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ENGLISHI.
Beside the usual work in English Grammar, special attention is paid to English Compositior, which is preparatory to the work in Rhetoric. This consists of a study of Grammatical purity, Choice and Use of Words, and kinds of composition, with practical exercises
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History
Civil Gov- English ernment Fisk
History Mont- gomery
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Latin
Caesar and Cirsar and Caesar and Compo- sition. Sight Reading
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n each. English and American Literature receive careful attention. The work consists of a brief history of the rise and growth of the English language, a history of the lives and times of the leading anthors, and a critical study of selections from their writing. The aim is to create a taste for good literature.
LATIN.
In order to receive a diploma a student must have two years' work in Latin, or, in special cases equivalente, may be taken to fit the student for college. Thorough drill on the declension of nouns adjectives and the conjugation of verbs is given, also on the appli- cation of the rules of construction, and the acquiring of a consider- able vocabulary. The derivation of English words is studied, and in the advance work, exercises in sight reading and Latin Composition are given. It is the purpose to invest all the work in Latin with a living spirit that it may be a means of genuine literary culture as well as of mental discipline.
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HISTORY.
Besides the work in United States Ilistory in the Grammar School, a thorough foundation is laid in General Ilistory, Enghsh History, Civil Government and Political Economy. This course will open up to the student the deeds of mankind in all ages in their struggle for rational freedom.
SCIENCE:
The Academy is supplied with sufficient apparatns to be a valuable aid in the study of Natural Sciences. In Natural Philoso- phy the subject is illustrated by many simple pieces of apparatus, besides an air pump, electrical machine, batteries, etc. In Chem. istry, students do practical work in the Laboratory, which is well supplied with chemicals and apparatus for the analysis of unknown substances. Geology and Mineralogy are illustrated by a collection of more than twelve hundred specimens, presented to the Academy
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by the Alumni. In Zoology and Botany, animals and plants are studied from nature, and systems of classification are made promi- nent. In all the sciences, objects are studied as much as possible.
MATHEMATICS.
In this study, practical problems are given as much as possible, and especially is this done in Geometry. The students have the nse of a surveyor's compass and chain, and learn their practical nse. Book-keeping and the practical phases of business paper and all commercial forms are taught, and a student is prepared to take charge of a set of books for a business firm. In the High School, one year is spent on Algebra, and one year on Geometry and Trigonometry.
NORMAL DEPARTMENT.
For several years past, special arrangements have been made to give those students desiring to teach, the opportunity of Normal instruction during the spring term. A special Normal instructor has been employed, and many students of this and adjoining counties have availed themselves of its advantages.
The increasing demand for Normal work, and for a more ex- tended course than can be given during the spring term has induced the board to add a Normal Department that provides for a full year's work of three terms, as follows :---
Fall Term | Ist. Grammar
| Ist Arithmetic
Ist D. S. History
Winter Term | 2nd Gra'mar Spring Term| Method
2nd Arithmetic [ 2nd U. S. Hist'ry
Reading
I Physiology
Psychology List G'graphy 12not'graphy
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In the fall term classes will be organized with the view of cor - tinning the work throughout the year. Classes will also be provid- ed for those who have already done one term's Normal work. During the winter term both classes having started in the fall will advance to the next work in the course. In the spring term classes will be provided for those beginning the Normal work, and for those
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CATALOGUE OF
who have done one term's work, and for those ready for the third term's work. It is this seen that all the legal branches, Psychology, and Method may be had in the spring term.
Inspection of the following schedule of classes will reveal the arrangement of the work throughout the year:
Term
FALL.
WINTER
SPRING
Grammar Gram 2nd
2nd.
Melbsod
G mar
Grammar 2nd
Method
tic. Ish.
Arith lic. 2nd
Arithme- tic. 2nd
Reading
Arithme- tic
Ist tic
Arithme- 2nd!
Reading
U. S. Ilis-'0'. S. 11is -: 1. S. 11Is- tory. Ist :
lory. 2nd lory. 2nd
Geogra-
Psycholo-
Geogra-
phy 1×1
Geogra- phy 2nd.
It is not the purpose of High Schools to give students a teach- er's knowledge of the legal branches. It, however, is known that many high school graduates desire to teach for a period of time. This course of Normal work is especially fitted for this class of students, and for students having graduated from the Common Schools, who wish to get a more comprehensive knowledge of the legal branches, and learn correct methods of teaching them. Suf- ficient Psychology, Pedagogy and Method will be given to make the work characteristically professional. The purpose of this de- partment cannot be better stated than by saying it is to give students a teacher's knowledge of the legal branches, Psychology and Method.
In the Normal course it is not intended to conduet a scheme of eramming for examination, but it is our intention to help teachers in their schools quite as much as to aid them to get licenses.
The addition to the work in the Normal Department will in no way interfere with the regular Academic Course. Work will be so arranged that students who desire to take part Academic work, and part Normal work will be conviently accommodated.
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Prof. G. W. Neet, the Superintendent of the Academy for 1894-95 is a graduate of the Indiana State Normal, has had the ad- vantage of a course of instruction in Indiana University, is well ex- perienced in Public and High School work, and also in Normal Institute work. He will be aided in this department by Leonard Young, a State Normal student who has also had the advantage of a course at Indiana University, so that we can confidently recommend the advantages which Spiceland offers to all students who desire to fit themselves for teaching.
RATES OF TUITION.
Grammar School. .75
hier week. High School-First Year. 20 per week per subject.
High School-Second Year 221 66
High School-Third Year. 331
.. .. Normal and Review Classes .$1.00
Commercial Department. 1.00
Tuition is due at the opening of each term, and settlement must be made with either the treasurer or superintendent, before students may enter upon their term's work.
No deduction will be made for absence after enrollment, ex- cept in cases of protracted ill health. In event of sickness, notice must, in all cases be given of the withdrawal of the pupil, as no de- duction will be made until this is done.
LITERARY EXERCISES.
Besides the work of the Literary Society connected with the school, literary exercises will be expected of students in all grades both in class work and before the whole school. Care is used that students may learn the art of composition and public delivery. To this end, public exercises are occasionally held to commemorate some author or well- known historical event. Essays and declamation are a part of the regular school work.
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Physio-
fU. S. His-U. S. JIs- tory Isitory 2nd
Physlo logy
Psychol- OXY.
Geogra- play. is phy.
Grogra- Ist phy. 2nd
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CATALOGUE OF
LIBRARIES.
Four sets of Encyclopedias are in the school rooms, and these with the Dictionaries and numerous reference books are for the free nse of all. There are three libraries in connection with the school, which contain about two thousand volumes; two of them belonging to the Literary Societies and the other to the Academy Association. Additions are made each year.
BOARDING.
The citizens of Spiceland have always given the Students a hearty welcome by receiving them into their homes. It is the in- tention to offer students the advantage of a thorough education for a small ontlay of money. The cost of boarding when everything is furnished is 83 per week. Roomis either furnished or unfurnished can be rented by those who board themselves, and the cost of living reduced to a very small sum.
LECTURES.
Students have the opportunity to hear good lectures at a small expense. The following course of lectures was given under the ans- pices of Spiceland Literary Club during the season of 1894-95: Ten lectures on "The Era of the Reformation," by Prof. Cyrus Hodgin, of Earlham College, These lectures were all highly instructive as well as entertaining. Arrangements were made by which these lec- tures were practically free to the students.
GENERAL ITEMS.
The government of the school is based upon the idea that man- hood is more than scholarship, that self respect and self control on the part of the student are important factors in the formation of character. Greater stress is laid npon the thoroughness of instruc- tion and aceuraey of knowledge than upon rapidity of advancement.
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A daily class record of the work of each pupil is kept. This re- cord and the final examination determine the recorded grade. Students whose daily class record is 95 per cent., with attendance, application and deportment equally good, mry be exensed from ex- amination.
For many years the health of the students has been uniformly good. There is probably no healthier locality in the state.
The Friends and Methodists both hold religious services on the Sabbath, and each maintains a Sabbath school. A society of Y. P. S. C. E. meets each Sabbath evening, and students are welcomed to its meetings.
A sufficient minber of teachers is constantly employed, so that large classes may be avoided, and students may receive personal at- tention during the recitation.
Expenses are as low as at any other school affording equal ad. vantages.
'The managers of the school are very careful to make this an in- stitution in which students who are away from home and its re- straints, will be surrounded by good, moral influences, and in this they have the co-operation of the citizens of the village.
There are no beer, liquor or billiard saloons in the village.
No student whose influence is known to have a corrupting ten- deney will be retained in the school.
DIPLOMA.
Students whose conduet is exemplary, and who complete the course of study and prepare and deliver a suitable literary product- ion, will be furnished a diploma, signed by the instructors and the president of the board of trustees.
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CATALOGUE OF
LIST OF PUPILS.
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SENIORS.
Clarence Painter Spiceland
Mabel Wright Spiceland
Edgar Cox. Spiceland
Nellie Ratliff . Spiceland
Howard Henley Spiceland
Maude Wildman
Spiceland
Frank Hudelson Spiceland
Pearl Moffet. Spiceland
JUNIORS.
Pearl James Lincolnsville
Anna Morris Lincolnsville
Anna Rateliff. Spiceland
Willie Carson Spiceland
Mabel Newby . Spiceland
Nora Griffin Spiceland
Clara White.
Raysville
Rosene Edwards Snider
Theresa Wildman Spiceland
FIRST YEAR.
Minnie Stratton Spiceland
Elva Hudson Spiceland
Lois Henley
Spiceland
Clara Ross Spiceland
Bertha M. Charles . Spiceland
Clyde Sisson
Spiceland
Pearl Symons
Spiceland
Charley II. Smith
Mt. Summit
Pearl Millikar
Spiceland
Mayme Stafford
.Spiceland
Walter Cofli Spiceland
Rosa Stratton . Spiccland
Debbie Edwards
Snider
Oscar Smith
Selma, Ohio
Michael Pamter
Middletown
Frank Wright
Dunreith
Walter Painter
Spiceland
Ethel Rifner . Spiceland
Bertha Hayes
Spiceland
Hattie Poer.
. Spiceland
Mand Elliott
Spiceland
Leota Applegate Spiceland
Will Reed Mt. Summit
Gertrude Seaford Spiceland
Mary Taylor
Spiceland
Cora Charles
Spiceland
Ray Carson
Spiceland
Mattie Moore
.Spiceland
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IRREGULAR.
Lora M. Simmons
. Greenfield
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CATALOGUE OF
Enid G. Bundy Greenfield
Mamie Bowen
Kennard
Mary E. Lawrence Spiceland
George Myers
New Castle
Addie Edwards . Spiceland
Maud lockersmith.
Mattie Leakey New Lisbon
Laurence Gardner Spiceland
Gertrude Kirk Spiceland
Gertrude Meredith
Lewisville
Grace Giles. Anderson
Edna Pickering
New Castle
Gertrude Prichard. Spiceland
Jessie , Lcaky
New Lisbon
Emma Deem
Spiccland
Oran Cromer
Cross Roads
Heber Iludelson Dunreith
Pearl Bowers
Cadiz
Willie Ratliff. Spiceland
Katie Owens
Dunreith
Clyde Picree
Spiceland
Chas. F. Carlton
Willow Branch
Glenn Pierce
Spiceland
John M. White
New Lisbon
Arlie Hood.
Spiceland
Garfield Axline.
Spiceland
Leonard Recder
Springport
Wallace Newby
Spiceland
Mattie Riley . . Cadiz
Daisy Iliatt.
Spiceland
Laura Wischart
.Mechanicsburg
Clint Bundy .
Spiceland
Hlenly Symons
. Spiceland
Thomas Reeder
Springport
B. F. Wischart
Mechanicsburg
George II. Stinson
Newcastle
J. A. Miller
Spiceland
J. Harry Elliott.
. Spiceland
Michael Swallow Spiceland
NORMAL STUDENTS.
Ray M. Beck New Castle
Fred Sisson . Dunreith
Fanny Ilays Dunreith
Clarence ITall Spiceland
Howard Bundy . Spiceland
Etta Ball. Lewisville
Myrtle Riggle. Lewisville
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Iloward Carr.
Kennard
Jno. A. Tully
Mechanicsburg
Allie Gray Spiceland
Lelia Smitlı Springport
Webster Carr
Kennard
Chas. R. Tully
Mechanicsburg
J. J. Hoover
Sulphur Springs
May B. Hoover Sulphur Springs
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Bertha Pearson
Spiceland
Hollis B. Crum
. Spiceland
Carrie Carr.
Kennard
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Daleville
Bessie Hudelson .Spiceland
Morris Coffin . Spiceland
Leon McCormack Cadiz
George McCormack Cadiz
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CATALOGUE OF
Pearl Carr Kennard
J. L. Hoover
Sulphur Springs
Allegra Fraizer
Springport.
Dorsey Conwell.
Spiceland
Lizzie Funk
Dublin
C. N. Davis
Cranville
Carrie English
Dunreith
S. B. Pickering
Newcastle
O. O. Carpenter Newcastle
P. B. Wright Cadiz
Stella Charles
Spiceland
Summary.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
Seniors א
Juniors . 10
First Year
28
Irregular.
25-71
Normal Department.
49-49
Total . 130
GRADUATES.
1870
EI U. Cook. Muscatine, lowa John J. Stubbs .Omaha, Nebraska
1871
Walter D. Jones.
Dayton, Ohlo
>Alvin Il. Jenkins $1. Macy Good
Carlisle, P'n
(. R. Dixon
R. G. Bonne
Ypsilanta, Michigan
Dallas Sisson.
Spiceland
Emma Belle Roberts
Sun River. Mont.
Mary V. Ballenger ( Barnard) ... Newcastle
Ida May Roberts,
Sun River, Mont.
Lonisa Wickersham
lewisville
Frank Symtors
Portland, Me.
Newcastle
Alda Edwards, (Saint).
1872
Lindley H. Johnson. Dunreith
.Spiceland
David Henley.
lacob Hill
Pasadena. Col
Henry W. Painter
„Splceland
Pacithe Grove, Cal.
Robert G. Mitchel .....
1873
Sadie D. Talbert, (Wright)
Aaron B. Bell
.. Red Oak, Iowa
J. Tilman Hutchins
lohn Pennington
Oskaloosa, lowat
Mary Stubbs, (Painter).
Spleeland
Charles Newline
Indianapolis
Nathan Willianis.
Oswego, Kan.
Carrle Talbert ( Newby ) ..... Wichita, Kan.
1874
Alice Coffin ( Russel) St. Louis, Slo.
Elvira Spencer ( Harold)
Richmond
1. 1. Edwards
William S. Moffitt
Greensboro
Edwin O. Kennard.
Pasadena, Cal.
Nathan Rosenberger
Muscatine, la.
W. R. Jackson ..
Knightstown
D. C. Mitchel
Spiceland
1875
W. W. Gregg. Chicago, Hils.
William Pidgeon Washington, Kan.
Irvin Stanley 1877 Ottumwa, Ia.
Beloit, Kan,
Milton Roberts
1878
S. Ella Bogue ( Dogget) ... Danville, Va. Belle Chambers, (Estes; Grand Forks, la. 1. Plukoney Michel Fresno, Cal. Thomas Mitchel .. Spleeland Mlorn Moore, ( Brady) .Incoluville John D. Reed. .Kasl Saganaw, Mich.
William S. Senford Splceland Fannie Thorn burg(Parsins) Oak Park, III.
1870
dlay A. Burk Muncle C'arrie Goodwin, (Jeffry ). ........... Newcastle Thomas Newlln .Newberg, Oregon
1880
1. Edgar Cloud
Richmond
Willlam N. Lamb.
Vacaville, Cul.
Mattie Lamb (Outland)
Amboy
Ada Grace Murphy
Newcasth.
lamira Trueblood( Kellum) Friendswood 1881
Oscar R. Baker,
Winchester
Corrie Bogne
Minnie Benedict Blankenship .... Paragon Carrie Unthank ( Kellum ..... Indianapolis Clesse A. Strattan 1882
#Arthur 11. Bailey Middletown J. Newton Barnard Harriett Bognet Newlin Indianapolis Hattie N. Dickinson Spiceland
1883
Anna HudelsomFoster, Washington, D.C.
Ryland Katlitt
Fairmount
.Inlia Stattord (Shugart).
Greensboro
Emily Weeks ...
Mechanicsburg
1884
& Corn Kirk
Ella Stratton ( Hodson) Spiceland
Virginla Griffin (Cory) ..
Mt. Summit
Isadore Hall ( Wilson ...
Spiceland
William Julian
Minden, Neb.
Charles B. Newby
Chicago
1885
Mary L. Brown ( Pennington) .... Spiceland Alfred Y. King Weaver
Oliver C. Steele
Spieeland
1886
1 .. Winnle Balley Spleeland Multle R. Brown. Spiceland Ichard Broadbent .. Elwood Elbert Gilflin. .. Elwood
Alonzo C. Hodson Spleeland
John I .. MeNew
Greenfield
Russell Ratliff
Marlon
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Tacoma, Wash.
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1887
Herbert T. Baily Spiceland
Clarence Beard
Knightstown
Anna K. Bogue (Shaffer).
.. Spiceland
Lindley Compton
Harlem, Mont.
Lizzie S. Hlatt
Spleeland
Abram Miller
Keunard
Bert Smith
.Zionsville
1888
Rhoda M. Ballenger. Newcastle
llannah E. Brown(Stribbling). Dexter, la.
Oryntha L. Brown (lester). Paton, la.
Jessie Butler.
Lewisville
John C. Cook
Spiceland
Clara G. Edwards ..
Spiceland
Elva Elliott (Compton Harlem, Mont.
Achsah ES. Rateliff Newcastle
H. Il. Rateliff.
Spiceland
H. J. Ray]
Spiceland
Charles L. Stubbs
Spiceland
Spiceland
1889
Laura Benedlet. Springport
Blanche Braddock
Willow Branch
Frank Copeland.
.Dunreith
Estella Decht ...
Spiceland
Lawrence Gardner.
Spiceland
Gertrude Gordon (Genaux)
.Lina, O.
Sue Griffin (Evans)
Mt. Smmmitt
Otis Sinbbs
.. Lewisville
Mary White
Pasadena, Cal.
1890
1 .. Etta Butler
Lewisville
Elmer Deelu
Spiceland
Edwin B. Rateliff. Spiceland
Bennie Strattan
Strattan
S. E. Stubbs ..
Spiceland
1891
Ethel M. Copeland.
Chicago, Ill.
Lønie Edmundson
Spiceland
Maurine Gardner
Spreeland
Charles N. Hardy Markleville
O. Allee Hlatt
.El wood
Ernest Sisson
Spleeland
Alfred II. Symons
Hagerstown
Mary M. Teas
.. Irvington
Charles Titus
Warrington
Herbert D. Woodard.
.. ...... Fountain City
1892
lesse S. Bally
Indianapolis
('lara Brown,
Spiceland
Warren T. Evans,
Minneapolis, Minn.
John B. Greenstreet. .Lewisville
Winnie Hinshaw
... Lyan
David N. Komp ..
Kempton
Alice C. Lawrence
Spiceland
Estella Symons
Spiceland
Alvin Ulrich
Greensboro
1893
Oscar Bogue
Spiceland
Estella Charles
Spiceland
Floyd Ilill
Pasadena, Cal.
Arthur Holloway
Spiceland
Leora Jessup
Westland
John Miller
Spiceland
Olen Payne
Spleeland
Lena Rayle
Spiceland
George Smith
Greensboro
Orville White.
Galena, 111.
1894
Minnie Black
Newcastle
Bessie 1. Brown
Spiceland
Clarence V. Hall
Spiceland
Horace Hardy
Markleville
Ida Holloway
Spiceland
Arlie Hood
Spiceland
Bertha Jessup
.Clay Center, Neb.
Elma Lawrence
Spiceland
Frank Pitts
Carthage
Maude M. Schaffer
Newcastle
Oscar F. Symons
Spiceland
Deceased.
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SPICELAND ACADEMY,
SPICELAND, HENRY COUNTY, INDIANA.
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR
1805=6.
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Board of Trustees of Spiceland Academy.
This school has been legally incorporated by the Society of Friends and is under the care of the following Board of Trustees:
EDWIN HALL, Pres. SAMANTHA HENLEY, Sec.
WM. H. COFFIN. MATTIE S. CHARLES, Treas. DANIEL LAWRENCE. I TERRELL WILSON.
CALENDAR 1896-97.
First term opens Monday, September 7, 1896. First term ends Thursday, December 24, 1896. Second term opens Monday, January 4, 1897. Second term ends Friday, March 26, 1897. 1
Third term opens Tuesday, April 6, 1897. Third term ends Friday, June 25, 1897. Commencement Exercises, 10 a. m., Friday, June 25, 1897.
Instructors 1895-96
GEO. W. NEET, Superintendent, Mental Science, Pedagogy and Latin WM. L. MARTIN, Natural Science and History. CLARIBEL GARDNER, Mathematics and Literature. LEONARD YOUNG, Normal Department. BELLE WILSON, Music
Instructors 1896=97.
GEO. W. NEET, Superintendent. Pedagogy and Science ISADORE WILSON, Latin, History and Literature. CLARIBEL GARDNER, Mathematics. J. HOWARD WAGNER, Normal Department. BELLE WILSON, Music.
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aud students classified accordingly.
Academic Course of Study.
FIRST YEAR
SECOND YEAR
THIRD YEAR
TERM
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
Mathe- matics
Algebra Wells
Algebra
Algebra
Geometry Chauvenet
Geomerts
Trigonom. eiry Wentworth
Latin
Easy Latin Method Col'r & Dan']
Latin
Latin
Cæsar and Cæsar and Composition Harp'r&T'I'n; Composition
Cæsar and Sight Reading
; nglish
The English The English Sentence Sentence
The English sentence
Literature and
Literature and Composition; Composition Composition
Literature and
Literature and Rhetoric: Literature
Literature
History
English History Montgomery
Civil Government Fisk
General Ilistory
General History Myers
Political Economy
Science
Zoology Packard
Physics Gage'- Introduction
Chemisters Williams Psy. Sully Moral Sci. Peabody
Astronomy Newcomb & Holden
Ge'l'gy Dana Botany W'od
Spiceland Academy.
HISTORY.
diana. body the board of trustees is appointed. Spiceland Academy is the oldest Academy in charge of Friends in In- It was chartered as an Academy in 1872, but its history as a Friends school is much older than this, dating back for more than sixty years. It is under the control of Spiceland Monthly meeting, by which The teachers are selected by the
trustees. While the school is under denominational control, it is not see. tarian in the least; its foundation rests upon christian culture. The first Academy. class was graduated in 1870, and 166 have received diplomas from the More than 3,000 students have received instruction in the school since its organization as an Academy.
LOCATION.
Spiceland Academy is located in the beautiful and flourishing town of Spiccland, Indiana, in the southern part of Henry county, on the L. E. & W. Railroad, two miles north of Dunreith, on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The buildings are situated in the midst of a beautiful grove, adjoining which is a large campus, well fitted for the various sports engaged in by the
students.
ENTRANCE.
Students may enter at any time, but students coming from other schools are required to bring certificates stating their literary and moral standing. In the absence of approved certificate, examinations will be held
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Remarks on the Course of Study.
Higher classes in any of the work will be formed whenever there is suf. ficient demand, and tuition will be charged at the same rate as for a third year study. Satisfactory work in those studies may be substituted for work in the regular course at the discretion of the superintendent.
The above course of study has been prepared with reference to the needs of those students who do not expect to pursue a college course, but desire to acquire a knowledge of those branches which will fit them for act- ive life. SPECIAL ATTENTION, HOWEVER, IS GIVEN TO PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, and third year work in Latin, Mathematics and other sub- jects will be given when a sufficient number of pupils desire it. Students are urged to take a college course, and they will be admitted to any of the leading colleges in Indiana without examination.
The course of study in the Grammar School is in harmony with that adopted throughout the state.
At the close of the Winter term the members of the second High School class hold an exhibition, for which each member prepares an essay, oration or declamation, and the public speakers are chosen from the number.
ENGLISH.
Besides the usual word in English Grammar, special attention is paid to English Composition, which is preparatory to the work in Rhetoric. This consists of a study of Grammatical purity, choice and use of words, and kinds of composition, with practial exercises in each. English and American Literature receive careful attention.
The work consists of a brief history of the rise and growth of the Eng- lish language, history of the lives and times of the leading authors and a critical study of selections from their writing. The aim is to create a taste for good literature.
LATIN.
In order to receive a diploma a student must have two years' work in Latin, or, in special cases equivalents, may be taken to fit the student for college. Thorough drill on the declension of nouns, adjectives and the conjugation of verbs is given, also on the application of the rules of con- struction and the acquiring of a considerable vocabulary. The derivation of English words is studied, and in the advance work exercises in sight- reading and Latin Composition are given. It is the purpose to invest all the work in Latin with a living spirit that it may he a means of genuine literary culture as well as of mental discipline.
HISTORY.
Besides the work in United States History in the Grammar School, a thorough foundation is laid in General History English llistory, Civil government and Political Economy. This course will open up to the student the deeds of mankind in all ages in their struggle for rational freedom.
The Academy is supplied with sullleient apparatus to be a valuable aid in the study of Natural Sciences. In Natural Philosophy the subjeet is il- lustrated by many simple pieces of apparatus, besides the air pump, electri- cal machine, batteries, etc. In Chemistry students do practical work in the Laboratory, which is well supplied with chemicals and apparatus for the analysis of unknown substances. Geology and Minerology are illustra- ted by a collection of more than twelve hundred specimens, presented to the Academy by the Alumni. In Zoology and Botany, animals and plants are studied from nature, and systems of classifications are made prominent. In all the sciences objects are studied as much as possible.
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