The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-24
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

The Faculty of Instruction of this Institution I'M
der its present organization, consists of the follow
ing named Proiessorships, TO wits
Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Profcssorship Of the Greek and Latin Lam
guages,
AProfessorship of Mathematics and Natural Phi
iosophy
A Proiessorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
Proiessorshp OF Chemistry and Natural His
tory,
A Professorship Of Civil Engineering,
A Protessorship of Modern Languages and Draw
ing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, of twenty-one weeks each. The hrst SEES
sion commences on the fourth "Wednesday OF octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday oil
April. Each is followed by avacation OF I'VE weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Freshman CLAss.-I Lvy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
ii. Livy. finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; AL
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinucd.
iii. Horace begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished:
JUNIOR Glass;. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of E.schyus, and Electra Of sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
H.. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Euripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy
Mechanics, begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneu
mates, and Meteorology
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
ric, begun
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectutc; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nonetry; Rhetoric, continued
III. Cicero de Oficiis Herodotus finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished
SENIOR CLAss-I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Arstophancs /;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity. Magnetism
H. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy ];
do
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Gavanism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro-Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
H. The Constitution of tho United States; As
tronomy, finished; The Science OF Heat; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College 10 provided with Philosophical APP
paratus, that furnishes ample means OF experiment
tai illustration III all the different branches OF Nat
ural Philosophy The sum of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in this
country and partly in London and Paris, in the
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study, branch of study, the
members Of the class are carefully examined, and
at the close of the year. all the studies Of The year,
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees and
their attainments arc communicated TO the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
divine worship is 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, student is permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself, or the parent or
guardian, may select. One member of the Faculty
will attend at each Of the different places Of wor
ship, Presbyterian, Epscopalian, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all aO5entees.
Two, at least, of the Professors, toih their FAM
lies will reside in the College buildings, and will
board at a common table, with the students who
are required TO occupy such rooms as 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
Greek G rammar, Jacobs or Felton's Greek Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis,
Jacobs or Docring's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANcE FEE.-lf the student enter ne Fresh
man, five dollars if as Sophomore, ten dollars; if
as Junior, fifteen dollars; and if US Senior twenty
dollars.