Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-01-08
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

VSHK Faculty Of Instrction OF s institution under
i it, present organization, consists Of the following
A Professorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professionally OF the Greek and Latin Languages,
a Professorship OF Mathematics ana Natural Phioso
< Professionally Of Rhetoric and BellesLsttres,
A Professorsbip Of Chemistry and Natural History,
A PROFESSIONALLY of Civil Engineering,
A Professorship Of Modern Languages and Drawing
The Collegiate year divided into TWO sessions OF terms
ON the fourth Wednesday Of October and the on
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each Is followed by
vacation Of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Freshman CLAss-I Lvy, begun; xenophon's Ana
basis Algebra, begun; History, begun.
finished; Geometry, begun; History continued
Ill. Horace, begun Homer's Odyssey, finished; Ge-
ometry, FIVE books; History, finished.
JUNIOR Glass;. Tacitus, begun The Prometheus Of
Eschylus Electra of Sophocles Analyt Geometry
finished Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChrs
III Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Acestus of Euri
pdes Tactus finished; Natural Philosophy; Mechanics
Iii. Moral Philosophy; Pato's Gorgias; The Captive
of Plautus Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics and
sopHoMoRE Glass;. Horace, finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero de Amicitia and de Senectute Herodotus
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigonometry
III Cicero de Oiciis Herodotus, finished; Surveying;
SENIOR GLASS;. Political Philosophy The Andria of
Terrence The Clouds of Arstophanes Acoustics Optics
Electricity, Magnetism.
H. Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Ciceros
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Voltaic
Electricity Galyansm Electro Magnetism, Magnetic
Electricity Eectro-D ynamics; Astronomy, begun.
III The Constitution Of the United States; Astronomy
fnished The Science Of Heat Thermo Electricity; Chem
pHiIosopHIcAL APPARATUS.
The College Is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample Of experimental illustration
in all the different branches of Natural philosophy The
thousand dollars has recently been expended
partly in this country and partly in London and Paris in
advanced state Of the Physical Sciences "
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close Of each study branch of study the MEM
bers of the class carefully examined and at the close
Of the year IN al Tie studies Of The ysa, in the presence
are communicated to the Board of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, d.
vine worship is held twice every Sunday and the rec
taton Monday morning is always in the Greek Testa-
ment At the request Of his parent guardian student
is permitted to attend any place of worship which himself
the parent guardian select One member Of the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places OF wor
ship presbyterian, Epscopaan and MethodisD in the
village, and note all absentees.
Two at least Of the Professors, NTH their families, will
reside in the College buildings, and will board at COM
table with the Students who required to occupy
such rooms may be assigned them by the Faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen Of must give
satisfactory evidence of good moral and must
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and Greek
Grammar Jacobs Fetons Greek Reader, and the first
two books of Xenophons Anabasis, Jacobs behring's
Latin Reader Sallust Cesar Cceros Select Orations,
and Virgil or what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEE--H the student enter as Freshman FIVE
dollars; Sophomore, ten dollars if Junior, fifteen
dollars; and if as Senior, twenty dollars.