THE ACADEMY OR PREPARATORY
ALFRIW r.~T\'ERSITY:
GE:\ERAL I~FORMA TIOX.
The special prO\'ince of this Department is preparation fOl'thc College of Libcral Arts; hut the coun;es of instruction are com- prehcnsi \'c enough to fit for any .\ mcl"ican Collegc or Scientific School.
Students cntering the department are admitted to the study of any subject for 'which their preyiol1s training fits them. C('1'- tificates sho'wing ,york accomplished in other schools should be brought, and will be acecpted ltl place of examination therein. if satisfactory. Students may enter at the begillnlng of any quarter.
The Library, Lahoratories, Apparatl1s, Cabinets, Gymnasium.
and other adjuncts to the work of the College Department are used in the work of this depal'tment; and studcnts may, by per- mission of the Faculty, while pnrsuing the studies of this depart- ment, take up such subjects in the College as they may be fitted to 111ldertake: hcnce, tnl11slwl adnl11tagcs are offered to do good work, as well as an opportunity f01- the capahle and ambitiot1s student to shorten the time requirec1 for graduation by taking more work than the averngc student cares to perform.
A certifica te, showing in detail his ,,'ork Hnd proficiency there- in, '\viII be granted, all application, to an.y student entitled to honorable (lismissaL
rhel'e at'c offel'cd, 111 this department, three courses of study 1eading to a diploma 'withont a degree. Each C0111'Se covers fonr years of work, consisting of three rccita tiOllS daily, that is, 1'011:,\'- cight couuts, besides general requirements in elocution and physi- cal culture.
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MARY OF COURSES.Arranged by terms and years in the order which '\\.'ill enable the student to pursne his studies to the bcst advantage. Students are not reqtllrcd, howc\'er, to adhere strictly to the onler spec- ified.
ACADIDIY OR PREPAR.\'l'ORY SCHOOL.
I. IL III.
CL.\.SSICAL-AcAJ>E)HC. L.\.'l'Ix-Ac .\.I)E;\! Ie. SCI EXTIFIC-Ac A DIDfIC.
r Algebra. Algebra. Algcbra.
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Ell~lish. English. English.~ Latin. Latin.
C) Latm.
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Algcbnt. Algebra. Algebra.~ , English. English. English.
[,Latin. Latin. Latin.
I Geometry. Geometry- Geometry.
@ Greek Frcnch or Gcrman. French.
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C) Cresar.
~ Ca:;sar. Ca~saL w
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:::i Geometry. Geometry. Geometry. 'I
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Greek French or German. French.
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Cresm·. Ca~sar. ,/ Cresar. ,
U. S. Hislory. C. S. History.
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S. History.Anahasis. Physical Geography. German'i
~ Vergi1. Vcrgilor Gcrmtl11 or Greek.
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Prench.
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Pin'slolo°"\' . Physiology. Physiology.
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Anabasis. English Reading. Gennan.Yergi]. Vergil 01' German or Grcck.
Frcm.:b.
Greek and Roman Greek nnd Roman Physical Gcog-
History. History. raphy.
I- Iliad. Physics. Physics.
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>' Cicero. Cicero or English English Reading.
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Rending.S Electi\"e. Electh-e. Elediyc.
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>l.. Electh·e. Electh-c. Electh-e.
Elccii\·c. Electh-e. Electiye.
The work of tIle first. second, and third yea1-s and the first tcrm of thc fourth year in the above summary corre- sponds 'with thc requirements for entrance to the PreshmallClass in College, riz.: Course I. prepares for both the Classical and
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Philosophical Courses; Course II. prcparcs for the Philosophical Course: Course III. prepares fot-the Scientific Course.
In all courses, students are required to do the w01-1I:: of forty recitation periods in Elocution, and two periods per week in Physical Culture, unless excused from the latter by the Presi- dent 011 written certificate of the College Physician.
Candidates for a diploma ~vill elect from the several Depart- ments of Instruction three subjccts per quarter in the sccond term of the fourth year.
Beginners' classes will be organized each term in Arithmetic, Gcography, Reading and Spelling, Peumanship, Free-hand Draw- ing, English Grammar, English, Greek, German, Preneh and .A.lgcbra j in other subjects the first term in the year, and, iT a sufficient llumber apply for them, thc second term also.
DEPARTMENTS OF TKSTRUCTIO:"X.
PRE-ACADEMIC.
1. AIH'l'l-IlIE'l'IC. Pupils are led to discover the principles which underlie arithmetical operations; and thc oral anal:ysis ot illustrative examples and problems is made prominent, thus cul- th'ating the reason as well as lnforming the understanding.
2. GEOGRAPHY. The work is intended to be a review of the whole subject, including the physical features of the earth, math- ematical and political geography, togcther with many facts of history connected \"1th the dcvelopment of countries studied, Hnd other related matters.
3. READING Axn SPHLLING. Selections are made from stand- anI authors, and are so studied and read as to discover and ex- press the thought of the author. Spelling is taught hy dictating, for written work, words chosen from the selections reael, thus teaching puplls to observe the spelling of1.\'orcls while reading.
4. PEX~lANSHIP. Coned pen-holding and proper position at the desk ~lre insisted upon. The muscular or combined moye- ment is employed, with a view to acquiring a smooth, rapid, Hll1- ning hanel-writing.
5. DRAWING. The work is intcnded to meet the Regcnts' re- quirements, covering geometric, pictorial, and decorative draw- ing.
E. P. SACNDERS.
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6. ENGLISH GRA~lMAR. The aim is to give a practicallmowl- edge of thc subject. The pupil is required, not only to learn the theory, but to pnt that theory into practice in written, as weUas oral, work.
The ·writtcn \vork consists of sentences, paragraphs, complete letters, reproductions, and original essays. Analysis of sentences, yerbally and by diagrams, and parsing of difficult sentences are tatlght.
L R. :MAXSOX.
ACADEMIC.
B:"XGLISIL
1. COMPOSITION. Drill is given in the correction of common grammatical errors, and the causes ofthcerrorsnoteLl. Exercises in punctuation arc given for the purpose of teaching pupils rcad- iness in this important branch .
. Mueh attention is paid to written ~vork, and pupils are en- com"aged to do original thinking. All written work is marked as to spclling, punctuation, and gl-ammatical construction. Two quarters.
2. RHWrOmc, The and strudlUC of the English lan- guage are taught. Drill is given in distinguishing and writing balanced, loose, and periorlic sentences. .Much timeis spent ill the study of figures of spcech, and their beauty and value noted. A kno\\'ledge of the lives and works of our best authors is gained.
Two quarters.
1. R. ~fAXSON.
3. ENGLISH READINGS. These readings arc designed to familiarize the student with a few of the greatmasters of English, through some of their works.
The selections are the same as those offered hy the Regents of the State, and usually embrace about tcn different subjects.
Help is given the pupil by lectures, cOll'1[ersations, and exami- nations. \-Vhcn tl1e examination of the Regellts is successfully passe(l, thc studentreceivestwo credits forthecoursc. The course for the year beginning August 1, 1895, is as follows:
Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer Night's Dream ;
~filton, L' Allegro, 11 Pensel'oso, Comus, Lyeidas; Defoe,
of the Plague 1n London; Scott, \-Voodstock; ]\IaeHuly, Essa.y 011 67
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l\filton; Georgc Elliot, Silas ::\'1 arner: Longfellow. Entngelille;
In'lng, Tales of a Traveler; "\Yebster, First Bunker Hill Oration.
Two quartcrs.
Instruction is giyen in the special English Reading Courscs oltered by thc l~egents, whenen~r desired.
L. A. PLAT'l'~.
LA'!'I{\'.
1. FIRST YEAR \YOHK. The text-books used in first year work are the grammar and a reader. During thc first half-year, the student is taken through the declensions 'and conjugations.
During the sccond half-rear, he re\'ic\Ys Latin inflections, transl ates the selections in the rCadel" into English, and translates simple English sentences into Latin, and thus gains a kno\yledgc of thc leading principles of Latin syntax. Attention is also given to the deri\'atioll of Latin words and to thedcri\'ation of English words from Latin. The Roman method of pronunciation is followed.
2. C..l~SAR'S CO;\I1\IE~TARIES. The sceond ycar is dc\'oted to the reading of four books of C::csar's Commentaries. together wi th exercises in prose composition based upon the text and illustrat- ing the principles of Latin syntax. Students are drilled in oral reading of the text for the purposc of enabling thcm to grasp the ideas prcsented directly ii'om the text and in the ordcr which they are presented. Duc attention is also paid to matters of geogra- phy and history.
3. VERG-IL'S ./EXEID. The third ycar's worl\: consists of thc reading of the first six hooks of the mneid, scansion (including :inegulm·jties of scansion) I the study of thc historical and myth-
ological allusions in the text, and of the figures of speech em- ployed, Hud exercises in prose composition.
4. CICEIW'S ORATIONS. Half a ycar's work is gi\ycn to thc reading ofCicero's orations against Caliline, for the 1IHuilian La\", and for Archias. Exel"(~iscs in prose composilion illustrate the more difficult syntactical constructions and the structure 01 the Latin period. Attention is gi,'en to the historical and geo- graphical points invoh'ed, to the analysis of the orations, and to
the elements of Cicero's stYle"
F. A.
J.
"\VALDlW:--'..\.CArm:\lY OR PREP_\.R"\.TORY SCHOOI~.
GREEK.
1. EUUfENTAHY GREEK. During the first year, the stU(1cnl is conducted throngh the common forms and inflections of the langnage. and is made acquainted 'with the leading principles of its ~\·ntax. Besides oral translation from Greek into English and Engiish into Greek, the writing ofGrecki8earcfullypradiced. and attention is given to the formation of English deri,'at1\'es from Greek wonl8. Thc year's work includes a careful study of thc first eight chapters of Xellophon'g Anabasis. "\Yhite's Beginner's Grcek nook and Goodwin's Greek Grammar are llsed as text-
books.
2. XE~OPIIOX'S A~ABASfS. Book I. is completed, and Books II. and III. are read. The translation of the Anabasis is accom- panied with frequent lessons in Grammar, and the studcnt is rc- quired to apply tbc lessons learned in the Grammar to the text which is read. In addition to the study of grammaticalfonns and constructions, idioms, English derin\ti\'es, and other matters of linguistic, historical, and geographical intel'e~t recei,"e attcntion.
CO;\IPOSITIOX. Thc work in Greek Composition consists mainh ;n the written and oral translation into Greek of English sentel;ees founded on Xenophon's Anabasis. Thi~ work is pur- sl1cd in connection with the rca(ling of the Anabasis.
3. HOAlER'S ILIAD. In rcading the first three books of thc Iliad, a genel"al grammatical (It"ill is continued, and special atten- tion is giyen to a comparison ofthc Homeric forms with the cor- responding Attic fonns, to the derh"ation and composition of GI"eek words, and to Antiql1ities, ::Vlythology and Prosody.
E. 11. lOMLIKSO:--'.
GER::\IAX.
FIRST YEAR. The classef~ are conducted in Gcrman, and the studcnts are trained to understand quickly and reply conedly in that langnage. Lyrics and ballads are memorized, and the stu- dents are tllOl"onghly drilled in grammar. First QWlrtcr. Stern's Stl1c1ien 11. Plallderciell. Second w]{11'bird Qunrlel's. Grammar, Collar's Evsenbach, German cOlwel'sation, memorizing of lyrics and bal1a~ls. FOl1rl'h .QucH"ter. Gramrnm- is finished and re- viewed, and fIoher als die Kirche yon Hil1ern is reacl.
)'J. n. S.H'XDE1{S.
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ALFREn FNl\rERSI'fY:
FRENCH.
FIRS1' YEAn,. The classes arc concluded in French. Gram- mar is mastercd, and lyrics and hallads are memorized. Otto Bochcl"S Grammar and Reader are used.
1'1. B. S.U;NDERS.
l\1ATHEl\IA TICS.
1. ELE;\IE~TS OF ALGEBRA. \Vells's Academic Algcln'a, or its equivalent, including fundamental opcrations, Factoring, Di- visors, Multiples. Fractions, Equations, Problems, hl\·oll1tion.
Evolution, TheoryofExpollents, Radicals, Quadratics, I{atio and Proportion. Four quarters.
2. PLANE GEOllE'l'RL \Venhvorth's New Geometry, five books, or their equi\'alcnts, including the Straight Line, Angle, Circle, Proportion, Similarity, Areas, and numerous original Theorems and Problems. Four quarters.
A. B. KENYON.
BOOK-KEEPIXG.
Thorough instruction is gi\'cn in hoth double and single entry; and thc pupils han~ sufficient practice in keeping the ac- counts employed 1n various kinds of business . .:vlnchattclltion is paid to opening and closing sets of books, making trial balances, balance sheets, etc. Business practice has recently been added to the work of keeping accounts; so that the pupils perform the real transactions, handling the cash atHl commcrcial paper involved.
For the ayerage pupil the wor1{ co\-ers about two quarters.
E. P. S.\ UNhERS.
PHYSIOLOGY.
The student is instructed 1n the elementary principles of human anatomy, histology, physiology, and hygiene, and also concerning thc injt1rious effects of alcohol and narcotics. The IIt1- man skeleton, manikin, and microscopic specimens are studied in connection with text-book 'Y01'k. 'Martin's" Human Body,
Briefer Course," 1S used as a text-book. Two quarters.
C. 1'1. POST.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
The object of this stndy is to gh'c the student a general knowledgc of the present condition of thc earth as shown by its
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structure and the various phenomena manifested upon its surface.
It considers the relation of the earth to the S11n; the CHuses that have produccd its present condition; its form and elcvations;
water and its motions and influences; the atmosphere, and the circumstanccs that produce and modify climate; the distribution of plants and animals, and the influence of thesc in making the earth a suitahle dwelling-place for man. Two quartcrs.
H. C. COOK.
ELEl\IEXTARY PHYSICS.
Tl1e purpose of this course is to give the student a knowledge of the first principles (If the science, as shown in the diffcrcnt forms of matter and energy presented in daily life. The mechanics of solids, liquids, gascs, and sound are studied by the use of text- books, lectures and experiments. Suffieicnt laboratory \vode is required to familiarize the studcnt with the use of apparatus and the mcthods of jnvestiga tion. Two (juartcrs.
H. C. Coox.
HISTORY.
1. U~ITED STATES HISTORY, from the discO\'ery of the New -World to the end of our Civil \Var, as narrated in Johm~tOll's
" !liston' of the Unitcd States." Two quarters.
2. (;REEK HISTORY, from the introduction to the restoration of the democracy at Athens, B. C., 403, as giyen in Smith's I . His- tory of Greece," One quarter.
3. Ro~rAN HISTORY, fro111 the introduction to the Civil \Var, B. C, 88, as narrated in Leighton's" History of Romc." Onc quarter.
4. CIYIL GOYERXACEN'l' OF THE UNITED STATES. The work here indicated includes the history of OUf reyolntionary timcs;
the Federal Con \'cntion; the framing of the Constitution; and po- litical parties; the study of the Constitutioll, \-vith its amend- mcnts, and the application of its principlcs to the administration of our national and State governments. Lectures, collateral rend- ing, and text-book CMowry).
6. ClnL Gm'ERN:\fENT OF THE STATE OF Kgw YORK.
L. C. ROGERS.
ELOCPTIOK.
See College of Liberal Arts.
G. ,Yo HILL.
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