Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-03-01
pELAWARE coLLEaE.

NHE Faculty Of INSTRUCTION OF this Institution under
IL Its present organization, consists Of the following
named professorships, TO wit
A Professionally Of Mental and Moral Science,
Proiessorship of the Greek and Latin Languages,
A Professorshp Of Mathematics and Natural philoso
4 Professionally q Rhetoric and Bellies. IsttEss,
Proiessorship Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professionally of Civil Engineering,
A Profsssorship Of Modern Languages and Drawing.
Of twenty-one weeks each The first session commences
the fourth Wednesday of October; and the second
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each is followed by
vacation OF i've weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION
FRESHMAN CLAss--I. Lvy, begun; xsnophon's Ana
basis Algebra, begun; History, begun.
IL Livy, finished, Homers Odyssey begun; Algebra
Finished Geometry, begun; History continued.
III Horace, begun Honsr,s Odyssey finished; Ge-
JUNIOR CLAss.-I. Tacitus, begun The Prometheus Of
schyIus and Electra Of sophocies Analytical Geometry
finished Calculus; Natural Theology Evidences ofChrs
II Logic; Mental Philosophy; The AIcestus of Euri
pdes; Tactus finished; Natural Philosophy Mechanics
III. Moral Philosophy Plsto's Gorgias; The Captive
of Plsuus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatcs, and
sopHoMosE CIAss-I Horace, finished; xenophou's
Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhetoric, begun.
III. Cicero de Amicta and de senectute; Herodotus
begun; Plane Trigonomstry; Spherical Trigonometry
m Cicero de ofics: Herodotus fnished; suryeyinQ
Analytical Geometry begun; Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR CLAss-I Palj6Cal Philosophy; The Andria Of
Terrence The Cloudsaf Arstophanes; Acoustics, Optics
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IL Elements of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cicero's
Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Voltaic
Electricity or Galyanism ElecroMagnetism, Magnetic
Electricity, Eectro-Dynsmics; Astronomy, begun
Ill The Constitution of the United States; Astronomy
finished; The Science of Heat Electricity; Chem
istry and Geology
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample means of experimental illustration
in all the different branches OF Natural Philosophy The
Of three thousand dollars has recently been expended
partly in this country and partly London and Paris in
the purchase Of apparatus adapted to the present
advanced state OF the Physical Sciences.
al. EXAMINATIONS.
At the close Of each study branch of study the
bers 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 attanments
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
tation Monday morning always in the Greek Tesla
ment At the request of his parent guardian student
is permitted to attend place of worship which himself
the parent guardian may select One member OF the
Faculty win attend at each of the different places OF wor
ship Presbyterian Episcopalian, and Methodist in the
village, and note all absentees .......
Two at least of the Professors, s9ith their families will
reside in the College buildings and will board at
table with the students who required to occupy
such rooms as may be assigned them by the Faculty
ADMISSION. .....s
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
student must be ut least fourteen years Of must give
satisfactory evidence of good moral character and must
sustain examination in the following studies, viz:
Arithmetic Elements OF Algebra, Latin and Greek
Grammar Jacobs Feltons Greek Reader and the first
two books of xenophon's Ansbass Jacobs behring's
Latin Reader Sallus Cesar Cceros Select 0rations
snd Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES
ENTRANCE FEE.-T the student enter as Freshman, i've
dollars If as Sophomore dollars If as Junior fifteen
dollars and if as Senior, twenty dollars.