THE CHAPEL.
THE ACADEMY OR PREPARATORY
AI,FRED UNIVHRSITV:
GENEl~AL IKFOR:.vlATIOX.
The special proyince of this Department is preparation for the College of Liberal Arts; hut the courses of inst.ruction are COIn-
prehensiye enough to fit for auy American College or Scientific School.
Students entcring the departmcnt are admitted to the study of any subjcct for which thcit" preytous training fits them. Cer- tificat.es showing work nccomplished in other schools should be brought, and \vill be accepted in place of examination therein, if satisfactory. Students maycnter atthc heginningofanyquartcr.
The Library, Laboratories, Apparatus, Cabinets, Gymna- sium, and other adjuncts to the work of the College Depad- ment are uscd in the work ofthisdepartment; and stucientsmay, by permission of the Faculty, while purstling the studies of this department, take np such subjects in the College as they may he fitted to undertake: hence, unusual advantages are offered to do good work, as well as an opportunity for t11e capahle and am- bitious student to shorten the time required for graduation by taking more work ti1an the average student cares to perform.
A certificate, showing in detail his work and proficicncy there- in, will he granted, on application, to Rny student entitled to honorable dismissal.
Tllcre are offered, in this department, three courses of study leading to a diploma without a degree. Each course covers four years of work, consisting of three recitations daily. that is, forty- eight COLlnts, besides gcneral requirements in elocution and physi- cal culture.
sr'::\LvlARY OF COURSES.
Arranged by terms and years in the order which will enable the student to pursue his studies to the best advantage. Students are not required. ho,ye\'er, to adhere strictly to tlle order spec- ified.
ACADE:YIY OR PREPARA'l'ORY SCHoor,.
1. II. HI.
CLASSICAL-ACADE)IIC. LA'fIN-ACADE)IJC. SCIEN'Tll,'IC-AcADEMlC.
Algebra.
;..; English.
~ Latin.
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Algebra.~ English.
Latin.
Geometry.
~ Grcck~
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Cresar.§ i
Geometry.u
I '
~ Greck.
!.I),
I Cresar.
(U. S. History.
Anabasis.
Virgil.
( Greek and Roman
. I
History.~
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5 I
Iliad.~
I
Cicero.1"
Elert;YE.~ l
Elective,Elective.
Algebra.
English.
Latin.
Algebra.
English.
Latin.
Geometry.
French or Gcrman.
Cresar.
Geometry.
French 01' German.
Cresar.
n.
S. History.Physical Geography.
Virgil or Get'l1Ul11 or
French.
Physiology.
English Reading.
Virgil or German or }-'1"c11c17.
Greel{ and Roman History.
Physics.
Cicero or E11glish Reading.
Elective.
Elective.
Elective.
Algebra.
English.
Latin.
Algebra.
English.
Latin.
Geometry.
French.
Cresar.
Geometry.
French.
Ca~sar.
U. S. History.
German.
Greek.
Physiology.
German.
Greek.
Physical Geog- raphy.
Physics.
English ReRding.
ElectiYe.
Elective.
Elective.
Thc work of the fil'st, second. Rnd third years and the first term of the fourth year in the above summary corresponds with the requircmert ts for entrance '[0 the Freshman Class in College, lTiz.: Course 1. preparcs for hoth the Classical and
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Pl1i1osophical Conrses; Course II. prepares fot, the Philosophical Conrse; Course
In.
preparcs [01' the Scientific Course.In HlI courses, students arc required to do the work of
~ort.r rc~·itation periods in Elocution, and two periods per week
111 Physlcal Culture, unless excused from the latter Iw the Presi-
dent. ~
Candidates for n diploma will elect fro111 the seYeral Depart- ments of Instruction thrce subjects per quarter in theseconc1 term of the fourth year.
Beginners' classes will be organized each term in Arithmetic, Geography, Reading and Spelling, PentnHnship, Free-hand Dra w- ing, English Grammar, and English: in other subjects the first te1-m in the year, and, if a sufficient number a pply for them, the second term also.
DEPARTlvIEt\TS OF IKSTRCCTIO~.
P R E-A CAD E:\H C.
1 .. ARIT.lIMH~IC. Pupils are givcn a thorough review; special attention bemg gl\'en to the fl1ndamental operations with a view to ma~i~g them. rapid and aCCllrate. Short processes are taught, thus gIVIng pUpl]S a practical business knowledge of the subject.
Oral anal_\'sis is made a prominent feature.
2. GEOGRAPHY. The '''lork is intended to be a revicw of thc whole subject, including the physical features of the earth, math- ematical and political geography, together with mall\' facts 01 histo."y connecled with the deVelopment of conntries st~died, £111(1 other related matters.
3. READI:"I:G. Selections are made from standard authors and are so studied and read as to discover and eX~)re8S th~
thought of the author. '
4. S.PEU.IXG. Particular attention is given to spelling in each suby::ct taught, and each student is required to learn words misspelled in any subject, geography. especially. Spelling is also taught by dictating, for written work, words chosen from the selections read. thus teaching pupils to observe the spelling of words while reading.
5. P'HNMAXSHIP. The vertical system istallglitand excI'cises.
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are given to enable pupils to wt'itc rapidly, s111oothly, and legibly.
For those not in the rcgulal' class. e\'ery written lesson is criti- cised as to penmanship.
6. DRAWING. The work in drawing is based on the Prang Course, and fits pupils topass Regents'examinations. Each pupil learns to apply principles and to elm w holdly, freehand, also to use simple tools in solving geometric problems. The work in decorative drawing is made the hasis of primary lessons on art and architecture.
7. GRA:\BfAR. The work in this subject is a review, Hnd the end sought is to make gnl1111llar a practical matter. .NIuch at- tention is given to the oral language and common errors of the pupils. Analysis by (liag-rams, parsing, letter writing, social and business forms, and composition gh'e pupils opportunity to apply dry theory in an interesting manner.
ACADEMIC.
ENGLISH.
1. ENGLISH COlII'OSITION. Students are taught to panl- graph, punctuate, and capitalize correctly. Practice is given in writing Outlines. The requisites of Good Use are studied and common errors corrected. The remaining time is spent on the studyof'Vords. Two quarters.
2. RHETORIC. Kinds of discourse,-Description, Xarratioll, Exposition, Oratory. Style and the Sentence. Figures of Speech.
Themc and Outline work. Versification. Frequent exercises in Composition. Two quarters.
3. ENGLISH RHADING. This course corresponds to that of- fered by the Regents of the State. The subjects for the ycar be- ginning Augnst 1, 1896, are as follo"\vs:
Shakespeare, As You Like It, J\'lerchant of Venice; Defoe, His- tory of the Plague in London; In'ing, Tales ofa Traveler; Ha\"l- thorne, Twice-told Tales; Longfellow, Evangeline; George Eliot, Silas Marner; Burke, Speech on Conciliation with America;
Scott, Marmion; Macaulay, Life of Samuel Johnson.
4. EXGJ.lSH LITERATURE. This COllrse aims to make students
1~lmjliar with the outlines of the history of the Literature, and to give a good kno,vledge of the lives and charaetcrs of the great
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English Authors, anrl of some one or more of the leading works of each. One quarter.
5. A~llmICAX LITERA'lTRE. This course follows the general plan of that in English Literature,1n being a study of the lives and charnctcl's and principal writings of our gl'eat American Anthors. Some aHentionwill be given to e0111mittingto memory our leading national popular poems, and patriotic selections. One quarter.
E. ST. C. CHA~IPLlN.
LATIN.
1. I ... 'IRS'1' Y I~M~. The inductive method of study is employed.
The student starts with the text of Cresar. Forms and construc- tions are explained as they appear; th01'ough drill in their use follows. Gradually the student is taught to "york out the mean- ing of a sentence in the Latin order. By the end of the yeal' abont one and onc-half books of CH.~sar will have been reac1. Cor- rect pronunciation, thorough drill in forms and elementary syn- tax, the learning of a small Vocabulary accUl'ately, the develop- ment of the power ,to tmdcrstanrl a sentence in the Latin order, are the main aims in this year's work. .. The Inductive Latin Primer" by Harper and Burgess is the text-book used.
2. C.£SAR'S GALLIC \VAIL COIUmLlL'S NEPOS. Four books of Cresar will be com pleted, after which the Lives of Nepos will be taken up; syntax will be studied as an aid to translation.
larly, passages new to the class will be taken up and the students taught how to grapple with thei .. difficulties. The acquisition of a large vocabnlary, both of words belonging to the same depart- ment of thought and those allied in meaning and etymology, is exceedingly important. Prose composition, as a help ill acquir- ing a vocabulary and as a dt'ill in syntax, will be a part of every recitation. Four quarters.
3. VIRGIL AND OVIf}. Six books of the .A;llcid arc translated and selections are made from the lvIetamorphoses. The first book of the ~neid is made the basis of a carehtl yocahultuy study. His- torical and l'vlythological allusions are explained and the liteI'ary merits of the iEneid arc considered. Prose composition 1S con- tinued during the year. Four fluarters.
4. CICERO. Six 01'ations arc reael, including the one for the 68
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:\<fanilian Law. Daily exercises ill prose composi Lion al'e expected.
.-\n analysis of the subject matter of each oration will be made.
Two quarters.
O. P. FAIRFmLD.
GREEK.
1. .tU·:MEXTAI{¥ GREEK. During tl1e first year, thc student is conducted through tbe common fm'ms and inflections of the language, and is made acquainted 'with the leading principles of its ~vntax. Besides oral translation from Greek into English and English into Greek, the wl'i ting of Greek is carefui1y practiecd, and attention is given to the formation of English deriYati"es from Greek wordR. The year's work includes a careful study of the first eight chapters of Xellophon 's Anabasis. \Vhite's Beginners' Greek nook and Good\'lrin's Greek Grammar are used as text- books,
2. XENOPHOX'S ANAIUSIS. Book 1. is completed, and Books II. and HI. are read. The tntnslation of the Anabasis is accom- panied 'with frequent leSsotlS in Grammar, and the student is re- quired to apply the lessons leat'ned in the Grammar to the text which is read. In addition to thest1.1dy of grammatical f01'111S and cullstrucliotls, idioms, derivatives, and other mattcrs of linguistic, historical, and geographic.at intercst receive attention.
COMPOSITIOX. The work in Greek Composition consists mainly in the written and oral translation into Greek of English sentences founded on Xellophon's Anabasis. This wod:. is pur- sued in connection with the reading of the Anabasis.
3. HO~flm.'S ILIAD. In rcadil1g the first three books of the Iliad. a general gnlmmHtical drill is continued, and special atten- tion is given to a comparison of the Homeric forms with the cor- responding Attic forms, to the deri\'ation and composition of Greek words, and to Antiquities, .Mythology, and PI'osody.
E. M. TO.MLIXSOX.
GERMAN.
FIRST YEAR. The classes are conducted in German, and the students are tndned to understand quickly and reply <correctly in that language. Lyrics and hallads are memorized, and the stu- dents are thoroughly drilled in grammar. P'il'st Quarter. Stern's Studien u. Plauderelen. S'ecolld and Third Qlll:lrtcrs. Grammar,
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Collar's Eysenbach, Gcrman conversation, memorizing of lyrics and ballads. Fourth Quarter. Gramm;.u- is finished and re- viewed, and Holler ;ds die Kirche \'on Hillern is read.
M. B. S,U"NDERS.
FREKCII.
FIRST YEAU. The classes are conducted 111 French. Special attcntion being given to conversation. Grammar is mastered, Hnd lyrics Hnd ballads are memori?;ed. Bocher's Grammar and Reader are used.
M.
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SA(l:-\DEI~S.MATHE.NIATICS.
1. ELE;\IENTS OF ALGEDRA. \Vells's Academic Algebra, or its equh'nlent, including fundamental operations, Factoring, Di-
Yi~ors, lvIl1ltiples, Fractions, Equations. Problems, Involution, Evolution, Theory of Bxponent~, Radicals. Quadratics, Ratio, and Proportion. Four quartet's,
~. PLANli GEO.;\IHTRY. \Ventworth's :New Geometry, fi\'e books. or their induding the Straight Line, Angle.
Circle, Proportioll, Rimilarity, Areas, and numerous original Theorems and Pnlblems. Four quarters.
A. B. KENVOX.
:VI ECHAKICAL DRA \VING.
See Industrial .i\:lechallics, pagc 55.
F. S. PLACE.
nOOK-KEEPI~G.
Thorough instruction is in both double find single entry; and the pupils ha vc suHieient in keeping the ac- counts employed in varim1s kinds of busincss. .Mueh attention is paid to opening and closing sets of books, making trial balances, balance sheets, etc. Bnsiness practice has been added to the 'work of keeping accounts; so thatthe pllpilE perform the real transactions, handling the cash and commercial paper invol \'ed, For the average pupil the work cO\'en; about two quarters.
BERTHA M. lvLuum.
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STEi\OGRAPHY AKD TYPE\VRITIl\'G.
1. STEXOGIUPIIY. r'irst- Quarter. Study from the text- book, Lindsley'S Takigraphy, in which the student becomes fa- miliar 'with all the characters, word-signs, and used in the system. Second Quarter. Dictation and acquiring of
2. TVPEWRITIXG. A thorough understanding of the usc of the machine and lessons in practical work, business letters, copy- ing. etc.
BERTII.\.M M.\IlSH.
PHYSIOLOG Y.
The student is instructed in the elementary principles of human anatomy, histology, physiology, and hygiene, and also concerning the injurious effects of alcohol and narcotics. 'I'lle hu- man skeleton, manikin, and microscopic specimt'lls are studied in conncction with text-hook ·work. lVlnrtin's I i Human Body.
Rriefer Course," is used as a text-hook. Two quarters, H. C. COON.
ELEME~TARY PHYSICS.
The purpose of this course is to gi\'e the student a knowledge of the first principles of the science, as shown in the different forms of matter a url encrgy presenleel in daily 1ife. The mechan ics of solids. liquirls, gases, and sound arc studied by the l1se of text- books, lecturcs, and expel-irucnts. Sufficient laboratory work is required to familiarize the student \vith the I1se of apparatus anel the methods of investigation. Two Cjuarters.
II. C. COON,
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
In addition to tlle mental discipline, which is a leading put'·
pose in all academic studies, the object of this stndy IS the acquire- ment by the student of a knowledge. of the sud~lce features of the eat,th; of some of the forces that ha\'e united to hring about its pl'esent surface conditions; of the way ill which these conditions affect the distribution of plant, and of animal life; and of the effect oft1le relieffeahues of the earth and its physical conditions
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in determining the course of human industry, ot commerce, and of civilization.
HOllston's Physical Geography is made the basis of the class- room exercises. Library are required of more extended treatises on somc of thc topics considered. The first half of the year is gi\pen to this study.
A. R. CRAXHALL.
HISTORY.
1. UXITED STATES HISTORY, from the discovery of the Ne"v
\Vodd to the end of our Civil \Var, as narrated in Johnston's ,. History of the "Gnited States." Two quarters.
2. GREEK HISTOU\,. Smith's" History of Greece" from the introduction to the restoration of the democracy at Athens, B. C ..
403. One quarter.
3. ROl\fA~ HISTORY. Leight011's" History of Rome "from the introduction to the Civil \\'ar, B. C., 88. One quarter.
4. CIVIL GOYERN:\IENT OF THg UNITED STATES. The work here indicated includcs the history of our revolutionary timcs;
the Fcderal Convcntion; the framing of tl1e Constitution; politi- cal pfil·ties; and the stndy of the Constitution, with its amend- ments,-und the application of its principles to the administration of onr national and State go\'crnments. Lectures, collateral read- ing, and text-book, 1\.low1')'.
5. CIYIL GO\,ElD:J\fENT OF THE STATE OF :NEW YORK.
1.. C. ROG gus.
ELOCUTIOK.
See College of Libcral Arts.
G. W. HILL.
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