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DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE
V,HE Faculty Of instruction Of this Institution under
ts present organization, consists Of the following
A PROFESSIONALLY OF Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Languages.
A Psoiessorship OF Mathematics and Natural Philoso
4 Protessorship Of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres,
professorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
A Professionally OF Civil Engineering, t8
A Professorship OF Modern Languages and Drawing
The Collegiate year is divided into sessions or terms
of twenty weeks each The FIRST session commences
the fourth Wednesday of ocober and the second
the fourth Wednesday Of April. Each is followed by
.H iJt COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss.-I. Liyy, begun; Xenophon's Ana
basis Algebra begun; History, begun.
H. Liyy, finished Homer's Odyssey, begun Algebra,
finished; deonietry, begun; History, continued
III. Horace, begun; Homers Odyssey, finished; Go
ometry, five booksi History finished.
JUNIOR CLtss--I Tacitus begun; The Prometheus Of
Eschylus and Electra of Sophoces Analytical Geometry
nished Calculus Natural Theology Evidences ofChrs
ianity. tH 4fH
IL Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestus of Euri-
pdes Tacitus, fnished Natural Phosophy Mechanics,
IT. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias The Captive
of Plantus; Mechanics Hydrostatics, Pneumacs, and
Metooroogy.
SOPHOMORE CLass.--I, Horace, finished; xenophons
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
III Cicero de oiciis Herodotus finished; Surveying
Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric, fnished
SENIOR Glass;. Political Philosophy; The Andria of
Terrence; The Clouds of Arsophanes; Acoustics, Optics,
Electricity, Magnetism.
IL Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ciceros
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Voltac
Electricity Gavanism Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro ynamics; Astronomy, begun
finished; The Science of Heat hermo Electricity; Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
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that furnishes ample of experimental illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
Of three thousand dollars has recently been
partly in this country and partly in London and Paris in
the purchase of apparatus adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences
EXAMINATIONS H
At the close of each study branch of study the mem
bcrs the class carefully examined and at the close
of the year. in all he 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, di
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the rec
taon Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa
ment At the request of his parent guardian student
permitted to attend any place of worship which himself
the parent guardian may select One member Of the
Faculty win attend at each of the different places OF
ship Presbyterian Episcopalian, and MethodsD in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors toh their families will
reside in the College buildings and will board at a COM
table with the students who required to occupy
such may be assigned them by the Faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen OF must give
satisfactory evidence of good moral character and must
sustain examination in the following studies viz
Grammar Jacobs or Feltons Greek Reader and the first
two books of Xenophons Anabass Jacobs or behring's
Latin Reader Sallust or Select 0rations
and Virgil or what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter as Freshman five
dollars; if Sophomore ten dollars; il Junior, fifteen
Ia1. IolJa
' - 1890 $50 LIST SESSION I'd Session
Tuition s2l 90 s2l 90
Room rent 4 w w
Incidental expenses 90 90
Use of Library rs 10
Fuei for oratery and Recitation room SO
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost sum equal
to the probable cost is advanced by each STUDENT If
is consumed it is charged to him. If less the balance is
Board is furnished with the families Of the Professors
at two dollars per week. Fl
Washing at the usual rates.
All dues payable in advance The tuition Is remit
ted application to all students designed for the Min
The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be eight
dollars per session, to be paid to the Instructor in ad
For students who do not design to the whole
Course required for degree, limited range of stu
dies furnished adapted to the sphere and of life
of each individual far such be reasonably antc
| ipated.
The studies of this Course arranged under the follow
ing departments, to wit:
1st MATHEMATICAL DEpARTMENT-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra the student will be carried
seratm through all the higher branches of the Mathe
matics ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, &c.
I'd AN EsdLIsH DEpARrMEyr-Comprising instruction
in orthography, Reading Eocution, Grammar Writing
Geography, History, Composition Rhetoric Logic, Intel
lectual Philosophy, Moral Philosophy Political Grammar
Story the Constitution Philosophy, Orthodoxy Ma
tura Theology, Elements of Crcism and Evidences Of
Christianity.
Sd. A MERCANTILE DEpARrMENT-In which will be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that necessary to quail
y youth for the immediate duties Of the counnghouse
including
l. FennmdnshipBy an original and popular system of
this art which invariably produces bold finished hand
peculiarly adapted to the purposes of the accountant and
business man.
2. Ayithmetio-Comprisng numerous abbreviated me
thods of computing Interest, Discount, Equation of Pay
ments &c. and other mercantile calculations founded
per cenage; together with all such operations
quise for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
countingroom.
g. Booskeeping- and Double Entry by the most
approved methods. complete of instruction In
this branch will be furnished designed to ct the student
to take charge Of any set of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL Observation-Disclosures a So
lection from the English and Mathematical courses and
ALSO Surveying Botany, Mineralogy Geology, Chemistry
and Agricultural Chemistry the last two illustrated by
experimental lectures.
9Th CIVIL ENGINEER DEpARrnsT-In which are
taught Arithmetic (mental and wrtten) Algebra, (men
tai and wrtten,) Geometry, Trgonometry, Surveying
with the of instruments in the field Practical Eng
neerng, Architecture, Perspective Draughtng, and To
9Th. TEACHERS DEpARrMEST-The course Of study
will consist Of udcous selection Of subjects from the
other departments including all the branches pursued in
our schools Practical Lectures will also be given
on School Teaching, both a science and art,
Pupils will not only thus receive the fullest instruction
relative TO the best and most popular methods of teaching
but they will also have opportunities of exempifyng
them by hearing Rotations in the lower departments Of
| It'll DEPARTMENT or MODERN LANouAaEs-In which
students who wish to take thorough have
opportunity Of doing while others, whose object
be TO acquire sufficient knowledge to translate with c
ity and to pronounce with olerable correctness in