Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-30


Instrumental, per session, 1000
Use of Piano for practicing, per session, 500
Stationery, Senior Department, per session, 800
8 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 arc Taught in classes and the lesson made
interesting possible advantage of this sys-
ten, 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 Chlds
History of the United States; Study of Words
Scholars Companion; Parleys Common School
History; Morses Geography; Petersons Familiar
Science First Lessons in Composition, Quackenbos
Outlines Of English History Arithmetic; Writing
Reading. = ay s..- 49, - -5.. ssg5
In the Senior Department, n large portion of the
instruction given is in the form of familiar lectures
and conversation The lessons are 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 d textbook is obviated
and as each one prepares an abstract weekly it cannot
he objected that they will not learn generalize for
themselves There is also weekly class for the OK
tension of general information and the dscusson,of
the leading events of the day. Weekly Lectures
will be delivered Physiology, Philosophy, History,
Astronomy Literature, and the Fine Arts.
reviewed. Parents are invited to visit the class
rooms these days, that they may see the manner
in which the school is conducted and Judge of the
Improvement made. as5-4 e.. 3,-sg.5s
The pupils in the Senior Department have access to
well-chosen library. a-s
The course of study in the Senior Department COM
prises Scholars Companion Trench on Words !;
Smellic's Philosophy of Natural History Goodrich's
Geography and History, Ancient and Modern
Composition and Rhetoric Quackenbos Waylands
Moral Science Marx hams History of England !;
Lncofn's Botany Billions Grammar ; Mrs. Phelps
chemistry Shaw English Literature; Duries' iyebra
Burritts Geography Of the Heavens.
kames Elements of Criticism Buffers Analogy
English Past and Present, Trench Mental Philoso-
ply; Universal History; Cousin, on the Good, the
Beautiful, and the True; Davies Geometry; Book
Keeping Putz and Arnold's Medieval Geography
and History; Sismondis Literature of the South of
Europe; Composition. a- -s8 -,
N'es TExr-BooKs IN FRENCH a
Jewctt's ollendorff Roemcrs Idioms De Fivas'
Reader; Chouquet's Dialogues; Historic de France
Lie Grand pore Literature Franchise Noel ct Chan
sails Grammar; Pictiola; Gcngcnlbre's Method
kabire's Conversations.
The boarding pupils are not permitted to 20 out
unaccompinied by teacher, They take daily exer-
else in the open air. and subjected to restraints
other than those essential to we'll regulated family
Housekeeping is taught if desired. "a 3
Each pupil will supply herself with a dressing
case, work box, toilet and table napkins and ring
silver fork and spoons, umbrella and oyer-shoes
Each arucle Oh Clotnlng Is 10 DC marked In full.
Every recitation is recorded and quarterly report
sent home. A testimonial is awarded to excellence
Wednesday afternoons arc devoted to plain and
ornamental Ncedle-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 wriaen excuses from their
parents for nnprepared lessons, arc 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 those in
the Junior Department but one hour. 34s
The terms for day pupils are, tuition in English,
French. Latin, and Drawing. s25 per session. Junior
Department $12 payable in advance. Extra branches
as above 7
The Principal is permitted to refer to the following
gentlemen: ssa &ta7s3
The Hon. VIM. L. Marcy Sec'y of State. Washington.
- jefferson Davis, Sec'y of War,
Judge Wayne, Sup. Court. U. S. Savannah |
:. Q. s. Seymour, utchfeld. ~ /
- s. r. Beers
George G. Woodruff Esq, g
Doct Henry w. Buell., Is
Henry h. Colt Esq,
Itchield, june, 1866.
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