American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-06-03
DELAwARR COLLgGE.

TIVE Faculty of Instruction of this Institution. undo,
its present organization, consists OF the following
named Rroessorships, TO wit:
Professorship of Mental aud Moral Science
A Protessorship Of the Greek and Latin Languages
froiessorship OF Mathematics and Natural Philoso
Proessorshlp Of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettros,
A Protessorship Of Chemistry and Natural History
Professorship OF Civil Engineering,
Professorshp Of Modern Languages aud Drawing
The Collegiate year divided into two sessions or terms
OF twentyone weeks each. The first session commences
on the fourth Wednesday OF October and the second on
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each is followed by
vacation OF i've weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN Glass;. Liyy, begun; Xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Liyy, finished; Homers Odyssey, begun; Algebra
finished; Geometry, begun; History, continued.
III. Horace, begun; IIomers Odyssey, finished; Ge-
ometry five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR CLAss--I. Tactus, begun; The Prometheus Of
Kschylus and Electra OF Sopnocles Anal ca Geometry
finished; Calculus Natural Theology Evidences ofChris
tianity.
pdes; Tacitus, nished Natural Philosophy Mechanics
begun.
Ill. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgas; The Captive
OF Plautus; Mechanics Hydrostatics Pneumatcs, and
Meteoroogy.
SOPHOMORE CLAss.--I Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Schedule; Herodotus.
begun; Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trigonometry;
Rhetoric continued
H. Cicero de oficiis erodotus finished Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR Glass;. Political Philosophy; The Andra Of
Electricity, Magnetism.
H. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ccero's
Tusculan Questions; Dcmosthenes de Corona Voltaic
Electricity or Gavansm; ElectroNlagnetsm, Magnetic
Electricity, ElectroDynamics; Astronomy begun.
H. The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy
finished; The Science of eat Thermo Electricity Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample experimental Illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
sum 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 Scienees
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close Of each study branch study the
bers Of the class carefully examined and the close
of the year. all the studies Of the year. in the presence
of Committee of the Trustees and their attanments
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 reel
taon Monday morning is always in the Greek Tesla
ment At the request of his parent guardian student
the parent guardian may select One member Of the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places of
ship presbyterian, Epscopaan, and Methodist in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors, ao their fomtss will
reside in the College buildings, and will board at
table with the Students who required TO occupy
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty,
.... ADMISSION
In order to admission TO 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 Feops Greek Reader, and the first
two books of Xenophons Anabasis, Jacobs Docrngs
Latin Reader saust Cesar, Ciceros Select oratons,
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.