The republic., 1851-12-18
WASHINGTON: THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER
No. I58
nELAWARE CoLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
The Faculty of instruction of this Institution ,un-
der ts present organization, consists of the follow
ing named Professorships, to wit;
A Professorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professorship of the Greek and Latin Lam
guages,
Professorshipo Of Aiathernatics and NaturalPhi
iosophy,
A Professorship OF Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
A Professorship of Chemistry and Natural His
tory,
A Professorship OF fCivilEngineering,
Professorshipof Modern Languagesa nd Draw
ing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms, oftwenty-one weeks each. The fret ses-
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April Eachis followed by avacation Of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
freshman CLAss.-I Liyy, begun; Xenophon g
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
H. Liyy, finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; AL
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer'a Odyssey, inished;
Geometry, FIVE books; History, finished.
junior Glass;, Tacitus, begun; The Promo
theus OF IEschy lus and Electra of Sophoces; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
III. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Euripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautusj Mechanics, Hydrostafics, ,Pneu
matlcs, and Mcteorology.
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished Rheto-
ric, begun.
II. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de Ofticiis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished.
dria Of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism
II. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Votaic Electricity Galvanism !; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
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-
paratus, that furnishes ample means of experiment
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 of the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close of each study, or branch ofstudy, the
members of the class are carefully examined, and
at the close of the year, IN all The studies Of The yea,
in the presence OF Committee of the Trustees; and
their attainments are communicated to the Board
ofTrustees
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition TO daily morning and evening prayer,
di, me worship is held twice ON every Sunday and
the recitation Monday morning Is alw a VS. in the
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
guardian, student is permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself, or the parent or
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 tho Professors tciih their f1,ni.
hes, will reside in the College buildings and will
board, at n common table, with the students, who
are required to occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
q student must be at least fourteen years of age;
must give satisfactory evidence of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar jacob g or FELTON, IS Greek Reader,
and the first two books Of Xenophons Anal basis
jacobs Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Ciceros Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES
ENTnANcE FEE.-If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars; if
Junior, fifteen dollars; and, if Senior, twenty
dollars.
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