The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-21
DELAWARE COLLEGE,.

The Faculty of instruction of this Institution, I'M
der its present organization consists OF the iollow
ing named Professorships, TO wit:
A Professorship Of Mental and Moral science,
A Professorship of the Greek and Laun Ian
guages,
AProiessorship of Mathematics and Natural Phi
iosophy,
Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
A Professorship of Chemistry aud Natural His
4 Profcssorship OF Civil Engineering,
Professorship of Modern Languages and Draw
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 the fourth Wednesday of
April. Each is followed by vacation of five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION..
FREsHMAN CLAss.-I. Ivy, begun; Xenophon'5
Annbasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Lvy, finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; Al
gebra finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued
III Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, fnished
Geometry, five books; History, finished
JusIoR CLAss-I. Taeitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Eschylus, and Electra of Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
III. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcests of
Enripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive Of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
mates, and Meteorology.
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished Rheto-
ric, begun.
ii. Cicero de Amictia and de Senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
H. Cicero de Officiis; Herodotus, fnished Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
finished
SENIOR Glass; Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes /;
Acoustics Optics, Electricity, Magnetism
ii. Elements of Criticism; Batler's Analogy ;
Cicero's Tuscuan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Votaic Electricity or Gavanism Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution of the United States; As
tronomy, finished; 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 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 carefully examined, and
the close of the year, IN all The studies Of the year
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees; and
their attainments are communicated to the Board
OF Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition TO daily morning and evening prayer,
d, me worship is held twice 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 parent or
guardian, may select One member Of the Faculty
will attend ut each of the different places OF wUr-
ship, (Presby Episcopalian, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all absentees.
Two, at least, of the Professors, trih their FAM
lies will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at a common table, with the students, who
nre required to occupy such may be as
signed them by the faculty
ADMISSION.
In order to admission 10 pursue the entire course,
n student must be at least fourteen years of age;
must give satisfactory evidence of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination III the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek GraInmar Jacobs or Fclton's e reek Reader,
and the first two books of Aenophon's Anabass,
Jacobs or behring's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Cesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ESTRAscE FEE.-lf the student enter Fresh
man. FIVE dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars; If
Junior fifteen dollars; and, if as Senior, twenty