The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-20

namtAYAHN cOLLEaE. t..asI
Ths yae1lcy * tsp Of this Institution, I'M
der ~ prdn OF ~ ID, consists Of the follow
Pros Ssosssssip & ~. e s sas Mora, Science.
Psotsasorship Of ths Greek and Latin Lam
AfuausOrship Of Mathematics and Natural Phi.
APfoisssorsAip Of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres.
A Professorship OF Chemistry and Natural His
4 Profsssorship OF Civil Engineering,
A Profsssoruhipo OF Modern Languages and Draw.
fhe Collegiate year il divided into two sessions
sion commences on tho fourth Wednesday Of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April Each Il followed BY vacation Of FIVE weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN Glass;. Livy, bsgun; Xenophon's
Anabesis; Algebra, begun; History. begun. I,
zebra, nhishsd; Geometry. begun; History, con
iii. Horace. begun; Homer. Odyssey. finished;
Geometry hve books; History, finished ID, ,,,,.
theus Of Eschylus, and Electra Of Sophocles; Ana
lytiOal Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences OF Christianity. .
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Earipides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy
iii: Moral Philosophy; Pla.e's Gorgias; Tho
Captive Of P!aatus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneu
ns sosso sna csossw Horace, finished Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhcto-
Ii. Cicero de Amicitia and de senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued. Ia;
III. Cicero dc OfIiciis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
xeying; Analytical Geometry begun; Rhetoric
ssnion CLAss.--I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria Of Terrence; The Clouds Of Aristophancs;
Acoustics. Optics. Electricity. Magnetism. Msl
Cicero's Tusculan Questions Demosthenes de Co.
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Galvanism Electro
MAgnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
I'LL III. The cons}iiutiSn Of the United States; A.
tronomy. finished; The Science Of Heat; Thcrmo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology. ,ti
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS. as 3
The College is provided with Philosophical APP
tai illustrator in ali tho 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
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences. ief
EXAMINATIONS. a
AT the close Of each study or branch of study the
members of the class are carefully examined, and
at the close Of the year. all TIE studies Of the yedy
in the presence OF Committee of the Trustees; and
their attainments are communicated TO the Board
of Trustees. r.iss EaN'
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION..
In addition TO daily morning and eveningprayer.
div me worship 10 held twice on every Sunday, and
the recitation on Monday morning Is always in the
Greek Testament. At the request Of his parent or
guardian, . student 10 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 wof-
ship, Presbyterian Episcopalian, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all abscntees. a, Re
Two, at least, Of the Professors, sciM Msir Tami-
lies, will reside in tho College buildings, and will
board, at common table, with the students, who
arc required to occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION. ,sc.ass.i
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
student must DO at least fourteen years of age;
must give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
following studies, viz: tsA5''Stt 8Hl
h Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
t3rcek Grammar, Jacob 'sor Felton's Greek Reader,
and the first two books Of Xenophon's AnAbasis,
jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Cesar, Ciceros Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent. -
'tA EXPENSES. 7s
.ENrRANcH FxH.--H tho student enter as Fresh
man, FIVE dollars; ~ Sophomore, ton dollars; II
Junior, fifteen dollars; and, If Senior, twenty
dollars. 4ip 9r faI