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DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
HE Faculty Of InStruction Of this institution. under
il its present organization, consists Of the following
Professorship OF Mental and Moral Science.
Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Languages.
A Professorship Of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
ply, 800 3D. $500
A Profsssorship Of Rhetoric and Bellies ettres,
PROFESSIONALLY Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professorship Of Civil Engineering, 8 $500
A Professorship Of Modern Languages and Drawing.
The Collegiate year divided into two sessions terms
Of weeks each The nrst session commences
the fourth "Wednesday of April Each Is followed by
vacation Of i've weeks. ..sE
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. a
FRESHMAN CIsss.-L Livy, begun; Xenophons Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Geometry, begun History, continued
LII. Horace begun; Homers odyssey, finished; de-
ometry FIVE books; History, finished. 4atfE ed
JUNIOR Glass; Tacitus, begun; The Prometheus Of
finished Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChris
uanity. tt I-A1 .tl43 Elt
pdes Tactus finished; Natural Philosophy; Mechanics,
In Moral Philosophy; Platos Gorgias; The Captive
Of Plauus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs Pneumatics, and
sopHonoSE cLAss.--I. Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun,
H. Cicero de Amcitia and de Senectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trgonometry;
Rhetoric, continued. ls4 n.
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Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR CLAss-I Political Philosophy The Andria Of
Trrence The Clouds Of Aristophanes Acoustics Optics
H. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cicero's
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Yotaic
Electricity Gavanism; Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Electro Dynamics; 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
of three thousand dollars has recently been expended
partly in this country and partly IN London and Paris in
advanced state of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study branch of study the
bers of the class carefully examined and at the close
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, d.
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the rec
tation on Monday morning always in the Greek Tesla
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 viii attend at each Of the different places Of
ship presbyterian Episcopalian, and MethodsD in the
Two at least of the Professors 10Th their families will
reside in the College buildings, and will board at COM
table with the students, who required 10 occupy
such rooms may be assigned them by the Faculty.
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In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen years of must give
satisfactory evidence of good moral characters and must
sustain an 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 behring's
Latin Reader Sallust Caesar Cceros Select Oraions
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalentI
EXPENSES. -
ENTRANCE FEE.-H the student enter Freshman, i've
dollars IL Sophomore ten dollars If Junior fifteen
NOi'A' = 'l'A : $500 '' LIST Session. I'd sss,sor
R RoDn rent 81 4 GO " S GO
Incidental expenses LOO 90
Use Iae, Of Library a; 20 !, 90
Fuel i for ora tory and Recitation room i 50
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost sum equal
is it is charged to him. less, the balance is
refunded.
at two dollars per week.
| Washing, at the usual rates.
ted application, to all students designed for the Min
! stry.
/ The tuition fee for Modern Languages will be eight
dollars per session. to be paid to the Instructor in ad
vance.
For students who do not design to prosecute the whole
dies is furnished adapted to the sphere and Of life
of each individual far such be reasonably antc
| ipated.
The studies of this Course arranged under the follow
| ing departments, to wit:
1st A MaTHEMArcM DEpARrMENr-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic Algebra the student will be carried
Serd, through all the higher branches of the Mathe
matcs ending in their application to Natural Philosophy,
Astronomy, &c.
3D. AN ENGLISH DEPARTNENT-Comprsing instruction
in photography Reading, Elocution, Grammar, Writing,
Geography History Composition, Rhetoric, Logic Intel
ectua Philosophy Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar,
Story the Constitution Philosophy, ORTHODOXY, Ma
tural Theology Elements of Crtcsm and Evidences Of
Christianity.
Sd. A MERCANTILE DEPARTMENT-In which will be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary to quail
m youth for the immediate duties Of the counting house.
including
l. PsnnD,unship-By original and popular system Of
this art which invariably produces bold finished hand
peculiarly adapted to the purposes Of the accountant and
business man.
2. Ay1thmetic-C Comprising numerous abbreviated me-
thods Of computing interest," Discount Equation Of Pay
per cenage together with all such operations as are
quiste for thorough knowledge Of the business Of the
counting-room.
g. Bootkeeping-single and Double Entry, by the most
approved methods. complete of instruction in
this branch will be furnished designed TO t the student
to take charge of any set of account books.
4th. AN AGRICULTURAL DEpARTMEyT-Comprising a se
lection from the English and Mathematical and
ALSO Surveying Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Chemistry
and Agricultural Chcmisry the last two illustrated by
experimental lectures.
9Th. A CIvIL ENGINEER DEPARrxENr-In which are
taught Arithmetic mental and wrtten1 Algebra, (men
with the use Of instruments in the field Practical Eng
neerng Architecture, Perspective, Draughtng, and To
Biography.
9Th TEACHERS DBpARTNrNT.-The course Of study
will consist of judicious selection subjects from the
other departments including all the branches pursued in