The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-28
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
The Faculty Of Instruction of this Institution,
der its present 0rganizntion consists of the follow
ing named Professorships. to witt
| A Professionally Of Mental and Moral Science,
Profcssorship Of the Greek and Latin Lam
Xfroisssorship of Mathematics and Natural Phi
losophy,
A'Profsssorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
Profeasorship Of Chemistry and Natural His
< Profsssorship Of Civil Engineering.
A Professorship Of Modern Languagesand Draw
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, oftwenty-one weeks each. The first SEES
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April Each Is followed by avacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
| freshman CLAss.-I. Livy, begun; xcnophon's
Ansbasis Algebra, begun; History, begun !,
| cobra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
iii. Horace, begun; Homers Odyssey. finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished:
theus Of Aschylus, and Electra Of sophocles; Ana
lytcal Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
Earipidss; facitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
iii: Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive Of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
As sosao MOI cl1sswH Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
Ii. Cicero de- Amicitia and de senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
| Ill Cicero de Of6ciis; Herodotus finished; Sur
yeying Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
EENIoR Glass;. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds Of Aristophanes
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
| H. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy !;
Ciccro's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de CO.
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Galvanism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
III. 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-
tai illustration in all the different branches Of Nat
ural Philosophy. The sum Of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in this
country, and partly in London and Paris, in the
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state ofthe Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS
At the close of each study, branch Of study the
members of the class are carefully examined, and
at the close of the year, in all TIE studies Of the year
in the presence Of Committee Of the Trustees; and
their attainments are communicated to the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning andcvening prayer
di, me worship Is held twice on every Sunday, and
the recitation ON Monday morning is alwaysi in the
Greek Testament. AT the request of his parent OF
guardian, student is permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself or the parent OF
guardian, may select One member of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places of wor-
ship, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Methodist,
in the village, and note all absentees.
Two, at least of the Professors, tcifh their fami
ICES, will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at common table, with the students who
are required to occupy such rooms may be as,
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
a student must be At least fourteen years of age
must give satisfactory evidence Of good mora
character; and must sustain examination in the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements Of Algebra, Latin and
Greek Grammar, Jacobs or Felton's Greek Reader
and the first two books Of Xenophon's Anabasis
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Salust OF
Caesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, OF
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE.-If the student enter MS Fresh
man, five dollars; il as Sophomore ten dollars; il
as Junior, fifteen dollars and il as Senior, twenty
dollars.
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