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Letter-Writing I. (three hours a week). - Text-book to be used, "Williamson's Complete Set of Letters from a Son to his Father," comprising beautifully worded epistles asking for an increase of allowance, long accounts of professors, the different college buildings, examinations, recitations, etc., etc., for immediate reference...
...Letter-Writing II. the following text-books should be used: Bell's "General Methods of Letter-Writing," containing letters from the collegian to his mother, from the collegian to his brothers and sisters, from the collegian to his grandfather and grandmother; and "Thompson's Complete Letter-Writer," containing letters from the collegian to the world in general...
Letter-Writing III. would probably be a much more difficult course than either of the others, and would require a thorough knowledge of rhetoric, and of Bain's mental science. The text-book should be Smith's "Epistolary Communication between a Gentleman and his Trades-people." A student having taken this course would be prepared to write such a charming note to any one of his creditors, that he (the creditor) would not only cease asking him for the money, but would offer to pay up the sum in question on the receipt of another letter of a like nature...
...application of the leading doctrines discussed by Mill. Carey's system is to be studied, in order to present the subject as it is seen from the extreme protectionist point of view; and the subject of currency is to be examined, probably taking McLeod on Banking as the text-book. Blanqui's History is likely to be used, we believe, for collateral reading rather than as a text-book...
Fine Arts 3 is intended as a continuation of Fine Arts 2. Fine Arts 1 will go over the same ground again, devoting five hours a week to drawing and one to recitations. The text-book used is Ruskin's "Modern Painters." Marks are given on drawings and on examinations. The examinations include nothing but the parts of Ruskin studied in recitations...