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THIRD YEAR.
Walter Kirk. Carie Leamond. Arthur Leamond.
Charles Mendenhall.
Fred Bogue.
Walter Culbertson.
Emory Carr.
Ore Poer.
Ollie Porch. Walter Rayle. Lonnie Spencer. Lida Spencer. George Smith.
Arthur Hobbs. Leone Hiatt. Rilla Jones. Mary Lawrence. Freddy Mathews. Ora Millikan. Maggie Newel. Olen Payne. Gertie Parish. Josie Pearson.
John Ratcliff.
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Catalogue Spicetand Academy.
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Ora Cude.
Mary Chamness. Mary Emminger. Henry Foster. Mattie Gordon. Herbert Garwood. Arlie Hood. Ida Holloway. Grace Johnson. Emory King.
SECOND YEAR.
Leota Berry. Alice Broadbent. Wiley Bailey. Clint Bundy. Anna Benedict. Claud Copeland. Bettie Faigley. Alton Hastings. Uva Hinshaw. Lula Hndelson. Carrie Jones. Jane Jordon. Bessie Kirk. Otis King.
Mitch Abrams. Jeff Abrams. Susie Abrams. Tommy Bailey. George Bailey. Clifford Brandon. . Jennie Bailey. Willie Carson. .
Freddy Copeland. George Evans ... Effie Foster. Frank Foster. Inther Fries. Foster Garwood. Ada Hartman ..
Angie Martin. Earl Manlove. Wallace Newby. Delbert Poer. Florence Spencer. Julia Spencer. Ifattie Sears. Oscar Symons. Lot Unthank.
Katie Haustine.
Bertie Hinshaw.
Albert Hiatt.
Cora Hodson. .Jennie Jackson.
Charlotte. Jackson
Josie King.
Cora Kizer.
Gertie Kirk.
Mande Lane.
Joshua Swallow. Nancy Scarbro. Susie Scarbro. Freddie Thurman. . Omer Trowbridge. Blanche Talbert. Charley Williams. Doksy Winslow. Ethel Young.
Spiceland Auxdenty.
Course of Study :
FIRST YEAR .- Reading, Spelling, Number, Language, Writing, Drawing. General Lessons, Morals and Manners.
SECOND YEAR .-- Reading, Spelling, Writing, Number, Language, Drawing, Oral Local Geography, General Science Lessons, Morals and Manners, Declamations.
THIRD YEAR,-Reading, Spelling, Wilting, Animber, Language, Drawing, Oral Geog. raphy, General Seience Lessons, Morals and Manners, Declamations. FOURTH YEAR .- Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Language, Gen- eral Science Lessons, Drawing, Morals and Manners, Declamations. FIFTH YEAR. - Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Language, Lessons in Science, Drawing, Composition, Morals and Manners. SIXTH YEAR .- Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Language Lessons, Lessons in Science, Drawing, Composition, Morals and Manners.
SEVENTH YEAR -- Reading, Writing, Spelling, Arithmetic, Geography, Language Les- sons, Lessons in Science, Drawing, Composition, Morals and Manners. EIGHTH YEAR .- Reading, Spelling, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Grammar, Les- sons In Science, Drawing, Composition, Morals and Manners.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL. Arithmetic, Grammar, U. S. History, Physiology, English Composition, Reading, Writing, Spelling, Geography Reviewed.
FIRST TERM. Algebra, Jøttin Lessons, Book-keeping.
Geometry, Y'sar or English History, Natural Philosophy.
Mental Science. Virgil or German, Chemistry. 1
HIGH SCHOOL. FIRST YEAR. SECOND TERM. Algebra, Latin Lessons, General History. SECOND YEAR. Geometry. Whesar or Modern History, Rhetoric and English History. THIRD YEAR. Astronomy, -Political Economy, Grecian History or German.
THIRD TERM. Algebra, Latin Reader, General History.
. Trig. and Surveying. "Virgi or Eng. HUM Zoology . ve
Botany, fal Selence, U. S. Const. and Mor- Geology.
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Catharine Kizer. Ethel Manlove. Fannie May. Anna Okey. Ethel Poer. Charley Peters.
Clarence Painter. Gertie Porch. Anna Rateliff.
Bertha Sheridan. Robbie Symons. Carrie Winslow. Alma Young.
FIRST YEAR.
Minnie Lawrance. Arlo Lane. Arlie Martin.
May Newby. Frank Nixon.
Mary Oaky. Glenn Pierce, Clyde Pierce. Isaac Pate. Tena Salmon. Howard Swain. Cora Spencer. Mamy Spencer. Henly Symons. Kate Swallow.
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REMARKS.
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The above course of study has been prepared with reference to those students who do not expect to pursne a college course, but who desire to acquire a knowledge of those branches which will fit thein for netlve life. Special attention, however, is given to pre- paring students for college.
English Literature receives special attention : the work consists of a brief history of the rise and growth of the English language, the history of the lives of the leading an- thors, and a critical study of parts of their works.
In the Latin and Greek languages, THOROUGH DRILL on the declension of nonns and the conjugation of verbs, Is given, and also on the application of the rules of construction. The amount of work In these languages will be the same as that required by the college which students propose to enter.
Classes will be formed in the Greek and French languages whenever a sufficient num- ber shall desire to pursue those studies.
Penmanship, Reading and Composition will receive attention throughout the whole course of study.
Credit will be given for substituted studies, and students whoare preparing for college will be allowed to graduate when they have done work equivalent to that required to complete the regular course.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS.
Civil Engineering.
This course Includes Land Surveying, Leveling, and the praetleal use of the Transit and the Level.
Commercial Department.
In this department Instruction is given In Penmanship, forms and uses of business papers, Single and Donble Entry Book-keeping.
Normal Department.
Special attention will be given to the training of teachers. To this end the first. efforts will be directed towards securing thorough and accurate knowledge of the subject mat- ter; then Instruction will be given In the methods of teaching, school organization, and the philosophy of education. For those attending in this department the Primary and Intermediate schools afford an opportunity to learn, both by observation and practice, the best methods of teaching.
Rates of Tuition.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT-Grade C.
PRIMARY URPARTMENT-Grade B.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT -Grude .A.
INTERMEDIATE JIKPARTMENT.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .. High School-First Year
Hici Sonoob-Second Year
HIGH SCHOOL-Third Yenr.
1 00) per week.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT ...
90 cents per week.
Hereafter speelal Review Classes will be considered as belonging to the High School, and charged accordingly.
Payment of tuition must be made at the beginning of each term. In case of absence on account of protracted Sickness n pro rate part of the money will be returned.
Literary Societies.
There are three permanent Literary Societke's counceted with the school: The Lucer- nlan, conducted by the ladies, and the Crescent and (Hiseo Soclelles, by the gentlemen. LAterury organizatlous are also sustained by the Intermediate and Grammar School Stu- dents, Cure Istaken to makestudents nequainted with the rules governing parlimentary bodies,
Libraries.
There are three libraries in connection with the school, which contain about two thonsand volumes. Two of them belong to the Literary Societies, and the other to the Academy Association. Additions are made ench venr.
Reading Room.
A Reading Room hns recently been opened, to which all students Inve access. It Is supplied with the leading periodicals, and a number of valuable papers. Cyclopedias und other valuable books of reference are free to all. New books are added each year.
Lectures.
Lectures are frequently given by the teachers, and opportunities ure also offered for hearing distinguished lecturers from abroad.
Apparatus and Cabinet.
The Academy is supplied with sufficient apparatus to be a valuable ald In studying the Natural Selences; also a Geological Cabinent containing many valuable speelmens, which has been enlarged by the addition of n valable collection of over twelve hundred specimens, purchased and presented to the Academy by its Alumni.
Boarding.
Thecost of boarding and lodging the past year has been about $3.000 per week. Rooms can be rented by those who wish to board themselves, and the cost reduced to less than $1.75 per week. \ elnb has been In successful operation, and the entire cost of boarding, room-rent, light and fuel, was reduced to $2,25 per week.
Location.
The school is in the village of Spleeland, which is situated on the Fort Wayne, Cl- (Innati & Louisville Rallroad, and two and a half miles north of Dunreith on the Pitts- burgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Rallroad.
General Items.
The government of the school is based upon the idea that mandood is more than scholarship, and self-respect and self-control, on the part of the student, are important factors in the formation of charneter. Grenter stress is Inid upon thoroughness of In- struction und accuracy of knowledge than upon rapidity of advancement.
In Arittimetic, Grammar, Geography, Algebra and Latin there are from three to five classes, so that students can enter school at any time and be classed necording to their ad- vincement,
For many years the health of the students hins been uniformly good. There is proba- bly no healthier locality in the State.
The Friends and Methodists both hold religious services on the Sabbath, and each maintainsa Sabbath school.
A suffielent number of teachers Is constantly employed, so that large classes may be avoided, und students may receive persound attention during recitation.
Expenses are as low as at any other school affording equal advantages.
The managers of the School are very careful to make this an Institution In which students, who are away from home and its restraints, will be surrounded by good, inora Influences, and in this they have the co-operation of the citizens of the village.
It is the alm to promote the growth of students intellectually, morally and physically -to make better men ned women in every particular.
Students are required to keep study hours during the evening.
There are no beer, lignor or billiard saloons in the village.
No student whose influence is known to have a corrupting tendency, will be retained in the school.
Diploma.
Students, whose conduct Is exemplary, and who complete the course of study, and prepure and deliver a suitable Hterary production, will be furnished with a Diploma, signed by the destructors and the president of the Board of Trustees.
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$ 30 cents per week. 35 cents per week. 40 cents per week. 50 cents per week. 70 cents per week. 80 cents per week. 90 cents per week.
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GRADUATES.
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Name.
Eli U. Cook.
John J. Stubbs
Residence. Muscatine, Iowa. Omaha, Nebraska. 1871.
Walter D. Jones Dayton, Ohio.
*Alvin II. Jenkins
I. Maey Good
Wabash.
C. R. Nixon
Lynnville, Iowa.
R. G. Boone.
Frankfort.
DaHas Sisson
Cicero.
Mary V. Ballenger (Barnard). New Castle.
Louisa Wickersham Lewisville.
Lida Edwards (Saint) Knightstown.
1872.
Lindley II. Johnson Dunreith.
David H. Henley Spiceland.
Jacob Hill. Arba.
Heury W. Painter Spiceland.
Robert G. Mitchell. San Jose, California.
1873.
Sadie D). Talbert (Wright) Greensboro.
Aaron B. Bell Red Oak, Iowa.
3. Tilman Hutchins. Wabash.
John Pennington Westfield.
Mary Stubbs (Painter)
Spiceland.
Nathan Williams, Ridge Farm, Illinois. S. Carrie Talbert ( Newby) Terre Hante.
1874.
Alice Cary Coffin ( Russell). Springfield, Illinois.
Elvira Spencer (Harold). Richmond.
J. P Edwards. Nashville Tenn.
"Deceased,
Greensboro.
William S. Moffit ...
Columbus, Ohio.
Edwin O. Kennard
Nathan Rosenberger
W. E. Jackson
Fairfield, Iowa. Knightstown. San Jose, California.
D. G. Mitchell
1875.
W. W. Gregg
... What Cheer, Iowa. Nettle Creek.
William C. Pidgeon
Carmel.
Irvin Stanley.
1876.
Spartansburg.
Milton Roberts
S. Ella Bogue.
Spiceland.
M. Bell Chambers ( Estes). Spiceland.
J. Pinkney Mitchell. Spiceland.
Thomas Mitchell
Spicclaud.
Flora Moore.
Lincolnville
John O. Reed.
William S. Seaford. Aurora, Nebraska.
Fannie P. Thornburgh ( Parsons). 1879.
Raleigh.
Jay A. Buck.
New Castle.
Carme M. Goodwin.
Thomas Newlin .... Spiceland.
1880.
J. Edgar Cloud
William N. Lamb Vacaville, California.
Mattie bamb.
St. Helena, California.
Ada Grace Murphey. New Castle.
Emma Belle Roberts.
Westfield.
Ida May Roberts.
Frank Simmons. Spiceland. Salem. Lamira Trueblood
1881.
Oscar R. Baker Williamsburg.
Corrie Bogue ..
Minnie E. Benedict. Paragon.
Jesse A. Strattan.
Carrie M. Unthank.
Spiceland.
1882.
Arthur IL. Baily.
Spiceland.
&Deceased.
1878.
Mt. Summit.
Oak Park, Illinois.
Spiceland.
Westfield.
.Spiceland.
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.J. Newton Barnard ..
.Spiceland.
Harriet Bogue.
Spiceland.
Hattie E. Dickinson
Spieeland.
Charles Newlin
New London.
1SS3.
Anna May Hudelson
Ogden.
Ryland Ratliff.
Marion.
Julia Stafford
Greensboro.
Emily Weeks.
Mechanicsburg.
188-4.
Ella Strattan
Greensboro.
Cora Kirk.
Greensboro.
Virginia Griffin
Dunreith.
Isadore Hall
Spiceland.
William Julian
Spiceland.
Charles B. Nowby
Xenia.
*Deceased.
CALENDAR FOR 1884-85.
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Fall Term begins September 1, 1884.
Fall Term closes December 19, 1884. Winter Term begins December 29, 1884. Winter Term closes March 20, 1885. Spring Term begins March 30, 1885. Spring Term closes June 19, 1885.
CATALOGUE
OF THE
Officers and Students
SPIGELAND ACADEMY,
Spiceland, Henry Co., Indiana,
FOR THE
ACADEMIC YEAR
1 884-85.
NEW CASTLE, IND. :
COURIER CO. PRINT.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
This School has been legally incorporated by the Society of Friends, and is under the care of the following Board of Trustees:
ELISHA B. RATCLIFF, President. JESSE GORDON.
HENRY W. PAINTER, Secretary. SARAH E. TAYLOR.
MATTIE A. WILITE, Treasurer. CYRUS RATLIFF.
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INSTRUCTORS.
W.M. P. PINKIIAM, A. M., SUPERINTENDENT, Teacher of Natural Science, Metaphysles, and Theory and Practice of Teaching.
LUDOVIC ESTES, A. M., Teacher of Languages and Mathematics.
HANNAH E. DAVIS,
Teacher of English Literature, History and Botany.
EMMA C. PINKILAM,
Teacher of Physiology-Fall and Winter Terms.
ELLA BOGUE,
Teacher of Seventh and Sixth Years.
LAURA HOOD, Teacher of Flith Year.
RATIE C. SHERIDAN, Teacher of Fourth and Third Years.
ELLA WILLIAMS. Teacher of Second and First Years.
PUPILS.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Seniors.
Spiceland.
Mary L. Brown
Alfred Y. King
Spiceland. Dunreith.
Second Year.
. Spiceland.
Winnie Bailey
Spiceland.
Mattic E. Brown
Spiceland.
Richard Broadbent
Elbert S. Griffin. Dunreith.
Spiceland.
Alonzo Hodson.
Maple Valley.
John L. McNew
Spiceland.
Henry Newby.
Marion.
Russell Ratliff
New London. .
Addison Tucker
1 Joseph Webb.
First Year.
Spiceland.
Ilerbert Bailey
Spiceland.
Rhoda M. Ballenger
Spiceland.
L. C. Barnard
Spiceland.
Clarence Beard
Spiceland.
M. Pearl Berry
. Carthage.
Irvin Binford
Carthage.
Charles Binford
Spiceland.
Anna Bogue
Willow . Branch.
Blanche Braddock
Paton. lowa. .
Hannah E. Brown.
Spiceland.
Charles Cannaday
Spiceland.
Linnie Compton Warrington.
Ida Copeland Dunreith.
Rose Cude
Spiceland.
Anna K. Edwards
L. Elva Elliott .. . : Greensboro.
Spiceland.
Herbert D. Gordon
Straughns.
Alice Hawley.
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Spiceland.
Oliver C. Steele
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Lizzie S. Hiatt.
Spiceland.
Mattie Eaton
.Spiceland.
Emery Edmundson.
Sheridan.
Maria Gilliam
Dunreith.
Charles Julian
Spiceland.
Laura B. King
Spiceland.
Geo. C. Mendenhall
Spiceland.
Abraham L. Miller
Knightstown.
Stephen Newby
Nenia.
Lorin L. Leavell.
.Markleville.
Levi T. Pennington
Spiceland.
Lorin T. Ratchil
. Spiceland.
Henry II. Ratcliff'.
Spiceland.
Lizzie Ridgeway.
New Castle.
R. Ella Smith.
Spiceland.
Bert Smith . .
Westfield.
Rilla Taylor
Spiceland.
Lucy Wilson.
Spiceland.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
Section I.º
Winnie Baily Spiceland.
C. Orval Berry Spiceland.
I. Carl Barnard. Spiceland.
Albert Cook Greensboro.
Ida Copeland
Warrington.
Rose Cude
Dunreith,
Oscar A. Fleming
Honey ('reek.
Mary E. Fussell.
Pendleton.
Alfred Y. King.
Spiecland.
Cora M. Kirk.
Greensboro.
James E. Buck
. Spiceland.
Josie Bogue.
. Spiceland.
Cynthia Carr
Spiceland.
Lizzie Ridgeway
New Castle.
Minnie Cooper ..
Mechanicsburg.
P. A. Rinard.
. Mooreland.
Parker Davenport.
Spiceland.
Clara G. Edwards
Spiceland.
Emery Edmundson
Valley Mills.
Wilson Furnas
Dalton.
Alice C. Grav
Thorntown.
Abbie Kendall
Mechanicsburg.
Ementre II. Lovett.
Lizzie Nixon .. . Spiceland.
Spiceland.
Jessie Payne
Spiceland.
Lynn C. Boyd.
New Castle.
Will N. Bowers.
Middletown.
Mary Porch:
Spiceland.
J. II. Collier
Markleville.
Muratt O. Poer
Spiceland.
Otho Poer
* Engaged in Training Lessons or Psychology. t Reviewing Common Branches with the Normal Classes.
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.Arlington.
Oscar Hliatt. Westfield.
Emma Julian ..
Spiceland.
John S. Griffin
Willow Branch.
Hattie M. Grunden
Markleville.
Charles Hardy
Wilkinson.
Nannie Hammer
Middletown.
William S. Mauzy
New Lisbon.
John R. Maroney
.New Castle.
Mont B. Millikan
New Castle.
James R. Millikan
Lewisville.
Eva Rhodes
Spiceland.
Minnie E. Rateliff
Wilkinson.
Hannah Smith
Cambridge City.
David Wantz
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Second Year.
Paton, Iowa.
Orintha L. Brown.
Arba.
Oliver 1. Charles.
Spiceland.
Gertrude Gordon
Dunreith.
Suie Griffin
Spiceland.
Mary B. Hall.
Danreith.
Brucie Huddleson
Spiceland.
Addie Hodson
Spiceland.
Attie Rateliff'
Spiceland.
Mary A. Pennington
Spiceland.
Mary C. Pinkham
. Spiceland.
Charles II. Rogers.
Mooreland.
Ed. J. Runyan .
Ashland.
Oliver C. Steele
Dunreith.
Maggie Stuart
Lewisville, Ind.
Harry Unthank
Spiceland.
Section II.t
Ellie Ball. . Lewisville.
Gertrude II. Pinkham.
Spiceland.
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SPICELAND ACADEMY.
Alice Pritchard
John Ratliff.
Raysville.
Edwin B. Ratcliff
. Spiceland.
Ilarlan Ratliff: . Spiceland.
Harmon Rayl.
. Spiceland.
Ina Ridgeway
Spiceland.
Jennie Small. .
New Castle.
Charles R. Small
Selma.
Bennie Stratton.
Markleville.
Charles Stubbs.
. Greensboro.
Otis Stubbs.
. Spiceland.
Emma A. Symons
. Spiceland.
Anna L. Symons.
Dunreith.
Elistus C. Thomas
Dunreith.
Rebecca Unthank.
Arba.
Mattie Wilson
Spiceland.
EH E. Wilson
Spiceland.
Charles Wilson
. Spiceland.
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SUMMARY.
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IHIGH SCHOOL:
Seniors,.
Second Year,. 10
First Year,. 31 47
NORMAL DEPARTMENT:
Section I,
Section II,
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39
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT:
Second Year, ..
Twice counted,
43
120
Total,
122
SPICELAND ACADEMY .-- ADVANTAGES,
To persons desiring to obtain a thorough education under the most favorable circumstances, Spiceland Academy offers the following, among other advantages;
Three carefully selected Courses of Study-a High School Course, a College Preparatory Course, and a Teachers' Course.
Excellent classes in the Common Branches for those not prepared or not wish- ing to take the advanced courses. A corps of teachers not only well acquainted with the work, but thoroughly alive to the interest of each individual pupil. A variety of helps; such as Libraries, Scientific Apparatus, Charts and Natu- rad Specimens; also, Reading room, Literary Societies and Lecture Course.
The best of moral and social influences, with nothing to distract the attention from the work in hand.
A very low rate of expense.
Ample provision is made for instruction in all the Common Branches every term. In these, and in Algebra and Latin, new classes are formed each terin, so that a student may have no difficulty in finding classes adapted to his wants. Great pains are taken to secure accurate and independent work, in accordance with the most approved methods of study and instruction. Dificul points receive a due share of attention; and habits of rigid original analysis are cultivated. The development of the pupil'sown thinking power is a leading point in all the instruction.
ACADEMIC COURSES OF STUDY."
TERM.
FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR,
FIRST YEAR.
FIRST YRAIL.
SECOND YEAR
FIRST TERM.
Algebra. Latin Lessons. Eng. Ilslory. Eloention.
Geometry. Caesar or Gen. History. Rhetorle. Essay and Eloention.
Psychology. Virgil or Book- Keeping. Chemistry. Exposition and Oratory.
Psychology. Oneofthe com- mon Branches, Clertive. one or more High school Branches, clee- tive. Eloention.
Latin Lessons. Physiology. Eng. Ilstory. Pemnabship.
(rasal. Algebra. Geometry. Eloention.
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SECOND TERM.
Algebra. Latin Lessons. Civil Govern- ment. Drawing.
Geometry. Caesar or Gen. History. Natural Philosophy. Essay and Elocution.
Astronomy. Moral Science. English Literature. Exposition akt Oratory.
Pedagogles. One of the Comimos Branches, elee- the. One or more High School Branches, elee- Essay and Fioent lon.
Latin Lessons. Algebra. Higher Arith. Reading.
Caesar. Geometry. Natural Philosophy. Drawing.
THIRD TERM.
Algebra. Latin Reader. Botany. Eng. Classics.
Trigonometry and Surveying. Virgif or Mod. History. pology. Essay and Elocution.
Political Economy. Geology. English Literature.
Training les- the Commons Branches, clee- Itve. Que of more Ifight School Branch- es, elective. Eng. Classles.
Latin Reader. Alycha. Advanced Grammar. Reading.
Virgil. Botany. U. S. Ilstory. Eng. Classics.
* For graded course in Common School studies, see page 10 of Catalogne.
PREPARATORY COURSE.
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE.
NORMAL COURSE.
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THE HIGH SCHOOL COURSE
Will be seen to embrace a variety of studies of the highest practical and disciplin- ary value. Each department of the work is in the care of a teacher who has given special attention to it. There are thorough drills in Latin and Greek. A Cabinet containing many hundred specimens illustrates the subjects of theology, Miner- alogy, Zoology, Chemistry and Anatomy. An Electrical Machine, Air-Pump, and Galvanic and other apparatus, add interest and clearness to the study of Natural Philosophy. Facilities are furnished for all ordinary manipulations in Chemistry. In the Natural Science classes, considerable attention is given to the examination of specimens and to experiments and dissections.
Classes in Higher Mathematics have acress to instruments, and are instructed in the use of them. Mental and Moral Science are taught as sciences, but with direct reference to the problems of every-day life. English Literature and Criti- cism receive careful attention, the objects of these studies being: Ist. \ knowl- edge of Authors and their works; 2d. A relish for literary and biographical knowledge: $d. A discriminating literary taste.
The art of Composition and that of Elocution are also cultivated by regular exercises and systematic instruction.
THE NORMAL COURSE
Is adapted to the wants of all teachers in the Common Schools. It embraces a study of Mental Science, and bases upon this an investigation of the principles which underlie all correct and' snecessinl teaching. It also includes a full dis- cussion of the Classification and Gradation of the School; Order of Studies and Recitations; School (invernment, and the General Duties of the Teacher toward the Children, the Parents and the State.
Students are required to prepare outlines of Object Lassons, and to give lessons to younger classes, subject to criticism. They are expected to ascertain the rela- tion of each Common School Study to the general purpose of education, and to determine from the principles of Mental Science and the character of the subject taught, the method proper to be pursued in the teaching of any given branch or topic. One-third of the student's time is thus devoted to the Principles and Practice of Teaching; bue-third to the study of branches of his own choosing, be- youd the eight required by law ; and the remaining third to the systematic review of the Counnon Branches, unless he is already proficient in these, in which case he may select Higher Branches. It is believed that this course will at once commend itself to teachers who desire further preparation for the duties of their profession.
THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE,
Is substantially the same as that required at Karlham College. Students comple- ting this course are admitted to Eartham College as Regular Freshmen, without examination, upon the certificate of the Academy. Haverford College has also consented to receive the certificate of the Academy in lieu of entrance examina- tions. Students wishing to enter any other college can substitute Greek or any other required study for such branches in our course as their wants do not require. The course is almost identical with that required by the Indiana State I'niversity.
SPECIAL WORK.
A course in Civil Engineering, embracing Land Surveying, Levelling, Rail- road Lines, Curves and Embankments, with the practical use of the Transit and Level, is open to such as desire to enter it; also a course in Chemical Analysis, (Qualitative). Classes in German and French will be organized whenever there is a sufficient number of applicants to form a class, Instruction may be had in Drawing and Painting at a slight additional cost.
LECTURES.
During the past year, single lectures or series of lectures have been given on the following subjects Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, English Literature, English Orthography, Customs of Foreign Nations, Geography of our own Country, International Law, Mental Philosophy, and Theory and Practice of Teaching. Also a special series to the higher mathematical classes on Projection Drawing.
LITERARY SOCIETIES.
There are three permanent Literary Societies connected with the school; the Invernian, conducted by the ladies, and the Crescent and Glises Societies by the gentlemen. These afford an excellent opportunity for practice in literary work, and for becoming acquainted with parliamentary usages.
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