The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-02

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The Fscu)k9 AZ Ipstrucsiaae ~ ln4titution, un-
ing n.ieed rrd sqrship., Sv!|:
A Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Lam
Afro6sasoruhip Of Mathematics and NaturalPh
A Pfofessorship of Rhetoric and Belles- Lettros,
A PROFESSIONALLY Of Chemistry aud Natural His
K Protsssorship of Civil Engineering, a &.
Profea0orShip OF Modern lAnguagesand Draw
The Collegiate year Is divided into two SEASONS
or terms, oftwenty- one weeks each The first ses-
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 weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. n
FaEsHnAN CLAss.-I. Livy, begun; xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History. begun.
II. Livy. finished; Homsr's Odyssey. begun; AL
s sssssa hni'h'd' '''"'sry' begun; History con-
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey. finished;
Geometry. five books; History, finished.
.haus Of Eschyius. and Electra 81 sophocles; Ana.
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural Tho.
ology; Evidences Of Christianity.
IL Logic; Mental Philosophy; The A!cestis Of
Enripides; !acitus, fnished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun. A
III: Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneu
sosaonoas cl4.s.-1f Horace. finished Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
rio, begun. 'g3 .3
tus, begun, Plane Tdgonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued. .ns asio, 4
iii. Cicero dc Ofaciis; Hsrodotua, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geomstry. begun Rhetoric,
SENIOR CLAss.--I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds OF Arxtophanes;
Acoustics, Optics. Electricity, Magnetism. a
II. Elements of Criticism Buffers Analogy
Cicero's Tusculan Questions Demosthenes de Co
roma; voltaic Electricity or sGalvanism Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro-D yna-
III. Tho Constitution of the United States; As
tronomy, finished; The Science Of Heat; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. a'a
The College is provided with Philosophical APP
tai illustration in all tho different branches Of Nat
| ural Philosophy. The sum Of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in this
country, and partly in London and Paris. in the
purchase of new apparstus adapted to the present
| advanced state ofthe Physical Sciences. t.
EXAMINATIONS. lls ns5atl
At the close of each study or branch ofstudy, the
members of the class are carefully examined, and
At the close Of the year, IN al the sties Of the ysay
In the presence OF Committee Of the Trustees and
their attainncnts are communicated to the Board
of Trustees. i3stfet4 ~
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. .f
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
divine worahip IL held twice on every Sunday, and
the recitation on Monday morning Is alwaysin the
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
guardian, a student IL permitted 70 attend any
place of worship which himself, or the parent or
guardian, may select. One member Of tho Faculty
will attend at each OF the different places of wor-
ship, Presbyterian, EpscopatiAn, and Methodist
in the vilage, and note all absentees. 99s eA
Two, at least, of the Professors, sciM their fami-
lies. will residein tho College buildings and will
board, at q common table, with the students, who
| are required to occupy such rooms may be as
signed them by the faculty. ty9 . ,ia9 Il
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be At least fourteen years of age;
must give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
following studes, viz: 81 b 81 s+zs .ss 4
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar, Jacobs OF Felton's Greek Reader,
and the 6rst two books Of xenophon,s Anabasis,
Jacobs or Dosring's Latin Reader, Sailust or
Crsar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent. 8-.in@
EXPENSES pao
ENrRANcx FEE.-If the student enter az Fresh
man, Eve dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollnrs; il
Junior, fifteen dollars; and, if Senior twenty
dollars. .a M ,..,ts. sly, &. 81