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DELAWARE coLLEGE.

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n AIMED professorships TO wits
Professorship OF Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship Of the Crock and Latin Languages
a Professorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phioso
A Professorship Of Rhetoric and Belles-Lettres
A Professorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
A Professionally of Civil Engineering,
Professorship of Modern Languages and Drawing
The Collegiate year divided into two sessions or terms
OF twentyone weeks each. The first session
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each is followed by q
vacation Of five weeks.
COURSE or INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN Glass; Liyy, begun; xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun
H. Livy, finished; lIomcrs Odyssey, begun; Algebra
finished; Geometry begun; History, continued
ometry, Ave books; history, finished 1'i'0Dsu' W
JUNIOR Glass;. Tacitus, begun; The Prometheus Of
chylus and Electra of Sophocles; Analytical Geometry
finished; Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences of Chris
ianity.
H. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestus of Euri-
pdes; Tacitus, nshed Natural Philosophy; Mechanics
III. Moral Philosophy; Patos Gorgias; The CAPTIVE
Of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrosatics Pheumatics and
sopuoMoaE CAss--I Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero dc Amicitia and de Seneetute; Herodotus,
begun;. Plane Trgonometry; Spherical Trgonometry;
Rhetoric continued
III Cicero dc oficiis Herodous finished: Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR Glass; Political Philosophy; The Andria OF
Ierrence The Clouds of Arstophanes; Acoustics Optics,
IL Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy Cicero's
Tusculan Questions; Denosthenes de Corona yolaic
Electricity or Gayansm; Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, ElectroDynaInies; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution Of the United States Astronomy,
finished The Science of Heat; Thermo ElectIicy 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
sum of three thousand dollars has recently been expended
partly in this country and partly ia London and Paris in
the purchase Of apparatus adapted to the present
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences
EXAMINATIONS.
At tho close of each study branch of study, the
bers of the class carefully examined the close
of the year. IN 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 rec
aton Monday morning is always in the Greek Tosa-
ment At the request Of his parent guardian student
is permitted to attend place of worship which himself
or the parent guardian select One member of the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places of
ship Presby Episcopaian and Methodist in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors, NTH their dmes will
reside in the College buildings and will board com
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 years of give
satisfactory evidence of good moral character and must
sustain examination in the following studies viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra Latin and Greek
two books Of Xenophons Anabass, Jacobs behring's
Latin Reader sallus Caesar, Ciceros Select Orations
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE-If the student enter Freshman, FIVE
dollars; as Sophomore dollars if as Junior fifteen
dollars; and If as Senior, twenty dollars.