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DELAWARE COLLEGE.

Professorship of Civil Engineering,
Professorshp Of Modern Languages and Drawing
Of twentyone weeks each The first session commences
the fourth Wednesday of October; and second
the fourth Wednesday Of April. Each ID followed by
vacation Of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN cLAss.--I, Ivy begun; xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
III. Livy, finished; Homers Odyssey begun; Algebra
finished; Geometry, begun; History, continued
III. Horace, begun Honer's Odyssey, finished; Ge
ometry, five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR GLASS;. Tactus, begun The Prometheus of
and Electra Of Sophocles; Analytical Geometry
finished; Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChrs
II. Logic Mental Philosophy; The Alcestus OF Euri-
pides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy Mechanics
IN, Moral Philosophy; Patos Gorgias; The Captive
Of Pautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs Pneumatics, and
sopnoMoRE CLAss.-I. Horace, finished xenophons
Memorsbilia Geometry, finished Rhetoric begun
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Rhetoric, continued. tt.ss
Ill Cicero de oficis; Herodotus, finished Surveying
Analytical Geometry begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR CLAss.-I Political Philosophy; The Andra of
Terrence The Clouds OF Arstophanes; Acoustics Optics
II. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy ccero's
Electricity or Galvanism; Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro ynamics; Astronomy, begun.
III The Constitution Of the United States; Astronomy,
fnished The Science Of Heat; Thermo Eectricty Chem
istry and Geology Aa aI
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS
The College provided with Philosophical Apparatus
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy. The
of three thousand dollars has recently expended
partly in this country and partly 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, branch of study the
bers of the class carefully examined and at the close
OF the year IN all Tie studies Of the gear in the presence
Of Committee of the Trustees; and their atainmens
are communicated to the Board Of Trustees.
| pEI IcJ0IJc TNSTR IINTInN .
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, d.
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the reci
taton Monday morning is always in the Greek Tesa
ment At the request OF his parent GUARDIAN student
permitted to attend place Of worship which himself
the parent guardian may select One member Of the
Faculty will attend at each Of the different places of
ship (Presby teran Episcopaian, and Mehods in the
| village, and note all absentees. 0te
Two at least of the Professors v their families, will
reside in the College buildings and will board at COM
table with the Students who required to occupy
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty
| ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
student be least fourteen years of must give
satisfactory evidence Of good moral character and must
sustain an examination in the following studies viz:
| Arithmetic Elements of Algebra, Latin and Greek
Grammar, Jacobs Feltons Greek Reader and the first
two books Of Xenophons Anabass Jacobs or Doerngs
Latin Reader Sallust Caesar, Ciceros Select Oraons,
| and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES esf
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter Freshman, five
dollars if as Sophomore dollars; if Junior fifteen
0'l''' N ~ " ist Session. I'd Session.
Tuition 81 w ~ w
Room rent. w w 4
| Incidental expenses loo 90
Use of Library rs rs
Fuel for oratory and Recitation room / so ~
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. sum equal
to the probable cost is advanced by each students more
is 1t is charged to him. if less the balance is
Board is furnished with the families Of the Professors
at two dollars per week.
Washing, at the usual rates.
duaa nay In all Tha fujfi Ia unit
ted application, to all students designed for the Min
The tuition fee for Modern Languages win be eight
dollars per session. TO be paid to the Instructor in adj
vance.
Course required degree, limited range of stu
dies furnished adapted TO the sphere and Of life
| ipated.
The studies of this Course arranged under the follow
| ing departments, to wit:
LIST. MArHEMArrcAL DEPARTMENT. In which, beginning
with Arithmetic Algebra, the student will be carried
Seidtm through all the higher branches Of the Mathe
matics ending in their application toNatural Philosophy
| I'd. AN ENaIIsH DEpARrMNr-Comprisng instruction
in photography Reading, Elocuton, Grammar, Writing
iect Philosophy Moral Philosophy, Political drammar
Story the Constitution, Philosophy Ornithoogy, Ma
tural Theology Elements of Criticism, and Evidences Of
Sd. A MERcANrnx DEpARrmENr-In which viii be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary to quail
B youth for the immediate duties Of the contingencies
/. Rnnmanslp-By an original and popular system of
this art which invariably produces bold finished hand
peculiarly adapted to the purposes of the accountant and
q A,ltlmete- accomplishing numerous abbreviated me.
hods Of computing Interest Discount Equation Of Pay
ments &c. and other mercantile calculations founded
per centage together with all such operations
qusite for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
countng-room.
g. Bootkeeping-single and Double Entry by the most
approved methods. complete Of instruction IN
this branch will be furnished designed to at the student
to take charge Of any set Of account books.
9TH. An AGRICULTURAL DEPARrMRNT-Comprising
lection from the English Mathematical courses; and
also, Surveying Botany Mineralogy Geology Chemistry
and Agricultural ohemistry the last two illustrated by
9th. CIVIL EsorsKsR DEpARrMrST-In which are
taught Arithmetic, mental and wrtten) Algebra (men-
with the use OF instruments in the field Practical Eng-
neering Architecture, Perspective, Draughtng and To
9Th TEACHERS DEPARrmKNr.-The course OF study
viii consist Of udicious selection Of subjects from the
other departments including all branches pursued in
schools Practical Lectures will also be given
on School Teaching, both as a science and art
relative 10 the best and popular teaching
but they will also have opportunities Of exemplifyng
them by hearing Rotations In the lower departments Of
It'll. A DEPARTMENT or MODERN LANGUAGES which
students who wish to take thorough have
opportunity Of doing while Others whose object
be to acquire sufficient knowledge translate with fac-
ty and to pronounce with olerabe correctness in as
short time as possible, are also provided for.
Newark Academy.
BY late reorganization Of this department Of Della
ware College, the Board Of Trustees have taken
30 place upon and improved foundation, and to
endow II with advantages possessed by few similar ns
tutions in the country The Academy heretofore merged
in the College, and Of subjected to all the evils
which have been found TO attend the gaaon Of the
two departments In the building, and under the
same government enjoys the privilege separate
establishment without losing those which result from ia
relation 10 the College proper.
large and elegant edice, with all the necessary AZ
lures Of complete boarding establishment has been
erected and furnished in which the students Of the Acad
envy board under the immediate charge Of the PRINCIPAL
and his Assstants and all ts conducted on
system Of its own, uninterrupted by the interests or
operations Of the other department The furniture az tbe