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Prout, George, 83 Goddard st., granite manufacturer.
Prout, Richard, 49 Independence ave., granite manufacturer.
Putnam, Harry E., Temple st .. rivet worker.
Read, Henry W., Squantum st., salesman.
Reardon, James, 61 Hancock st., laborer.
Reardon, John G., Hunt st., machinist.
Reardon, William B., Franklin ave., machine operator.
Reed, Charles W., 47 Billings st., artist.
Rendle Henry J., 4 Albertina st., granite cutter.
Restelli, Gaspre, 80 Trafford st., granite cutter.
Rideout, Warren H., 65 Payne st., clerk. Roberts, John H., 80 Brooks st., upholsterer. Robertson, Alexander A., 1 Franklin place, carpenter. Rogers, Henry C., 28 Edwards st., bookkeeper. Ross, Daniel A., 5 Jackson st., blacksmith.
Rounds, David, 28 Cottage st., confectioner.
Rowell, William F., 37 Walnut st., laborer.
Ryan, John H., 72 Common st., granite cutter. Sargent, Ezekiel C., 70 Upland rd., civil engineer. Savage, Newman A., 181 Franklin st., stone cutter. Scammell, Charles H., 1 Glencoe pl., wheelwright. Shea, Edmund A., 261 Newbury ave., machinist. Sheldon, Charles P., 123 Winthrop ave., clerk. Shepherd, George N., 18 River st., wood engraver. Shepherd, George, 18 River st., shoemaker. Sherman, Charles R., 8 Park st., dry goods. Shirley, Alexander, 6 Filbert st. stonecutter. Shortle, Thomas HI., 23 Common st., stonecutter. Sidelinger, William F., 180 Washington st., optician. Smith, Frederick H., 701 Washington st., real estate. Souter, Alexander, 44 Taber st., stonecutter.
Spargo, Alfred J., 68 Trafford st., granite cutter.
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Spear, Howard D., 44 Granite st., salesman. Stetson, Arthur W., 66 Washington st., printer. Stevens, Harry C., 474 Hancock st., machinist. Steward, Frederick R., 5 Grove st., blacksmith. Stewart, Andrew, 177 Whitwell st., stone polisher. Sugrue, Dennis, 18 Bryant ave., engineer. Sullivan, John J., 99 S. Walnut st., rivet maker. Sullivan, James H., 21 Quincy ave., stonecutter. Sweeney, George M., 81 Mill st., laborer. Sweeney, Michael, 31 Main st., bootmaker. Swingle, Jonathan S., 1262 Hancock st., contractor. Tarbox, George F., 1620 Hancock st., blacksmith.
Teasdale, Henry E., 8 Cross st., student.
Teasdale, William H., 8 Cross st., insurance.
Thomas, James, 120 Beach st., machinist.
Thomas, Herbert, Moscow st., machinist.
Thomas, Theodore B., 722 Washington st., hammock manf'r.
Thorpe, Elwyn R., Lunt st., door maker.
Tilton, Charles B., 24 Merry Mt. rd., salesman.
Tinney, Daniel F., 299 Granite st., stone cutter.
Tirrell, Edgar M., 188 Safford st., machinist.
Tite, John, 226 Liberty st. extension, stonecutter. Totman, Henry S., 96 Chubbuck st., provision dealer. Tower, Charles H., 182 E. Howard st., upholsterer.
Turner, A. Lincoln, 459 Hancock st., carriage manufacturer. Trask, Edward V., 2 Willard st., wood dealer. Vogel, Adam S., 74 Willard st., real estate. Walker, James B., 2 Thayer st., clerk. Walsh, William J., 54 Putman st., conductor. Walsh, John W., 158 Quincy ave., salesman. Webb, James H. 213 Washington st., janitor. Weeden, John A., 58 Cranch st., butcher. Welsh, Morris, Rawson rd., machinist. West, Charles F., Adams st., machinist. Westland, George ., 8 Cottage st., clerk. Whiton, Joseph L. jr., 700 Washington st., boot and shoe. Williams, Albert J., 207 Liberty st., clerk. Williams, Peter J., 19 Independence ave., carpenter. Wilson, Stephen E., 1126 Hancock st., real estate. Wild, Frank M., 127 Granite st., granite dealer.
ANNUAL REPORT
- -OF THE-
Board of Directors and Superintendent
-OF THE
Woodward Institute
City of Quincy
Massachusetts
1905
QUINCY ADVERTISER JOB PRINT 1906
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Woodward Institute
ORGANIZATION OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1906
Chairman REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER
Vice Chairman REV. ERNEST W. HUNT
Secretary REV. ALFRED R. ATWOOD
Finance Committee
REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER, ex officio REV. WILLIAM J. HEATH REV. JASON G. MILLER REV. HENRY G. MEGATHLIN
Textbooks and Supplies
REV. ELLERY C. BUTLER, ex officio REV. WILLIAM E. GARDNER REV. WILLIAM B. BARR REV. NATHANIEL J. SPROUL
Superintendent
FRANK E. PARLIN
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The Faculty
Principal
Frederic W. Plummer
Latin and History
Teachers
Charlotte J. Burgess
Stenography and Typewriting
Ruth B. Mears
Natural Sciences
Grace S. Burke
Greek and Mathematics
Adella W. Bates
- English and Latin
Helen H. Claflin French and German
Anna W. Pinkham English -
Martha E. Maccarty
Physical Training
Georgiana C. Lane -
- - Art
John D. Buckingham
Vocal Music
Susie T. Sprout
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Household Science
Abraham L. Buzzell, Engineer and Janitor
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Woodward Institute
To the Mayor and City Council :
GENTLEMEN: The work of the Board of Directors of the Woodward Institute during the year 1905 has been continued along the lines of previous years, regular meetings having been maintained and progress stimulated in all departments.
Mr. Frank E. Parlin, Superintendent of the Institute has submitted to the Board his annual report which we have read, approved and ordered printed. This report deserves your careful attention. For five years Mr. Parlin has done excellent work and his report this year confirms the policy adopted by the Board five years ago, that in the management of the Insti- tute the Directors should be assisted by a trained educator.
WILLIAM E. GARDNER,
For the Board of Directors.
January 1, 1906.
Report of Superintendent
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To the Board of Directors of Woodward Institute:
GENTLEMEN : The report herewith submitted is in the series of annual reports of Woodward Institute, the twelfth, and of the Superintendent the fifth.
A good school provides for the physical, intellectual, social and moral training of its pupils. This Woodward is doing with increasing efficiency. On entering the school each girl is given a careful physical examination to determine her personal needs and, if found necessary, a course of corrective exercises is prescribed. The value of the work of the Department of Physical Training becomes more apparent each year. The girls generally appreciate it and many of the mothers are be- ginning to appreciate it also. The pupils are in the school at just the time of life when careful physical training, judicious coun- sel and practical instruction in physiology and hygiene will correct many defects and fortify them against many ills in later years. It is the kind of training, instruction and care every girl should receive during her teens. Two of the best proofs of the value of this work are the general improvement in the health of the girls and the greater attention they give to their personal habits.
The Department of Household Science and Arts gives a thoroughly practical course of three years in cooking and gen- eral housekeeping, including the "furnishing of a house with a view to health, convenience, economy and refinement, as well
as a knowledge of selecting, cooking and serving foods." It tends to stimulate a desire to become a good home-maker and to develop a sense of method, order and neatness. The course is not only practical and popular but of high educational value. There are eighty-five pupils in this department, forty-four in the first year and forty-one in the second.
The academic departments of language, literature, history, mathematics, science and business, if less attractive in their method of work, are nevertheless most important on the intel- lectual side and not less essential in the preparation for practi- cal life. Although these departments are not all equally effici- ent, all are doing good, most of them excellent work. The dif- ference is due largely to a difference in natural adaptation on the part of the teachers. One may learn to teach well but, to teach excellently, she must be born to the profession. Often in a school of this kind there are other qualities of a teacher which count as much, or even more, than teaching ability, among them, manners, personal interest in the pupils and gen- eral influence upon the school.
Those who have carefully observed the results in the de- partments of art and music could hardly have failed to discover that the instruction is of a high order and that the pupils learn more than the mere technics of these arts. To learn to appre- ciate the beautiful in form, color and tone ought to increase one's appreciation of the beautiful in thought and conduct, for the essence of all arts is one and the ethical is closely related to the truly aesthetic.
The moral tone and influence of the school appear in the prevailing standards of conduct; in the lady-like manners; in the loyalty to duty ; in the courteous, considerate and respect- ful relations of teachers and pupils; and in the spirit of dignity, sincerity and refinement which pervades the school. The com- mon amenities and social customs are also taught through a series of class meetings held on Friday afternoons, at which varied literary and musical programs are presented by the pu- pils although the social element predominates. Each class has a meeting once a month. Two teachers are assigned to advise
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and assist each class and the other teachers are invited to the meetings as guests. Two or three times a year one class gives another a reception. During the fall term, for instance, the seniors give a reception to the entering class and try to make the new comers feel at home and that the whole school is inter- ested in the happiness of each member.
The improvement in the school spirit and in the feeling of personal responsibility not only for their individual work but for the good order and good name of the school has been notice- able during the last year. The pupils have exhibited increas- ing thoughtfulness and a growing spirit of mutual helpfulness and courtesy. There appear to be no unwholesome rivalries nor petty jealousies.
There has been but one change in the corps of teachers during the year, Miss Anna W. Pinkham taking the place in the Department of English of Miss L. Florence Kimball who resigned in August. Miss Pinkham is a graduate of the Quin- cy High School and of Wellesley College where she specialized in English.
Although the attendance in 1904 was good, it has been better during 1905, being 93 per cent., a gain of .7 per cent. Tardiness has decreased 6 per cent and the number of dismiss- als 15 per cent. First, these facts indicate an improvement in the health of the pupils. They also indicate a greater appre- ciation of the importance of regularity of attendance on the part of parents, greater interest on the part of the pupils and greater efficiency on the part of the school.
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The following table shows the class and total enrolment of pupils each year since the school was opened, also the number of regular and special teachers employed :
Teach ers
Seventh Class
Sixth Class
Fifth Class
Fourth Class
Third Class
Junior Class
Senior Class
Post Graduates
Total
Regular
Special
Total
Spring of 1894,
28
15
17
13
7
80
7
7
1894-1895,
41
44
18
17
5
125
8
1
9
1895-1896,
9
41
36
10
11
S
5
S
5 107
S
3
11
1897-1898.
13
22
23
28
5
3
04
S
3
11
1898-1899,
14
13
17
21
27
92
S
3
11
1899-1900,
20
14
13
14
21
3 S5
S
3
11
1900-1901.
3
28
18
11
14
14
SS
S
3
11
1901-1902,
13
40
28
15
9
14
2 121
3
10
1902-1903,
11
55
35
27
16
9
2 155
S
2 10
1903-1904,
43
46
30
25
15
5 164
S
2
10
1904-1905,
47
38
38
33
160
S
3
11
Fall of 1905,
47
43
35
37
6 168
S
3
11
115
S 2
10
1896-1897,
29
28
32
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The graduates of last June numbered twenty-four. The entering class of September numbered forty-seven. Of the outgoing class six returned for graduate work, five entered normal schools, one entered Dr. Sargent's school of physical training, one a kindergarten training school and two are teach- ing.
During the year Mr. John D. Buckingham, instructor in music, presented four volumes of Famous Composers and Their Works to the school. Mr. George W. Morton presented a copy of the sermon preached at the First Church, Quincy, by Rev. John D. Wells on the Sunday next following the burial of Dr. Ebenezer Woodward, the generous founder of this Institute. The Trustees of the Thomas Crane Public Library presented a
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portrait of Thomas Crane, and Mr. Charles E. Goodspeed and Mr. Fred B. Rice presented copies of Marshall's portraits of Lincoln and Grant neatly framed.
Very important changes have been made in the heating plant which have resulted in the greater efficiency of the plant and in a considerable reduction in running expenses. A large well-arranged closet for dishes and supplies has been placed in the cooking room. One section of the roof of the building has been re-shingled. Various minor repairs have been made, including new conductors and dry wells to receive water from the conductors and the exhaust from the boiler.
Two or three of the typewriters are so worn and out of date as to be of little use and should be replaced by new machines. The policy of making each year a substantial addition to the library, laboratory and gymnasium equipment should be continued. The Institute building should be re- painted outside and re-tinted inside.
Finally, the following facts may not be out of place at this time. Six years ago the same number of teachers were employed as at present although there were, including the preparatory class, less than eighty pupils in daily attendance. The pupils were providing their own text-books and supplies. There was no Department of Household Science and Arts, and the Department of Physical Training had the services of a director only two days a week. All improvements and repairs upon the grounds and school plant were made by the Trustees of the Woodward Fund and yet the average per capita expense based on the total enrolment was over one hundred twenty-six dollars a year.
Now, the school has an actual membership of one hundred sixty-seven pupils in the regular courses. Free text-books and supplies are furnished to all. Over a hundred dollars annually are spent for reference books for the library and an equal sum for laboratory equipment. A three years' course in domestic science is maintained, and the Department of Physical Training, which includes physiology, hygiene and gymnasium practice requires the entire time of the director. All expenses for
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improvements, repairs, furniture and insurance are in the hands of this Board and are charged to the running of the school. Notwithstanding the increase of a hundred per cent. in the membership, the greater advantages offered and the additional items of expense, the annual per capita cost is less than half what it was six years ago and considerably less than in many of the city high schools of the State, few of which offer as broad a course as does Woodward Institute.
The policy of employing a superintendent for this school has been tried long enough to determine whether it is a wise one or not, and, in order that the Board of Directors may be entirely free to fix the future policy of management, I hereby tender my resignation as superintendent to take effect at the pleasure of the Board.
Sincerely thanking all who have co-operated with me in my efforts to realize the wish of the founder, that the Institute " be as perfect and as well conducted as any other in the state", and assuring you of my continued interest in its welfare, I submit this report.
Very respectfully, FRANK E. PARLIN,
December 30, 1905.
Superintendent.
OUTLINE OF COURSE OF STUDY
Credits
Periods
Credits
Periods
Credits
Periods
Credits
Periods
FOURTH YEAR.
REQUIRED.
REQUIRED.
REQUIRED.
REQUIRED.
4
4
English 1.
4
4
English II.
1
1
English III.
5
5
English IV.
2
3
Physical Training I.
2
3
Physical Training H.
2
3
Physical Training IH.
1
2
Physical Training IV
1
2
Music I.
1
2
Music II.
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
ELECTIVES.
4
1
History III.
History IV.
4
4
History I.
4
1
History HI.
4
4
Science III.
4
4
Science IV.
3
3
Science I.
3
3
Science II.
1
4
Mathematies HI.
1
4
Mathematics IV.
4
4
Mathematies I.
4
1
Mathematics II.
5
5
Latin III.
5
Latin IV.
5.
5
Latin I.
5
Latin II.
5
Greek H.
5
5
Greek III.
4
4
French I.
1
1
French II.
4
4
French III.
4
4
German III.
2
3
Commercial tic I.
Arithme-
5
5
Greek 1.
4
4
German Il.
2
3
Stenography II.
1
1
Drawing I.
4
4
German I.
2
3
Stenography I.
1
2
Typewriting II.
2
2
Household Science and Arts 1.
2
3
Bookkeeping I.
1
2
Typewriting I.
1
2
Music IV.
1 1
1
Drawing II.
3
Bookkeeping II.
1
1
Drawing IV.
2
2
Household Science and Arts II.
1
1
Drawing III.
1
2
Music III.
2
2
Household Science and Arts III.
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FIRST YEAR.
SECOND YEAR.
THIRD YEAR.
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EXPLANATIONS
Required work includes subjects which all pupils are expected to take unless excused by the Principal.
With the consent of the Principal a pupil may select from the electives as many subjects as her health and ability will warrant. Ordinarily she is expected to elect not less than twelve (12) nor more than fourteen (14) periods per week. The approval of parents should accompany any request to take a greater or less amount of work.
In the column marked " periods " is indicated the number of exercises per week.
In the column marked " credits" is indicated the number of points allowed for satisfactory work in each subject. A total of eighty (80) points or credits entitles a pupil to a diploma. One additional credit will be allowed each year for excellence in conduct and effort.
A pupil in any class may elect from the preceding years' lists any subject which she has not satisfactorily completed.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
LITERATURE.
The first two years of the course in literature are spent in reading carefully, but without attempting analysis and criticism. as much of the world's best literature as the time will allow. The books are selected because they are adapted to the minds of the readers and are worth reading. They include not only English classics but good translations from the literature of various nations and cover many subjects. There are three dis- tinct aims in the course : (1) to teach the students to read intelligently and enjoyably ; (2) to develop in them a taste for good literature ; (3) to a lay a broad foundation for the subse- quent study and appreciation of the English classics selected for the third and fourth years. These are taken up in the order of narration, description, exposition, and argument. An outline history of English literature, supplemented by a study of English poets, completes the four years' course.
RHETORIC.
One period a week is assigned to each of the three upper classes for the study of rhetoric.
COMPOSITION.
Four compositions are required each week from the three upper classes. The work is correlated with the course in literature-narration, description, exposition and argument, each taken in turn. The course is designed to awaken the interest of the pupils in theme-writing and to enable them to express their thoughts clearly and logically.
The pupils are urged to write from their own experience to write often, to eliminate by degrees all faulty expressions and to acquire the habit of using simple, correct, idiomatic English words.
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING
Physical Training I.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Military marching; free, ring and horizontal bar exercises. Games.
Physiology I.
Relation of health to posture, cleanliness and dress. Study of the skeleton and of the muscular system. Emergencies.
Physical Training II.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Marching, fancy steps; free, dumb-bell, club, and wand exercises. Games.
Physiology II.
Anatomy, physiology, and hygiene of the respiratory and digestive systems. Practical demonstrations and experiments. Emergencies.
Physical Training III.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Marching; free, chest-weight, horizontal bar, ring and club exercises. Fencing. Games.
Physiology III.
Anatomy, physiology and hygiene of the circulatory and nervous systems. Study of the special senses.
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Physical Training IV.
Individual prescription work.
Class work. Marching, jig and fancy steps; free, bound- ing ball, dumb-bell, chest-weight, club, wand, and ring exercises.
Games.
Physiology IV.
Physiology of the nervous system.
Papers on diet, exercise, sleep, bathing, and clothing.
Talks on "First aid to the injured" together with practical demonstrations.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
I. Original work in inspectional geometry and elementary algebra.
II. Elementary algebra completed.
III. Plane geometry,-demonstrations and original work.
IV. Solid geometry or advanced work in algebra.
DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC
The aim of the department of music is to cultivate a taste for good music and to prepare the girls for intelligent and appreciative work in the further pursuit of the art in its various branches.
The vocal and choral study includes vocalization, solfeggio, sight reading, dynamics, breath control, intonation, enunciation unison and part singing.
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The elementary theoretical work (required) aims to give the pupil a thorough foundation in the elements of music and includes rhythm, meter intervals, the derivation and construc-
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tion of our present day tonalities, major, all minor forms and chromatic scale in all keys, triads, chords of the dominant and diminished sevenths and cadences, leading to the study of
Harmony-elective but strongly advised for all pupils in vocal or instrumental study.
Individual class work, one period weekly.
Vocal and choral work (entire school required) one period weekly.
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
I. A preliminary consideration of the origin and races of mankind,-their primitive condition, migrations, and progress toward civilization.
A brief study of the extinct civilization of the East. Greek history to the death of Alexander.
II. Roman history from the founding of the city to the fall of the empire.
III. English history from the Roman invasion to the accession of Edward VII.
IV. American history, special attention being given to the forces which have shaped the government of the United States and developed its present institutions. Civil government of the United States.
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
I. Introduction to science,-training in careful observation and scientific methods as a preparation for subsequent work.
The evolution of the solar system and the formation of the earth.
The elementary facts of astronomy and geology.
The examination of a few of the common minerals and rocks.
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The systematic observation and record of some common phenomena.
Simple experiments to ascertain facts or to test given propositions.
The classifications of facts under division's of science.
II. Zoology, first half year.
The time is about evenly divided between laboratory and recitation work.
Elementary work in morphology, physiology and some ecology.
Botany, second half year.
There is considerable field work for the purpose of iden- tifying plants, studying their habitat and procuring specimens for a small herbarium.
III. Chemistry or Physics.
A class in one subject only will be formed for those electing science in the third year.
IV. Physics or Chemistry.
The subject not taken in the third year is offered in the fourth.
DEPARTMENT OF LATIN AND GREEK
LATIN.
I. Latin Lessons. Translation of prose selections.
II. Cæsar,-Commentaries on Gallie War, books I-IV in- clusive.
Sight reading. Prose composition. Grammar.
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III. Cicero,-Orations against Catiline, The Manilian Law, and Archias. Sight reading. Prose composition.
IV. Virgil, -ÆEneid, books I-VI inclusive. Sight reading. Prosody.
GREEK.
I. Greek Lessons.
Translation of easy Greek narrative.
II. Zenophon,-Anabasis, books I-IV inclusive. Sight reading. Prose composition.
III. Homer, -Illiad, books I-III inclusive. Sight reading. Prose composition based upon Attic Greek.
DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES
FRENCH.
I. Pronunciation.
Grammar : Declension.
Conjugation of regular verbs and of a few irregular verbs. Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Syntax.
Memorizing : Vocabulary for oral and written work. Prose and poetry selections.
Composition : Translation into French. Transposition. Reproduction.
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Dictation. Easy conversation. Reading of simple French.
II. Grammar :
Rapid review of grammar.
Conjugation of irregular verbs.
Uses of tenses and moods.
Memorizing :
Vocabulary enlarged.
Idioms.
Prose and poetry selections.
Composition : Translation into French.
Transposition.
Paraphrasing.
Dictation. Easy conversation.
Reading :
Contes de Fees, Merimee's Colomba.
Sandeau's Le Gendre de M. Poirier.
III. Grammar : Review and continuation of difficult points. Syntax.
Memorizing.
Composition : Translation into French. Transposition. Paraphrasing. Abstracts.
Dictation.
Conversation.
Reading : Selections from Zola, Maupassant, Balzac, Hugo, Daudet, Loti. Corneille's Le Cid, Racine's Athalie Moliere's L'Avare.
GERMAN.
I. Pronunciation.
Grammar : Declension. Conjugation of weak verbs and of the more usual strong verbs.
Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Prepositions. Syntax.
Memorizing : Vocabulary for oral and written work. Prose and poetry selections.
Composition: Translation into German. Transposition. Reproduction.
Dictation. Easy conversation. Reading and translation of Fairy Tales.
II. Grammar : Conjugation of strong and irregular verbs and modal auxiliaries.
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