The republic., 1851-12-15
DELAWARE cOLLEoE.


The Faculty ofInstruction of this Institution ,un-
Ter its present organization, consists of the follow
ng named Professorshps, to wit:
A Professorshp of Mental and Moral Science,
A Proiessorship of the Greek and Latin Lam
guagcs,
AProlessorshipof Mathematics and NaturalPhi-
losophy,
A Professorship OF Rhetoricand Bellies Lettres,
Professorship Of Chemistry and Natural His
A Professorship Of Civil Eng ngineering,
A Professorshipo Modern Languagesand Draw
ing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, Of twenty weeks each. The fret scs-
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday OF
April Each is followed by avacation offye weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHMAN Glass;. Livy, begun; Xenophon'G
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey. begun; Al
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinucd.
Ill. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JuEIoR GLASS; Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus Of AEschylus, and Electra of Sophoces; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
III. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The AIcestis o
E1ripides; Tacitus, fnished Natural Philosophy
Mechanics begun.
III Moral Philosophy; PIato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
matics, and Meteoroogy.
SOPHOMORE CLAss.-I. Horace, finished Keno
phons Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
ric, begun.
IL Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
aometry; Rhetoric, continued.
Ill Cicero de Ofhclis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
geying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric
finished.
SENIOR Glass;. Political Philosophy; The An
dria Of Terrence; The Clouds of Arstophanes
Acoustics, Optics Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy ;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes dc Co
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Galvanism Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
Ill. The Constitution of the United States; As.
tronomy, finished; The Science OF Heat; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS
The College is provided with Philosophical Ap-
paratus, that furnishes ample means of experiment
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat.
ura Philosophy The of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in thii
country, and partly in London and Paris in The
purchase OF new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state Of the Physical Science
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close of cachstudy, or branch ofstudy, the
members OF the class carefully examined and
at the close of the year. all The studies of tie veaI
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees and
their attainments arc communicated to the board
OF Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
div INC worship is held twice every Sunday and
the recitation on Monday morning is always in the
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
guardian, student is permitted to attend 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 wor-
ship, presbyterian, Episcopaiau and Methodist
in the village, and note ali absentecs
Two, at least of the Professors lcih th1ir fami-
hes, will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at common table, with the students, who
required TO occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire courae
student must be at least fourteen years 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
creek Grammar Jacob or Felton, Greek Reader,
and the frat two books of Xenophon's Anabasis
Jacobs Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES.
ENTRANcE FEE.-If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dollars if Sophomore, ten dollars; if
Junior, fifteen dollars; and, ifas Senior, twenty
dollars.