Excerpt from College of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleans, 1885-86 The College of the Immaculate Conception, conducted by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, was founded in December, 1847; and was endowed by the Legislature of Louisiana, March, 1856, with all the rights and privileges of a University. The Course of Studies is two-fold: the Undergraduate or Classical and the Commercial, to which is added a Prepara tory Department for younger boys. The Classical Course, which leads to the degree of Batchelor of Arts, embraces the study of Mental and Moral Philosophy the English, Latin, Greek and French languages; Rhetoric, belles-lettres and Elocution'; Arithmetic, Mathematics and the Natural Sciences; History, Geography and Mythology. To obtain the degree of Master of Arts, the student, after receiving the degree of A. B., must devote another year to the study of philosophy, or two years to any of the learned professions. The Commercial Course embraces all the studies of the Classical Course, Latin and Greek excepted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.