Wisconsin State University. FACULTY. HENRY BARNARD, LL.D., Chancellor. Professor of Ethical and Political Science. DANIEL READ, LL.D., Professor of Mental Science, Rhetoric, and English Literature, JOHN W. STERLING, A.M., Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. EZRA S. CARR, M.D., Professor of Chemistry and Natural History. DAVID BOSWELL REID, M.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Physiology and Hygiene, and Director of Museum of Practical Science. JAMES D. BUTLER, A,M., Professor of Ancient Languages and Literature. COMMENCEMENT-Last Wednesday of June. TERMS BEGIN ; 1. Six weeks from Commencement-19 weeks. 2. Seven weeks from the Wednesday next before Christmas-20 weeks. VACATIONS. 1. Seven weeks commencing the Wednesday before Christmas. 2. Six weeks-commencing the last Wednesday of June. Fuel for each Term, Library repairs, etc., for each Term, Board per week with resident members of the Faculty, or in private families, Board in Clubs, Washing from 40cts, to 65cts. per dozen. $6.00 5 00 5 00 2.00 2.00 1 25 These charges are required strictly in advance. Rooms are provided with furniture at the expense of the students. CLASSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC COURSE. The CLASSICAL COURSE is substantially that of the best Colleges in the United States. In the SCIENTIFIC COURSE advanced scientific studies take the place of the ancient languages. TERMS OF ADMISSION. Besides the common English branches, candidates for admission to the first year of the Classical Course will be examined in the Elements of Algebra, (Ray's,) Plane Geometry, (Loomis',) Latin Reader, Cornelius Nepos, Virgil's Eneid, (6 books,) Crosby's Greek Lessons, and the Anabasis of Xenophon. Equivalents will be received. The requirement for admission to the Scientific Course is the same, omitting the ancient languages, as for the Classical Course. Such as desire to pursue a select course will be admitted to any of the classes for which they are prepared. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT. Provision for this department has been made in connection with the City High School of Madison. in charge of Prof. O. M. Conover, A.M, to whom application for information should be made. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. Students are admitted at any time to this department, and may continue at pleasure. The charge is $25 for the course. Address D. H. TULLIS. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. The institution is now prepared to give thorough instruction in practical Surveying and Engineering. Address T. D. CORYELL. Students in the Preparatory and Commercial departments are allowed to occupy rooms in the University buildings. Communications addressed to Prof. J. W. STERLING, respecting board, rooms, and other particulars, will receive prompt attention. HENRY BARNARD, Chancellor. TEACHERS' INSTITUTES FOR 1860. By directions of the Board of Regents of Normal Schools, the undersigned will appoint, in each county, at least one Institute, and arrange for a series of exercises, during the day, for the professional improvement of teachers, and of lectures and discussions in the evening for the advancement of education generally, for a series of not less than two days, and of not more than two weeks, on receiving (to him) reasonable assurance of attendance on the part of the teachers of the county, and of gratuitous board, and accommodations for the meetings, from the place applying for the appointment. Arrangements will also be made, on application of school officers and teachers for a free lecture on education in a number of towns in the same county, during the session, or in the week preceeding or following the meeting of the Institute. The undersigned proposes also to appoint a few Institutes for sessions of at least four weeks each, in connection with such literary institutions as will furnish class-room, part of the instruction, and the use of apparatus, at an expense to each teacher in prompt and regular attendance, for lodging, board, and instruction, not exceeding two dollars per week. One such Institute will be held at Madison, in connection with the State University, commencing on Wednesday morning, April 11th. MADISON, Feb. 10, 1860. HENRY BARNARD, Agent of Board of Regents of Normal Schools. |