The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-03
DEI.AwARE COLLEGE,.

The Faculty. Of Instruction OF this Institution un-
der its present organization, consists OF the follow
ing named Professorships, TO wit;
A Profesaorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
guages,
Profesaorshipof Mathematics and NaturalPhi-
osophy,
A Professorship of Rhetoricand Belles- Lettres,
A Professorship OF Chemistry and Natural His
tory,
A Professorship OF Civil Engineering,
A Professionalism Moder n Ian nguagesa nd Draw
The Collegiate yesris divided into two sessions
or terms, Of twenty-onc weeks each. The first scs-
sion commence on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April. Each is followed by avacation of five weeEs
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHMAN CLAss.-I. Liyy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Livy, fnisbed; Homcr's Odyssey. begun; AL
ge5ra, finished; s'sometry begun; History. con-
i,I. Horace, begun; Honner'a Odyssey. finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JusIoR CLAss.-I Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Rschylus, and Electra of Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences Of Christianity.
H. Logic Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis of
Eurpides Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
IN Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgins; The
Captive ofPlautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
matics and Meteorology.
sopHoMoRE CLAssgf Horace, finished Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished Rheto-
ric begun.
H. Cicerohe Amicitia and desenectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III Cicero de ohicis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished
SENIOR CLAss--I Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
H. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy;
f1.. J.fs
rona Voltaic 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 a 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 ofthe Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close of each study, or 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 ofa Committee of the Trustees; and
their attainmcnts are communicated to the Board
ofTrustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
di, 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 OF
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 at each of the different places Of wof-
ship, (Prcsbyteran, Episcopalian, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all absentces.
Two, at least, of the Professors, ,oih their fdmi
lies, will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at a common table, with the students, who
are required to occupy snch rooms 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
creek G. rammar, Jacobs or Feton's Greek Reader,
and the first two books Of Xenophon 3 Anabasis,
| Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Cesar Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
| ENTRAScE FEE.-lf the student enter as Fresh
man. five dollars; if ns Sophomore, ten dollars if
as Junior fifteen dollars; and if as Senior, twenty
dollars.