The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-10-22
No. II0.
pELAwARE COLLEGE,.

The Faoulty of Instruction of this Institution un-
der its present organization, consists oil the follow
! ing named Professorships, TO wlti
| a Profcssorshp of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
| guagesj.
losophy,
A Professorship of Rhetoricand Bellies Lcttres,
A Professorship of Chemistry aud Natdral His
tory,
A Professorshipof Modern LanguagesandDraw-
ing.
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
or terms of twenty -one weeks each. The first
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday Of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April Each is followed by vacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHMAN CLAss.--L Livy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasisj Algebra, begun; History, begun
H. Lvy fniahedj Homers Odyssey, begun; AL
gebra, finished; Geometry, begun, History, con-
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
| Geometry five books History finished
| JuNIoR CLAss.--I. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of lEscbylu and Electra of Sophocles; Ana
lytcal Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
ii. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Earipidcs; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
| Mechanics, begun.
iii. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Pautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, ,Pneu
mselps soesomoan anu CI@sSf Horace, finished Keno
phun's Memorabilia Geometry, finished Rhcto-
ric, begun.
ii. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodo
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de Oficiis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
SENIOR CLAss-I Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds Of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
H. Elements Of Criticism Buffers Analogy
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de CO.
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Gaivanism 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 APP
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 tie
purchase of new apparatus adapted TO the present
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study or branch of study the
members of the class arc carefully examined, and
at the close of the year. all ae studies Of The yea,
in the presence ofa Committee of the Trustees; and
their attainments are communicated to the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer,
div me worship ia held twice every Sunday, and
the recitation Monday morning is always in the
Greek Testament. Az 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
ship, (Presbyteran, Episcopalian, and Methodist
in the village, and note all absentecs
Two, at least, of the Professors, toih their ami-
lies, will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at common table, with the students, who
are required to occupy such rooms may be
signed them by the faculty
| ADMISSION
In order TO admission TO pursue the entire course,
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 G rammnr, Jacobs or FELTON, Greek Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophons Anabasis,
| jacobs or Doeriug's Latin Reader, Sallust or
CDsar, Ccero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES
ENTRANCE FEE.--If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars; if
as Junior fifteen dollars; and if Senior, twenty
dollars.
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