The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-27
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

THE Faculty OF Instruction of this Institution.
l. under its present organization, consists of the
following named Professorsbips, to wit:
A Professorship of Mental and Moral Science.
A Professorship Of the Greek and Latin Ian
A Professorship of Mathematics and Natural
Philosophy,
A Professorshp of Rhetoric and Bellies Lettres,
Professorship of Chemistry and Natural lIs.
A Professorship of Civil Engineering.
Professorship of Modern Languages and Draw
ing.
The Collegiate yearis dividedinto two session,
or terms, Of twenty weeks each. The first ses
sion commences on the fourth Wednesday of o to
ber and the second on the fourth Wednesday of
April. Each is followed by vacation of five weeks.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
Freshman CLAss.-I. Livy, begun; Xenophon's
Anabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
II. Livy, finished; Homer's Odyssey begun; Al
zebra, finished; lieometry, begun; History, con-
tinued.
Ill. Horace. begun; Homer's Odyssey. finished;
Geometry, five books; History, finished.
JuSns CLAsss--I. Taritus. begun; The PRONE
thcus Of Aschy lus and Electra Of Sophocles; Ana
lytical Geometry, finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences of Christianity.
IL. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Aicestis OF
Euripidcs; TAcitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
Mechanics, begun.
III. Moral Philosophy; Plato's Gorgias; The
Captive OF Pautus; Mechanics, Hydrostatics,P ,Pneu
SopHomoRE Glass; Horace, finished; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhcto-
ric, begun.
ii Cicero de Amictia and Senectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonomctry; Spherical Trigo-
nometry; Rhetoric, continued.
ILL.,. Cicero de OiIicis; Hcrodotus, fnished; Sur.
veying; Analytical Geometry, begun; Rhetoric
finished.
SENIOR CLAss.--I. Political Philosophy; The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophanes
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Magnetism.
ii. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy
Ciccro's Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes dc Co.
roma; voltac 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; Therno
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Ap.
paratus, that furnishes ample means of experiment
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 tho
purchase of new apparatus adapted to the present
advanced state ofthe Physical Sciences.
EXAMINATIONS.
At the close of each study or branch ofstudy The
| members Of the class are carefully examined, anc
at the close OF the year. in all the studies Of yea,
in the presence of Committee Of the Trustees nc
their attainments are communicated to the Boarc
| Of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evenngpraycr
div me worship Is held twice on every Sunday, anc
the recitation on Monday morning is always in tn,
| 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, Episcopalian and Methodist,
| in the village, and note all absentees.
Two at least, of the Professors ,oiM their fanai
hes, will reside in the College buildings and viii
| board, at a common table, with the students who
| are required to occupy such rooms as may be az
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION
| In orderto admission to pursue the entrecourse
| a student must be at least fourteen years of age;
must give satisfactory evidence Of good moral
character; and must sustain examination In the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements OF Algebra, Latin and
creek rammar ,Jacob'so FELTON, G. reek Reader,
and the first two books of Xenophon's A Anabasis
Jacobs or Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust or
Caesar, Cicero's Select Oratons, and Virgil, or
what shall be deemed equivalent.
EXPENSES.
EsTRAScE FTE.-If the student enter as Fresh-
man. five dollars; If as Sophomore ten dollars; if
as Junior. fifteen dollars and, if as Senior twenty