American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-07-22
nELAWARE CoLLFaR

yHE Faculty Of Instruction Of this Institution under
i It's present organization consists Of the following
A Professionally Of Mental and Moral Science,
Protsssprshp efths Greek and Latin Languages,
"A Professorship OF Mathematics and Natural Philoso
< proisssorshp Of Rhetoric and BsllesIsttrss,
"A Proiessorshp Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professionally Of Civil Engineering, n -.
Professorship OF Modern Languages and Drawing
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions terms
Of twentyone weeks each The first session commences
the fourth Wednesday Of October and the second on
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each is followed by
vacation OF i've weeks
v&6 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss-I. Mvy, begun; Xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Lvy, finished !; Homer's Odyssey, begun Algebra,
Ill Horace, begun; 'Homer's odyssey, finished; Ge-
ometry, five books; History, finished
JUNIOR c s TassSs oegan The Of
nished Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChris
uanty. L
pides Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy Mechanics,
of Pautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pneumatcs, and
sopHoMoRE CLAss--I Horace finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun
ii. Cicero dc Amcitia and de Senectute; Ierodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonomery;
Ill Cicero de Ofcs; Herodotus, finished Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR GLASS; Political Philosophy; The Andra of
Electricity, Magnetism. fath9eb
IL Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ccero's
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona Voltaic
Electricity Gayansm Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro Dynamics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution of the United States Astronomy,
fnshed The Science Of Heat Thermo- Electricy Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample Of experimental illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy. The
of three Thousand dollars has recently been
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
the class carefully examined and at the close
Of the year. all the studies Of the year. in the presence
Of Committee of the Trustees; and their attanments
communicated to the Board of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer d.
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the rec
taton Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa-
ment At the request of his parent guardian student
is permitted to attend any place OF worship which himself
the parent guardian may select One member OF the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places OF wor
ship Presby Episcopalian and Methodis in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors With 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 pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen 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 Feltons Greek Reader and the first
two books of xenophons Anabass, Jacobs behring's
Latin Reader Sallus Cesar Cceros Select Orations
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter Freshman, five
dollars; If Sophomore, ten dollars If Junior fifteen
dollars; and If as Senior, twenty dollars