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sophy, Chronology, and Geography ; and a Professor of Che- 

 mistry. Besides these, there are in the Medical School attached 

 to the College, a Dean of Faculty ; a Professor of Anatomy 

 and Surgery ; a Professor of the Institutes of Medicine ; a 

 Professor of Obstetrics ; and a Professor of Materia Medica 

 and Botany. 



To qualify Students for admission into this College, it is ne- 

 cessary that they should be able to read the four Gospels in 

 Greek, together with four books of Virgil's JEneid, four 

 books of Ccesar's Commentaries, and four Orations of Cicero 

 against Cataline. 



The course of instruction in this College is as follows: 



The first year, Sallust, Livy, two books of VirgiUs 

 Gcorgics, part of the Xezv-Testament in Greek, from 20 to 

 30 Dialogues of Lucian, and two books (generally) of Xeno- 

 phon. To these are zdded, Arithmetic, Algebra, a small por- 

 tion of Euclid, and Latin Composition. 



The second year, Virgil's Georgics finished, Horace's 

 Odes, and part of his Satires, the Orations of Demosthenes, 

 an additional portion of Xenophon, and two books of Homer. 

 With these are mingled, English Grammar, six books of 

 Euclid, Modern Geography, Trigonometry, with its varioug 

 applications to Surveying, Navigation, &c. Latin and English 

 Composition. 



The third year, Horace's Epistles and Art of Poetry, six 

 books of Homer, Conic Sections, Spheric Trigonometry, with 

 its application to Astronomical problems, Ancient Geogra- 

 phy, Rhetoric, and English Composition. 



The fourth year, Natural Philosophy, Logic, and Moral 

 Philosophy, Terence, Longinus, Chemistry, and English 

 Composition. Public speaking once a week through the 

 whole course. 



It is believed that there is no other College in the United 

 States, in which the Greek and Latin Languages are studied 

 with so much care, and to such an extent as in this institution. 



This College has a Library, consisting of about 3000 vo- 

 lumes. Its Philosophical Apparatus is among the best in 

 the United States. The number of matriculated Students is 

 about 125. Besides these, there are the Students in the Me- 

 dical School, and some others, who sustain a less formal con- 

 nection with the institution. 



2. Union College, at Schenectady. This College was 

 founded in 1795, and though its growth has not beea very 

 rapid, it bids fair to be an useful institution. 



