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the development of the physical frame, Gettysburg may be regarded as 

 peculiarly eligible. This is a great recommendation and is vvortliy the at- 

 tention of those living in large cities, who desire to educate their sons in 

 the country, and consider it important that when they return they should 

 bring with them, not only well disciplined minds, but likewise bodies 

 elastic with health, and prepared to endure the labors of life. It is re- 

 commended by the cheapness of tuition, boarding. &.c. The expenses 

 here are much less than those incurred in many other institutions. The 

 price of tuition is not so high as in many Academies in which the ad- 

 vantages are fewer. It need not cost a student for necessary expenses 

 more than one hundred and thirty dollars a year, and an individual ol 

 economical habits frequently expends less. 



The course of instruction is thorough and extensive. It provides 

 for a business, literary and scientific education. The object aimed at is 

 to teach the student the value of learning, to make accurate scholars, to 

 send forth strong men, thoroughly furnished for the duties of life. In- 

 struction is given by recitations from text books, accompanied with the- 

 oretical and experimental lectures. The diligence of the student is test- 

 ed by rigid daily examination ; the character of each recitation is re- 

 corded and the results communicated to parents or guardians in periodical 

 reports. Defective students are not permitted to proceed to a higher 

 class, whilst those, who are indolent, are transferred to a lower one. In 

 the languages, the unsuspended study of the Grammar with a view to 

 the perfect comprehension and retention of its principles, the study of 

 the text without any aid from translations, the complete analysis of all 

 that is read, and the collateral subjects of History, Archaeology, of .Es- 

 thetics and Ethics, are all embraced. It is intended that a fondness for 

 classical literature should be created — a taste formed, which will lead 

 to the extensive study of the immortal authors of Greece and Rome. — 

 The same course is pursued in the study of the Mathematics. Many 

 branches, too, are in a manner pleasant as well as useful. The Profes- 

 sor of Geology, in addition to other methods of teaching the science, 

 accompanies his class in excursions to favorable positions for examining 

 the structure of the earth and the various phases it assumes. Mineral- 

 ogy and Botany are taught in the same way, so that while recreation is 

 afforded, the mind acquires facts and is prepared to carry forward its in- 

 vestigations ; the student learns not merely the names of things, but he 

 becomes capable of distinguishing them ; he is enabled to analyze the 

 plants he meets in his walks, and in his travels he can recognize the ge- 

 ological feature.'! of the country. A course of lectures on Anatomy and 

 Physiology is grven to the mouc advanced cla.~;ses. The anatomical pre- 



