The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-03


The FAculty Of Instruction Of this Institution un
der il present organization consists of the follow
ing named Proisssorships, 70 Wit:
A Profcssorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Profossorship of the Greek and Latin Lam
AProfsssorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phi
osophy,
4 Profsssorship OF Civil Engineering,
A Professorship Of Modern Languages and Draw
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms of twenty lone weeks each. The first SEES
sion commences ON the fourth "wednesday Of Octo-
Der; and the second on tho fourth wednesday OF
April Each IL followed by avacation Of five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FaEsHMAn CLAss.lI. Livy. begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History. begun.
II. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey. begun; Al
cobra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JUNIol CLAss,-I Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus Of Eschyius. and Electra Of Sophocles; Ana
ology; Evidences Of Christianity
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Euripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive Of P!autus; Mechanics, Hydrostafics, Pneu
sorao.Oas Clxss.sf. Horace. finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de senectute; Herodo-
| tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero do Oficiis; Herodotus. finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
SENIOR CLAss.--I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
II. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy !;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; voltaic Electricity or Galvanism Electro
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 sum of three thousand dol
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 are carefully examined, and
in tho presence of Committee Of the Trustees and
their attainmcnts are communicated to the Board
| Of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
divine worship il held twice every Sunday, and
the recitation ON Monday morning Is always in the
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
| guardian, student 10 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 wor-
ship, Presbyterian, Episcopalan and Methodist, }
| in the village, and note all absentees.
Two at least, Of the Professors tciGA their fami-
lies, will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at a common table, with the students, who
| are required to occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
student must be ut 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 Xenophon's Anabasis,
Jacobs Doering's Latin Reader. Sallust or
Cesar, Ciceros Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
| ENTRANcs FEE.-H the student enter as Fresh
man, 1--WE dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars il
a. Junior, fifteen dollars; and, if Senior twenty