~Ia:ses \~'11l be organized each half-year in Aritl " , .
applicatIOns IS made. lmelIc, If a sllfficlt~nt numb~r or ENGLISH
1. Atn'A~cED leNG], ISH rrl f-: ,
year is O-(\'en to tl '. .t l' '-: 1~ 111 sf, half of the first
• , b liS S llC Y 1n whICh 1)' ,t' J
IS gl ren to M 0'1"lIl1I·llal' as . , al. leU aI' attention
( v ( , (. a SCIence r:Pl . bT
analyze. IXtl'se. and criticize win
b
1e ~L I Ity to. correctly It will include also a brieftr
e mfl ann o~ thIS eOUl'se.English Jana'u'lo'£> M Lb'-" Oll . me 0 the hIstory of the 2. COMPOSl'fION. 'rh'. > ' , •
half of the first ,7e'tr T} IS ;o:JU se IS, taken III the Jatter
• " J { . J e \\ OI { conslsts 1)a't1 f .
mg orlgll1aJ essays. pal'tl 7 of l' . • 1 .' . c 1 'Y 0 wnt- standard seJectiOllS Tl J :. ep~loc UClng or paraphrasino.
} . . 1e anll WI I be t d 1 b
t 1e use of capita] letters' I , 0 eve op skill in foster the habH of accurat~n~r ma,rk~ Of. punctuation; to ordinal'\! worr18, to (1e\'e] c' , fISC)~'Ill11natlOn in the use of
,J . , op a ee mo ' f ' t '
tence and logical order in the theme~ 0 lllll Y In the sell- 3. HH]~TOR}U Five 1'e" t· l'
first I~'llf of tIle' d Cl d lOllS a week, during 111e C ( secon year 'Ire D'i \' t J '
ertaill books are used to mal' {, 1° ,en 0 t lIS study.
{e Inc uetn'e studies ill the '~A modern language may be substituted for Virgil
~Recommended, but not required III C()urse L . 86
UENEH,AL IX FORMATION
elements of style. fignres of speech. structure of the paragraph, and kinds of discourse. '\Vritten themes HrE:' req uired e\'el'y \yeek.
J. EXGLTSH READING. The last haH of the secOl~d
year is de\'otecl io the study of books l'eq nired for eol1ege
elltl'anc~~. For 1900 they are:
a. 1"01' careful reading: Dryden's Pl.l1$wlon and .. Al'ciLe: Pope's Iliad. Boohs 1., VI.. XXII.. and XXIV.: t1lf~
Sir I~ogcl' de CO\'01'1y Papers in The SjJf('(((tUJ'; Goldsmith's Vicar of 'VH kniield: Seoil's ] nUllIoe; De Q nineey's Flight of a 'rarUr 'l'ribe: Cooper's Last of the Nlohieans, Tenny- son's The Princess: and ,[,owell's Vision of 8ir Launfal.
b. For careful study of subject matter.literm'y fm'm, and logieal st1'lwtllrt~: Shakp;;'VUHl'e'S 1\lacbeth: 1\lilton's Pu,l'aclise Lost. Books Land 11. j Burke's Speech on Con- eiliatiOll with Amel'iea; ~lacaulay's Essays on rvlilton and J\clclison.
5. A~LEWCAX LJ'1'EHATURE.
:F'h'e honrs a week, clueing the Jast half of the £ollrt 11 ye<Ll', are gi\'en to a conrse in American Literature. The con l'se is confined chiefly to the study of tho American writers \\'110 are recognized as the greatest. IL will in- clude a brief outline history of AmerieHll litera.ture in the Colonial and Revolutionary periods. together ,,,ith a stud,r of the more prominent a.uthors of this period, and of the general charaeter of their writings; a general study of the n\'es and "Titing's of the prominent authors of the 19th Century; and a I::ipecial study of some single work
LATIN
L }i'IUST Yl'~AH. 'rhe indncth'e method of study is em ployed. }l'onHs and constructions are explained as they ~Lppeal'; t1wl'ongh drill in their use follows. Gl'adu- '-tHy the student is taught to "vork out the meaning of a sentenee in the Latin order. Correct pronuneiation.
thorough drill in forms and elementary syntax, tbe lea.rn- ing of a, small vocabula.ry accurately, t.he development of the power to understand a sentence in the Latin O1'der. ,we the main aims in this year's work. From twenty to forty pages of Vid Ronue win be l'eAd.
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ALFRED ACADEM Y
'. .2. . C.-l!:SAH.. ~onl' books of CmSHl' arG read. S Tnt-ax IS. studIed a.s an alCI to transla til)ll. l\hlCh 'l tion rj- '.
gn'en to tho acq llisition of a lal'o'u VOC'Lbuh'~'jT b 1<t)l11 lSi'
"'01'(1s belollO" i tJ 1 0 £ , , 0 1 0 _' - '_, .blll~ 0 ,18 ~ame c opal'tmcmt of thought and of those allJed 111 mcanmo ' and etymoloO'y' P _ l)ositio' I I ' ,0. " r . . , ' rose com- . ' n, d'~ a 10 p In acqlllrlllg n, vocabulary and as a, drill III syntax, ,IS a part of e,'ery reeita,t.ion.
r 3: , . VUK:-IL. , Six bool~s ~)f the jJ~l1eid are tl'anslat(lcl.
~h~ fit s,t ,book of the ~nel~11S nlade the basis of a carel-lll ,,(!c(Lbnl,llY stUdy. HIS~Ol'leiJI and tll,Ythological allusions ,ne explilllwd, atHI tlw Iltet'i-u'y merits of tll(' M . I -
cOllsidel I P . ' - . neH al'(~
- , '(~c • rose composItion is continuod cilll'iu£f tl-JL~~
Y('Hl', ~ ,
-1 eIeEH.O. Six orations a,l'e reacl. ineludI1l0' the on(~
~or I-,he l\Ianilia1~ ~----,a",. Some tllne is ghTun io ~xel'cises
III 1;,lose ~~)Il?PO~ltlOll, An ,aml1;rsis of llw subject ma-Uer of cdch 01tltWlliS lllade. '1 \\'0 qnart(~rs.
CHEEK
J:. ,~LKMI~KTAHY G-HEEK, During' Ow .Y~a]', the STU-
d,ent.ls ,collcln;~te(,l th,rough t~w COllllllon forms and intlec- il,~)ll~ o~ t~~e l.dng UH~<!. and IS JWJ.,d(~ aeq nainiecl -",it 11 ihe
,C,<lcll n~ ~H I n~~1 pIc's, of l,tS sj'n tax, ~esides oral tr<-lllsla tion
~1 ~.lU .G_~ epl\- 1~1to ]1Jll~'lJ~h and EuglJsh into (~l'eel\-, the \\Tit- lllo 01 (,:d',eek ~s ei:u:eIllllj~ practict"cl, and attention is gin::'n to the 10l.lllatlOn ~)f EnglIsh del'h'ath-es from Greek ,,:ord' The year s work lncludes a eareful study of tlw first eiu.tt chapters of Xonol)hon's All'-tb'IS1''-' UTI-'t"" F~ 1
G . _.. ' C , . ,J. VI II e s lrst
reek Book and C:-ood win's Greek Gramma.r an:- llsed :- .
toxc-books. -~ .. ,tS
• .1 X(!;KOPHO~'S Ai\'ABASJS, -Books I. II. 'wcl III
'lre re'l(l Tl t l ' , , C •
C ,_ , c , ' \ 1e r~tns a,tlOll of the Allabasis is accompanied
" I ~l~ fl e(l ~lell t. le!'I'.;on S III gnLm IWU', and Lhe st uden t L.;;; re- q Ull eel t,(~ cl,t,)ply ihe lessons learned in tl18 UTil.lll rnar to the
~~,xt \\' ~llcll, IS react In 1~dcti1.i(:Jll. to the s tnclY of g'l'HIll ~lla
t:
~cdl [OJ m~ d.'~lcl COl1St~·I~CtlO~lS,. ](I1OI11S, English clei'int-th'es, (tlHl. othel .111<11 ten~ of Img'mstlc, historical and O'eoo']"ll)hi call1ltc'rpsL receh'e ait(:ntion, ' h 0 (, -
,', .CO~-I.POSI,'l'ION. T.be work in Greek Composition COll-
SISt~ mc~lllly III the wrltien and oral translation into Greek of Ellghsh sen tences founded on X enopbon's Anabasis,
88
CEKEHAL IX FOI{MA'],IOK
This \Yorlr is J)ursncd in connection with tho reading' of the Anabasis,
B, HO}'-I.81{'S IL1Al). In reading the first three books of the Iliad, a general gTl:1mll1atical drill is continued. and special attention is given to a· comparison of the Homerie forllls with the corresponding Attic forms, to the (leri\-H- tion and ('om position of G reek words, and to antifl ui lies.
mythology. and prosody.
GER,11AN
ELE~-IENTAHY GEHMAN. JOYl1es--1Jeissner's Gram- mal', J 0Ylles' :Rmltler. l\'IoIllOl'izing of short poems, Cor- l'eet pronunciation required, Thorough drill ill syntax and a pplicatioll of rules, Students taught to lluclorstlwd eHsy spoken Germall, Reading and translation begun as soon as pra,cticable. Four Cl uarte1'S,
FRE~CH
Er,J-<:J\-IEK'l'AUY FUEXCH, Text-books-Bochel"s Gram- lIlar aud :Reader, Correet pronnnciaiioll required, ThoT- ough drill in synia,x and applicat,ion of rules of construc- tion. 1'Iemorizing of short poems, 1:{eacUng and transla- tion as soon as practicable, Foul' q narters.
NI ArrI-IE]'vl ArrI CS
1. ALGEBHA. \Vells' Academic Algebra. This COlll'Se covors tho fLindamental operations, Factoring.
Didsol's, Multiples, Fractions, Eqnations, Problems, In,
\"olution. Evolution, rrheory of Exponents, Radicals, Quad- ratics, Ratio and Proportion, Pour quarteJ s.
2, GEO:1IETRY, vVentworth's Plane Geometry (He- Yised Edition), five books, This course covers the St.raight Line, Ang'le, Circle, Proportion, 8i milarity, Areas. and numerous original theorems and problems, Four quarters.
BOOK-KEEPING
Pupils aro taken through a practical course in double and single entry, requiring for the average pupil about t"'enty weeks. rl'his gives alnple preparation for the Re- gents' examination, and fit,s' thos'e who do satisfactory work to keep any ordinary set of books, Class organized each half-year_
89
ALE'RED ACADE..vIY
DRA,VING
The work in dra.wing fits pupils to VlSS the Regents' eXtUniluLtion. Each pupilleal'ns to apply prineiples and to draw boldly. free-hand. also to usc iUEtrtllllents in soldng simple geonH~tric problems. The work in dccol'ath-e dra.wing is rnade the ba.sis of primary lessons in ~\'l't and HJ'chiteeture.
CHEl\'II~rr lLY
'"rhis (~OUl'St:' co\'ers the work l'U(luil'ed by tbe Regents under "Chemistry. Part 1," ombraei.ng chemistry of tho air: oxygeu: hydrogen: chemistry of water; nitrogen and its compounds: c:hlorine and its compounds; bromine, iodine, and ilnol'jl1e: sulphur and its ('omponnds: important metals and their compounds. '£\\'0 quarters.
PHYSICAJJ GEOGRAPHY
The object of this s1 udy is the {\'cqnil'ement by the student of a, knowledge of the surfa.ce features of the earth; of, some of the forces that have united to bring about its pres~nt surface conditions; of atmosph~ric 1>ho- nomena.--theil' 1a ws and causes; of t.he way in which theso affeet the distribution of plant and animal life; and of the effect of the relief features of the earth and its physical conditions in dot.ormining the course of human industry.
of commerce, and of d\'i1ization, Two qm:trters.
PHYSIOLOGY
'"fhe student is instrncted in the elementary principles of human anatohlY, hjstology, physiology, and hygiene.
and also concerning the injuriolls effects of alcohol and lUU·COtics. The human skeleton. manildn. and microscopic specimens are studied in connection with text-book ,,'ork.
':1:'wo q uarter~.
PHYSICS
'rhe purpose of this course is to give the student a knowledge of the first principles of the science, as sho\vn in the different forms of matter and energy presented in daily life. rfhe mechanics of solids, Hqriids, gases, and heat are studied by the use of the text-book and experi- ments. Sufficient laboratory work is reg uired to familia.r-
90
CENEHAL lXFORMATlO"K
t HI thp methods
' r tl:. student with the use of U.ppara us a1 ~ .
lZe I t , T t ~ '~
of in\'estigation . wo qua,!' ,u' . VIeS . HISTORY AND C1 k
1 l ' erv of the
., N HISTORY. from t 1e (ISCO\' J
1. AMEHlCA~. . time rrwo quarters.
New \-Vodel to the IH'?;ent
~
'." RY Ch'eelr History to :;, GREEK A:"Dl\,ONL~ l~lS1~ist~n'Y
to the thil'el een- the death of Alexander, otndll '. '\ D Two (-1lUtl'ters, . 1 . lm',Y .1 , : . ' . ' l ' f 1 .. 11 state. and nailOua go\",
B. C[\T1CS. .J.~ sttH J"O "ot.· of the 1aw; the nsC of f'rn111 (mt; elcmellb~,l'.Y p~ ll1~ll~.e~Ol'lllnellt of the Slate of legal and eOll.l.mpl'elallel m5. 0 0
Xe,\'
York, Two quarters.~ . .H~LOcurrION .
. ' , . the elementary lWlllClpies '-'tmhmts are lUstl nctec1 In T nxol'Cl' ces 1)e1' W(~Ok
~::J ' . , 1" 1 ' ) o· \Y 0 C 1 \C. J'::> ,
of good reac1mg' allC spell 01 M' •
101' one year. . l . 'ili11 o'iV(Hl nndl~l' the dll'e('- rrhel'e \\'ill be (1n ann \l(\', 1 ec 1 n, cond l)l'iz(:~s for the
D
'r
ent F'1l'st allt se - ' ..t ion of the epal ~n '\ "1)e1'S or the Acaclelll,Y are . t' 'O'1""(11)V rnem J'
best l'emta "\011:-) b \ J
oth~1'ed.