The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-16
DELAWARE COLLEGE.


TNHE Faculty of Instruction of this Ins,itution,
i under its present organization, consists of the
following named ProfessorsaiPs, to wit;
Protessorshp of Mental and Moral Science
A Professorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
A Profcssorship of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy,
A Proiessorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Letters,
Professorship of Chemistry and Natural Ills
A Professorshp Of Civil Engineering,
A Proicssorshp of Modern Languages and Draw
ing.
The Collegiate yearis dividcdinto two sessions
or terms OF twenty one weeks each. The first ses-
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
ber and the second on the fourth w" incsday Of
April. Each is followed by avacation, i've weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
FRESHMAN CLAss.--I. Livy, begun; Xenophon's s
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun
ii. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey begun; AL
gebra, finished; Geometry. begun; History, con-
tnued.
ILL., Horace, begun; Homor's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished
JUNIOR CLAss.-I Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Eschylus, and Electra Of Sophocles; Ana
lytcal geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
Euripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
Ill. Moral Philosophy; Platos Gorgias The
N
matics, and Meteorology.
SOPHOMORE CLASS. Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rheto-
ric, begun
II. Cicero de Amicitia and de Sencctute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued
Ill. Cicero de Ofhciis; Hcrodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss.-I. Poltica p Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity Magnetism
III. Elements OF Criticism; Buffers Analogy !;
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Voltaic Electricity or 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, thatfurnishes ample means of experiment
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat
urai Philosophy. The sum Of three thousand dol
lars has recently been expended, partly in ths
and partly in London and Paris in the
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the present
advanced state ofthc Physical lsciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
AT the close ofcachstudy or branch ofstudy the
members Of the class are carefully examined and
at the close of the year. an all the studies of the
their attanmcnts communicated TO the Board
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening gpraycr,
div me worship is held twice 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, Episcopalian and Methodist y
in the village, and note all absentees
Two, at least, of the Professors ,cifh their fam,
hes will reside in tho College buildings, and will
board, at common ts.o,v, with the students who
are required to occupy such rooms as may be as
signed them by the aculty.
ADMISSION
In order TO admission to pursue the entirccourse
O student must be at least fourteen years of acc;
must give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain an examination in the
studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra Latin and
l, reel & rammar Jacob sor Felton, e. rec Reader
and the first two books OF Xcnophons a Anabasis
Jacobs or Doerings Latin Reader, Salust or
C1sar. Ciccro's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
W hat shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
EYTRANCE FEE.-If the student G ntcr as Frosb
man. five dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars: if
as Junior fifteen dollars; and, ifas Senior twenty
dollars.
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