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Hopkinton.

Lenox Collegiate Institute. Open to both sexes. 8 Instructors; 216 students. Preparatory and Collegiate Departments. Three courses of study. A Department of Music. Rev. SAMUEL HODGE, D.D., President; Miss MARY A. GEORGE, Preceptress. Iowa City.

State University of Iowa. The following Departments are in full operation: Collegiate-divided into School of Letters and School of Science, and including Didactics and Civil Engineering; four years' course. Law-Course, one or two years, at option. Either course admits to the Bar. (Eighty-four graduates last year.) Medical-Two courses of twenty weeks each admit to examination for degree of M. D. Homœopathic Medical, same requirements. Partial and post-graduate courses as desired. Students in either Department have the privilege of free admission to the lectures and exercises of other Departments. For catalogues, containing full information as to courses of study and expenses, address J. L. PICKARD, President.

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Anchorage.

KENTUCKY.

Pine Hill Academy. - A School for Young Men and Boys. Professor MARCHWINSKI, graduate of Berlin University, an experienced teacher, has been engaged as assistant. His chief work will be the Mathematics, the Modern Languages, as German and French, and the Natural Sciences, and their application to Agriculture, etc. For circulars, address B. H. McCown, Principal.

Forest Academy. - (Founded 1855.) A CollegiateMilitary Institute. Special attention given to elementary instruction. Boys and young men taught a full College course. Great care given to Book-keeping, Practical Surveying, Civil Engineering and Field Work, Telegraphy, Vocal Music, and the speaking of French and German. Military Drill for physical exercise. Arms furnished by the State of Kentucky. A complete chemical laboratory and full set of philosophical apparatus. Terms moderate. For further particulars, address Col. J. N. CURRENT, Proprietor. Clinton.

Clinton College (formerly Clinton Female College). Open to both sexes. Primary, Intermediate, Preparatory, and Collegiate Departments. Due attention to physical and moral training. T. N. WELLS, President.

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Miss Barbaroux' School. Miss H. BARBAROUX, Principal.

Kentucky.

Boarding and Day School. Mrs. M. PRETTYMAN, Principal. .

Prof. Chenault's University Class. A few pupils instructed in the Classics, English, and Higher Mathematics. Those and those alone are desired who have a thorough college or university course in view. The standard of admission is-sufficient advancement to begin the work of preparation for college; that of completion-ability to enter, with credit, the sophomore class of Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, or the intermediate class of the University of Virginia.

References-The faculties of the leading Kentucky colleges, of Princeton, Johns Hopkins University, and of the University of Virginia. J. W. CHENAULT, Principal.

German and English School for Boys and Girls. WM. MUELLER, Principal.

Miss Hampton's School for Girls. Young ladies instructed in Elocution and English Literature. Miss L. D. HAMPTON, Principal.

Home School. Miss BELLE PEERS, Principal. Holyoke Academy. N. ROBINSON, A.M., Principal. Miss Hynes' Schooi for Children. Miss FLORENCE HYNES, Principal.

Law Department of the University of Louisville. Faculty: Hon. HENRY PIRTLE, LL.D., Emeritus Professor of Constitutional Law, Equity, and Common Law; JAMES S. PIRTLE, Esq., Professor of Constitutional Law, Equity, and Commercial Law; Hon. JAMES SPEED, Professor of the Practice of Law, including Pleading and Evidence, and International Law and Codes of Practice; Hon. HORATIO W. BRUCE, Professor of the History and Science of Law, of the Law of Real Property, and of the Law of Contracts. and of Criminal Law. The Thirty-third session will begin on the first Monday in October, 1878, and continue five months. The fees of the Professors for the session are $65.00. Matriculation Fee, $5.00, and Graduation Fee, $10.00. Address all communications to Professor JAMES S. PIRTLE.

Louisville Conservatory of Music, North Wing of Public Library Building. A full corps of superior teachers, and increased facilities for giving a thorough musical education. All branches of music taught by Professors who make specialties of their departments. Particular attention will be given to the Vocal Department, an experienced teacher from New York having been engaged for voice culture and singing. Classes in sight reading and children's chorus classes will also be formed immediately. For circulars or further particulars, apply to Mrs. HARVEY MYERS, Proprietor and Manager.

Louisville Rugby School. - Boys thoroughly prepared for college or business pursuits. Pupils from a distance can obtain board in the neighborhood at reasonable rates. For catalogues or other information, apply to W. N. McDONALD, A.M., and A. L. MCDONALD, Principals, 395 Fifth Avenue.

Marvin Female Academy. A Boarding and Day School affording the best facilities at as low rates as can be had anywhere. For circulars, address S. T. SCOTT, 113 Broadway. Dr. H. Moore's Collegiate School.

Mount St. Mary's Academy, Barrett Avenue. This beautiful institution affords every facility for acquiring a finished education. Board and tuition in English for the scholastic year, $100.00, payable half-yearly in advance. Music and the languages form extra charges. Address the MOTHER-SUPERIOR, Sisters of Mercy, 169 Second Avenue.

New Castle.

Henry Male and Female College.-Open to both sexes. 8 Instructors. Primary, Intermediate, and Collegiate Departments. Healthful location, handsome buildings, careful instruction. Rev. R. RYLAND, D.D., President.

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Readville Seminary. - Incorporated 1859. A private, select school with number of pupils limited. Careful and thorough instruction by experienced and successful teachers. Board and tuition, per year, $275.00. Mrs. MARY W. READ, Principal.

Collegiate Institute for Boys.-The course of study is designed to develop the whole mind and embraces all the branches neccessary to a first-class education for any business or professional pursuit. Board and tuition per year, $300.00. W. H. Ñ. MAGRUDER, Principal. Homer.

Homer College.

New Orleans.

The Locquet-Leroy New Orleans Female Institute. A Day and Boarding School for Young Ladies, with Kindergarten. Primary, Elementary. and Academic Departments. 16 Instructors. French is the language of the Institute. Mme. S. B. LOCQUET-LEROY, Principal, 280 Camp Street.

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Annapolis.

MARYLAND.

Lambeth School for Young Ladies and Little Girls. Boys aged from 6 to 10 received. Miss P. A. HODGES, Principal. Miss Hodges has had much experience as a teacher, having taught for more than four years at St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, New Jersey, and for three years she was the Principal of Lambeth School (select) in Kittanning, Pa.

The course, besides thorough English instruction, will include Latin, French, Vocal Music, Drawing, and Oil Painting of candles, tiles, etc. Vocal Music taught in classes. French lessons given every day in classes, at a moderate rate. As much as possible of the Kindergarten instruction will be used, and the rate for small children is reduced to $20.00 per annum.

As the association of many small children in play might be attended with some danger, it is proposed that they shall only remain in school from two to three hours, and without any recess. Miss P. A. HODGES, Principal, No. 9 Maryland Avenue.

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Maryland.

Chatsworth Seminary. Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and Little Children, 194 West Franklin Street. Finest grounds in the city for the exercise of pupils. Miss E. L. BENNY, Principal, has an experience of twenty years. Course of study-Classical and Scientific, with Music, Art, Dancing, and Horseback Riding. For circulars and all desirable information, address the PRINCIPAL.

Classical School for Boys, No. 78 Read Street. C. PowELL GRADY, M.A., Principal.

Edgeworth Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and Little Girls, No. 59 Franklin Street, BaltiFor circulars, apply to Mrs. H. P. LEFEBVRE,

more.

Principal.

German, French, Latin, and Greek taught by Dr. R. C. Beer (the private tutor), 210 N. Fremont Street. The Misses Hall's School, for Young Ladies and Little Girls. 142 Park Avenue.

Miss S. A. Jenness' School for Young Ladies. 234 Madison Avenue. Tuition from $40 to $80 per year. No extra charge for Latin, French, or German. Morison Academy for Young Ladies, 27 Cathedral Street. HELEN S. FLETCHER, Principal.

Music School. Vocal and Instrumental Music, taught separately or in classes, by JAS. M. DEEMS, 163 West Fayette Street.

Monumental Institute, 336 Madison Avenue. Full Corps of Teachers and Professors. Miss A. Matchett, Principal.

Newton Academy for Boys and Young Men. THOMAS LESTER, Principal.

Paterson Park Seminary and Kindergarten, 322 Baltimore Street; removed from New Brunswick, N. J. in 1877, on account of the superior advantages of Baleducation of the mind receive equal consideration. timore. Health, good manners and morals, and the Training class for ladies, in Kindergarten methods. Misses K. S. FRENCH and J. F. F. RANDOLPH, Principals.

Richland School for Boys, 121 Lanvale Street. Wx. D. MARTIN, A.M., Principal.

St. Catharine's Normal Institute. Directed by Sisters of the Holy Cross. The great object of this institution, will be to select and train those who show a disposition and fitness for the office to become Teachers in Catholic schools. The course of instruction will be thorough in religion, English branches, the languages, drawing, needle-work, vocal and instrumental music. Particular attention paid to the training of organists and teachers of Catholic choirs.

For detailed information, apply for prospectus to the SISTER-SUPERIOR.

School for Boys, Corner of Eutaw and Madison Street.
Dr. ROBT. ATKINSON, Principal.
School for Boys. Garden Street, near Biddle. GEO.
E. CAREY, A.M., Principal.

Miss M. W. Talbott's School. Calvert, above Madison
Street.

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Drawing and Painting Classes.-HAROLD FLETCHER, Principal, 110 Tremont St., Room 53. Elocution.. C. S. COLBY receives pupils at 149 A Tremont Street. References James E. Murdock, Stacy Baxter, and Faculty School of Oratory. Elocution. Miss L. W. DREW receives pupils in Vocal culture, reading gesture, dramatic expression, etc., to individuals and classes. Stammering, lisp ing, and other vocal defects permanently removed. Miss Drew has the pleasure of referring to more than a hundred teachers in Boston and its vicinity; also, to ladies and gentlemen of all other professions, who cordially indorse her method of instruction. Located at 36 Winter Street since 1864. Lessons given at all hours. Send for circular.

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Miss Hubbard's School, 81 Boylston Street.
Miss Ireland's School, 92 Mt. Vernon Street.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wm. B.
ROGERS succeeds as President.)

Mrs. Leavitt's School for Young Ladies and Children. Twelfth year. Common and higher English branches, French, German, Italian, Latin, Singing, and Drawing taught. 115 Warren Ave.

The Misses Mann's Home and Day School, 157 Roxbury Street, Highlands. References-Dr. Samuel Eliot, Mr. Chas. K. Dillaway, Rev. Phillips Brooks. Mendelssohn Institute, 5 Columbus Square. Receives pupils at any time for instruction in all Departments of Music. EDWARD B. OLIVER, Director.

Miss Mitchell's School for Girls and Children of both sexes. Send for circular. Miss MARY MITCHELL, Principal.

The Newbury Street School. Pupils received into the family under the special care of Miss M. S. DEVEREUX, and Miss LUCRETIA P. HALE. Kindergarten Department under Mrs. S. S. ROPES, a pupil of Mrs. Kraus-Bolte. Address Miss DEVEREUX, Principal, 34 Newbury Street, BOSTON.

Miss Peirce and Miss Lawrence's School for Young Ladies and Girls, No. 111 Boylston Street. A few home pupils will be received. Circulars sent on application.

Carlyle Petersilea's Academy of Music, Elocution, and Languages, 279 and 281 Columbus Ave. Terms as moderate as possible. Lessons given during the whole year. Applications received at any time. Diplomas given. Free advantages. Regular terms begin in September, November, February, and April.

Mr. Carl Pflueger's School of Vocal Culture. 117 Warren Ave.

Send for circular. Best of all ventilation. Wood Miss Putnam's School, 68 Marlborough Street. fire on the hearth.

Y. M. C. Union Building, 18 Boylston Street. During Reckers & Bradford's Commercial College, in the the past two years this school has steadily acquired tile pursuits; its patrons are amongst the foremost a reputation for thoroughness in training for mercanin the business community, and its graduates do honor to the institution in the positions they occupy.

School of Carving and Modeling for Women.—(In the Museum of Fine Arts.) For further information, apply to the Secretary. Committee in charge of the school: Miss L. P. Hale, Mrs. J T. Fields, Mrs. K. G. Wells, Mr. E. C. Cabot, Mr. W. P. P. Longfellow, Mr. Channing Whitaker. Address Miss E. F. WARE, Secretary.

University Tuition by Dr. E. R. HUMPHREYS. A very small number of young ladies over sixteen years of age will be admitted into the family; they will receive personal instruction in such subjects as they chiefly require, from Dr. Humphreys and other teachers. Four young men from a distance, desirous of being prepared for the English or American Universities by Dr. Humphreys, can be received as boarders in the house of a friend.

Dr. Humphreys gives special personal care to preparing students for the NEW METHOD Entrance Course at Harvard, which demands much attention to Greek and Latin Composition, and reading at sight. The same training is the best adapted to the OXFORD and

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Harvard.

Bromfield School. This new Classical and Scientific School, established by the endowment of the late Mrs. M. B. Blanchard, has opened under the charge of Mr. Charles W. Stickney, late Principal of the Arlington High School, and Mr. W. L. Hooper, Instructor in Natural Science. The school, pleasantly situated amid the ancestral elms of the Bromfield estate, near a quiet country village, thirty miles from Boston, is open to students of both sexes. Instruction is given in all the branches of knowledge usually taught in high schools and academies. Students fitted for college. For further information and circulars, address C. W. STICKNEY, Principal.

Jamaica Plain.

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Eliot School. This school is designed to prepare students for commercial business, or for admission to the scientific or technical schools, such as the Mass. Institute of Technology and the Amherst Agricultural College. The school is supported by the income of invested funds, and is free to inhabitants of Jamaica Plain.

Applicants for admission must show satisfactory proficiency in English grammar, geography, and arith

metic.

The trustees have made provision for the instruction of a limited number of free pupils in drawing and the elements of design, under the direction of Mr. T. L. Bulson. Additional pupils in drawing and painting will be received for a moderate tuition fee. Application may be made to Mr. T. L. BULSON, Principal.

Lowell.

St. Patrick's Young Ladies' Academy. This institution, one of the oldest and best in New England, is conducted by the Sisters of Notre Dame, whose proficiency and success in training youth are too well known throughout the United States to need any comment. Within the past few years a large and spacious building, with all the modern improvements and conveniences, has replaced the old Academy.

Beautiful gardens and walks surround the building, making it a very pleasant and desirable location. Visitors are allowed to go through the Academy at

any time.

Board and tuition, per session of 46 weeks, one quarter payable in advance, $150.00.

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Worcester.

College of the Holy Cross. This College is under the direction of the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, and was established solely for the education of Catholics. The play-grounds are spacious; the location is remarkably healthy, and affords facilities for healthful amusement at all seasons. The collegiate year commences on the first Monday of September; but students are received at any period of the year.

Board and tuition, per annum (of ten months), payable semi-annually, in advance, $125.00. Modern Languages and Music at Professor's charges.

For further information, address Rev. J. B. O'HAGAN, S.J., President.

Detroit.

MICHIGAN.

Detroit Medical College. The eleventh annual session opened Sept. 4th, 1878, and will continue nine months. It is divided into Preliminary, Regular, and Summer terms. Of these, attendance upon the Regular term only is absolutely required. This begins Oct. 2nd, 1878, and continues five months. Situated in the commercial metropolis of Michigan. Its clinical material is unsurpassed. All lectures are delivered on Hospital grounds. The peculiar feature of this school is the intimate union between its laboratory, clinical, and didactic instruction. Send for annual announcement. LEARTUS CONNOR, M.D., Secretary, 92 Cass Street.

Fenton.

Latimer and Ridley Halls. A Home School for both sexes. F. BAUDER, A.M., Principal, assisted by Mrs. BAUDER and Daughters, with other experienced teachers for specialties. An incorporated school beautifully situated on the Detroit and Milwaukee Railroad, 50 miles from Detroit. Location salubrious and healthful, building substantial, with large, well-ven tilated rooms and dormitories, supplied with all that relates to the comfort of a home and the convenience of a school.

Besides other specialties, by minute individual attention, young, weak, awkward, and backward pupils are assisted in accordance with the laws of mind and

their physical constitution, to form correct habits of thought, study, living, and recreation. All the discipline of the school (which is peculiar), tends to these ends. There is no school in which greater thoroughness and regularity are insisted upon. The course of study is comprehensive, embracing the schools of English, Mathematics, Ancient and Modern Languages, and ornamental branches.

Entries can be made at any time. Number limited. Board and tuition per annum, $325.00. Address EZRA BAUDER, A.M., Principal.

Grand Rapids.

Academy of the Sisters of Mercy (St. Joseph's of the Sacred Heart).- This new Institution offers every

Michigan.

advantage to young ladies desirous of obtaining a solid and finished education. Board and tuition, including music, for the scholastic year, $150.00, payable half-yearly in advance. Languages, painting, etc., form extra charges. For further particulars, address Mother MARY AGNES, Directress.

Jackson.

(Miss Gardner's Kindergarten-discontinued). Olivet.

Olivet College and Michigan Conservatory of Music.

MINNESOTA.

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Missouri.

St. Charles. St. Charles College. A Literary Institution for Young Ladies and Gentlemen. Business and Classical courses of study. Kindergarten, Primary, Preparatory, and Collegiate Departments. B. S. NEWLAND, President.

St. Louis.

Academy of the Sacred Heart. This renowned institution re-opened Sept. 3rd. Healthful location, extensive grounds, superior educational facilities. For terms, apply to the LADY-SUPERIOR.

College of the Christian Brothers. Terms for Tuition, Board, Washing, and Doctor's fee for the school year of 10 months, $250.00. For further details, address the President, BRO. JAMES. Institute for Young Ladies.

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Rochester. Academy of Our Lady of Lourdes. The object of this Institution is to afford parents an opportunity for giving their children a Christian and Scientific ed-rection of the Ursuline Ladies. Careful and thorucation. Pupils may enter as boarders on very ough instruction in all branches required to impart moderate terms. The English, German, and French a finished education to young ladies. Particular atLanguages are thoroughly taught. Difference of re- tention given to health, good manners and morals, ligion is no obstacle to admission, provided the pupil and refined deportment. Board and tuition in English conforms to the regulations of the Academy. Board and German, per year, $150.00. For prospectus giving and tuition, per month, $15.00; for further informa- fuller information, apply to the LADY SUPERIOR. tion, application may be made to MOTHER ALFRED, Directress.

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Missouri Medical College. The Thirty-Eighth regular course of lectures in this institution begins Monday, the 7th of October, 1878, and continues five months.

The Commencement for conferring degrees will be held early in March, 1879. For annual circular and catalogue, giving regulations for graduation, fees, and other information, address P. GERVAIS ROBINSON, M.D., Dean, 1,523 Olive Street.

St. Patrick's Academy. Cor. 7th Street and Cass Avenues. Bro. HELEMAN, Director.

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Miss E. L. Roberts's Day and Boarding School for
Young Ladies and Children.
Bergen Point.
Wykeham Institute. (See announcement and
illustration in advertising pages.)
Burlington.

Pestalozzi School. ERNEST R. SCHMIDT, Ph.D., for 30 years an instructor and lecturer in St. Mary's Hall, has opened a Select School for Young Ladies and Children, at 1713 Jefferson Street. Kindergarten attached. Circular, with references, furnished on application.

Camden.

Home School for Little Girls. Six little girls admitted into the family of the Principal, where they will have Kindergarten Training. Also the refinement and culture of a Christian home. Address for circulars, Mrs. M. W. NEVINS, 319 North Fifth Street.

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