Litchfield enquirer., 1857-02-26

u of young ladies, Monday the 7th day of July next
 The scholastic year is divided into two sessions commencing on the first. Wednesdays of November and May next, each followed by vacation of four weeks 5 -szl5 M 4 af5aH E.s1
 The number of boarding pupils will be limited will be received for less than one year. unless some definite arrangement is made to the contrary before entering sfs.as rssi.: s. Board and Tuition in English, French Latin. Draw F ing, and Needle work, per annum, $250 % Washing, If required per session. 1900 Bedding per session. 1s4 ..- 200 Pew Rent, per session, % zz EXTRA CHARGER
 Dancing, $l2 co Painting-oil, twenty lessons, 500 E. '' water color, twenty lessons, 800
 '' pastel, twenty lessons, 800
 '' monochromatic, twenty iessons 800 Ornamental leather work twenty lessons, 500 Drawing-Crayon. twenty lessons, 500
 '' Penciling, per session, 600 Nusic-1nstrumental, per session, 20 % Usc cf Piano for practicing, per session, 6 60 Stationery. Senior Department, per session, 300
 '' 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 chiefly oral The pupils taught in classes and the lesson made as interesting as possible advantage of this sys tenn is that all are benefited alike and the standing in the class does not depend on the instruction they may. or may not, receive at home. The course of study ill the Junior Department comprises Towns Spelling; Mitchell $ Outline Maps Grammar; Child's History of the United States Study of Words i; Scholars ComMnien; Parley's Common School History; Morse's Geography; Peterson's Familiar Science First Lessons in Composition. Quackenbos :; Outlines Of English History; Arithmetic; Writing 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 dlctatlons are written in blank book. and afterwards committed to memory thus the necessity of each pupils possessing textbook is obviated ; and as each one prepares abstract weekly it be objected that they will not learn to generaze for themselves Ther. is also weekly class for the ex tension of general information and the discussonof 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 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 of Natural History Goodrich's Geography and History, Ancient and Modern Composition and Rhetoric, Quackenbos Waylands Moral Science; Markha1l's History of England Ltneolns Botany; Bullions Grammar 4Nrs. Phaps' Chemistry Shaw's English Literature; Dapies Algebra Burritt's Geography of the Heavens.
 kanes' 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 Sismondi's Literature of the South of Europe; Composition
 TExT-BooKs IN FRENCH
 Jewetts Ollendorf; Roemer's Idio1ns De Tivas' Reader; Chou4uets Dialogues Historic de France Le Grandpere; Litterature Franchise Noel ct Chap safs Grammar; Pcciola; Gengcmbres Method Mabires Conversations
 The boarding pupils arc not permitted to go out unaccomrsnied by teacher, They take daily exer- else in the open air. and to restraints other than those essential to wcll-rcgulated family House keeping 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 oyer-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 arc 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 T
 Day pupils who bring ,rt,en excuses from their parents. for unprcpared 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.
 The terms for day pupils are, tuition in English French, Latin, and Drawing. s25 per session, Junior Departm ttSl2-payablei in advance. Extra branches as above.
 The Principal is permitted to refer to the following gentle en:
 The Hon. Vim. L. Marcy scc'y of State Washington '' ' Jefferson Davis, Sec'y of War,
 '' Judge Wayne, Sup. Court U. S. Savannah " o. s. Seymour, Etchfeld.
 |" S. P. Beers, :'
 George c. Woodruff Esq, !"
 Dnct. Henry w. Buell.