STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION . OF THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT, 1858— ’59 NEW CHILEANS: §? uWteM by the 1859. STATE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. EIGHTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT, 1858 — * 59 . NEW ORLEANS: uMLM % tk Ittmwity. 1859. BOARD OF ADMINISTRATORS. Appointed by His Excellency the Governor of the State of Louisiana, with and by the advice and consent of the State Senate. His Excellency R. C. WTCKLIFFE Governor of Louisiana. Hon. E. T. MERRICK Chief Justice of Louisiana. K HJx-Officio . Hon. GERARD STITH Mayor of the city of New Orleans. J Dr. W. N. MERCER Chairman, 145 Canal st. NEWTON RICHARDS Esq : Treasurer, 18 Burgundy st. Hon. W. A. GORDON 118 Common st. Hon. W. C. C. CLAIBORNE 4 Bagatelle st. Dr. ISIDORE LABATUT 180 Royal st. Col. G. W. RACE Commercial Place, corner Camp. Col. D. EDWARDS 28 New Levee & 27 Fulton st. J. AD. ROZIER Cor. Camp & Commercial Alley. Gen. M. GRIYOT 9 Camp street. F. W. TILTON Esq Cor. Canal & Dryades. Maj. ALBERT G. BLANCHARD Secretary, 18 Baronne st. COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT FACULTY. CLAUDIUS W. SEARS, (Dean.) From the U. S. Military Academy, Professor of Mathematics . Natural Sciences and Civil Engineering. LOUIS DUEAU, M. A. Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy , Principal of the University Grammar School. GEORGE GESSNER, Ph. D. Professor of the Greek and Latin Languages and Literature , and of the German Language. J. GENTIL, M. A. Professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literature. HENRY T. COLE, Professor of the English Language and Literature. ALPHONSE EERRIER. First Assistant Professor of the French Language , Teacher of Penmanship. Professor THEODORE SCHGENHEIT, Instructor in Music , UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. HONORS AWARDED ON COMMENCEMENT DAY, JULY 22 , 1859. The following named members of the Senior Class for 1858 — ’59, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having been examined in the full Classical and Scientific Course. THOMAS HUNT BISCOE, LEONCE SONIAT, ALBERT JOSHUA LEWIS, ANTOINE BOZONIER, JOHN WITHERSPOON LABOUISSE. Diplomas were presented to the following named Students of the Scientific and Commercial Department. ARTHUR SIMON and ERNEST SIDNEY LEWIS, Who have followed a partial Classical Course. THOMAS BELLOW and HONORE BELLOW. “ BURKE PRIZE IN ELOCUTION ” Awarded to Thomas Hunt Biscoe, of the Senior Class. Hon. GLENDY BURKE, “ J. AD. ROZIER, “ GUSTAVE LEROY, Committee of Award. u TOURO PRIZE IN HEBREW.” No Candidates. “ TOURO PRIZE IN ANCIENT HISTORY, ” Awarded to THOMAS BELLOW. Rev. Dr. HUTCHINSON, Prof. C. W. SEARS, “ LOUIS DUFAU, “ HENRY T. COLE, Committee of Award. J According to custom, the Members of the several Collegiate Classes in joint (I meeting assembled, awarded, by acclamation, to Thomas Hunt Biscoe, the IJ highest honors as a Collegiate Student. WILLIAM PAUL GRIVOT Received the highest honors accompanied by a University Prize, for high standing among the Seniors in Classical Studies and the Modern Languages, and among the Juniors in Mathematics, Civil Engineering and Architecture, and a Prize for 25 Honorable Mentions. University Prizes to members of the Freshman Class. 1st. — HENRY RENSHAW, for English, Latin, Greek, French and Mathe- matics. 2d. — JAMES ALLAIN, for English, French, Latin, Greek and Mathematics. 3d. — GEORGE DUPRE, for Mathematics and French. 4th.— ALPHONSE LAUVE, and RENE LE MONNIER, for Mathematics and Elocution. J UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. 5 Prizes awarded in the Commercial Department. 1st.— EMILE GAUCHE, for Mathematics, French, German, Spanish and Penmanship. 2d. — AUGUSTE JURE, for Mathematics and Spanish. 3d.— WILLIAM FELL, for Mathematics. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Students’ Prize awarded by vote of Students for Deportment, Industry, and success in Studies to Gustave LeBreton and Albert Ferrier. First Class. — First General Prize , awarded to Emile LeMesnil for High Standing in English, Arithmetic, French, Spanish and Penmanship. Second General Prize , awarded to Berthier Z^ringue for High Standing in English, French and Penmanship. Third General Prize, awarded to Claude Tiblier for High Standing in English, French and Penmanship. Fourth General Prize , awarded to John Gauche for High Standing in English Elocution, French and Penmanship. Second Class. — First General Prize, awarded ex cequo to James Reushaw, Gustave Lavie and William Lewis for High Standing in English branches, Arithmetic, French and Penmanship. Second General Prize, awarded to Gustave LeBreton for High Standing in Arithmetic, French and Penmanship. Third Class. — First General Prize , awarded to Albert Ferrier for High Standing in English, French and Penmanship. Second General Prize, awarded to Gustave Bayhi and Michel Hochenedel for High Standing in English branches. Third General Prize, awarded to Raoul Duprd for High Standing in Arithmetic. Fourth General Prize, awarded to Jules Dufau for High Standing in English and French. Fourth Class. — First General Prize, awarded to Adolphe Rosenberg for High Standing in English, French, Arithmetic and Penmanship. Second General Prize, awarded to Paul Marquis for high standing in Arithmetic, French and Penmanship. Third General Prize, awarded to Thomas Collens for High Standing in Drawing. Fourth General Prize, awarded to John Collens and Lionel Riviere for High Standing in French and Penmanship. 6 UNIVEKS1TY OF LOUISIANA. Prizes awarded for Honorable Mentions obtained during the two sessions of the Academic Years 1858 — 1859. COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT - FRESHMAN CLASS. Number of Mentions . Henry Renshaw, 18 Alphonse Lauve, 15 Rene Le Monnier 11 James Allain, 10 COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. Emile Gauche, 15 Auguste Jure, 15 GRAMMAR SCHOOL. li Students who may be absent from the examination, held in the month of July, are overlooked in the the award of prizes. Albert Ferrier, 19 Gustave Lavie, 18 Emile LeMesnil, 11 John B. Gauche, 11 James Renshaw, - 9 Bertier Zeringue, 9 Gustave LeBreton, 8 Gustave Bayhi, 8 Jules Dufau, 7 Joseph Mignagaray, 6 Vincent Riviere, 5 UNIVERSITY OP LOUISIANA. 7 A.3ST ACT RELATIVE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. Section 1.— Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana in general Assembly convened, That the University established in the city of New Orleans, and known by the name and style, of the “University of Louisiana, ” shall be under the control, management and supervision of thirteen persons, to be called the Administrators of the University of Louisiana; of which body the Governor of the State for the time being, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, shall be ex-officio members, and the remaining members of the board shall be appointed and commissioned every four years by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate. They shall receive no compensation for their services. At the first meeting of the Administrators, after their appointment, those appointed shall divide themselves by lot into two classes, (as equally as can be) and the seats of the first class shall be vacated at the end of two years; and those of the second class at the expiration of four years, to d.xte from the 1st of April, 1846. Sec 2. — Be it further enacted, <£c. That the Administrators and their successors shall be and forever remain and be a body politic and corporate, by the style of “the Administrators of the University of Louisiana,’’ and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able in law, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever; and may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and shall also be able in law to take by purchase, gift, grant, devise and donation, inter vivos or mortis causa, made by individuals or corporations, within this State or elsewhere, a id to hold any real or personal estate whatever. They and their successors shall have the power to grant, bargain, sell, lease, demise, or otherwise dispose of (except by mortgage) all or any part of the real or personal estate as to Ibem shall seem best for the inter- est of the University, excepting the buildings of the University, the library, apparatus, and scientific collections, which shall only be conveyed after the consent of the Legislature is first obtained. No mortgage shall ever be given on any of the property of the University, unless specially anthorized by law for some specific purpose . Sec. 3. — Be it further enacted, <£c. , That the University shall be composed of the following departments, or faculties, to wit : Law, Medicine, the Natural Sciences, Letters, and College proper, or Academical Department; all of which, as the resoux-ces of the University increase, shall be completed by the Administrators, excepting the medical Department, which shall be composed of and formed by the Medical College of Louisiana as at present organized and established by law; which said department, as hereafter provided for, shall be engrafted on the University and be conducted as hereafter directed. Sec. 4. — Be it further enacted, tie, That the Administrators shall have the power to direct and prescribe the course of study and discipline to be observed in the University; to appoint by ballot, or otherwise, the President of the University, who shall hold his office at the pleasure of the Board, and perform the duties of a Professor; to appoint Professors, tutors and ushers to assist in the government and instruction of the students, aud such other officers as they may deem necessary, they being removable at the pleasure of the Board. They shall fix the salaries of the President, professors and tutors in the academical department and fill vacancies in the professorships. Vacancies in the Law or Medical Department shall be filled from persons first recommended to the Administrators by the faculty of the department in which a vacancy may happen. No professor, tutor, or other assistant officer shall be an Administrator of the University. Sec. 8. — Be it further enacted &c., That they shall have power to make all ordinances and bv-laws which to them shall seem expedient for carrying into effect the design contemplated by the establishment of this University, not inconsistent with the constitution of the United States, and of this State, nor with the provisions of their charter. They shall not make the religious tenet of any person a condition of admission to any privelege or offiice in the University, nor shall any course of religious instruction be taught or allowed of a sectarian character and tendency. 8 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. Sec. 9. — Be it further enacted , die., That they shall have the right of conferring, under their common seal, on any person who they may think worthy thereof, all literary honors and degrees known and usually granted by any University or College in the United States, or elsewhere. The degree of Bachelor at Law, aud Doctor of Medicine, granted by them, shall authorize the person on whom it is conferred to practice law, or physic and surgery in this State. Sec. 10. — Be it further enacted, dc., That all diplomas granted by them shall be signed by the President of the University, the Chairman of the Board, and the Professors of the department in which the student may have graduated, and by such other officers of the University as may be provided for by the law's of the University. In the Medical Department there shall never be less than seven professors, which number shall be increased only at the suggestion and recom- mendation of the faculty of that department. Sec. 11. — Be it further enacted , dec. , That they may if deemed necessarv, establish a preparatory or grammar school to be attached to the University, and to procure suitable buildings for the same, appoint tutors and ordain by-laws for the discipline and government of the primary department, and may also, attach to the University such other institutions, literary or scientific societies, schools and professorships, as to them may seem advisable; all of which, so far as relates to instruction, shall be under the control of the Board. Sec. 12. — Be it further enacted , die. , That there shall be but one session in each year, to be of eight months’ duration commencing the 1st day of November and ending on the 30th of June. Students regularly matriculated in the college proper, and candidates for degrees, shall be required to devote at least one session to each of the classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior, before graduating, unless their proficiency may, after satisfactory examination before the administrators, entitle them to enter a higher class. Every candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, shall be required to devote a full session to the Senior course. Sec. 13.— Be it further enacted, die., That any student not desiring to pursue all the studies taught in the collegiate department, shall be entitled to an examination on any branch of learning pursued in the regular course, and if found proficient, shall receive a certificate under the seal of the University. Sec 14. — Be it further enacted, die. , That there shall be an annual examination of the students in the collegiate department of the University, and a commencement day for conferring pnblicly degrees of the graduates of that department, and of the law and medical departments. Sec. 17. — Be it further enacted, die., That no person who shall accept the office of Administra- tor of the University, shall act as trustee, president, principal or tutor, or hold any office in any other school, academy, or college in the State. Sec. 20. — Be it further enacted, die. , That the Faculties of the University may admit free of charge, such number of indigent young men of the State, of good abilities and correct moral deportment, as they may deem expedient. For ten years from M: y first, 1853, the Faculty of the Medical department shall instruct gratuitously one meritorious student in indigent circumstances from each and every parish in the State, the student to be selected by the Police Jury. Sec. 22. — Be it further enacted , die., That any scholar who shall have prepared himself at any other school or academy in this State, and is desirous of entering the collegiate department of the University, shall be permitted so to do, if, on due examination by the collegiate faculty, he shall be found competent, and may enter, according to his progress in science, such class as his knowledge and examination may justify. Sec. 23. — Be it further enacted, die., That the students attending the University, the President, Professors, Tutors, and under officers of the same, shall be exempt from militia duty and from serving on juries. JOHN M. SANDIDGE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Approved March 15th, 1855. A true copy, ROBERT C. WICKLIFFE, President of the Senate. P. 0. HEBERT, Governor of the State of Louisiana. Andrew S. Herron, Secretary of State. GMlcpte fffmvtnmit. — | MATRICULATION. I Candidates must be at least fourteen years of age, and prepared to follow I the course prescribed for the class which they desire to enter. It is particularly desirable that Students should be present at the opening ! of the Session on the 1st Monday in October, but they will be examined at | any period during the course, for admission to advanced standing in any class, except the last term of the Senior Year. ^ COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. The Session commences on the first Monday in October and closes the last i week in July. The usual holidays are observed, giving a recess of one week at Christmas. When parents desire their sons to be absent for a longer period, they are requested to communicate with the Dean. Students prepare their work in the Collegiate Study Hall , and their presence is required throughout the day. Hours op Attendance, — to 11£ a. m. Recess prom 11 \ tol2. attendance 12 to 3 p. m. Recess from 3 — 4 attendance 4 to 6 p. m. Students who board in the institution can not leave the premises without permission. Parents residing in town will give direction as to the hours they wish their sons to observe. The Regulations for the preservation of good order among Collegiate Students are adapted to the case of Young Gentlemen and although few and mild have been found fully adequate to the objects in view. MATHEMATICS. PROFESSOR C. W. SEARS AND ASSISTANTS. The Course and Text Books in this department are the same as at the United States Military Academy. Instruction is given at the Black Board, and the classes so arranged that each Student has daily exercise in the recitation room. 1st. — Freshman Year. The first term is occupied with Algebra (Davies’ [ Bourdon) and the second term with Legendre’s Geometry (Davies.) 2d. — Sophomore Year. First term. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, Land and Topographical Surveying; Navigation; second term: Descriptive Geometry, Shades, Shadows and Perspective with Linear Drawing. 3d. — Junior Year. First term — Church’s Analytical Geometry. Second term: Differential and Integral Calculus by Prof. Church of the U. S. Military Academy. t r For admission to the Freshman Class, the Student must have completed his course on Arithmetic and be able to solve Equations of the first Degree. Candidates for Diplomas in the Scientific Department will be required to pass a thorough examination on the above course. The full Mathematical course is not absolutely required of Students following the Classical course in Latin and Greek, yet generally no abatement is asked by Students in that regard. 10 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. ENGINEERING COURSE. PROFESSOR C. W. SEARS AND ASSISTANTS. This is an obligatory course upon Students in the Scientific Department and J! may be followed by others if desired. Freshman Year. — Topographical Drawing with pen and colors. Outline ; Drawing, Shading and Etching with the pen. Sophomore Year. — Linear Drawing in Shades, Shadows, and Perspective. Elements of Architecture, and Drawing from models from the Bureau of j ’ Construction U. S. Treasury Department. Junior Year. — Engineering course proper, Strength of Building Materials, j Masonry, Stone Cutting, Limes, Cements, Mortars, Foundation and Concrete Works, Framing, Bridges, Roads, Railways, Canals, Aqueducts, Viaducts, | River and Sea Coast Improvements. Industrial Drawing in its application to Machinery, Steam Engines, &c. Senior Year. — Mechanics (Boucharlat or Bartlett) Practical Astronomy. Observations and Reductions for Time, Latitude and Longitude. Steam and Locomotive Engines, Mineralogy, Geology and Analytical Chemistry MORAL AND MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. 1 Professor Louis Dufau will deliver lectures in Moral and Mental Philosophy, and European History and Literature. He will have charge of the general discipline and administration of the | Collegiate Department. classical" course. I. LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. jj Professor Gessner. The Text books used in this Department embrace the most important in the i series of the Latin Classics, and by requiring frequent exercise in the analysis j I and composition of the language, together with a thorough course on the J j History, Literature and Antiquities of Rome, the classical course in the I I] University has attained a deserved eminence. Candidates for admission to either of the classes must be well prepared to follow the course of that year, or show ability to make up for such deficiencies 1 j j as may exist. j Freshman Year. — Caesar’s Commentarii; Virgil and Livy. Exercises in j Latin Prose Composition, Ancient Geography and History. Sophomore Year. — Sallust; Cicero’s Orations; Latin Prosody. Junior Year. — Cicero’s Orations continued ; Cicero de Amicitia and de J Senectute ; Juvenal’s Satires; Horace’s Odes and Epistles; Arnold's Latin Prose Composition revised by Spencer; Roman Antiquities. Senior Year. — Cicero de Officiis, de Republica &c.; Tacitus; Juvenal continued ; Latin Prosody. II. GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Professor Gessner. This course is obligatory on candidates, for the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Freshman Course — Kiihner’s Greek Grammar ; Homer’s Iliad ; Xenophon’s Anabasis ; exercises in Greek Prose Composition. 1 Sophomore Course. — Homer’s Iliad and Xenophon’s Anabasis (continued.) I Exercises in Greek Composition. Junior Course. — Homer’s Odyssey; Sophocles; Arnold’s Greek Prose Composition revised by Spencer. ’ Senior Course. — Euripides; iEschylus; Greek Prosody; Greek Accent. j UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. 11 ANCIENT HISTORY. Throughout the classical course, one day in each week will be devoted to Ancient History and Geography. Text. Piitz and Arnold’s Ancient History and Geography. Books of reference: In the Roman History and Literature, Arnold’s History of Rome ; Niebuhr’s ! Roman History; Smith’s Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities; Findlay’s or Long’s Ancient Atlas. In Grecian Literature, Grote and Thirlwall’s Histories of Greece. TOURO PRIZE IN ANCIENT HISTORY. This Prize was endowed by the late Judah Touro of New Orleans who i directed that a Gold Medal, bearing appropriate inscriptions, should be ! publicly presented, each year, to that Student of the University who should I pass the most satisfactory examination in Ancient History. Medals in this department have been awarded as follows : | IV. Session 1854 — ’55. Edward Harrison, of New Orleans. VI. Session 1856 — ’57. Leonce Soniat, of the Parish of St. Charles. VLI. Session 1857 — ’58. Ernest Sidney Lewis, of New Orleans. VIII. Session 1858 — ’59. Thomas Bellow, Parish of St. John the Baptist. | Students of the Junior and Senior classes who desire to compete for the j prize, will give written notification to the Dean on or before the first Monday in April. The competition for the prize occurs about the 20th of July. i ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Professor H. T. Cole. Freshman Course. — The grammar of the English Language, Etymology, 1 I English Composition, Declamation, Constitution of the United States. Sophomore Course. — English Composition and Declamation; Modern i j History ; Reading of English Prose writers. Junior Course. — Metaphysics and Ethics, Blair’s Rhetoric. (University ; Edition) Elocution embracing Dramatic and Prose Readings and the delivery of Original Compositions. Senior Course. — In Elocution, same as the Juniors, Logic, English Criticism, Mental and Moral Science. BURKE PRIZE IN ELOCUTION. This Prize was endowed by the Hon. Glendy Burke of New Orleans who directed that the interest accruing upon the sum of $500 should be annually appropriated for the presentation of a Gold Medal to the student excelling in Elocution. This Prize has been awarded as follows : IV. Session 1854 -’55. Wm. C. C. Claiborne Jr. VI. Session 1856 — ’57. James Chalaron. VII. Session 1857— ’58. J, B. Levert. VIII. Session 1858 — ’59. Thos. Hunt Biscoe. TOURO PRIZE IN HEBREW. The late Judah Touro of New Orleans, directed that the interest accruing upon the sum of $500 should be annually appropriated for the presentation of a Gold Medal to the Student excelling in the Hebrew Language, and that unappropriated interest should accumulate for the formation of a fund for the endowment of the Touro Prize in Ancient History. This prize has been awarded as follows : IV. Session 1854 — ’55. Eugene Henry Levy. 12 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Professor Gessner. Text Books. Ahn’s Exercises, first and second Volume. Schiller’s Thirty Years War, Translations from English into German. Conversation in German. FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Professor Gentil. Students in this department are admitted to classes of a grade adapted to the proficiency they have made. The Professor is a Classical Scholar of rare abilities, a native of France, and has had a large and successful experience in jj teaching the language. One of the few men who have a “natural tact” for | teaching. None but the French language is spoken in his lecture room. The higher classes receive a full course of French Literature and a course of j lectures is delivered on French History and Geography. Spanish Language . — The same method of instruction as in French. NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY. A full course of Lectures is given in this department, accompanied by !j experiments and class examinations, to the Junior and Senior class. The ! course includes Mechanics, Hydraulics, Hydrodynamics, Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism, &c. A Course of Lectures on Chemistry and its jj application to the Arts and Agriculture. COMMENCEMENT DAY. At the close of the Examinations in July, the public are invited to witness j the presentation of certificates, diplomas, medals and prizes, when the usual || addresses are delivered. SOCIETIES — The Franklin Debating Society is of many years standing, has an an excellent library, and has proved of great value as an auxiliary in the department of English Literature. The Phi Kappa Sigma is noted elsewhere. As a means of preserving the interest of graduates in their Alma Mater, and as a fraternal link of association with College Days and College i Companions, these societies are deemed worthy of encouragement. ■ •#»<*-< - The Board of Administrators of the University of Louisiana, has been indefatigable in its efforts to supply the State and City with a great desideratum in our educational system — the estab- lishment of a fully organized Collegiate Institution, believing j that the honor of the State and the "welfare of her sons, would j promptly rally the friends of home education to its support. In j this matter the Board has not been disappointed, and has sue- I ceeded in giving the institution as wide a scope of usefulness, j as high a grade of scholarship as could be deemed possible with- out a permanent endowment of the professorships. Through the energy of the professors in the maintenance of a large Grammar School, means have been obtained for securing the services of a corps of Professors, eminent in their several departments, and it is now believed that the University presents claims second to no institution in the South, for the confidence UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. 13 and support of those who have the interest of our state and country at heart. The arrangement for the accommodation of hoarders enables students from the country parishes, to avail themselves of the great advantages which a large city presents, for the acquirement of an education at as moderate rates as at | institutions in the country or at the north. It is believed that the course and method of instruction is more directly applicable and of more ready adaptation to the pursuits and tone of society which obtains in the State of Louisiana, than at institutions among people whose domestic i institutions and industrial resources differ widely from our own. ; Although in the heart of a great commercial city, we know that | our students are less addicted to the immoralities of a collegiate | life than at institutions more rigidly and remotely secluded from society. Students when shut out from society and the active scenes of life, soon weary with their monotonous amusements, and seek re- lief in the excitement of interdicted indulgences, whereas in the ci- ty they find instructive recreation, and ever varying amusements in rambles among the shipping, manufactories, public institutions, thoroughfares and promenades, and mingle with people using the several modern European languages. In the matter of acquiring a practical use of the modern languages — English, French, Spanish, German and Italian — there is perhaps no institution in America presenting superior facilities. The French and English are of about equal prominence in the lecture rooms and upon the play grounds, while in town they have abundant opportunity for practice in all the languages mentioned. Students in a city must not of course be unrestricted in the matter of pocket money, or be allowed indulgences which would be deemed injudicious by a parent to his own son. Having had a large experience with boys and young men, both in country and city institutions, we are enabled to speak unaer- standingly upon the subject. Every wise man will labor for the blessing of a " sound mind in a sound body.” With this view large facilities are presented for gymnastic exercises upon the grounds. In matter of health, the University students are as robust as at country institutions, and less liable to disease. The apartments, dormitories and grounds are spacious and contribute in no small degree to the remarkable health which prevails among the students. In case of sickness, the most eminent of the medical faculty are at hand, relieving parents from much of the anxiety incident to sending their sons from home. 14 UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. — COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. This department comprises generally all the elements of the Collegiate j Department ; but more particular attention will be paid to practical studies, such as Penmanship, Book-keeping, together with Monetary Exchanges and Commercial Correspondence ; Mathematics, Elements^ of Agriculture and Commerce, Physical Geography, Field Surveying and Engineering, and instead of Greek and Latin, the modern languages, as French, Spanish and German, are taught so as to be read and spoken with ease in commercial and social life. The students of the Commercial Department are distributed in the classes of the Collegiate Department. A certificate of Proficiency will be delivered to students of the Commercial j Department who shall have studied and successfully completed any branch j taught in this department. I Terms — Students who follow the Classical or Scientific Course, $150 | per annum — payable one-half in advance. Students following the Commercial Course, Arithmetic, English and French j languages, and Elementary Course in Natural Sciences, will pay $12 per month. UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL. In connection with the collegiate department of the University there is a large and flourishing school for boys from 9 to 14 years of age, under instruc- tion of the collegiate professors and able assistants This department is divided into four grades or classes, furnishing a desirable course of study for boys, with a view either to their preparation for a collegiate course or for the active business of life. The course of studies adopted for each class has been determined with a view to present matters which might be interesting and agreeable while || useful, and embraces a thorough elementary course in English, of Reading, Spelling, Writing, Geography, English Composition, Declamation, Book Keeping, and a popular course of Natural Sciences adapted to schools. In French nearly the same course is followed as in English. When a language is to be taught, which is not properly the mother tongue some difficulty may be expected, but it is soon overcome by intercourse, and when boys use French and English indiscriminately in lecture rooms and upon the play grounds, they soon learn to converse with ease in both languages. For the accomodation of parents residing in town during the summer, the session of the school remains uninterrupted throughout the year. The regular organization of classes occurs on the first Monday in September of each year. The Grammar School Classes in Latin and Greek follow the strict course ! required as preparatory for admission to all American Colleges. ffg?* Terms — First and Second Classes $10 per month. Third Class 8 “ Fourth Class 6 “ No deduction for absence. Books and Stationery, if not provided by students, will be furnished, at current prices. As a general rule Students are not received for less than five months. Boarders and Day Boarders — Boarders and Day Boarders received at all seasons of the year, but not for less than five months, or one session, TERMS — Boarders, per annum, tuition included. $240 payable half on the 1st Oct. and half on the 1st March. Mending and washing per annum, $20. For bed and bedding, if not furnished by parents, $10 will be charged for any length of time, the boarder may remain in the establishment. Day-Boarders, per month, tuition included, $16. Lunch at 11£ and dinner at 3 o’clock. EXTRA CHARGES— Extra charges are made as follows for studies not named in the regular course German, per month, $3; Spanish, per month. $3; Music, piano, violin, etc.. $10. Drawing, $5 ; Fencing, $5 ; Dancing, $5. PHI KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY. MU CHAPTER. UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. OFFICERS FOR 1858— ’59. J. B. GRAYSON, Jr., R. L. PRESTON, J. B. WHITTINGTON, M. W. CHAPMAN, W. H. HOLMES, A. SAMBOLA, J. LAURANS, T. E. CAMUS, G. DEVRON. ( Vide Constitution.) S, 1 rs, l r. i MEMBERS. MDCCCLVI. FELIX R. BRUNOT, A. B. LL. B Baton Rouge La. Wm. S. VAUGHAN, A. M. LL. B East Feliciana, “ J. B. WHITTINGTON, LL. B New Orleans, “ JOHNSON F. McKNEELY - , A. B. M. D East Feliciana, “ MDDCCCLVIII. MYRON L. BARTLETT, LL .B Macon, Ga. RICHARD C. BOND, LL. B Donaldsonville, La. JOHN B. GRAYSON, A. B. LL. B New Orleans, “ J. PINCKNEY HARRIS, A. B. LL. B Clinton, “ PETER C. JAMES, A. B. LL. B Richmond, “ EDW. L. JEWELL, LL. B Pointe Couple, “ HENRY B. MURPHY,* A. B. LL. B St. Louis, Mo. ROBERT L. PRESTON, A. B. LL. B Carrollton, La. WM, L. RICHARDSON, LL. B Cotile, “ 16 PHI KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY. MDCCCLIX. THEO. E. CAMUS, A. B. LL. B New Orleans, La. WM. H. HOLMES, LL. B “ J. LAURANS, LL. B “ “ “ GEO. M. MORGAN, LL. B “ ANTHONY SAMBOLA, A. B. LL. B “ MDCCCLX. ED. G. BUTLER, (Law St.) - St. Francisville, La. M. W. CHAPMAN, “ New Orleans, “ GUST. DEVRON, (Med. St.) “ Brothers from other Chapters affiliated to the Mu. H. H. BEIN, Lambda Chapter, Uni. N.C. I JOS. DENEGRE, Eta Chapter, Uni.Va. CHAS. CONRAD, Eta Chapter, Uni Va. | N. L. T. ROBINSON, “ “ “ A. L. D. CONRAD, Theta Chapter, Cen. Col. Members of the Grand Consistory of the Phi Kappa Sigma , from Mu Chapter. ROBT. L. PRESTON J. B. GRAYSON. I CHAPTERS Under the jurisdiction of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Philadelphia, Pa. COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY, Princeton, N. J. LA FAYETTE COLLEGE, Easton, Pa. JEFFERSON COLLEGE, Canonsburg, Pa. DICKINSON COLLEGE, Carlisle, Pa. FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Lancaster, Pa. UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Charlottesville, Va. CENTENARY COLLEGE, „ Jackson, La. COLUMBIA COLLEGE, New York City. EMORY AND HENRY COLLEGE, Emory, Va. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill. UNIVERSltY OF LOUISIANA, New Orleans, La. CUMBERLAND UNIVERSITY, Lebanon, Ten. *Deceased 1859.