The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-02-26

DELAwAnn oo1LnoE.
The Faculty Of Instruction Of this institution I'M
der its present organization. onsiss Of the follow
ing named Professorships, 70 wits 4.yAtf.F -ts
A Profcssorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
A PROFESSIONALLY Of the Greek and Latin Lam
a Proiossorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phi
AProfessorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lestres,
A ProfessorshiP Of Chemistry and Natural His'
x Professorship Of Civil Engineering, ~
A Professorship Of Modern Languages and Draw
fhe Collegiate year is divided into two ssssions
or terms, oftwenty -one weeks each, The first SEES
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday OF octo-
Der; and the second ON the fourth "Wednesday Of
April Each Is followed by avacation of five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRxsHMAN Glass;. Livy, begun Xenophon's
AnAbasis Algebra, begun; History, begun
H. Livy. hnished; Homer's Odyssey. begun; All
zebra; hnishedj Geometry, begun; History, con-
iii. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished. "
theus Of Eschylus. and Electra 81 Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ologys Evidences Of Christianity
II: Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Aicestis Of
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive Of Pnutus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
s soSnoaoas esssY Horace, finished, Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
rio, begun 4..cf n
tus. begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric. continued.
iii. Cicero de Oficiis; Hcrodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
sxNIoa CLAss.-I Political Philosophy; The An
dria Of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements OF Critcism Buffers Analogy !;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Dcmosthenes de Co
roma; Votaic Electricity or Calvnnism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
Ill III. The Constitution Of the United States; AS
tronomy, finished; The Science Of Heat; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology e.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College Is provided with Philosophical APP
paratus, that furnishes ample means Of experiment
tai illustration in all the 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 apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close Of each study, or branch Of study the
members Of the class are carefully examined, and
at the close Of the year. al The sfsdiss Of Tie year
in the presence ola Committee the Trustees, and
their attachments are communicated 10 the Board
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. ssea "
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
divine worship is held twice every Sunday, and
the recitation ON Monday morning is always In the
Greek Testament. Al the request OF his parent or
guardian, student 10 permitted to attond any
place Of worship which himself. or the parent or
guardian, may select. One member Of the Faculty
will attend at each Of the different places of
ship, (Presbyterian, Episcopalian, aud Methodist
| in the village, and note all abscntees. sse 8 n
Two at least, Of the Professors, scih their faui-
lies, will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at common table, with the students, who
are required TO occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by tho faculty. , 5.as
ADMISSION. ~ llsftl
In order to admission to pursus the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen years Of age;
nust give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain examination in the
| following studies, viz:
| Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar, Jacobson F'clton's Greek Reader,
\ and the first two books of xenophons Anabasis,
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Cesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES
| ESrnAScE FEx---If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dollars; If Sophomore, ten dollars; if
as Junior, fifteen dollars and, If as Senior twenty
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