The republic., 1850-12-30

The Faculty of Instruction Of ths Institution un-
der Its present organization consists of the follow
Ing named Professorships, to wit:
Protessorship of Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
guages,
AProfessorshp of Mathematics and Natural Phi
A Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres.
Professorship Of Chemistry aud Natural His
A Professorship Of Civil Engineering,
A Professionally of Modern Languages and Draw
ing:
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, OF twenty one weeks each The first ses-
sion commences on the fourth "wednesday Of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday OF
April Each il followed by vacation of five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHmAN CLAss.--I. Livy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun. pai
H. Liyy. finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; AL
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con
tinued. Nta
Ill. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR GLASS;. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus Of Aschylus. and Electra Of sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Mechanics, begun.
iii. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Pautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneu
sorHononE CLAss.9f. Horace, finished Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
ric, begun.
ii. Cicero de Amicitia and de senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
ILL., Cicero de Otficis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
ycying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss--I Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence The Clouds of Arstophanes
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism
ii. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy !;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Galvanism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun
ILL., The Constitution of the United States; As
tronomy, fnished; The Science of Heat; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical APP
paratus, that furnishes ample means of experiment
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat
ural Philosophy. The of three thousand dol
country, and partly in London and Paris, in the
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS. a
At the close of each study or branch of study the
members Of the class carefully examined, and
at the close of the year, IN all the studies Of the
in the presence of Committee of the Trusees; and
their attainments communicated to the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
di, me worship ia held twice on every Sunday, and
the recitation on Monday morning is always in the
Greek Testament. At the request Of his parent or
guardian, a student is permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself, or the paxent or
guardian, may select. One member of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places Of wor
ship, (Presbyteran, Epscopalian, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all absentees.
Two, at least, of the Professors, Dih their (ami-
ss will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at a common table, with the students, who
are required to occupy such rooms may be as-
signed them by the faculty
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
a student must be at least fourteen years Of age;
must give satisfactory evidence of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements OF Algebra, Latin and
creek rammar Jacobs or Felton's Greek Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophon's Anabass,
Jacobs Doering's Latin Reader, Saust or
Cnsar, Cicero's Select Oratons, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES
EsTRANsg FEH.-If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars; IL
Junior fifteen dOllare and, If as Senior, twenty