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Rh scrit College,—Three Grammar,—one General Literature,—one Rhetoric and Prosody,—one Law,—one Logic.

are not eligible to the College until they shall have attained the age of 12 years. They are supposed to remain in the lower classes in which certain studies are prescribed for six years, after which, or earlier, if qualified, they are at liberty to enter any other class or classes they please, and to remain, at their option, for a further term of six years, provided their diligence does not relax. Besides the branches of education above enumerated, provision is made for the attendance of the pupils of the highest class on a course of Lectures on natural and experimental philosophy, and for enabling such of them as may evince a capability and desire of learning, and otherwise merit the distinction, to pursue this branch of study still further. A proficiency in the English language being obviously requisite to enable the students to profit by this arrangement, the knowledge of that language was declared to be an indispensible qualification for admission to the highest class. The philosophical course would