The republic., 1851-10-28
No. lis.
DELAwARE CoLLEaE.


The Faculty Of Instruction Of this Institution. .un
der its present organization consists of the follow
ing named Professorships, TO witt
A Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship of the Greek and Latin Lam
: Professorshipo pof Mathematics and NaturalPhi-
losophy,
Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
A Professorship of Chemistry and Natural His
A Professorship OF fCivilEngineering,
A Profcssorship Of Modern rnLanguagesandDraw
The Collegiate year is divided into two sessions
terms of ftwenty-one weeks each. The first ses-
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 GLASS;. Livy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
ii. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; AL
gs1raai gnmsa finished; Geometry begun; History con-
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR CLAss.-I. Tacitus, begun; The Promo
theus Of Kschyluss and Electra Of sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity
IL. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis of
E1ripides; Tacitus, finished Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
iii. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgins; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, ,Pneu
matics, and Meteoroogy
SopHoMoRE CLAssgf Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
ric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III Cicero de Officiis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss.--I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
rona Voltaic Electricity Galyanism Electro
Magnetism, Magnetic Electricity, Electro Dyna-
mics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill 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
ura 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 of study the
members of the class carefully examined, and
at the close of the year, all the studies of The year,
in the presence OF Committee of the Trustees and
their attainments 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 on Monday morning is always in the
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
guardian, a 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, Episcopaan, and Methodist,)
in the village, and note all absentees.
Two, at least, of the Professors, tciM their fami-
hes will reside in the College buildings, and will
board, at 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
student must be at least fourteen years of age
must give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain examination in the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar Jacob's or Felton's G reck Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophon's Anabasis,
Jacobs or Doerng's Latin Reader Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero'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 as Senior twenty
dollars.
lst Session. 2d Session.