ADMISSION By Examination Certificate ADVANCED ADVANTAGE IN RESIDENCE FOR LADIES ALFRED ACADEMY ALLEN STEINHEI:I.f MUSEUM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ANNUAL EXPENSES ASTRONOMY ATHLETICS BABCOCK HALl. Academy Graduation Exercises Liceu Alfriedian, Public Session Liceu Orofilian, Public Bession Liceu Athenas, Public Session. Directors Meeting Alumni Association Public Session Alumni Association Commencement Banquet Exercises 9:30 a.m. Class Exercises.
OFFICEQS OF INSTQUCTION AND ADMINISTQATION
professor of physics and manual training, Baptist Normal Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, 1891-92; Principal High Schools, New York State, IB92'99; Lecturer in Natural Sciences, Summer Institute, Chautauqua, 18~n-;. MIDDAUGH, (1901) Music Director. Graduated from New England Conservatory of Music, 19ooi Director of Music, Chamberlain Institute, 1I)00 Students are allowed free access to the shelves, and are encouraged to make diligent use of the books. The Laboratory for Physical Measurements and Static Electricity is located on the main floor of the Borth Wing. The ladies have a large, well-ventilated room on the third floor of the Ladies' Hall. In any case the examiner will regard book knowledge as less important than the ability to write English. This part of the examination is based on subject matter, literary form and 10gicaJ structure, and also tests the candidate's ability to express his knowledge clearly and accurately. A thorough knowledge of grammatical forms and syntax will be required; three books of Xellophone Anabasis; three books of Homer's Iliad, and in composition, the first twenty-five exercises of Jones' Composition, or equivalent au. It is recommended that the study of Greek Compusition be followed in connection with the reading of the Anabasis. When Latin or Greek is offered for entry to this course, it may comprise part or all of the amount required for entry to the classical course. The examination in American History covers the period from the discovery of the New World to the end of the Civil War; that in Greek History, to the death of Alexander; it in Roman History, to the death of Commodus. Credentials from the University of the State of New York are accepted in lieu of an examination in the subjects required for admission, provided they meet those requirements. Such certificate shall indicate in connection with each subject the extent to which it has been followed, stating the text-book used, the method of instruction, the time given, the date of the final examination, the degree of proficiency of the applicant. Principals of preparatory schools who wish to have their pupils admitted to the certificate are encouraged to correspond with the chairman. Candidates who fail to provide satisfactory certificates must pass a written examination in the required subjects. The main subject must be followed at least three hours per week for two years; each minor three hours per week for one year. One minor subject must be English, the other must be approved by the professor in whose department the major is chosen. a) Students in the classical course choose a major from each group except IV. or V.; but sick case III. is not chosen as a major, it must be chosen as a minor. For an internship in any course, sufficient additional work must be selected to complete one hundred and twenty semesters. Each degree candidate must write a thesis, for which credit is awarded, two hours in the first semester and three hours in the second semester of the senior year. The title of the thesis must be chosen no later than October 15 in the field of the student's main subject and must be approved by the professor under whom the main work is done. The dissertation will embody the results. of actual independent research, and must be submitted for approval no later than June 1. The Bachelor's degree will be awarded to students who satisfactorily complete one hundred and twenty semester hours, as described above:. a) Bache!m' oj Arts on students in the classical course. The candidate must choose no more than three subjects, and complete at least ten semester hours in each. HONORS The critical study of the read drama is accompanied by a careful examination of the story. The Greek read by the class has become the basis of a Demosthenes-style study. The coursework is also designed to provide an overview of the development of Attic oratory. The selections are read as a basis for the study of Homeric society and the life of the heroic age as revealed in the poem. To enable students to read Latin with ease is the main aim of the lesson in the first year. Each member of the class is assigned a topic in syntax or prosody to be the subject of a short paper. The characters of Cresar and Pompey are explored and their role in the fall of the republic. Each member of the class presents two or more papers with results and·. These two authors form the basis for a rather detailed study of the philosophical systems of the Greco-Roman world. Accurate pronunciation is required and the training of the student's ear to understand the spoken language begins immediately. An attempt to read the Bible in a simple, natural way, with due attention to its interpretation and literary form. Field work in Geology, Palreontology, Zoology and Botany has become part of the work in this department. A survey of the flora of Western New York as found in the region around Alfred is presented. The last part of the year will be devoted to the principles of fruit growing. The latter part of the year will be devoted to the principles of landscape gardening and flowers. The aim of this department is to give the student a thorough knowledge of the principles of science and train him to do practical work in astronomical observation. This course includes practical work with instruments from the Observatory and study of a more advanced textbook. The purpose of this course is to give the student a clear understanding of the evolution of the educational ideal. In this course it is intended to enable the student to participate in the construction of the science on which his art will be founded. The following courses are offered for the study of the Old Testament in the original. Facilities for work in all relevant departments of the college are available to the student in this department. Through the construction of sub-apparatus in this department, students of mathematics, graphics, physics, electricity and the theory of mechanics are enabled to make a practical application of these sciences. Other studies and pieces, adapted to the needs of the pupil, are added during the course. In this course, the principles of breathing as applied to tone production and the art of vocalization, voice placement and elementary vocalization are taught through the use of exercises that are best adapted to the student. The sight singing class is an elementary class in voice culture, where special emphasis is placed on breathing and sight reading. Certificates are given in the vocal and instrumental department at the end of the grade's work, with the addition of a year's work in theory and harmony, regular participation in hand culture and vocal lessons, as well as special training and practice in teaching. Vocal or instrumental music, half a bour per week 7 50 Vocal or instrumental music, two half hours per week _ 1000. The questions will be formulated with the expectation that the candidate has studied these books carefully and studied a book equivalent in scope to Genung's Outlines of Rhetoric or Hill's Foundations of Rhetoric. Daniel Alva Crandall Alva Lucian Davis Walter Gillette Davis Seymour Brownson Everts Henry Nelson Jordan George Arthur Main Virginia Knapp Reed Susie Crandall Saunders Effa Grace Steele. REGISTBR OF STUDENTS The donor of fifty dollars or more will be asked to have his name used in connection with the donation in University reports. General Endowment Fund; “the net income may only be used for the general expenses of the University. Scholarship;” the net income may only be used to pay the installment bills of a worthy and needy student; any excess income is at the disposal of the university. This association includes all graduates of the University, all persons who have received degrees from the University, members of the faculty, and former students who have been there one year or more. The objects of the Association are to promote fraternal intercourse and sympathy, and to promote the interests of its members. Upon its incorporation in 1886, the Association established a perpetual fund for the benefit of the University, giving it the name of the KENYON-ALLEN ENDOWMENT FUND. The association has adopted a form of pledge to pay, for the benefit of the fund, one dollar per month for five years, and a considerable sum has already been secured in this way. The income of the fund is used, partly to defray the expenses of a course of lectures each year before the University, and partly to help pay the salary of the President. The Association is represented on the University's Board of Trustees by nine trustees, three of whom are elected annually for a three-year term. The association's annual meeting is held on Wednesday in the start week, and the whole day is handed over to the association. PREPARATORY SCHOOLGENERAL INFORMATION
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DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION
XENOPHON'S MEMORABILIA
HISTORY OF ORATORY AND MODERN DEBATE
HISTORY OFTHE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION
DEPA.RTMENT OF MUSIC
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