Courses and Expenses, 1850
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Rhetorical Exercises
All the Classes have exercises in Declamation and Composition alternately every week. Orations are written, and delivered before the College, once in three months, by the Junior and Senior Classes. There is also a Public Exhibition by the Senior Class during the winter Session.
The students are permitted, on suitable occasion, under the direction of the Faculty, to attend the Debates in Congress, and to hear the arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States.
Lectures
In addition to recitations in the books above specified, the Classes receive Lectures and other occasional instruction, from the Professors of the several Departments. The Senior and Junior Classes attend a course of Experimental Lectures upon the Chemistry and its kindred subjects; and also, upon Anatomy, Physiology, and Dietetics.
All the Students have the opportunity of attending the valuable Lectures at the Smithsonian Institution. This is considered a great advantage, as these Lectures embrace a very wide range of subjects, and are from persons of the highest standing in the literary and scientific world.
Expenses for the Winter Session
Tuition $26.00
Use of Library, room, furniture, bed &c., $17.00
Table and servants, per week, $2.25
For the Summer Session
Tuition $14.00
Use of Library, room, furniture, bed &c., $9.00
Table and servants, per week, $2.25
To those Students who do not board in College, the charge for Tuition is the same; and for the use of library, room, furniture, and servants, $12 for the Winter Session, and $8 for the Summer Session.
Students on entering the College, pay a Matriculation fee of $10, and there is a small charge for average damages, each Session.
Fuel and lights are furnished at cost, and washing, at 37 ½ cents per dozen. A less expensive table is provided for those who, for the sake of economy, may choose to dispense with tea and coffee and a few other articles. The board at this table is charged at $1.50 per week, thus reducing the expenses about $30 per annum.
The necessary College expenses of a boarding Student, exclusive of books and stationery, will not exceed, at the higher price of board, $180; and at the lower price of board, $150, per annum.
All College bills are payable three months in advance. No abatement is made in the charge for board, on account of an absence of less than a month, except in cases of protracted illness.
Gratuitous Instruction
Much pain has been taken to limit the expenses of the College, so as to place its means of education within the reach of the greatest number possible. The charges, it will be seen, are moderate, compared with those of other institutions of like grade. It was a prominent object with its founders, and one which has been steadily kept in view, to afford aid and encouragement to young men preparing for the Christian ministry. To such, when their circumstances require it, the tuition is gratuitous, and in some instances no charge is made except for board, which may be had, at one table, for $1.50 per week. Such additional assistance, as is compatible with the other duties of the College, will be afforded them in the direction of their studies, and by imparting Biblical instruction.
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Author or Source: University Bulletin, 1850/51
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 21, 2006
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist
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