The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-01

flM DExAvvAAH COI.l.EoE. 1859
The FaouIty of Instructions Of this Institution UNI
der it, present consists Of the follow
x Profcssorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
A Profossorship Of the Greek and Latin Lam
AProfsssorship Of Mathematics and Natural Phi
A'Professorship of Rhetoric and Relies Lcttres.
A Professorship Of Chemistry aud Natural His-
tory, tsf lfti a3asY
A Professorshipo Of Modern Languages and Draw
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessons
or terms, Of twenty weeks each. The fret SEES
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth "Wednesday Of
April. Each 10 followed by ayacaton OF five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. ,iiss
FaEsHMAs CLAss.---I. Ivy, begun; xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
ii. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey. begun; Al
COBRA, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
iii. Horace, begun; Homcr's Odyssey, finishcd;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
Jvsloa CLAss.-I. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
ytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences Of Christianity.
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alccstis Of
Euripidcs; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
iii: Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gcrgias; The
Captive Of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatcs, Pncu
matics, and Metcorology.
SoPHoMoRs Class Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
H. Cicero dc Amictia and de senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nomctry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero dc Oficiis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry. begun; Rhetoric,
s.slo. clAss.--l. Political Philosophy; The An
dria Of Terrence; The Clouds OF Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics Electricity, Magnetism. i'a'
II. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy
Gccro's Tusculan Questions; Demosthencs dc Co
roma; voltaic Electricity or Galvanism; Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun. q ~ ' u
III. The Constitution Of the United States; AS
tronomy, finished; The Science of Heat; Thcrmo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology tife
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. M IS,
The College Is provided with Philosophical APP
paratus, that furnishes ample means Of experiment
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nnt-
ural Philosophy. The sum of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in this
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences. l3p
8 atles EXAMINATIONS. aNoe1 a
At tho close of each study. branch Of study the
members Of the class are carefully examined, and
At the close Of the year, oil TIE stdies Of tie yea,
in the presence of Committee Of the Trustees; and
their attainmcnts are communicated to the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. psi'4&
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
di, me worship is held twice on every Sunday, and
the recitation on Monday morning ia always in the
Greek Testament. At the rcquest Of his parent or
guardian, a student ia permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself, or the parent or
guardian, may select. One member of tho Faculty
will aqcnd at each of the different places Of wor-
ship, (Prcsbyterian, Episcopalinn, and Methodis,)
in the village, and note oil abscntces.
Two at least, of the Professors, sciM their fani-
lies, will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at q common table, with the students, WHO
are required to occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION. i,,s.
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 moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
following studies, viz: ~ atRlsh 't
Arithmetic, Elements Of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar, Jacobs or Fclton's Greek Render,
and the first two books of xcnophon's Anabasis,
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Saliust or
Cesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent. ~ &c.,
EXPENSES. ~
ENrRANca FEE.--If tho student enter az Fresh
man, five dollars; if Sophomore ten dollars; il
Junior fifteen dollars; and, if as Senior, twenty
dollars. M Asas ~ rf b4sl sl 1891
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