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DELAWARE COLLEGE.


Professorship Of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
| ply, s.sa. N
| Professorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professorship OF Civil Engineering, Sc
! A Protessorship Of Modern languages aud Drawing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions terms
of twentyone weeks each The first session commences
the fourth Wednesday Of ocober and the second on
the fourth Wednesday of April Each is followed by
vacation Of five weeks. t.
,t.t coURsEoF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss.--I. Iivy, begun; xenophon's Ana
H. Livy, finished; Homer's odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Geometry, begun History, continued.
I'LL H ora begun nensrs Odyssey hnshed De-
JUNIOR CLAss-I Tacitus, begun; The Prometheus OF
Eschyus and Electra of Sophoces Analytical Geometry,
hnshed Calculus Natural Theology; Evidences ofChris-
IL. Logic Mental Philosophy; The Alcestus OF Euri-
pides Tacitus, fnished Natural Philosophy; Mechanics
/ III Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The Captive
of Pautus; Mechanics Hydrostatcs, Pneumatics, and
sopnoMoRR Glass;, Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigopometry;
Rhetoric, continued
4 Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric, finished
SENIOR CLAss.L Political Philosophy The Andria Of
Ierrence The Clouds Of Arsophanes Acoustics Optics,
H. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; ciceros
Tusculan Questions; Demostenes de Corona; Voltaic
Electricity or Gavanism; ElectroMagnetism Magnetic
Electricity, lectroDynamics; Astronomy, begun.
ILL., The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy,
fnished The Science of Heat Thermo Electricity Chem
/ istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
Of three thousand dollars has recently been expended
the purchase Of new adapted to the
| advanced state of the Physical Sciences
EXAMINATIONS
At the close Of each study branch study the
hars afIllV m
of the year. all e 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, d
vine worship held twice every Sunday and the reel
taon Monday morning is always in the Greek Tesa
is permitted attend any place worship which himself
the parent or guardian may select One member OF the
Faculty will attend at each Of the different places OF wor
ship Presby terrain Episcopalian, and MethodsD in the
| village, and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors NTH their families, Will
reside in the College buildings and will board at com
table with the Students who required to occupy
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty.
| ADMISSION.
In order to admission pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen of must give
satisfactory evidence Of good moral characters and must
sustain an examination in the following studies, w Ca,
Grammar Jacobs Felton's Greek Reader and the first
two books of Xenophons Anabass jacobs or behring's
Latin Reader Sallust Caesar Cceros Select Orations
and Virgil or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEr-If the student enter Freshman, five
dollars; if Sophomore ten doars if Junior, fifteen
4''''' : "'N ''--' '''' ist SESSION I'd Session,
Incidental expenses 100 100
use OF Library 40 10
Fuel for oratory and Recitation room / 50
Fuel is afforded to the students at cost. equal
to the probable cost is advanced by each STUDENT more
consumed it is charged to him. if less, the balance is
| refunded.
Board is furnished with the families of the Professors
| at two dollars per week.
| Washing, at the usual rates.
All dues are payable in advance The tuition is remit
ted application to all students designed for the Min
| istry
dollars per session. to be paid to the Instructor in adj
vance.
Course required for degree more limited range of stu
dies furnished adapted to the sphere and Of life
Of each indvdua far such be reasonably antic
ipated.
The studies of this Course are arranged under the follow
| ing departments, to wit:
Ist A MATHEMATICAL DEpARTMENT-In which, beginning
with Arithmetic and Algebra the student will be carried,
seria, through all the higher branches Of the Mathe-
macs ending in their application to Natural Philosophy
| Astronomy, &c.
in photography, Reading Eocution, Grammar, Writing,
Geography, History, Composition Rhetoric, Logic Intel
lectual Philosophy Moral Philosophy, Political Grammar,
Story the Constitution Philosophy, 0rnthoogy, Ma
tural Theology, Elements OF CRITICISM and Evidences Of
Christianity.
3d MERCANTILE DEpARTMENT-In which will be i'm
parted acquaintance with all that is necessary quail
y youth for the immediate duties Of the counting house.
including
l. Penapadnslip-By an 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. MISUNDERSTANDING numerous abbreviated me-
thods Of computing Interest Discount Equation OF Pay
ments &c. and other mercantile calculations founded
per centage together with all such operations
qusite for thorough knowledge Of the business of the
s. BookEeping Single and Double Entry, by the most
approved methods complete course Of instruction in
this branch will be furnished designed TO at the student
| to take charge Of any set Of account books.
| 4th. AN AGRIcULTuRAL DEPARTNENT-Comprising a Sc
lection from the English and Mathematical courses and
also, Surveying Botany Mneraogy, Geology, Chemistry
and Agricultural Chemistry; the last two illustrated by
9Th. A CIVIL ENGINEER DEpRTMENr-In which are
taught Arithmetic, mental and written Algebra Omen
with the use of instruments in the field Practical Eng-
neerng, Architecture Perspective, Draughtng, and To-
| 9Th < TEACHERS DEpARrMENr-The course OF study
will consist Of udicious selection Of subjects from the
other departments including all the branches pursued
our common schools Practical Lectures will also be given
| on School Teaching, both a science and as an art
Pupils win not only thus receive the fullest instruction
relative 10 the best and most popular methods teaching
but they will also have opportunities OF exempfying
them by hearing Rotations in the lower departments Of
the Institution.
nth DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LASduAoEs-In which
students who wish to take thorough have an
opportunity Of doing SO; while others, whose object may
be to acquire sufficient knowledge TO translate with fac
y and 10 pronounce with toerable correctness in as
short time as possible, are also provided for.
Newark Academy.
BY late reorganization OF this department Of Della
ware College, the Board of Trustees have taken
10 place upon and improved foundation, and to
endow IL with advantages possessed by few similar nsi
buttons in the country The Academy heretofore merged
in the College, and Of subjected to all tho evils
which been found to attend the gamatou Of the
two departments in the building, and under the
same government enjoys the privilege OF separate