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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...College (formerly King's), New York; Geneva College, Western New York; St. James's College, Hagerstown, Maryland; Kenyon College, Ohio; Jubilee College, Illinois; Burlington College, New Jersey; Shelby College, Kentucky; and perhaps a few other establishments yet in their infancy. The principal Theological Seminaries are those at New York, Alexandria, Gambier, and Nashotah in Wisconsin; but several of the Episcopal Colleges possess theological departments subordinate to their general management. There are also some excellent Church Schools for boys, such as the Connecticut Episcopal Academy; Trinity School, New York; St. Paul's College, Long Island, and many others. To these may be added some first-rate female institutions, under the supervision of the Bishops and other Clergy. The chief of these is St. Mary's Hall, under the care of Bishop Doane, in New Jersey. There are also Bishop Chase's Female School, in Illinois; St. Ann's in Long Island; Newark Seminary, in Delaware; the Columbia Institute, in Tennessee; the Female Institute, in Alabama, and other establishments of a similar nature. In the Grammar Schools, boys are taught the elementary branches, and are also instructed more or less thoroughly in Greek and Latin Grammar, Composition, Book-keeping, and Scripture History. Perhaps they go as far in the Classics as Cicero's Oration?, and Jacob's Greek Reader; and acquire the fundamental principles of Geometry and Algebra. In the Colleges, the course of study occupies four years; and the student advances year by year into the classes of Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. At the end of the term he receives a degree of A.B., unless notoriously unworthy of that honour. The Professors sometimes deliver lectures, but are generally engaged in...

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