHARGES. Dancing. SIP oo| Painting-oil, twenty lessons, 500 '' water color, twenty lessons, 500 S pastel, twenty lessons, 800 '' monochromatic, twenty lessons, 800 Ornamental leather-work twenty lessons 500 Drawing-Crayon, twenty lessons 800 Penciling, per session, 600 Music-lnstfumeHtal, per session, 20 co Use of Piano for practicing, per session, 500 Stationery, Senior Department, per session, 800
 Junier Department, per session, 200 The charge for Stationery includes pens ink, paper pencils, and 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 as interesting as 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 s Outline Maps Grammar; Childs History of the United States Study of Words 1; Scholars Companion; Parley's Common School History; Morses Geography Peterson's Familiar Science First Lessons in Composition, Quackenbos ;; Outlines of English History; Arithmetic; Writing Reading.
 In the Senior Department, large portion of the instruction given is in the frm of familiar lectures and conversation The lessons 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 prepares an abstract weekly it cannot be objected that they will not learn to generalize 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 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 a well-chosen library
 The course of study in the Senior Department com prises Scholars Companion Trench on Words Smellies Philosophy ot Natural History Goodrich's Geography and History, Ancient and Modern Composition and Rhetoric, Quackenbos Waylands Moral Science; Markhams History of England Ltncola's BStaay; Bullions Grammar Mrs. Phaps' Chemistry Shaws English Literature; Dapics' Algedra Bur1itts Biography of the Heavens.
 ,fv nf D,,f1, 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 Sismondi's Literature of the South of Europe; Composition. & Tgxr-BooKs IN FRENCH.
 Jewctt's Ollendorff Roemer's Idioms De Fivas Reader; Chouquets Dialogues; Historic de Franco Le Grandpere Litterature Franchise ; Noel ct Chap sails Grammar; Pc.iola Gengembres Method Mabire's Conversations.
 The boarding pupils are not permitted to go out unaccompanied by teacher, They take daily exer- else in the open air. and subjected to restraints other than those essential to well regulated family Housekeeping is taught if desired.
 Each pupil will supply herself with dressing case, work-box. toilet anl table napkins and ring silver fork and spoons, umbrella and over-sloes. 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 devoted to plain and ornamental Needle work, and every pupil is taught to 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 prsatea excuses from their parents, for unprepared lessons, allowed time during school hours for their preparation.
 In the Senior Department, the pupils are required to study one hour and half at home; and thosc in the Junior Department hut one hour
 The terms for day pupils are, tuition in English, French Lstin and Drawing. S25 per session, Junior Department S12-payable in advance Extra branches as above.
 The Principal is permitted to refer to the following gentlemen: The Hon. wm- L. Nmcy, sec'y Of State. Washington :. q Jefferson Davis Sec'y of War, Judge Wayne, Sup Court. U. s. Savannah. 0. $. Seymour, Itchfeld.
 <" f s. P. Beers,
 George c. Woodruff. Esq, |"
 Doct. Henry ". Buell., {"
 Henry Colt, Esq.
 Ltch6eld, June 1856. I
 Lifchfleld Hnt EInDOriUm.