The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-02-05
DELAWARE COLLEGE,

DELAWARE COLLEGE.
vINHE Faculty Of Instruction OF this Institution,
i under its present organiz zation, consists Of the
following named Pfpfessorsbips, to wit:
A Proiessorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
Professorsbip Of the Greek and Latin Lam
: A Profsssorship OF Mathematics and Natural
A Prolessorship of Rhetoric and Belles-Icttres.
Professorship OF Chemistry and Natural His
A Profcssorship Of Civil Engineering,
AProfessorship ofModcrn Languages and Ora W
ing. "'~
The Collegiate year Is divided into twoscssion'
or o. ,h s"rs ns
Der; and the second on the fourth Wednesday Of
April Each is followed by vacation ofive weeks
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION. .,s
FRxsHMAs CLAss.7-I, Livy, begun; xenophons
lAnabasis; Algebra, begun; History, begun. i,
I II. Livy. finished; Homer's Odyssey, begun; Al
gebra. finished; Geometry. begun; History, con-
III. Horace. begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished;
Geometry, FIVE books; History, fnished. 3l.l
JusIoR cLAss-I: Tacitus. be gun; The Promo
lytcal Geometry finished; Calculus; Natural The
ology; Evidences Of fChrstianity.
II. Logic; Mental Philosophy; The Alcestis Of
Earipides; Tacitus, finished; Natural Philosophy;
IN Moral Philosophy; PIato's Gorgas; The
Captive of Plautus; Mechanics, Hydrostafics, ,Pneu
matics. and Metcorology.
sorHoMonE Class. Horace, Gniahed; Keno
phon's Memorabilia; Geometry, finished; Rhcto-
ric, begun.
III. Cicero de Amicitia and de eSenectute; Herodo-
tus, begun; Plane Trigonometry; sphericalTrigo-
uometry; Rhetoric. continued
Ill. Cicero de Otiiciis; Herodotus, finished; Sur
yeyingi Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric,
SENIon Glass; PoliticalPhilosophy The An
dria of Terrence; The Clouds of Aristophancs
Acoustics, Optics, Electricity Magnetism.
II. Elements OF Criticism Buffers Analogy !;
Ciccros Tusculan Questions; Demosthenes de Co
roma; Voltaic 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; Thermo-
Electricity; Chemistry and Geology.
t PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
| The College 10 provided with Philosophical y
paratus, that furnishes ample of ex perirnen-
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 present
advanced state ofthc Physical Sciences.
| EXAMINATIONS.
Atthe close OF each study, or branch ofstudy the
| members Of the class are carefully examined and
at the close Of the year. all e siudiss of the yea,
in the presence of Committee of the Trustees; nd
| ticir attainnents are communicated to the Board
| Of Trustees. tarCl .7a
| RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
| In additionto daily morning gandcvcningpraycr
di, me worship Is held twice on every Sunday and
the recitation'on Monday morning Is alwaysin the
| Greek Testament At the request of his parent or
guardian, student is permitted TO attend any
place of worship which himself or the parent OF
| guardian, may select. One member ofthc Faculty
will attend at each of the different places of wor
ship, presbyterian, Episcopalian and Methodist \
| in the villa ge, and note all abscntees
Two, at least, of the Professors soitA tAeir faui
hes will reside in the College buildings, and viii
| board, at a common table, with the students. VIII,
| arc required to occupy such rooms as ma be as
signed them by the faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course
a student must be at least fourteen years of age
must give satisfactory evidence Of good mora
character; and must sustain examination in the
following studies, viz:
Arithmetic, Elements Of Algebra, Latin and
urcck q amman, Jacob or elton g G reek Reader
and the first two books Of Xcnophon's Anabasis
Jseob's or Doering's Latin Reader, Sallust OF
Caesar, Ciccro's Select Orations, and Virgil, OF
what shall be deemed equivalent.
| EXPENSES
| ENTRANcE FEK.-If the student enter as Frcsb.
man, five dollars; If as Sophomore, ten dollars; II
as Junior. fifteen dollars, and If as Senior twenty
| dollars