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

DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
rTNHE Faculty of Instruction of this Institution,
i under its present organization consists of the
following named Professorshps, to wit;
A Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
Professorship of the Greek and Latin Ian
guages,
Professorship of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy,
A Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies. Letters.
Profeesorship of Chemistry and Natural His
tory,
Profcssorship of Civil Engineering,
A Profcssorship OF Modern Ian qua ses and Draw
ing.
The Collegiate ycaris is dvidcdinto two sessions
or terms, o1twenty -one weeks each. The first scs-
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo-
bcr and the second ON the fourth Wednesday of
April. Each is followed by vacation OF five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
n9 Fa.sHaAS ;n C,Assnl j. hivy; begun; xenophon's
ii. Livy; finished; Eomer's Odyssey, begun; Al
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey, fnisned;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
junior CLASS Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus of Eschylus, and Electra Of SophocIes; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences Of Christianity.
H. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis Of
Enripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; PIato's Gorgias; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics Hydrostatics, ,Pneu-
mates, and Meteorology.
SOPHOMORE CLAss.--f. Horace, finished Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry finished; Rheto-
ric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amcitia and dc Sencctute; Hcrodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de Oihciis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
yeying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss.-I. Politica philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds Of Aristophanes
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements OF Criticisn; 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; Thcrmo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical | Ap-
paratus, that atfurnishes 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 thu
country, and partly in London and Paris in II,
purchase of new apparatus, adapted TO the present
advanced state ofthe Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close each study, or branch ofstudy the
| members OF the class are carefully examined, and
at the close Of the year, all the studies Of the yea,
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees and
their attainmcnts arc communicated TO the Board
ofTrustecs.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and ev eveningprayer
di, me worship is held twice every Sunday anc
the recitation on Monday morning is alwaysin tn,
! Greek Testament. At the request Of his parent OF
guardian, a student is permitted to attend any
place of worship which himself or the parent OF
guardian, may select. One member Of the Faculty
obip (Presbyterian, Episcopalian and Methodist
| in the village, and note all absentees.
Two at least, Of the Professors, ,cih ihsir |ami
lies will reside in thc College buildings and vii
board, at n common ta.se, with the students, wht
are required to occupy such rooms may be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In orderto admission TO pursue the cntirecourse
q student must be at least fourteen years of age
must give satisfactory evidence Of good mora
character; and must sustain an examination ia the
following studies, VIZ:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and
creek rammar j Jacobson FELTON, G. rcek Reader.
nnd the frat two books OF Xenophon's Anahasis
Cesar, Cicero's Select Orations, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEr.-If the student enter as Frcsh-
man. five dollars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars; il
as Junior, fifteen dollars and, ifas Senior, twenty
dollars.