The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-08-22
Miscellaneous.
Lewiston Falls Academy |

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FHIS Institution will enter upon its seventh year,
In August, under the management of its present
Frlnclpal More than seven hundred students have
Deen IN attendance within the past year. The Trus-
tees encouraged by its success and not unmindfu Of
tne demands Of the age for educated business men,
eaucaed mechanics men educated with special refer
eSe 70 tnls practical age and nation have decided to
add to the Academic Course two Departments-a
ment
The CommerciaI Department.
The design of this Course is to furnish young men
~ Win sucn instruction as will enable them to engage
at once IN any branch of commercial business Ii win
c1haDae com ne the theoretical and Practical Rooms suit
Penmanship, Bookkeeping &c have hee1 en- 30 oa3
| in the New Town Block " = '0s- -s-ss1
Competent and experienced teachers have been en-
gagged and more viii be added as the exiqeucies OF
this department shall require. 1t Is Intended "a ,r
nish instruction equal to that obtained i the best
commercial Colleges. One easily perceive the adj
yantages which may be derived from the Connection
OF TINS department with the Academy where q thor
ougn HhoWedge Of the Modern languages can be OBJ
In many .arts OF our Union.
The branches Taught
Are Bookkeeping in its forms; Commercial Law.
commercial Arithmetic; Business Correspondence: :
Ieiegraphing; Penmanshipi Photography, sc.
Il U'astsstai Facilities
Are offered to ladies desiring to pursue Penmansbn
ana bookkeeping: There will be Course Of Lee
lures on Commercial Law by gentlemen eminent in
S 49, tAoOSoAUn. AeOOihS upeu u8y anu evening.
The Scientific and Industrial Department..
The studies of this course will occupy two Years,
ana an M nclqde instruction by lessons in those branches
OF the Abstract Mathematics not taken up in the
Academic Course; Land Surveying; Geometrical
Drawing; Mechanical Drawing; Architectural Draw
ing; shades, Shadows and Linear perspective, As
tronomy; Navigation; Leveling Mechanics Loca-
lions OF Roads; Calculating Excavation and Embank-
ment; Constructon Of Roads, Strength of Materials;
Bridge Construction; Mechanics of Machinery and
Engineering; Mechanical Principles of Architecture:
masonry; Stone Cutting; Geology: Mineralogy; the
French and German Languages, and History In
structi0n win also be given by Lectures in Physical
Geography; Logic and Political economy. =.
= As much time will be given to tield-work with the
compass, Surveyors Transit and Engineers Level.
as the arrangement of studies win permit
THE STUDIES OF THE FALL TERM
Y iLa first of the course are
Analyticot GEOMETRY, Surveytn0, Gcos,letri-
cal Droaotsao, and French.
aa ~ TUITION
FULL COMMERCIAL COURSE
Payable in advance and emitting the student
70 S lhe privilege Of completing all the studies
oi tne department at any time after the IIay-
ment, i,c11 $4,000
Penmanship, twenty lessons, 800
ACADEMIC COURSE
Common English Branches, per term, $50
Higher English Branches per term 600
Languages, per term, $40
Scientific and Industrial Course per term HS0
Music with use Of instrument, per term, 1890
Painting and Drawing, from 200 to IL. .00
from - NJ % 4 90
Post Office Address of the Principal. w. IT, WEIR
sTER, Auburn Maine
rs afgG a3f Calendar.
ran Term commences Monday, August 2sth, 1866
Winter Term commences Monday, Nov 20th 1866.
Spring Term commences February 18th 1866. lt
Summer Term commences May7th, 1866.
NAHUM MORRILL,,
t.-l Sec'y of Board of Trustees
Auburn, July 18th, 1865. july 20 S AVID