SUPPLEMENT. 



COURSE OF STUDY AND INSTRUCTION. 



Freshmax Year. 



First Term — Recitations in Human Anatomy and Physiology ; Chemical 

 Physics ; and Commercial Arithmetic and Book-keeping. Lectures on Agri- 

 culture : Jirst, its importance as an Art, and its relations to other pursuits ; 

 secoiulh/, as a Profession, and the education it requires ; and thirdly, of Soils, 

 their origin, varieties, and composition. Lectures on the properties of Matter 

 and the nature and effects of the forces. Heat, Light, and Electricity. Lec- 

 tures on the Laws of Health. Instruction in Elocution ; and in Penmanship, 

 and Orthography, for such as are deficient in these branches. Military Drill ; 

 Infantry Tactics ; School of the Soldier. 



Second Term. — Recitations in Chemistry ; and Algebra ; Lectures on Agri- 

 culture ; Improvement of Soils by chemical and mechanical means ; Drainage ; 

 Irrigation; Tillage; Implements for, and methods of stirring and pulverizing 

 the soil and subsoil. Lectures on the Chemistry of the Non-metallic Ele- 

 ments ; the principles of Chemical Philosophy ; the most important Metals 

 and their uses in the Arts. Instruction in Elocution ; Vocal Music ; and 

 English Composition. Military Drill ; Infantry Tactics ; School of the Com- 

 pany, and Manual of Arms. 



Third Term. — Recitations in Algebra and Geometry ; and French. Lec- 

 tures on Agriculture ; Sterility of Soils, its causes and remedies ; Rotation of 

 Crops. Lectures on Organic Chemistry ; Instruction in the Laboratory in 

 Analytical Chemistry. Instruction in Elocution, and Reading. Military 

 Drill : Infantry Tactics; Schools of the Company and Battalion. 



Sophomore Year. 



First Term. — Recitations in French, Tvith written exercises ; Zoology ; Ge- 

 ometry and Conic Sections. Lectures on Agriculture ; Mineral Fertilizers ; 

 Organic Fertilizers; Animal Manure, its origin, varieties, value, and treat- 

 ment ; Waste of Fertilizers ; Absorbents of liquid IManures : Composts ; Ap- 

 plication of Fertilizers. Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry ; Instructions 

 in the Laboratory in Practical Chemistry. Exercises in Declamation ; and 

 French Translation. Military Drill : Infantry Tactics ; Manual of the Bay- 

 onet, and Instruction in duty as Skirmishers. 



Second Term. — Recitations in French ; Logarithms, Plane and Spherical 

 Trigonometry, and Measurement of Lines, Surfaces, and Volumes. Lectures 

 on Agriculture ; Economy In the treatment and use of Soils, Manures, Crops, 

 Teams, Laborers, Live Slock, Implements, Fences, and Buildings. Lectures 

 on Quantitative Analysis, and Practice in the Chemical Laboivatory. Exer- 

 cises in Declamation ; and Vocal Music. Military Drill: Infantry Tactics; 

 Bayonet Exercise. 



Third Term. — Recitations in History ; and Surveying, with Practical Land 

 Surveying, Plotting, and Geometrical Drawing. Lectures on Agriculture ; 

 Farm IManagement ; Selection of Lands. Division into mowing, arable, pas- 

 ture, rind woodland; Roads; Fences; Buildings; System to be adopted; 



