The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-02
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
The Faculty Of instruction Of this Institution un-
der Its present organization consists of the follow
ing named Professorships, to wit:
Professorship Of Mental and Mora Science,
Proicssorship Of the Greek and Latin Ian
guagcs,
AProfessorshipof Mathematics and NaturalP
Iosophy,
Professorship Of Rhetoricand Bellies -Lettrcs,
Professorship Of Chemistry aud Natural His
tory
Professorshipof Modern Ian guagesa nd Draw
The Collegiate year il divided into two sessions
or-terns, oftwcnty-o -onc weeks each. The first
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of Octo
bcr; and the second on the fourth "Wednesday Of
April. Each is followed by avacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FREsHmAN CLAss.-I Liyy, begun; Xenophon's s
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun
ii. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey begun; Al
zebra, finished; Geometry, begun; History, con-
tinued
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JUSIoR CLAss.-I. Tacitus, begun; The Prone
theus Of Kschylus, and Electro Of sophocies; Ana
lyticnl Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
H. Logic Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis O!
Enripides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
% soraonoas MOI ct2 cI~ss.T2. Horace, finished Keno.
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, flushed; Rheto-
III Cicero de Amicitia and de senectute Herodo-
tus, begun; Plano Trigonometry; Spherical Trigo-
uometry; Rhetoric, continued.
III. Cicero de Oftciis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
finished.
SENIOR CLAss.--I. PoliticalP Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Arstophanes;
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
H. 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.
Ill. 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, that furnishes ample means of experimen.
tai illustration in all the different branches of Nat
ural Philosophy. The sum of three thousand dol.
lars has recently been expended, partly in this
country, and partly in London and Paris, in the
purchase of new apparatus, adapted to the presen
| advanced state OF the Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study, or branch ofstudy the
members of the class are carefully examined, ano
at the close of the year, all the studies Of yea
in the presence OF Committee of the Trustees; ano
tncr attalnulcnts are communicated TO the Boarc
of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evenng prayer
divine worship is held twice on every Sunday, anc
the recitation on Monday morning is always in th,
Greek Testament. At the request OF his parent OF
guardian, student is permitted to attend any
place Of worship which himself, or the parent OF
guardian, may select. One member of the Faculty
will attend at each of the different places Of wor
ship, Presbyterian, Epscopalian, and Methodist,
in the village, and note all nbsentces.
Two at least, Of the Professors, icih their fami
lies, will reside in the College buildings and viii
| board, at a common table, with the Students whC
are required to occupy such rooms may be as
| signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION
In order ITO admission to pursue the entire course
q student must be at least fourteen years of age
must give satisfactory evidence Of good mora
character; and must sustain examination in the
following studice, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements Of Algebra, Latin and
creek Grammar Jacob'so r. elton G. rcek Reader.
and the fret two books Of Xenophon's Anabasis
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader Sallust or
Cesar, Ciocro's Select Oratons, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
EHTRANcE FEr.-If the student enter as Fresh
man, five dolars; if as Sophomore, ten dollars; II
as Junior, fifteen dollars; and, if as Senior twenty