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Virginia Griffin (Cory) Dunreith
Isadore Hall ( Wilson) Splceland
William Julian Hastings, Neb
Charles Newby Converse
1885 Mary L. Brown (Pennington ) Spiceland
Mt. Vernon, Ill Alfred Y. King Oliver C. Steele Spiceland
1886
L. Winnie Baily (Clement) Haddonfield, N. J
1801
Ethel E. Copeland (Lee) Meadville, Pa
Matfie E. Brown Daytonia, Fla
Richard Broadbent Elwood
Elbert Griffin Elwood
Alonzo C. Hodson New Castle, R F D) 10
*Jolin L. McNew
1887 Herbert T. Baily
Spiceland
Ada Grace Murphy Chattanooga, Tenn
Ida May Roberts Matehula, Mexico
Emma Belle Roberts Westfield
Frank Symons Portland, Maine
Elizabeth S. Hiatt (Genau)
Omaha, Neb
Abraham L. Miller
Seymour
Bert Smith Zionsville
1888 Rhoda Ballenger (Cunningham) Indianapolis
*Hannah Brown ( Stribbing).
Oryntha Brown (Jester)
Payton, Iowa
*Jessie Butier.
Clara G. Edwards ( Knight) St. Louis, Mo.
John C. Cook New Castle, R F D 2
Elva Elliott (Compton). Tomah, Wis
Achsah E. Ratcliff ( Ratliff)
Pasadena, Cal
H. H Rayl Muncie
Charles Stubbs
Indianapolis
J. A. Greenstreet. New Castle
H. H. Ratcliff. Taylorsville
1889 Laura Benedict Indianapolis
Blanch Braddock ( McNew) Greenfield
Frank Copeland. Dunreith
Estella Deem (Kennedy)
Spiceland
*Lawrence Gardner.
Gertrude Gordon (Geneaux) Spiceland
Sue Griffin (Evans)
Spiceland
Otis Stubbs Lewisville, R F D
May Stubbs Pasadena, Cal
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L. Etta Butler
Frankfort
Eliner Deem
Edwin B Ratcliff. Spiceland
Bennie Stratton New Castle, RF DI
S. E. Stubbs. Wilkinson
Louie Edmondson (Por) Knightstown
Maurine Gardner ( Kein) New Castle
Charles N Hardy Markleville
Alice Hiatt (Copeland) Cincinnati, O
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Clarence H. Beard-
New Castle
Anna K. Bogue (Shaffer) Benton Harbor, Mich
Lindley Compton Tomah, Wis
Lamira Trueblood (Kellum): Camby
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Lewisville, R F D'
Ernest Sisson. Greenfield
Alfred H. Symons Fort Yeats, North Dakota
Mary M. Teas (Parker) Eaton, O
Charles Titus Warrington
Herbert D. Woodard Fountain City
1892 Jesse S. Baily Silverton, Col
Clara Brown Spiceland
Warren T. Evans Canby, Minn
John B. Greenstreet Lewisville, R F D
Winnie Hinshaw (Milligan)
Winchester
David M. Kemp.
Kempton
Alice Lawrence Salem, Iowa
Estella Symons Minneapolis, Minn
Alvin Ulrich. Greensboro
1893
Oscar Bogue Spiceland
Estella Charles ( Fawcett) Indianapolis
Floy Ilill Pasadena, Cal
Arthur Holloway Osklaloosa, Iowa Leora Jessup (Parker) Westland
John Miller New Castle
Olen Payne New Castle
Lena Rayle- Spiceland
George Smith Knightstown
Orville White
Joplin, Mo
1894
Minnie Black ( Moore) Chicago, Ill
Bessie I. Brown (Stone) Daytona, Fla
Clarence V. Hall New Castle
Horace Hardy Markleville
Ida Holloway ( Kenworthy) Richmond
Arlie Hood Chicago
Bertha Jessup Clay Center, Neb Elma Lawrence
Spiceland
Maud M. Shaffer ( Payne ) New Castle
Frank Pitts
Indianapolis Oscar F. Symons Minneapolis, Minn
1895 Clarence Painter.
Van Buren, Ark
Mabel Wright (Gaar) Kokomo Edgar Cox .Clarkton, N. C
*Nellie Ratliff.
Howard Henley Tuttle, Okla
Maud Wildman (Evans) Philadelphia, Pa
Frank Hudelson Mays
*Pearl Moffett (Wood)
1896 Cora Hudson (Bogue) Spiceland
Clara White ( Wildman) Selma, O
Elsie Hudelson (Holland ) Brooklyn
Anna Morris ( Wilson ). South Wabash
Pearl M. James (Tweedy) Wabash
Mabel Newby ( Hood)_ Chicago
W. J. Carson Chicago
Nora Griffin ( Beach ) New Castle
Theresa Wildman Philadelphia, Pa
Roscoe Edwards New Castle
1897 Leoti Applegate (Coffin) New Castle, R F D I
Elva M. Hudson ( Hall) Spiceland
Lois M. Henley Indianapolis
*Fannie Hayes
Floy Hudelson Greenfield
Josie B. Harlan ( Weatherman) Dana
Jessie Leaky ( Iliatt) New Lisbon
Pearl Millikan ( Hardy) Markleville Ethel Rifner (Newby) Englewood, Kan
Mayme Stafford (Applegate)
Spiceland
Clyde Sisson ( Moore) Indianapolis Minnie Stratton (Stafford) New Castle, R F D) I Charles Smith Cleveland, O
*Irving White
1898 Clifford Applegate Spiceland
James Holtsclaw Spiceland
Bavis Nay Springport
Emory Ratcliff New Castle R F D
Gertrude Seaford Spiceland
Pearl Symons Spiceland
Lelia Smith (Rice) Spencer, O
Charles A. Beard New York City
Merritt Stafford Westland
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Cora Smith (Sparks) Summit ville
Walter Painter Lowell
Bertha Charles Marlem, Mont
Ernest Shockley Angola
Elsie Shockley (Lockridge) Shawnee, Okla
1899
Bessie Haisley Spiceland
Bertha O. Lawrence Oskaloosa, Iowa
Florence O. Macy Metamoris, Mexico
Earl Moffett Knightstown, R F D) 2
Walter T. Pearce New Castle, R F D 2
Orabell Shaffer (Bell)
New Castle, R F D 2
1900
Ethel Applegate (Painter) Spiceland
Edgar Bazzle
New Castle
Susan Benedict ( Nay)
Springport
Cora Charles (Carson) Logansport
Connie Griffin Ogden
David W. Gordon Indianapolis
Guy 11. Hall New Lisbon
Clyde Kennedy Rushville
1903 Rilla Bartlett
Lewisville
Nellie Beckett
Spiceland
Perrin Holt. Indianapolis
Arthur Johnson Lewisville Carl Newby
Gate, Oklahoma
*Jeanette Rifner
Pernia Thornburg (Griffin).
Clermont, 111
John R. Thompson
Sulphur Springs
1901
Ira E. Bell New Castle, R F D 2
Bertha E. Butler ( Ballard) Lewisville
. Raymond Byrket Elwood
Jennie Compton (Cope) Dunreith
Everett Cope Dunreith
. Deborah Edwards Knightstown, R F D
Ethel Edwards ( Kramein) Bloomington, Ind
Lillian H. Hayes. Dunreith
Walter B. Harvey Pittsburg, Pa
John R. Hinshaw Greensboro
Everett Macy Lewisville, R F D
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Georgia Millikan ( Hardy)- Pendleton
Jennie E. Millikan ( Wright). Edinburg
Homer E. Nugen Lewisville
Cora E. Risk (Deem) Spiceland
Robert A. Roberts New Albany
Grace E. Stewart (Johnson)
New Castle, R F D
Russell L. Wright Portland, Oregon
Walter C. Wilson Pasadena, Cal
1902 Harley Anderson Spiceland
Jessie Baily
Crestview, Tenn
Mary Butler New Castle, R F D) 1 Walter Byers Knightstown, R F I) 2
Jennie Kirk Spiceland
Guerney Maple
Pasadena, Cal
Manning Smith
Philadelphia, Pa
Rena Thomas
Richmond
Retta Thomas Fountain City
Russell Wilson Leet, West Va
India Yost (Cook) Sulphur Springs
Ralph Stubbs Spiceland
Walter Wright Edinburg
1904
Elsie Bell (Applegate) Spiceland
Josephine Beeson ( Manifold)
Spiceland
Will Benedict Springport
Lawrence Bridges
Warrington
Warren Edwards Knightstown, R F D
Irl Evans Mt. Summitt
Jessie Gordon ( Newby) Spiceland
Ruth llarvey
Dunreith
Ilazel Heacock ( Yockey)
Richmond
Homer Henley Wagner, Okla
Claire Hoover ( May)
.Joilet
Clarence Macy Lewisville
Everett Macy
Gainesville, Fla
Carroll Mills
New Castle, R F D
Cecil Newby Englewood, Kan
Rupert Redic Cloudcroft, N M
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Barton Jones
Spiceland
Belva Jordan (Coffin;
New Castle, RF DI
Guy May
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Pansy Newby
Lewisville
Anna Painter
New Castle, R F D
Clara Patterson (Rothrock)
New Castle, R F D
Maud Simmons Wilkinson
Grover VanDine Shirley 1
Orville Wright Spiceland 1
1907 Hazel Bartlett Lewisville
Irene Bell (Wright).
Greensboro
Bertha Bowers ( Rogers)
Mooreland
Ruby McDaniel
Knightstown, R F D 3
Ralph Silver
Knightstown
Levinus Painter New Castle, RF D
Bernerha Smith
Muncie
Howard Seaford Spiceland
Clenna Smith ( Moffitt )
Knightstown, R F D
Hassel Williams Muncie
1908
Herschel Alf
Lewisville
Clara Burcham
New Castle, R F D IO
Ethel Chandler
Spiceland
Loma Delon
Spiceland
Alexander Gano Spiceland
Margaret Harden Knightstown, R F 1) 2
Oran Griffin
Indianapolis
Ruth Gardner
New Castle, R F D I
Knightstown, R F D 2 Everett Kennard
Elva Kennard Knightstown, R F D 2
Glen Kirkham Rushville, R F D 9
Paul McDaniel Knightstown, R F D 3
Vida Redic Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Hazel Reese New Castle, RFD 9
Bessie Sidwell
St. Clairsville, O
Mary Seaford
Spiceland
*Arthur Rifner.
Arden Stubbs
Spiceland
Everett Test
Danville, Ky
Amy Thomas Willow
Paul Wilson Knightstown, R F D) I
1906
Charles Bundy Billings, Mont
Walter Bundy Spiceland
Arthur Hudelson New Castle, RF I)
Hazel Hludelson Dunreltk
Edna Kellar Lewisville
Frances Nugen
Dunreith
Myron Painter
Spiceland
Edgar Rogers Mooreland
Otis Shaffer
Richmond
Morristown, R F D
Wendell Pitts
Knightstown
Robert Reeves
Wilkinson
Etta Rifner (Parker)
Hickory, N C
John Rogers
Mooreland
Herbert Seaford
Spiceland
Charles Veach
Mt. Summit
Ethel Wright ( Hershaur ) Dunreith
Harold Yockey Oklahoma City, Okla
. 1905
Elsie Anderson (Conwell) Mooreland
Walter Brandy
Spiceland
Raymond Duke Indianapolis
Anra Lane
Chicago
Edward Pope
New Castle, R F 1 6
Jessie Reece
Indianapolis
Ruby Reeves
Knightstown
Anna Reeves Wilkinson, R F D 2
Edna Swindell Greensboro
Lucile Wilson
Spiceland
1909
Beula Arnold New Castle, R F D 6
Loren Butler New Castle, R F D) I
Marie Clarke Bradford, O
Walter flays
Markleville
Ruth Hudelson New Castle, R F I) IO
Ethel Jackson Straughn
Ada Jarrett
Lewisville, RF D)
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Ruby Julian Lewisville
Lawrence Reeves
Lois Pitts Morristown, R F D
Lucile Mcilvaine
Lewisville
James McGrady
New Castle
Griffin Moffitt
Knightstown, R F D
Alma Osborn
Winchester, R F D
Elgar Pennington
Spiceland
Hoyt Reese
Knightstown, R F D
Hazel Skaates
Lewisville
Minnie Simmons
Wilkinson
Margaret Smith
Spiceland
Clayton Teeter
Mooreland
Ross Williams
Dunreith
Perry Wilson
Spiceland
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1910-1911 SPICELAND ACADEMY SPICELAND, INDIANA
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FACULTY AND CALENDAR
For the Academic Year 1911-1912
INSTRUCTORS
HOMER H. COOPER, A. M., Superintendent History and Science
ETHEL PUBLOW, B. S. Mathematics and Science
ANNA PAINTER, A. B. Latin and English
Manual Tru ..
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Drawics
Music
CALENDAR
1911
Fall Term begins Tuesday, September 12 Fall Term ends Friday, December 22
1912
Winter Term begins Monday, January 1 Winter Term ends Friday, March 15 Spring Term begins Monday, March 25 Commencement, Friday, May 31
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
EDWIN B. RATCLIFF, President
S. B. LANE, Secretary and Treasurer JOHN S. GRIFFIN SETH C. SYMONS
CHARLES B. HARVEY ARTHUR W. OSBORN
INSTRUCTORS
Academic Year 1910 - 1911
HOMER H. COOPER, A. M., Superintendent History and Science
LAURA DOAN Mathematics and Science
EMMA KENDALL, A. B. Latin and English
NELLIE JONES Music and Drawing
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SPICELAND ACADEMY
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HISTORY
S PICELAND ACADEMY is the oldest academy in charge of the Friends in Indiana. It was chartered as an academy in 1870, but its history as a Friends' school extends over a period of eighty years. It is under the control of the Spiceland Monthly Meet- ing, by which body the Board of Trustees is ap- pointed. The teachers are selected by the Trustees. While the school is under denominational control, it is not sectarian in the least; its foundation rests upon Chris- tian culture; it has been kept under strong Christian in- fluences, and its purpose is to develop practical, earnest, and active Christian manhood and womanhood.
The first class gradnated in 1870. The Alumni Asso- ciation now enrolls three hundred ninety-seven. About three thousand five hundred students have received in- struction in the school since its organization as an academy.
LOCATION
Spiceland Academy is located in the beautiful town
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of Spiceland, Indiana, in the southern part of Henry county, on the Lake Erie & Western 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 adapted to athletic sports. The interurban street-car line gives connections with surrounding cities.
ENTRANCE
Students may enter at any time, but students coming from other schools are required to bring certificates stat- ing their literary and moral standing. In the absence of approved certificate, examinations will be held and stu- dents classified accordingly. Classes in Grammar School branches are maintained as demand may justiy, affording opportunity for preparatory work to students who may not be eligible to regular academic standing.
The conditions for admission to the First Year class are the same as for entrance to the public high schools of this State.
In general, a graduate from non-commissioned high schools of this county can enter the Academy with credit for the number of months' work he has studied in his home school wherein the work is up to the standard of the commissioned high school.
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THE COURSE OF STUDY
The Academy course of study has been arranged with two purposes iu view :
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FIRST-It is prepared to conform to the needs and desires of all students who may not have the opportunity to pursue a college course, but who desire a practical edu- cation which will prepare them to lead an active and a successful life.
SECOND-It is arranged to enable students to make the necessary preparation for admission in college without examination.
THE ENGLISH COURSE
The completion of the English Course will entitle one to a certificate of credit. It is intended for those who have no expectation of attending college, but who wish to be prepared as well as possible for their work in life.
It is to be understood that the College Preparatory Conrse is the one required for college entrance require- ments.
BIBLE STUDY
The study of the Bible is considered of so much im- portance that arrangements have been made by which it will be taught in the Academy. The subject will be made an elective one. Credit will be given as in other studies. This will be one of the most valuable studies in the course and it is hoped many will take advantage of the work.
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STATE CERTIFICATE OF EQUIVALENCY
The State Board of Education has given the Academy a Certificate of Equivalency. This enables the graduates to enter any college in the State without an examination.
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COURSE OF STUDY
COLLEGE PREPARATORY
ENGLISH
Latin or
*Manual Training
German
*Domestic Science
Algebra
Algebra
English I
English I
Botany or
Botany or
Physical Geography
Physical Geography
SECOND YEAR
Cæsar or German
*Agriculture
Geometry
Geometry
Ancient History English 11
English 11
JUNIOR
Cicero or German
*Bookkeeping
Higher Algebra
Algebra
*Modern History
*Modern History
English 11I
English III
Solid Geometry
*Solid Geometry
SENIOR
Latin
*Commercial Arithmetic
*U. S. History
*U. S. History
Physics
Physics
English IV
Englishı IV
*Nature
*Nature
*Bible
*Bible
*Commercial Arithmetic
"Subjects marked with a star are elective.
In addition to those above mentioned. the following electives may be taken :
· English History, Music, Drawing, and special electives.
MANUAL TRAINING, AGRICULTURE, BOOKKEEPING
The Board of Trustees is making special preparation for the teaching of the practical subjects demanded by the spirit of the times. Special courses in Manual Training, Agriculture, and Bookkeeping are offered. Those of our young people who do not expect to attend college may now have the opportunity in the Academy of securing an education in those subjects especially desired by them.
Students who wish to do post-graduate work will have an excellent opportunity to study in elective subjects.
Advanced classes in any of the lines of study will be formed whenever a sufficient number of pupils desire the higher work. The diploma of the Academy will admit the student to any of the colleges in Indiana or of other States without entrance examinations.
Higher classes in any subject or classes in subjects not offered will be formed whenever there is sufficient de- mand, and tuition will be charged, one dollar per month for each study. Satisfactory work in these studies may be substituted for work in regular course at the discretion of the Superintendent.
The course of study makes provision for a number of electives, thus giving the student an opportunity to select work along the line of his preference. The thirty-two credits required for examination are distributed among the departments as follows: Latin, seven ; English, six; His- tory, two; Mathematics, six ; Science, two; Elective, nine.
It is especially urged that all pupils take the regular College Preparatory Course of study, and after graduation attend college, if possible.
Increased advantages are offered in the arrangements made to take elective work in the following departments : Drawing, Music, and Elocution and Oratory.
ENGLISH
I. ENGLISH COMPOSITION.
The aim of this course is to give the student a practi- cal knowledge in the principles of English composition. Every student should be able to use correctly his own lan- guage both in writing and in speaking. Two recitations
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FIRST YEAR
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Ancient History
per week are given in this study during each year of the Academic course. The student is required to write at least one short theme each week. The theme is then dis- cussed by the class and carefully criticised by the teacher.
1st year - Composition and Grammar. 2nd year-Composition and Rhetoric.
3rd year-Composition and Rhetoric. 4th year-Term Essays and Thesis.
II. ENGLISH LITERATURE.
The purpose of this course is to create an interest in literature for its own sake and to increase the culture of the student by developing a love for the best in thought and style. This can be done only by a thorough study of the masterpieces of the most important English and Amer- ican writers. It is desired to emphasize that the reading of the following selections does not constitute the proper study of literature. The time element is important. To receive credit for a year's work requires nine months' time under the careful supervision of an experienced teacher.
First Year-First semester. 1, Longfellow's Poems; 2, Irving's Sketch Book ; 3, Whittier's Poems; 4, Cooper's Last of the Mohicans; Home Reading, Pilgrim's Progress. Second semester-1, Lowell's Poems; 2, Hawthorne's Won- der Book; 3, Ancient Mariner and Deserted Village; 4, Shakespeare, selected ; Home Reading, Christmas Carol, A Man Without a Country.
Second Year-First semester. 1, Scott's Ivanhoe; 2, Lady of the Lake; 3, Sir Roger de Coverley ; Home Read-
ing, Lorna Doone. Second semester-1, Macaulay's Life of Johnson; 2, Silas Marner; 3, Merchant of Venice; Home Reading, selected.
Third Year-First semester. 1, Abernethy's Ameri- can Literature; 2, Washington's Farewell Address; 3, Webster's Bunker Hill Oration ; 4, Poe's Poems and Prose ; Home Reading, The Crisis. Second semester-1, Emerson's Essays; 2, Lowell's Poems; 3, Shakespeare, selected.
Fourth Year-First semester. 1, English Literature, Newcomer; 2, Hamlet and Macbeth ; 3, Milton's Poems ; Home Reading, selected. Second semester-1, Burke's Conciliation with the American Colonies; 2, Palgrave, Book IV ; 3, Tennyson's Poems; Home Reading, selected.
HISTORY
The course in History is now arranged to conform to the recommendations of the Committee of Seven of the American Historical Association.
Besides the culture value of history, it is to be re- membered that it is the study which furnishes the students the ideals of character which lead to the highest moral growth. The student should thoroughly understand the institutional life of the people studied.
The purposes of history in the Academy are as follows :
First-The development of moral character. History as the study of institutional life and of character teaches us to watch the progress of humanity in the rise and fall of nations. Success or failure in national life or in the life of a person will cause us to adopt for ourselves and our country that which has proven of excellent worth. History
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helps us to avoid the mistakes of other people and nations.
Second-The teaching of patriotism and the broaden- ing of our interests and sympathies. While we wish to be familiar with our own government and national char- acter, we must recognize the broad principle of the uni- versal brotherhood of men.
Third-The development of our powers of judgment. It is here that we especially study the relation between cause and effect. Every statesman has been a student of history. In studying the problems of life which have con- fronted other people we are greatly aided in the practical solution of the life problems of today.
Fourth-The acquirement of useful facts. This, though generally considered of most importance, is in fact but a subordinate purpose in the study of history.
Fifth-The gaining of a broad and practical general culture. The work consists of a study of Ancient History in the second year ; a special study of Medieval and Mod- ern History in the third year; of English History in the third year; United States History and Civil Government in the fourth year.
MATHEMATICS
The aim of this study is to introduce the student to mathematical methods and develop in him the power to reason clearly and accurately on any given problem. Al- gebra is studied throughout the first year of the high school and the first half of the third year; Geometry dur- ing the second year and through the last half of the third year. A great deal of supplementary work is given in
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Algebra, and original exercises are introduced as much as possible in Geometry. Arithmetic is an elective study.
LATIN
There is no subject in the Academy which has greater disciplinary value to the pupil than the study of Latin. It trains and strengthens the memory, cultivates and quick- ens the perception, and developes habits of ready, accu- rate and sound thinking.
A very large per cent. of all the words used in the dictionary will be of Latin origin, therefore some knowl- edge of this subject is absolutely necessary for a correct understanding of our own English language. It gives us a key to a quicker understanding of all that we read or hear. It is essential to all who are to continue work in college. It is helpful to every professional man. It will give us a greater appreciation of the Latin writers and speakers. It increases our general culture and contributes to our broader discipline.
The College Preparatory Course is required of all who expect to attend college. In general cases, to fit the stu- dent for college, equivalent subjects may be substituted.
SCIENCE
The Academy is supplied with sufficient apparatus to be a valuable aid in the study of natural sciences. In Physics the subject is illustrated by many simple pieces of apparatus, besides the air pump, electrical machine, batteries, etc. Geology and Mineralogy are illustrated by a collection of more than twelve hundred specimens, pre-
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sented to the Academy by the Alumni. In Zoology and Botany, animals and plants are studied from nature, and systems of classification are made prominent. In all the sciences objects are used as much as possible.
The following are the purposes of science work :
First-To interest the pupil in the observation of na- · ture.
Second-To develop the power of reasoning through the original investigation of the truths of nature.
Third-To give a practical knowledge of the elemen- tary principles of those sciences which are now, in a great measure, causing our rapid progress in the civilization of the world.
COURSE IN MUSIC
Vocal and instrumental music will be taught by an experienced teacher.
In the beginning course, students who have known nothing of music will be taught to read readily and sing ordinary church music. Advance work will be given to prepare students to form and conduct chorus classes and to teach music in the public schools.
Excellent opportunity will be offered to all students who wish to take special courses in instrumental music.
GENERAL ITEMS
The government of the school is based upon the idea that manhood is more than scholarship; that self-respect and self-control on the part of a student are important factors in the formation of character. Greater stress is
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laid upon the thoroughness of instruction and accuracy of knowledge than upon rapidity of advancement:
For many years the health of students has been uni- formly good. There is probably no better location in the State in this respect.
The Friends and Methodists both hold religious servi- ces on the Sabbath and each maintains a Sabbath school. Meetings of the Young People's Society of Christian En- deavor and the Epworth League are held every Sabbath evening, and students are welcome to their meetings and membership.
A sufficient number of teachers is constantly employed so that large classes may be avoided, and students may re- ceive personal attention.
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, moral influences, and in this they have the co-operation of the citizens of the village. There are no beer, liquor or bil- liard saloons in the village.
No student whose influence is known to have a cor- rupting tendency will be retained in the school.
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DIPLOMAS
Students whose conduet is exemplary, and who com- plete the course of study and prepare and deliver a suita- ble literary production, will be furnished a diploma, signed by the instructors and the President and Secretary
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of the Board of Trustees. To receive a diploma a student should be in attendance at the Academy one year, except when special arrangements are made with the Superin- tendent and Board of Trustees.
LECTURES
Students have the opportunity to hear good lectures at small expense. Addresses on various subjects are given during the year.
LITERARY EXERCISES
Literary exercises may be required of all students in all grades, both in class work and before the public. Care is used that students may learn the art of composition and public delivery. Essays and declamations are a part of the regular school work in the department of oratory.
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