The Portland daily press., 1865-08-18
Lewiston Falls Academy /!


THIS Institution win enter upon its seventh year.
4 in August under the management of its present
Principal. More than seven hundred students have
eeen "a aetenaance within the past year The Irus-
the demands OF the age ior educated business men,
educated mechanics men educated with special refer
ence TO this practical and nation have decided to
add to the Academic Course two Departments-a
Commercial and Scientific and Industrial Depart
ment. Hsl4a @us ssia5a
The Commercial Department.
The design of this Course is to furnish young men
with such instruction as will enable them to engage
at once in any branch Of commercial business IL will
combine the Theoretical and Practical Rooms suit
able for Banking, Business Offices, Telegraphng,
fenmanship, Bookkeeping, &C., have been engaged
in the New Town Block. M
Competent and experienced teachers have been en-
gagged; and more will be added as the exgencies of
this department shall require 1t is intended to fur
nish instruction equal to that obtained in the best
Commercial Colleges One can easily perceive the adj
Vantages which may be derived from the connection
of this department with the Academy, where a thor
ough knowledge Of the Modern languages can be OBJ
tained--a kpON ledge Indispensable to business men
in many fartso our Union. sd e .sis
the branches Taught
Are Bookkeeping in all its forms; Commercial Law
Commercial Arithmetic; Business Correspondence;
Telegraphing; Penmanship; Photography, &c.
Unusual Facilities
Are offered to ladies' desiring to pursue penmanship
and Bookkeeping. There will be Course of Lee
lures on Commercial Law by gentlemen eminent in
the legal profession. Rooms open day and evening"
The Scientific and Industrial Department
The studies of this course will occupy two years.
and include 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
ingi Shades, Shadows and Linear perspective; As
tronomy; Navigation; Leyeling; Mechanics; Loca-
tons of Roads; Calculating Excavation and Embank-
ment; Construction Of Roads; Strength of Materials
Bridge Construction; Mechanics of Machinery and
EnQinearnp Mechanical Prin of rob ofura
Masonry; Stone Cutting; Geology: Mineralogy; the
French and German Languages, and History In
struction will also be given by Lectures in Physical
Geography; Logic and Political economy.
As much time will be given to feld-work with the
Compass, Surveyors Transit and Engineers Level,
as the arrangement of studies will permit.
THE STUDIES OF THE FALL TERM
first of the courseare
4matyticot Geomr,ry, Smrpcying, Geomefri-
j salaii eat DratOihG, and French.
asafi -a.afft
TUITION
FULL COMMERCIAL COURSE.
Payable in advance and emitting the student
to the privilege Of completing all the studies
ment, z IT n - 'S $4,000
Penmanship, twenty lessons, 800
ACADEMIC COURSE,
Common English Branches, per term 55O
Higher English Branches, per term, 500
Languages, per term, Sd $50
Scientific and Industrial Course, Der term, $50
Music with use of instrument, per term, 1900
Painting and Drawing, from 200 to 90
Board IN families, per week, inc 'uding room,
from 800 to 400
Post Office Address Of the Principal, w. T. WEB
sTER, Auburn, Maine.
fi Calendar. g
Fall Term commences Monday, August 2Sth, 1866.
S1l winter Tern Term commences Monday Noy 10Th 1865
Summer Term Nav 7fh. 1868.