The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-05
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
The Faculty of Instruction of this Institution, un
DER Its present organization, consists OF the follow
ing named Professorshps, TO wit;
Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Protessorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
guages,
AProfessorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phi
iosophy,
A'Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
Professorship of Chemistry and Natural His
K Professorship Of Civil Engineering,
Professorshp Of Modern Languages and Draw
ing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, of twenty weeks each. The first SEES
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Ooto-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday OF
April Each Is followed by vacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHMAs Glass; Livy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Liyy, inished Homer's Odyssey, begun; AL
zebra, hnished Geometry, begun; History, con
H. Horace begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished
JuSloR Glass;. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Eschylus and Electra of Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
OIogy; Evidences of Christianity.
II. Logic Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis of
E1npldes; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Ill. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive OF Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneu
inatics, and Meteorology.
phons Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto
ric, begun.
H. Cicero dc Amicita and dc Senectute; Herodo
tus, begun; Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de Oiiiciis; Herodotus finished Sur
yeylng; Analytical Geometry, beguni Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss--I. Political Philosophy; The An
drla of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements OF Criticisms Buffers Analogy
tlcero's 1uscuan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Votaic Electricity or Galvanism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
Iii. 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 cum 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 or branch of study the
members of the class carefully examined, and
at the close of the year, all the studies Of the year,
III the presence of Committee of the Trustees and
their attainments 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
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
ship, presbyterian, Episcopalian and Methodist,)
IN the village, and note all absentces.
Two, at least, Of the Professors ,cih their fani-
lies, will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at common table, with the students, who
are required to occupy such may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order TO admission TO pursue the entire course
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 Feltons Greek Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophon's Anabass,
Jacobs or Doerings Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero's Select Oratons, and Virgil or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRASCE FEE.-If the student enter az Fresh
man, five dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars; if
as Junior, fifteen dollars; and, If Senior, twenty
dollars.