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Professorship OF Mental and Moral Sciences
Protaasorship of the creek and Latin Languages
Proisssorship of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
Professionally OF Rhetoric and BELIZE Lettrss
Professorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professorship Of Civil Engineering,
Profsssorship Of Modern Languages aud Drawing.
OF twentyone weeks EACH Tho nrst session
on the fourth Wednesday Of 0cober second on
the fourth "Wednesday Of April Each is followed by
vacation OF five weeks. ttE
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Freshman CLAss.-I. Mvy, begun; xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun
finished; Geometry, beguni History, continued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer's odyssey, finished; Ge-
ometry, five books; History, finished
JUNIOR Glass; Tacitus, begun; The Prometheus Of
Eschylus and Electra OF Sophoces Analytical Geometry
nished Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChris
ii. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Acestus Of Euri-
pdes Tactus finished; Natural Philosophy; Mechanics,
III Moral Philosophy; Platos Gorgias; The Captive
Of Plauus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneumaties and
SOPHOMORE Glass;. Horace finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Scnectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Rhetoric continued.
III. Cicero de ofciis Herodotus, finished; Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished
SENIOR Glass; Political Philosophy; The Andria of
Terrence The Clouds of Arisophanes Acoustics Optics
H. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cicero's
Tusculan Questions; Demoshenes de Corona; voltaic
Electricity or Gaivanism Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro ynamics; Astronomy, begun.
H. The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy,
finished The Science of Heat Thermo Electricity Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means OF illustration
Of three thousand dollars has recently been expended
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
At the close Of each study branch of study the
bers of the carefully examined and at the close
of Committee Of the Trustees; and their attainments
are communicated to the Board of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, d.
vine worship s held twice every Sunday and the reel
tation Monday morning is always in the Greek Tesa
ment At the request Of his parent guardian student
the parent guardian select One member of the
Faculty will attend at each Of the different places OF wor
ship presbyterian, Epscopalian and MethodsD in the
/ village and note oil absentees.
Two at least Of the Professors Nth their anilies will
reside in the College buildings and will board at com
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen years of 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 Feons Greek Reader and the first
two books Of Xenophons Anabasis, Jacobs Doerngs
Latin Reader saust Caesar Cceros Select 0ratons,
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent.
| EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter as Freshman Ave
dollars; if Sophomore dollars If as Junior, fifteen
''''''' ''N '' 800 Isl Session I'd Session
Tuition ;. $2l 90 S2l 90
Incidental expenses =. 100 100
Use of Library rs rs
Janitors Wages 90 loo
| Fuel is afforded the students a A equal
to probable is advanced by each STUDENT II
is consumed 1t is charged to him; II less the balance is
refunded.
Board is furnished with the families Of the Professors
| at two dollars per week
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 session, to be paid to the Instructor in adj
| vance.
For students who do not design prosecute the whole
coureo REQUIRED for degree more limited range Of stu
each ndivdun SO far such can be reasonably antc
ipated.
The studies Of this Course arranged under the follow
| ing departments, to wit:
LIST. A MATHEMATICAL DEpARTMEYl-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra the student will be carried
seiain through all the higher branches Of the Mathe-
matc ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
Astronomy, &c.
I'd. AN ENGLISH DEPARTsENT-Comprsing instruction
In orthography Reading Elocution, Grammar, Writing
Geography, History, Composition, Rhetoric Logic Intel
lectual Philosophy Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar
Story the Constitution, Philosophy ornithology Ma
tural Theology Elements Of Criticism, and Evidences Of
Sd. A MERCANTILE DKPARrmxr-Iu which win be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that Is necessary quail
y youth for the immediate duties Of the counting house.
including
l. Fnnmans1ip-B 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. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbreviated me-
thods Of computing Interest Discount Equation Pay
mens, &C. and other mercantile calculations founded on
per centage; together with all such operations
quise for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
Q. Bookkeepine-sngle Double Entry, by the most
this branch be furnished designed TO ct the student
TO take charge OF any set OF account books.
4th. An AGRICULTURAL DEPARrNENr-Comprsing a Sc
lection from the English and Mathematical courses and
Also Surveying Botany, Mineralogy Geology Chemistry
and Agricultural Chomistry the last two illustrated by
9Th. CIVIL ENGINEER DEPARrNsNr-In which are
taught Arithmetic, mental and written0 Algebra (men
tai and writen Geometry, Trigonometry, Surveying,
with the OF instruments in the field, Practical En
neerng Architecture Perspective, Draughtng, and To
9Th. TEACHERS DrpARTNEsr.-The course Of study
will consist OF judicious selection Of subjects from the
other departments including all the pursued In
our schools Practical Lectures will also be given
on School Teaching, both science and IN 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 exemplfying
Them by hearing recitaons in the lower departments Of
7th. DEPARTMENT oy MODERN LlNauseEs-In which
students who wish to take thorough have
opportunity Of doing while Others whose object may
be 10 acquire sufficient knowledge translate with fac
ity and TO pronounce with toersble correctness
short time as possible, are also provided for.
Newark Academy.
BY late reorganization Of this department OF Della
College, the Board Of Trustees have taken measures
TO place II upon and improved foundation 10
endow IL with advantages possessed by few similar ne
tutons in the country. The Academy heretofore merged
in the College and Of course subjected to all the evils
which have been found to attend the gamaon OF the
two departments In the building, and under the
government enjoys the privilege Of separate
establishment without losing those which result from it's
relation 10 the College proper.