The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-09
DELAWARE coLLEGE.

The Faculty Of Instruction of this Institution, I'M
der Its present organization consists OF the oliow
Ing named Professorshps, TO witi
A Professorship of Mental and Moral science,
A Proiessorship OF the Greek sha Laun Ian
guages,
A PToressorshp of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
4 Professorship of Chemistry and Natural His
K Profcssorship Of Civil Engineering,
A Professorship OF Modern Languages and Draw
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, OF twenty weeks each. The first SEES
sion commences on the fourth "Wednesday of OctO-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April. Each is followed by vacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Freshman Glass;. Ivy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Lvy finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; Al
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books History finished.
JUSIoR Class. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Eschylus, and Electra OF Sophocles; Ana
iytcal Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
uogy; Evidences of Christianity.
H. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis Of
Enrpides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun
H. Moral Philosophy; Platos Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
mates, and Meteorology.
SOPHOMORE CLAss.-f. Horace, finished Keno.
phon'a Memorabilia; Geometry, finished Rheto-
IL. Cicero de Amictia and de Senectute; Herodo-
1us, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo'
nomctry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de OLhciis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
finished
SENIOR CLAss.--.l. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes ;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements OF Criticism Buffers Analogy
Cicero's Iusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Notaic Electricity Galvanism Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
H. 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, rbrancL of study the
members Of the class arc carefully examined, and
nj the close Of the year, an all the studies Of The year
in the presence of Committee OF the Trustees; and
their attanments are communicated to the Board
OF trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer
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, the parent or
guardian, may select. One member of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places Of wor-
ship, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Methodist,
in the village, and note all absentees.
Two, at least, of the Professors, ,vih their FAM
hts, will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at 4 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 examination in the
following studies, viz
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
Greek Grammar, Jacobs or Felton's Greek Reader,
and the first two books of &enophons Anabasis
Jacobs or Doerins's Latin Reader, Saliust or
CGsar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall! be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENrRAScE FEE.-lf the student enter as Fresh.
man, FIVE Goilars; If Sophomore, ten dollars; if
Junior, fifteen dollars; and, if Senior, twenty
Gy.larz.