The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-11
DELAWARE COLLEGE.


TINE Faculty Of Instructipn of this Institution.
under its present organization, consists OF the
following named Profcssorships To wit:
A Professorship of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Lam
A Professorship of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy,
Professorship of Rhetoric and Bellies Lcttrcs,
Profossorship of Chemistry and Natural Iiis-
A Proiessorship of Civil Engineering,
Profcssorship Of Modern Languages and Draw
ing.
or terms, oftwenty- one weeks each. The
sion comme nc es the fourth wednesday of Octo-
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday Of
April Eachis followed by yavacation OF five weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FnEsHMAN CLAss.--I. Livy, begun; Xenophon's 9
Anabass; Algebra, begun; History, begun
II. Liyy, finished; Homcr's Odyssey. begun; AL
gcbra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
III. Horace, begun; Homer's Odyssey finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JUNIOR Glass; Tacitus begun; The Prone
thcus Of Eschylus, and Electra of Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences Of Christianity.
H. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis OF
E1ripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
LII. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive OF Plautus Mechanics, Hydrostatcs ,Pncu-
matics, and Metcorology.
| SOPHOMORE CLAss.-I Horace, finished Keno
phOn's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; RhctO-
ric, begun
II. Cicero de Amicitia and dc Senoctutc Hcrodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
nomctry; Rhetoric, continued
Ill. Cicero de Oihciis; Hcrodotus finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
finished
SENIOR CLAss.---l PoliticaIPhilo,ophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds OF Aristophancs;
rcit otto
ii. Elements ol Criticism sButlcr's Analogy
Cicero's Tusculan Questions; Demosthencs de Co
roma; Voltaic Electricity or Galvaaism; Electro
Magnetism, Magncto- Electricity, Electro Dyna-
ILL., The Constitution of the United States; As
tronomy, finished; The Science Of Hcat Thcrmo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical An.
paratus, that furnishes ample means of fexperimcn
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat
ural Philosophy. The sum of three thousan nd dol
| lars has recently been expended partly in tbi,
country, and partly in London and Paris in IN.
purchase of new apparatus, adapted TO the nrcaen
advanced state fthc Physical Sciences
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close Of each study, or branch ofstu,y tho
members of the class carefully examined ,nd
at the close OF the year. IN all the aMd'ss Of the yea,
IN the presence OF Committee of the Trustees nd
their attainmcnts arc communica ted 10 the Board
| ofTrustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily mornn z andevenin gpra vcr
di. me worship ia held twice every Sunday and
the recitation on Monday morning is alwaysin tbt
Greek Testament. At the request of his parent or
guardian, n student is permitted TO attend an
place Of worship which himself, or the parent o,
guardian. may select. One member Of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places of wor
ship, presbyterian, Episcopnlian a nd Methodist \
in the village, and note all absontces.
Two, at lcast, of the Professors ,oi fhr,r fac,,
es will reside in the College buildings, and viii
board, at a common table, with the students VIII
arc required to occupy such rooms as NAV be ma
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission TO pursue the entirecoursc
a student must be AT least fourteen wears of noc'
must give satisfactory evidence Of good mora
character; and must sustain n examination N the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebrn, Latin and
creek ramnnar Jacob FELTON, rcck Rsa der
and the first two books of Xcnophon's Anahasis
Jacobs Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero's Select Oratons, aud Virgu a,
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
ENTRANck FEK.-AIf the student enter as Froah
man, hve dollars; If as Sophomore, ten dollars; il
as Junior, fifteen dollars and, if as Senior twenty
dollars.
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