Inaugural address of the mayor, with the annual report of the officers of the city of Quincy for the year 1920, Part 17

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With a view of encouraging a taste for a better quality of fiction a supply of the list of the thousand best novels was obtained. This list was prepared with great care by the public library of Newark, New Jersey. Copies were suspended in the fiction stacks of the main building and in the branches. Other copies were placed on sale at the desks at a nominal sum. With the exception of a few titles recently out of print all the titles listed were pur- chased if not already on our shelves. The experiment has proved successful and a decided interest on the part of the public is reported by all the assistants.


The branches established in Wollaston and at Quincy Point in the closing months of 1919 have shown a healthy development. The former has assumed an importance equal to that of either of the older branches. The Quincy Point branch, while doing some-


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what less work, has been decidedly useful in meeting the needs of the men working in the Fore River shipyard. Technical works of a great variety have been provided and are freely used. Both branches are greatly appreciated by the communities which they serve.


At various times requests have come from South Quincy for a collection of books in that section. In April a small branch was opened in Malnati's hall, under the care of Miss Baxter. It has been open to the public three afternoons and three evenings each week. Judging by the figures it is less than half as important as the other branches. Viewed in the light of the complete lack of recreational facilities of the neighborhood it assumes more import- ance. The chairs are filled each evening with readers and the present quarters are entirely inadequate.


Toward the end of December a few shelves were installed in a room of the Francis Parker school at Norfolk Downs, and a few juvenile books were loaned. Full book service was not started owing to the delay in the arrival of shelving. With the opening of this branch the last large centre of population in the city will be within one-half mile of a branch.


We have kept in close contact with Miss Shanahan and later with Miss Perry in their Americanization work for the Quincy public schools. Needed books have been provided upon their recommendation. Classes have been brought to the library and its resources explained. We may mention in this connection that the use of books in Italian, French and Syrian have been in especial demand. These collections have been enlarged when possible, and a few volumes in Polish and Yiddish have been added for the first time as an experiment. We have also books in three or four other foreign languages which are more or less active. I am con- vinced that the library does much toward making the foreign- born citizen feel at home when he is quietly made to feel welcome to the use of its resources. As in previous years we have been greatly assisted in the work by Miss Maud J. Campbell, Director of Work with Foreigners for the Free Public Library Commission.


I wish to quote two remarks recently made to me in person. A gentleman said, "I make my living investigating offices and pointing out where time and energy may be saved. I dropped into


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one of your branches the other night and the thing that struck me was the easy way I could pick out a book, get it charged and get out." Again a lady on returning a book said: "That book is a day or two overdue and I am sorry. You have so few rules that I regret to break one of them." Librarians are nearly enough human to be pleased with praise. But the remarks pleased for a deeper reason. They gave assurance that in a measure at least the library is attaining one of its definite aims,- to make it as easy as possible for the people of the community to obtain the books which they need. Every effort has been made to make books accessible. Any book that is circulated at the Central building will be carried to any branch on request on any of the thrice-a-week deliveries. A bor- rower's card is equally good in any part of the system. The purchase of a small car in March has greatly helped in making possible this more extended service.


It is a matter of pride to me that we have again circulated more books among the children than among the adults. The twelve per cent difference is still greater than that of 1919. Miss Reed in the Children's Room has constantly aimed to keep the standard of book selections high and we believe that permanent tastes for better reading are being formed. Three new schools have received collections, Montclair, Daniel Webster and Francis Parker. Com- bined, the eight schools now served make a larger use of books than does any single one of our branches. Additional light is thrown upon our relations with the schools by the following extracts.


Miss Bishop of the Government School at Quincy Point in a talk recently given before the Pickwick Club on "New Methods in Education" said: "In the application of the problem-project method which, up to the present time, has probably been more generally used throughout the schools of Quincy than in any other city of the state, many books of reference are necessary and our public library has promoted the development of this method by placing special collections in the rooms as needed."


In an address to the Framingham Normal School last month, Miss Dellicker, Grammar Supervisor of the Quincy Schools, referring to the relation between the schools and the local library, said: "I feel that the best piece of work done for the schools by the Public Library during the past year was the devising of a sys-


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tem of cards countersigned by the pupil's teacher and admitting children of the grades to the reference department heretofore reserved for adults."


The Public Library of Boston has laid us under heavy obliga- tion during the past year. Scarcely a week has passed in which we have not received one or more volumes especially requested by our borrowers. The loans are usually in line with some special interest of the reader and represents a service value out of all proportion to the mere figures in which they would be expressed. We are sadly limited in the size of our collection having less than fifty thousand volumes. If denied the generosity of our richly equipped neighbor our work would distinctly suffer.


The relations with the Staff have been uninterruptedly pleas- ant. The Staff meetings which have been held twice each month except when pressure of work prevented have continued to develop harmony and to unify effort. The general good health of the assist- ants has been a matter for rejoicing. The total absence for illness has been less than the twelve days allowed each. There have been few changes. In April, Miss Whittemore left to accept a position in the Business Administration Department of the Widener Library. In November, Miss Cochrane resigned after a service of twenty- five years to go to the same institution. November first, Miss Kathleen Ainey came to us from the Public Library of Waterbury, Connecticut, to fill the position, of Executive Assistant. Her previous training and experience have enabled her to relieve me of many of the duties which have been added by our rapidly enlarging system. In November, Miss Files came to the Delivery Desk of the Central building from the Wollaston branch and Miss Vickery assumed the duties of the latter place.


There is much of promise in the year ahead. I believe that the members of the Staff as well as myself look forward to it with enthusiasm.


Respectfully submitted,


TRUMAN R. TEMPLE, Librarian ..


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STATISTICS Size and growth by classes


No. of vols. in Library Jan. 1,1921


Added by purchase 1920


Added by gift 1920


General Works


519


84


6


Periodicals.


3,657


84


Philosophy


751


18


2


Religion .


907


13


Sociology


2,752


ST


97


Philology


270


46


11


Science


1,093


34


5


Useful Arts


1,580


118


14


Fine Arts .


1,485


47


4


Literature.


3,254


128


15


History and Travel.


4,831


129


44


Biography


3,043


141


2


Document Room (unclassed)


514


(reclassed) 159


Fiction


11,039


1,903


8


Juvenile


Fiction .


4,793


1,245


Non-fiction .


6,435


1,889


11


Total


46,923


5,966


378


290


Circulation by Classes, 1920


JUVENILE DEPARTMENT


BRANCHES


CENTRAL LIBRARY


Children's Room


Schools


Atlantic


Quincy Point


Parkway


Wollaston


South Quincy


Total


General (Including periodicals)


6,381


837


1,087


1,357


460


2,101


782


303


13,308


Philosophy . ..


708


8


67


38


63


23


156


7


1,070


Religion . .


384


224


87


72


78


240


188


35


1,308


Sociology . .


1,415


3,375


4,445


1,109


1,839


2,134


1,761


1,209


17,287


Language .


210


6


13


7


44


27


4


166


477


Science. .


987


892


706


527


319


663


549


310


4,953


Useful Arts.


2,778


952


1,339


829


959


810


697


182


8,546


Fine Arts. .


1,992


1,106


498


602


344


565


639


294


6,040


Literature .


2,563


7,626


4,551


3,126


3,235


5,871


2,557


2,629


32,158


History


1,809


2,158


2,056


943


945


1,078


1,289


486


10,764


Travel .


1,547


2,799


3,389


846


1,153


1,700


1,506


796


13,736


Biography . .


1,465


767


2,330


467


411


342


656


192


6,630


Fiction .


51,485


20,921


22,620


29,483


20,851


24,499


32,451


8,666


210,976


Total.


73,724


41,671


43,188


39,406


30,701


40,053


43,235


15,275


327,253


CITY OF QUINCY


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Statistics Arranged According to the Form Adopted by the American Library Association


Population served 47,826 (Census of 1920)


Terms of use - Free for lending and reference.


Total number of agencies,


Consisting of :


Central Library


Branches .


5


Stations (Delivery)


2


Other agencies: Schools (buildings)


9


Number of days open during year : For lending. For reading.


304


Hours open each week for lending


72


Hours open each week for reading.


72


Total number of staff


12


Total valuation of library property


$220,000


Increase


Adult 34,197


Juvenile 9,822


Total 44,019


Number of volumes at beginning of year. . Number of volumes added during year by purchase. .


2,748


3,134


5,882


Number of volumes added during year by gift. .


208


11


219


Number of volumes added during year by binding material not otherwise counted Number of volumes lost or withdrawn during year .


84


84


Total number at end of year


35,695


11,228


3,281 46,923


Use


Adult 156,329


Juvenile 170,924


Total 327,253


Total number of volumes lent for home use Number of volumes of fiction lent for home use. .


125,546


85,430


210,976


Registration


Total number of registered borrowers Number of publications issued .


12,612 6


Number of periodicals and newspapers currently received, 139 titles; 244 copies.


Number of persons using library for reading and study; record not kept.


1,542


1,739


Pamphlets: Classified but not counted Maps: No statistics kept.


.


.


304


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CITY OF QUINCY


Finance Receipts from


Unexpended balance, Jan. 1, 1920.


$1,964.78


City appropriation.


28,028.90


Endowment funds, net.


1,003.70


Desk receipts, fines, etc.


1,791.24


Other sources .


4.43


Total.


$32,793.05


Payment for


Maintenance:


Books. .


$6,939.02


Periodicals


789.83


Binding .


991.29


Salaries, library service, including janitor


15,717.62


Rent. .


1,842.50


Heat.


977.15


Light.


720.74


Librarian's petty cash


577.04


Other maintenance.


2,866.60


Total.


$31,421.79


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.1302


Comparative cost from city appropriation per volume circulated by the Thomas Crane Public Library 1912-1920


.1009


106


.1078


.1077


.09


.0898


.0886


.0856


1912


1913


1914


1915


1916


1917


1918


1919


1920


Annual Report


OF THE


Board of Directors and Superintendent


OF THE


Woodward Institute


1920


CITY OF QUINCY


MASSACHUSETTS


WOODWARD INSTITUTE


ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1921


Chairman REV. FRED ALBAN WEIL


Vice-Chairman REV. ISAIAH W. SNEATH


Secretary REV. THOMAS W. DAVISON


Supervisory Committee REV. FRED ALBAN WEIL Chairman, ex officio


REV. ISAIAH W. SNEATH


REV. WILLIAM M. CRAWFORD


REV. THOMAS R. TURNER


Superintendent HORACE W. RICE


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THE FACULTY


Principal


HORACE W. RICE Latin


Teachers


CHARLOTTE J. BURGESS Commercial Subjects


GEORGIANA C. LANE. Art


JOHN D. BUCKINGHAM. Music


GLADYS D. ROSE English


NELLIE L. JONES


Modern Languages


SALLY C. STEELE Mathematics


ARLINE S. TALCOTT History


MARION PHILLIPS Science


MAUDE W. MACFARLANE Physical Training


Engineer and Janitor ALLAN W. WALKER


At a meeting of the Board of Directors held January 11, 1921 the report of the Superintendent was accepted, adopted and ordered printed as the report of the Board.


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Gentlemen: I herewith submit the annual report of Woodward Institute.


Since the last report a change has taken place in the manage- ment of the school. In June Superintendent Barbour felt obliged to give up the supervision of this school, owing to pressure of duties connected with the administration of the public schools of the city, and his resignation was accepted with regret by the Board of Direc- tors. The management of the school was then placed in the hands of the Principal under the control of a supervisory committee consisting of three members of the Board of Directors.


At a joint meeting of the Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees it was decided to paint the buildings located on the school lot, and to make such other repairs as were immediately necessary, the cost of the same to be defrayed out of the surplus fund. These repairs were made during the summer vacation under the direction of the Principal. Repairs within the building will be required in the near future, in order to keep the plant in a condition suitable for use.


In June four teachers resigned for various reasons. Their positions were filled only after a diligent search. It was judged expedient to condense the Physical Training course into two days a week. A skillful and experienced teacher was secured for this position, under whose guidance the plan is working very success- fully. Without exception the new teachers are fully meeting expec- tations, and the entire corps is rendering faithful and efficient service. A general increase of salaries was necessarily made, but they are still below what is being paid by schools of similar standing, in order to secure and retain experienced teachers of the desired grade.


The present condition of the school is generally satisfactory. A spirit of harmony and cooperation prevails among teachers and


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pupils. Two factors are essential to progress in every good school. First, a well trained, earnest student body willing to work for itself, as well as to be taught; and second, an efficient, skillful, and enthusiastic corps of teachers possessed of that indefinable, but indispensable, human quality called aptitude for teaching. When these two essentials are present, each serving as an inspiration to the other, improvement in grade of scholarship, and more constant and punctual attendance, which are the ends in view, can be con- fidently expected.


The system of mid-year promotions, which is in use in the Quincy public schools, automatically shuts out from this school some who would otherwise attend. Since it is inexpedient for us with our limited teaching force to form new classes in the middle of the year, our pupils must be drawn from those who graduate from the grammar schools in June. Notwithstanding this handi- cap, the enrollment is a little larger than it has been for the past year or two, and is about as large as the building can comfortably accommodate. Scholarship is more desirable in a school of this character than a large enrollment.


The prize offered annually by the Alumnae Association to the senior class for the best essay upon an assigned subject was awarded to Myrtle A. Parker of the class of 1920.


Respectfully submitted,


HORACE W. RICE.


STATISTICS


CLASS AND TOTAL ENROLLMENT BY YEARS


Teachers


Seventh Class


Sixth Class


Fifth Class


Fourth Class


Third Class


Junior Class


Senior Class


Postgraduate


Total


Regular


Part Time


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


8


. .


115


8


2


10


1896-1897


29


28


32


5


8


5


107


8


3


11


1897-1898.


13


22


23


28


5


3


94


8


3


11


1898-1899


. .


20


14


13


14


21


3


85


8


3


11


1900-1901


3


28


18


11


14


14


. .


88


8


3


11


1901-1902


13


40


28


15


9


14


2


121


7


3


10


1902-1903


11


55


35


27


16


9


2


155


8


2


10


1903-1904.


43


46


30


25


15


5


164


8


2


10


1904-1905


. .


47


43


35


37


6


168


8


3


11


1906-1907


51


40


37


34


9


171


8


3


11


1907-1908


49


48


28


33


4


162


8


3


11


1908-1909


50


43


39


23


6


161


8


3


11


1909-1910.


55


47


34


30


5


171


8


3


11


1910-1911


66


43


31


30


8


178


8


4


12


1911-1912


73


47


35


31


2


188


9


2


11


1912-1913


82


62


36


25


6


211


9


2


11


1913-1914.


60


69


36


32


4


201


8


2


10


1914-1915


52


59


49


32


5


197


8


2


10


1915-1916.


72


49


32


47


7


207


8


4


12


1916-1917


65


63


28


34


7


197


8


4


12


1917-1918.


68


46


39


29


2


184


8


4


12


1918-1919.


·


32


50


31


41


1


155


8


4


12


1919-1920.


60


18


37


32


3


150


8


2


10


Fall of 1920.


.


.


. .


67


42


12


38


3


162


7


3


10


Average Attendance.


93.79 per cent


PUPILS IN COLLEGE AND NORMAL COURSES


College


Normal School


Postgraduates


1


. .


1921


7


6


1922


4


3


1923.


6


12


1924.


14


8


Total


32


29


. .


14


13


17


21


27


.


92


8


3


11


1899-1900


. .


47


38


38


33


4


160


8


3


11


1905-1906


. .


. .


. .


. .


. .


. .


300


SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY COURSES


Enrollment September 8, 1920


English


Physical


Training


Physiology


Music


History


Science


Mathematics


Latin


French


German


Commercial


Arithmetic


Bookkeeping


Drawing


Stenography


Typewriting


Commercial


Geography


Postgraduates.


3


1


. .


..


. .


1


1


1


. .


. .


..


. .


1


1


-


.


1921.


38


38


38


. .


2


34


3


10


11


22


3


. .


..


9


18


18


22


1922.


12


0


11


5


r


6


20


6


8 00


..


.


4


4


5


Cr


. . .


1923


42


42


42


2 . ·


39


6


26


4


17


35


. .


. .


2


21


2


2


..


1924.


67


67


65


CT


60


39


25


39


30


9


19


. .


. .


28


. .


. .


. .


Totals.


162


162


156


15


106


85


61


74


64


74


3


19


7


62


26


26


22


REPORT OF WOODWARD INSTITUTE


301


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CITY OF QUINCY


COST OF CONDUCTING WOODWARD INSTITUTE SINCE ORGANIZATION


Total Cost


Per Capita Cost


1894-1895


$8,874.00


$70.99


1895-1896


11,C60.00


96.17


1896-1897.


10,874.00


101.66


1897-1898


10,349.00


110.09


1898-1899


10,458.00


113.67


1899-1900


10,924.00


128.52


1900-1901.


10,947.00


125.54


1901-1902.


12,727.00


105.18


1902-1903


11,877.00


78.56


1903-1904.


12,241.00


74.64


1904-1905.


12,122.00


75.76


1905-1906.


12,359.00


73.56


1906-1907


12,374.00


72.62


1907-1908


12,625.00


77.93


1908-1909


12,963.00


80.52


1909-1910


13,036.00


76.23


1910-1911


13,168.00


73.95


1911-1912


13,422.00


71.39


1912-1913.


13,009.00


61.65


1913-1914.


12,991.97


64.66


1914-1915.


13,013.27


66.16


1915-1916


13,208.39


68.65


1916-1917


13,617.13


74.68


1917-1918.


14,409.25


86.46


1918-1919


13,437.54


92.91


1919-1920.


16,309.97


108.48


COURSES OF STUDY


ADOPTED 1919


COLLEGE COURSE


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


English


4


English


4


English


4


English 4


Algebra


5


Geometry


5


Latin


5


Latin


5


Latin


5


Latin


5


French


5


French


5


Ancient History 5


French


5


Music (1)


Review of Mathe- 5 matics


Music (2)


1


Music (2)


1


Physical Train-


1


Music (1)


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


ing (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Elect one


German


5


German


5


ModernHistory 5


Chemistry (5) 4


American History and Civics 5


NORMAL COURSE


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


English


4


English


4


English


4


English


4


Algebra


5


Geometry


5


Chemistry (5)


4


American History


Ancient History 5


Science (5)


4


Modern History5


and Civics 5


Music (2)


1


Music (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


ing (2)


1


Drawing (2)


1


Music (1)


Drawing (2)


1


Drawing (2)


1


Music (1)


Drawing (2) Elect two


1


Elect one


Elect one


Elect one


Latin


5


Latin


5


Latin


5


Latin 5


Science (4)


3


French


5


French


5


French


5


Review of


Mathematics


5


Industrial


Geography


5


Harmony may be taken during the third and fourth years.


303


Physical Train-


Elect one


Physical Train-


ing (2)


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CITY OF QUINCY


GENERAL COURSE


First Year


Second Year


Third Year


Fourth Year


Required


Required


English


4


English


4


Required English


4


English Music (1)


4


Algebra or


5


Music (2)


1


Music (1)


Arithmetic


4


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Physical Train- ing (2) 1


Physical Train- ing (2)


1


Elect not more than sixteen points


Elect not more than ,sixteen points


Elect not more than sixteen points


Elect not more than ten points


Drawing (2) Latin


5


1 Drawing (2) Latin 5


Latin


5


Drawing (2)


1


French


5


French 5


French 5


Latin


5


Science (5)


4


German 5


German 5


Science (4)


3


Geometry


5


Science (5) 4


Review of


Mathematics 5


Physiology


4


Modern History5


Industrial


Geography


4


American History and Civics 5


Stenography


5


Typewriting(5) 3


Cooking (2) 1


Sewing (8)


4


1


Drawing (2)


1


Ancient History


Bookkeeping 5


Stenography 5


Typewriting(5) 3


Required


Music (2)


1


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NOTES


1. The figure at the right of each study denotes the diploma points allowed for its successful completion. The figure in parentheses denotes the number of recitations per week when this differs from the number of diploma points.


2. Two foreign languages should not be begun at the same time. A foreign language to be beneficial should be studied at least two years.


3. Every pupil is required to take physical training unless excused upon the advice of a regular physician.


4. Place X opposite the course elected, also before each study elected.


5. A total of seventy-two points is required for a diploma.


6. Report cards are issued every eight weeks.


7. The daily session begins at a quarter past eight and closes at one o'clock.


8. A written request by parent or guardian is required for dismissal during the school session.


9. Cooking and sewing will be offered in the fourth year of the General Course, if ten elect the same.


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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 detailed 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 distinct 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 lay a broad foundation for the subsequent study and appreciation of the English classics selected for the third and fourth years. An outline history of English literature, supplemented by a study of English poets, completes the four years' course.


COMPOSITION


The work in composition is correlated with the course in literature - narration, description, exposition, and argument, each taken in turn. The course is designed to aid pupils in ex- pressing themselves clearly and logically in oral as well as in written form. Fortnightly themes are required during all four years. These formal compositions are supplemented by frequent classroom exercises in dictation, letter-writing and outlining. During the fourth year, formal argument is studied, together with preparation and practice in debating.


The pupils are urged to write from their own experience, to write often, and to acquire the habit of using simple, correct, idiomatic English.


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DEPARTMENT OF LATIN


I. Latin Lessons.


Translation of prose selections.


II. Cæsar - Commentaries on Gallic War, books I-IV in- clusive.


Sight reading.


Prose composition, based on Cæsar.


Grammar.


III. Cicero - Orations against Catiline, The Manilian Law and Archias.


Sight reading.


Prose composition, based on Cicero.


IV. Virgil, Æneid, books I-VI inclusive. Sight reading from Ovid.


Prosody.


Prose composition reviewed, supplemented by college entrance examination papers.


DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES


FRENCH


I. Pronunciation.


Grammar: Conjugation of regular verbs, and a few irregular verbs.


Simpler uses of tenses and moods. Syntax.


Memorizing: Prose selections.


Reading: Lectures Faciles, Le Français et Sa Patrie or La Tâche du Petit Pierre.


II. Dictation.


Conversation.


Paraphrasing. Composition.


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Reading:


Grammar: Continuation. Conjugation of irregular verbs. Uses of tenses and moods. de Maistre's Prisonniers du Caucase. Sandeau's Mlle. de la Seiglière. Daudet's La Belle-Nivernaise. Le Gendre de M. Poirier. Le Voyage de Monsieur Perrichon.


Memorizing: Poetry.


III. Dictation.


Conversation.


Constant practice in translating into French.


Memorizing: Proze and poetry. Grammar: Bruce's Grammaire Française. Review and continuation of difficult points, especially the subjunctive. Study of idioms.


Reading: Molière's L'Avare.


Corneille's Le Cid. . Balzac's Eugénie Grandet.


Prose Composition: François.


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. Im Vaterland, Storm's Immense.


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II. Grammar: Conjugation of strong and irregular verbs and modal auxiliaries.




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