The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-01
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GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, ID. G..

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE, ID. C.
TINE college is situated on the northern bank OF
j. the Potomac and commands full view of
Georgetown, Washington the Potomac, and great
part Of the District OF Columbia. Its situation Is
peculiarly healthy. On the lst Of May, 1876 The
college was raised by Congress TO the rank OF uni
versiiy.
The academic year commences ON the l5th Of Sep
TENDER, and ends on the last Of July The course
OF studies occupies, generally years, inclusive
of The preparatory classes, which last four years,
unless the proficiency Of the student authorize an alb
brevation OF that term.
The course Of The preparatory schools is as
toiioios:
Fmsr cLAss.-Latin Grammar, Viii Rome, or
Cicero's Select Letters Geography, English Gram
mar, History Of the Bible, Latin and English Exer.
csos, Arithmetic
SECOND cLAss-Nepos's Lives, Cicero's Letters,
Fables of Phedrus, Greek Grammar, Latin Gram
mar, English Grammar Esop's Fables in Greek,
(second ,eym,) Geography Of North America, His
tory of the Bible, Latin and English exercises,
Arithmetic.
TmRp GLASS; first term Curtius, Ovid's Meta
morphoses, G,eca Minora, Ancient History Of the
Republics Of Athens and Sparta, Greek Grammar,
Latin Grammar, English Grammar, Latin, Greek,
and English Exercises, Geography OF South Amer
lea and Europe.
ThiRb CLASS, second Term Cesar, ovid's Iris
tium, &c.
FoURrH CLASS, first term Saust, Virgil, Gee
logues and Georgics,) Lacan's Dialogues, Anthol-
ogy, Greek, Geography Of Asia and Africa, His
tory Of Greece, Mythology, Doctrine of Particles,
(Tursellini,) Alvarez Prosody Latin Grammar,
Greek Grammar, Rules for the composition Of Let
tiers and formation of Style, Exercises in Latin,
Greek, and English
FouarH CLASS, second ierm.---Cicero's Minor
Works, VirgiI's Encid, xenophon's Cyropnda,
Anthology.
In the senior classes the following course rs
pursued:
In Poetry, first ierm.-Lvy, Virgil's Eneid,
Horaces Art Of Poetry, Xcnophon's Cyropcda,
Theocritus.
Second ierul.-Cicero's Orations, Horace's Odes,
Catuius, Tibuus, and Propertius, Thucydides,
Homer.
Both ierns.-Precepis of Rhetoric and Poetry,
Greek Dialects and Frosody, History Of Rome,
Ancient Geography. English, Latin, and Greek
style particularly attended to, in prose and poetry,
and specimens from approved authors committed to
memory.
In RHEroRIc, First Tem.-Cicero's Oratons,
Horaces Satires and Epstles, Livy, Demosthcnes'
Oratlons, Homer's Had.
Second Tsrm-Cicero's Oraiions, Juvcnal and
Perscus, Tacitus, Dcmosthenes, Sophocles.
Both TSrrs.-Precepts of Rhetoric, with cri-
cisms on the most celebrated authors; Quintiian's
Institutions of Rhetoric Cicero's Rhetorical Works,
American and English History, History Of Latin,
Greek, and English Literature. A greater, if pos
sible attention is paid to style in the three Ian
guages, and oratiOns are composed.
In PHnosoPHy The students learn logic, met
aphysics and ethics. Lectures these branches
are delivered in Latin, and daily examination is
held on the lecture In natural philosophy the lee
lures are given in English. Once every month the
students of this department will have public ex-
ercises before the faculty, to test their improve
ment.
MATHEMArics.-Al the students sufficiently ad-
vanced have an hour and quarter every day allot-
ted to the study Of Mathematics, of which there are
| three classes.
| In the lowest class are taught Algebra and the
| first books Of Euclid.
In the next, Algebra, Mcnsuration, Plane Trigo-
nomelry, Surveying, and Geometry.
| In the next, Solid Geometry, Spherical Trigo-
nomeiry Use of the Globes, Comics, and Calculus.
| The students who not sufficiently advanced TO
commence Algebra, are divided into three separate
classes Of Arithmetic, and have distinct professors.
In the first class of arithmetic, Bookkeeping is
! taught.
There are also two caases Of Caligraphy for the
younger students. There three or four profess
ors of French, among whom the students are divi.
ded according to their proficiency, and instructed
| four hours every week. During the whole course
great attention is paid to composition, particularly
| English. For the Improvement OF the students III
public speaking, they exercised every week be-
|
/ When scholar presents himself for admission
into the college, he is examined by the Project oil
Studies and placed in that class for which his prior
a;tuinments may have fitted him. He then passes
| on regularly through the classical and mathematical
course, to the end of Moral and Natural Philoso-
ply. The candidate for the degree of Bachelor OF
Arts must undergo rigorous examination in moral
and natural philosophy, and must be well acqualnt-
ed with all the above branches, to wit: Latin,
Greek, French, and Mathematics. If he remain
| longer in college, and pursue the higher branches OF
mathematics and natural philosophy, or If he grad
uate in any learned profession after completing the
above course of collegiate studies, he may receive
the degree of Master of Arts.
The Italian and Spanish languages will be taught,
| if required; but together with music, drawing,
dancing fencing and other similar accomplishments
they will form additional charges.
| The college possesses a select library OF twenty
two thousand volumes, and is provided with an ex.
tensve philosophical apparatus.
| There are two examinations in the ycar--thc mi
nor in February or March, the other Immediately
before the Commencement, (Which will always be a
day of public eXercses,) towards the end OF July
AT any time during the year, and particularly at the
| minor examination, If any one be found capable oil
passing 10 higher GLASS; he will be promoted
| No student is admitted who cannot read and
write, and who has not good moral character II
will be required of each one who may be admitted
to pursue the course Of studies above mentioned, as
| eSpCIlcHCC nus VTOScu tkcuPuoho III 'io ieSo'"
| to have been great source of ideness. Any one
coming from different institution will be required
to produce satisfactory recommendation from the
principals Of such institution. Youths addicted to
! chewing tobacco will not he received, unless they
resolve to abandon that habit the use of tobacco
will not be tolerated in the college.
! As the members of the college profess the Catho-
lie religion, the exercises of religious worship arc
Catholic; but members of every other religious de-
nomination are received of whom 1t is only re-
quircd that they assist with proprety and decency
at the public duties Of religion with their COM
panions. Were not this enforced, no proper order,
such should he found in large literary institutions,
could exist in the college,
No student will be permitted to leave the college,
on visits of any length, oltoner than once year. 10
wit: at the great vacation. II his parents or legal
guardians live in the District he will be allowed to
visit them once month, but not oftener; and he
must then always return to college before night.
Experience has proved that mere complimentary
visits have given occasion to disorders No student,