Daily American telegraph., 1851-12-26
nELAWARE coLLEaE.


j its present organization, consists Of the following
named proiessorships 70 wit:
A Profsssorship OF Mental and Moral scisncs,
A Professorship Of this Greek and Latin Languages.
Professorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phiioso
K Profsssorship Of Rhetoric and Bellies -Lsttrss,
A Professorship of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professorship OF Civil Engineering,
The Collegiate year diyded into two sessions terms
of twentyone weeks each The first session commences
on the fourth Wednesday Of October; and the second
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each IL followed by
vacation OF five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
o t H:rI begun xsn0phon Ana
H. Ivy finished; liomers Odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Geometry begun; History continued; =.
ometry, five books History, finished.
JUNIOR CAss.-I. Tacitus, begun; The Prometheus Of
Eschyus and Electra Of Sophocles Analytical Geometry,
fnished Calculus; Natural Iheoogy Evidences ofChris
tianity-
pdes Tactus finished; Natural Philosophy Mechanics
III Moral Philosophy; Platos Gorgas; The Captive
of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrosatics Pneumatics, and
sornoMeSI cIAss.-I Horace, finished; xsnophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, 6nished Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amcita and de Senectute; Herodotus
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
III Cicero de Ofcs; Herodotus finished; Surveying
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished
Terrence; The Clouds Of Aristophanes; Acoustics Optics
Electricity, Magnetism
III. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cfcer0s
Tusculan Questions Demosthencs de Corona; voltaic
Electricity Galvanism; ElectroMagnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro-D Dynamcs; Astronomy, begun
ILL., The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy,
finished The Science Of Heat Thermo Electricity Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means Of experimental illustration
In all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
three thousand dollars has recently been expended
partly this country partly in London 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
of the year, all the studies of the year, in the presence
of Committee of the Trustees; and their atainments
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 always in the Greek Testa
ment AT the request Of his parent guardian student
is 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
village, and note all absentees
Two at least of the Professors, tuth their families will
reside in the College buildings, and will 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 must be least fourteen Of age 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 Xenophon's Anabass Jacobs Doerings
Latin Reader Sallus Caesar, Cceros Select Orations
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES
ENTRANCE FEBIf the student enter as Freshman, five
dolars as Sophomore ten dollars If Junior, fifteen
dollars and if as Senior, twenty dollars.