American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-11-04

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
,HE Faculty OF INSTRUCTION. Of this Institution, under
i its present organization consists Of the following
named Proisssorshps, TO witt
A Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Languages,
Professorship OF Mathematics and Natural Philoso
Professorship Of Rhetoric and Bellies Lsttrss,
Protessorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
ProisssorsSip ~ Modern fansuaass and DRAWING,
The Collegiate year divided into two sessions terms
OF twsntyons weeks each The rst session commences
the fourth Wednesday Of April. Each is followed BY
vacation Of I'VE weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss.--I. Mvy, begun; xenophon's Ana
H. Lvy, finished Homer's Odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Geometry, begun; History, continued
ometry five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR CLAss-1. Tacitus begun; The Prometheus Of
finished Calculus Natural Theology Evidences ofchrs
tianity.
pdes; Tacitus, Finished Natural Philosophy Mechanics
III, Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias The Captive
Of Plautus; Mechanics Hydrostatics, Pneumatcs and
sopnoMoSx Glass; Horace, finished; xenophons
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
III. Cicero do Amicitia and de senectute; Herodotus
begun Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
III. Cicero de Oficiis Herodotus finished Surveying
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR CLAss.-I. Political Philosophy; The Andria of
Terrence; The Clouds o. Arstophanes; Acoustics Optics
II. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cceros
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; yoltac
Electricity or Gavansm; Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Elcctro-D ynamics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution Of the United States; Astronomy
nished The Science of Heat Thermo Electricity Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
in all the different branches Of Natural Philosophy The
of three thousand dollars has recently been
Se
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close Of each study branch of study the
bers Of the class carefully examined and at the close
OF the year, in all the studies of the gear in the presence
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 di
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the rec
tation Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa
permitted to attend any place Of worship which himself
the parent guardian select One member Of the
Faculty will attend at each Of the different places Of wor
ship presbyterian, Epscopaan and Methodis in the
village, and note all absentees
Two at least OF the Professors, Nth their families will
reside in the College buildings and win board at
table with the students who required to occupy
such rooms may be assigned them by the Faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission pursue the entire course,
student be at least fourteen years Of age give
satisfactory evidence Of good moral character and must
sustain an examination in the following studies, viz:
Grammar Jacobs Fetons Greek Reader, and the first
two books Of Xenophons Anabasis jacobs Doerings
Latin Reader salust or Cesar Cceros Select 0rations,
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES.
ENrRANcE PgR-If the student enter Freshman, Eve
dollars; If Sophomore ten dollars; If Junior fifteen
dollars; and if as Senior, twenty dollars.
Tuition -. !. $2l 90 $21 90
Room rent 40 100
Incidental expenses 100 100
Use Of Library rs rs
FaeI for oratsTs and Recitation room 50
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. equal
to the probable cost advanced by each students
Is consumed 1t is charged to him. II less the balance is
refunded.
Board 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 per session. to be paid to the Instructor in adj
For students who do design prosecute the whole
Course required for degree more limited Of stu
dies is furnished adapted to the sphere of life
Of each ndivdual far such be reasonably anc
ipated.
The studies Of this arranged under the follow
ing departments, to wit:
1st MATHEMATICAL DKPARTMENI-In which. beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra, the student will be carried
serat through all the higher branches Of the Mathe
matcs ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
ID. An ESansH DEPARTMENT Comprising instruction
in orthgraphy, Reading Eocution Grammar, Writing,
Geography, History, Composition Rhetoric Logic Intel
lectual Philosophy, Moral Philosophy Political Grammar
Story the Constitution Philosophy, Orthodoxy Ma
tural Theology Elements Of Criticism, and Evidences of
Sd. A MxRcAsrnR DrpARrmsr-In which win be inn
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary quail
iy youth for the immediate duties Of the countnghouse
including
l. Psnnnanship-By an original and popular system of
this art which invariably produces bold, finished hand
peculiarly adapted to the Of the accountant and
business man.
2. ArfHn,etic-Comprising numerous abbreviated me-
thods Of computing Interest Discount Equation Pay
mens &c. and other mercantile calculations founded
per cenage together with such operations as are re-
quiste for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
g. bookkeeping Single and Double Entry by the most
approved methods complete OF instruction in
this branch will be furnished designed ct the student
TO take charge Of any set Of account books.
4th. An AGRICULTURAL MISUNDERSTANDING a se
lection from the English and Mathematical courses and
also, Surveying Botany, Mineralogy Geology Chemistry
and Agricultural Chemistry the last two illustrated by
5th. Civil ENGINEER DKPARrNENr-In which are
taught Arithmetic mental and wrten,) Algebra nen-
tai and wrtten,) Geometry Trgonometry, Surveying,
with the Of instruments in the eld Practical Eng
neerng, Architecture, Perspective Draughng, and To
9Th. < TEACHERS DEpARrMksr--The course OF study
will consist Of judicous selection of subjects the
other departments including all the branches pursued in
schools Practical Lectures will also given
School Teaching, both a science and as an 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 exempfying
them by hearing Rotations in the lower departments OF
the Institution.
18th. DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANeUAoRs--In which
students who wish TO take thorough have
opportunity Of doing while Others whose object may
be to acquire sufficient knowledge to translate with fc
ty and TO pronounce with toerabe correctness as