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A ProtessoEship OF Mental aud Moral Science
professorship of the 6reck and Latin Languages,
Professorship of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
Proiessorship of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres,
Proiessorship Of Chemistry and Natural History
ProfssUersbip of Civil Engineering,
AProfossorshp of Modern Languages and Drawing
The Collegiate year il divided into two sessions or terms
Of tseny'one weeks each The first session
on the fourth Wednesday Of October and the second on
the fourth "Wednesday of April Each is followed by
vacation OF five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss-I. Liyy begun; Xenopbon,a Ann.
basis Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Livy, finished Homer's Odyssey, begun: Algebra
finished; Geometry, begun; History, continued,
III. Horace begun; Homers Odyssey, finished; Gee
ometry, five books History, finished.
JUNIOR CLAss--I Tacitus begun The Prometiieus of
schylus and Electra OF Sophocles; Anay Geometry
finished Calculus Natural Theology Evidences ofChris
tianity,
H. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestus Of Euri.
pdes Tactus fnished Natural Philosophy; Mechanics,
III Moral Philosophy; plato's Gorgas; Tie Captive
OF Plautus Mechanics Hydrostatics, Pneumatcs, and
Sophomore CLAss-I Horace, finished; Xenophon's
Monographs; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun
H. Cieero de Amicitia and de Senectute; lerodotus
begun; Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Rhetoric, continued
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric finished.
SENIOR Glass;, Political Philosophy; The Andra Of
Terrence The Clouds Of Arisophanes Acoustics Optics,
Electricity, Magnetism.
H. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ccero's
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes dc Corona; yoltac
Electricity Galvanism Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro Dynamics; Astronomy begun.
Ill The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy,
finished The Science Of Heat Thermo Electricity Chem
isrry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College Is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means Of expermenta Illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy. The
three thousand dollars has recently been expended
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
bers of the class carefully and at the close
of the year, all the studies Of the year. in the presence
of Committee of the Trustees; and their attachments
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 ree
taon Monday morning is always in the Greek Tesla
meat At the request of his parent guardian, student
s 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 presbyterian, Epscopalian and MethodisD In the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors, s0tH their tnitss 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 least fourteen years 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 Xenophons Anabasis Jacobs or Doering
Latin Reader, Sallus Caesar Cceros Select Oratons
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed eQuivalentl
EXPENSES. . u. ..l
ENTRANCE FEEIf the student enter az Freshman. five
dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars if Junior fifteen
dollars; and If as Senior twenty dollars.