Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-01-07
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

,HE Faculty Of instruction Of this Institution under
i its present organization, consists Of the following
A Profsssorship Of Mental and Moral Science,
A Professionally OF the Greek and Latin Languages
Professorshp Of Mathematics and Natural Philoso
prossssorship Of Rhetoric and Belss-Lettrss
A Professionally Of Chemistry and Natural History,
Professionally Of Civil Engineering
The Collegiate year divided into two sessions terms
Of weeks each. The FIRST session commences
on the fourth Wednesday Of October and the
the fourth Wednesday Of April Each is followed by
vacation Of five weeks.
'71 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
FRESHMAN CLAss.--I. Myy, begun; xenophon's Ana
basis; Algebra, begun; History, begun.
IL Lyy, finished Homer's Odyssey, begun; Algebra,
finished; Geometry, begun History, continued.
Ill Horace begun; Homer's Odyssey, finished; Ge-
ometry, five books; History, finished mr.,
EsoSyIas and electra Of sophocs Analytical Geometry
fnshed Calculus Natural Theology evidences ofChrs-
hanity.
pdes; Tacitus nished Natural Philosophy; Mechanics,
begun.
of Pautus; Mechanics Hydrostatcs, Pneumatics, and
sopHomosn oLAss--I Horace finished; xenophon's
Memorabilia; Geometry finished; Rhetoric, begun.
H. Cicero Amicitia and de Senectute; Herodotus,
begun; Plane Trigonometry; Spherical Trgonometry;
III Cicero de Oiciis Herodotus, finished Surveying;
Analytical Geometry, begun Rhetoric, finished.
SENIOR caass Political Philosophy The Andria Of
H. Elements Of Criticism; Buffers Analogy; Cicero's
Tuscuan Questions; Demosthenes de Corona; Votaic
Electricity or Galyansm Electro Magnetism Magnetic
Electricity, Electro ynamics; Astronomy, begun.
Ill The Constitution of the United States Astronomy
inished The Science of Heat Thermo Electricity; Chem
istry and Geology.
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS.
The College is provided with Philosophical Apparatus
that furnishes ample OF experimental illustration
in all the different branches of Natural Philosophy The
three thousand dollars hasrecent 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
EXAMINATIONS
At the close Of each study branch Of study the
bersof the class carefully examined and at the close
of the year. in all the studies Of the year in the presence
Of Committee of the Trustees and their attanments
communicated 10 the Board of Trustees.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
In addition to daily morning and evening prayer, d.
vine worship Is held twice Sunday and the rec
ation Monday morning is always In the Greek Tesla
men AT the request of his parent guardian student
permitted to attend any place worship which himself
the parent guardian select One member Of the
Faculty will attend at each of the different places OF wor
ship presbyterian, Epscopaian and MethodisD in the
village and note all absentees.
Two at least of the Professors, NTH their families will
reside in the College buildings and will board at COM
table with the Students who required to occupy
such rooms may be assigned them by the Faculty.
ADMISSION.
In order to admission to pursue the entire course,
student must be at least fourteen years Of must give
satisfactory evidence Of good moral character and must
Arithmetic, Elements of Algebra, Latin and Greek
Grammar Jacobs Fetons Greek Reader and the first
two books Of Xenophons Anabasis Jacobs behring's
Latin Reader Sallust Caesar Cceros Select Oratons
and Virgil, or what shall be deemed equivalent
EXPENSES.
ENTRANCE FEEIf the student enter as Freshman, five
dollars; if Sophomore, ten dollars if Junior, fifteen
dollars; and if as Senior, twenty dollars.
LIST Session. I'd Session.