The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-20
DELAWARE COLLEGE,.

The Faculty Of instruction Of this Insttution un-
der its present organization consists Of the follow
ing named Professorships, to wit:
Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professorship of the Greek and Latin la n
guages,
AProfessorshipof Mathematics and NaturalPhi-
losophy,
A Professorship of Rhetoricand Bellies Lottres,
A Professorship OF Chemistry and Natural His
A Professorship OF Civil Engineering,
A Professorshipoi Modern Languagesand Draw
ing.
or terms of twenty one weeks each. The first
sion commences on the fourth "Wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday OF
April Each is followed by vacation of five weeSs.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN GLASS;. Eivy, begun; Xenophon'
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey. begun; Al
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
III Horace, begun Homer's Odyssey. finished
Geometry, five books; History finished;
JUsIoR CLAss.--I Tacitus, begun; The PRONE
theus of Aschylus, and Electra OF Sophoces; Aua
lyticaI Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences OF Christianity.
IT, Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis o
Euripides; Tacitus, finished Natural Philosophy
Mechanics, begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; Th,
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, ,Pneu
matics, and Meteorology.
SOPHOMORE Glass;. Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto
ric, begun.
III. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodo
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued.
ILL., Cicero dc 0fficiis; 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 ;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co.
roma; Voltac Electricity or Galvanism; Electro
Magnetism Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna
mics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution of the United States; AS
tronomy, finishcd The Science OF Heat; Thermo
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Ap
paratus, that furnishes ample meaus ot experimcn
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat
ural Philosophy. The sum OF three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended partly in th
country, and partly in London and Paris, in th
purchase of new apparatus, adapted 20 the presen
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close of each study or branch of study th
members of the class arc carefully examined, anc
at the close of the year, oil he studies of the yea,
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees ans
their attainments are communicated to the Boart
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer
div me worship is held twice every Sunday, auc
the recitation on Monday morning is always in the
Greek Testament At the request of his parent oil
guardian, student is permitted to attend amy
place of worship which himself or the parent OF
guardian, may select. One member of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places of wor
ship, Presbyterian, EpiscopaIian, and Methodist,
in the village, and note all abscntees.
Two at feast, of the Professors, NTH their fapii
lies, will reside in the College buildings, and will
| board, at a common table, with the students, wht
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
o student must be at least fourteen years of age
! must give satisfactory evidence of good mora
character; and must sustain an examination in tn
following studies, viz
! Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin an
creek rammar, Jacobs or FELTON, s Greek Reader
| and the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader Sallust o
| Cesar, Cicero's Select Oratons, and Virgil, o
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
| ENTRANcE FEE.--If the student enter as Fresh
! man. five dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars; i
as Junior fifteen dollars; and, if as Senior twenty
dollars.