Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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32 ADB L PIJI A1 C21 DEA! if SUMMARY OF STUDIES, BY DEPARTFIENTS. I, Department of English.: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. 'The continuous English work in the Academy, from the First to the .Seventh Grade inclusive, carries the pupil through a large amount of reading in History, Literature, Geography, and Natural Science. It is expected that the scholar will study English, so far as possible, by the laboratory method, by reading, repeating, discussing. and if possible, f66lZ'7Zg' many of the masterpieces of the mother tongue. Above the Seventh Grade the English studies ot the Classical students are, necessarily, partly governed by the requirements for admission to college. In general, however, the plan for all Courses is substantially as follows : I. Eighth Grade. Selected Worlrs of XIX. Century authors, American and British, Irving, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Whittier, Lowell, Wa1'ner, Parkman, George Eliot, Scott, Kingsley, Tennyson. Composi- tions. Three hours a week. 2. Junior Year. The Literature of the XIX. Century, with the special study of Style. Compositions. In the Classical and Scientific Courses, two hours a week, in the Collegiate Course, four hours a week. 3. Junior Middle Year. Origins and History of the English language and study of the earlier literature, from Chaucer through the XVI. Century. Compositions. Collegiate and Scientific Courses, three hours a week, Classical Course, two hours a week. 4. Senior Middle Year. Literature of the XVII. and XVIII. Centuries, from Shakspere through the Puritan period and the age of Queen Anne. Special study of the Drama. Compositions. All Courses, three hours a week. 5. Senior Year. Literature of the XVIII. and XIX. Centuries, from the age of revolution to the present time. Special study ofthe Essay and the Novel. Compositions. All Courses, three hours a week. H, Department of Modern Languages. A, THE FRENCH LAN- GUAGE AND LITERATURE. The French instruction in the Fourth and Fifth grades is chiefly oral. Especial attention is given to the acquisition

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C0 LLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. -Senior Middle Year. Classical. PerW,k Collegiate. pgfafi Scientific. plggw-ic I. English. English. Z ' English. 2 gettin. Latin, . . o. A A German, I O. 3 ieek. German, . . o. 3 French 0 3 German, . . o. French, . . o 3 Spanisla ' O' 3 French, . . o. Spanish. . . o. 3 ' ' ' ' II. C111 1S95-961Medi- QIn 1895-961Medi2eval x QIn 1895-961 Mediaeval aeval History. . o. History. A 3 History. . o. 3 Later, Social Hist. Later, Social I-list. Later, Social Hist. Political History of Anc.. and Med. Art. 2 Political History- of Englandand United Political History of England 8: United States. . . o. England and U. S. 3 States. 3 A Mineralogy and Bot- 8 Mineralogy and Bot- . any, . . I o. ' any . . o. 3 g,fem12H51cSY ' 2' Biology, Comparative Zoology, . . o. 3 Y' ' ' Anatomy and Phy- lv Physics. 3 siology. 3 X Chemistry. 3 IV. -Estlietic, . 0. 1 1 Trigonometry with V. Math. Review. Surveying and.Me- chanical Drawing. 3 1 4 h o u rs required. 14 hours required. 3 14 hours required. 3 Bmore to be chosen, more to be chosen. more to be chosen. . Senior Year. I. English, . o. E 1, h 3 gs ng is . . o. . , an fd Latin. Latin, 7 . ' o. 4 Euglwh' ' O' 3 0 P' Greek German o. 3 f German' ' O' 3 5 O l French, 1 l o. 3 f grenqhla ' O' 3 German, . . o. SpaniSh. . . 0. 3 Pauls ' ' O' French, . . o. II. Modern History Modern History and Modern History and and Politics. Politics. 3 Politics, . o. 3 Political Economy Political Econ omy Political Economy and Sociology. and Sociology, . o. 3 and Sociology. 3 Astronomy' lst Astronomy and Sem ' ' 0' 3 Geology, . o. 3 III. Astronomy and Geology, 2d Sem., o. 3 Ph Sics O 3 Geol0gYv - . o. Higher Biology, o. f Chgmisiryy ' 0: 3 Aiccgesstclfgfesclence Six hours required. IV. Esthetic, . 0. 1 1 . Analytical Geometry V. g o in oxnetry Hfttolgiilicsciflfgnzlgis Mans, Qalcitgus, o. an a cu us. , 0, ec mca esign o. Psychology' 3 One must be chosen. 1. History of the VI. History of Edu- ifjggrn gigfss In 0 A cation. lst Sem. o. 2 H- t r OfEd'1 a ' History of Commerce 'Hogs 0122 Sem 1 Co' 3 and Industry. 2d Hist 'of C ' Sem, . I on . ornmerce ' and Industry. 2d Sem., . . o. 3 10 hours required. 7 more to be chosen. ll hours required. 6 more to be chosen. 12 hours required. 6 more to be chosen. Esthetic.-Music, Drawing, Elocution, Delsarte. Physical Culture, 2 hours per week. o. :Optional.

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AIJELPHI ACADENIY. 33 of a correct pronunciation, and of a vocabulary for common use. There is some reading of easy French, as in Premieres Lectures des Enfants and Anecdotes Nouvelles. There is practice in writing French and in committing short passages to memory. The study of French in the Academy is not a mere matter of memorizing. From the beginning, it is treated as a valuable educational instrument, and it is used to awaken and quicken the pupil's reasoning powers, and to enforce the important lessons of other studies. I. Sixth Grade, Reading and Conversing. Systematic drill, oral and written, in the elements of the language. Drill Book A. Three times a week. 2. Seventh Grade. Drill Book A finished. Reading and Con- versingg simple compositions in French. Three times a week. 3. Eighth Grade. Drill Book B5 rapid reading of short stories Ueune Siberienne, ,Chien du Capitaine, etc.jg translation from English into Frenchg dictation exercises. Three hours a week. 4. junior Year. Reading of French histories, with discussions and exercise in translation. Optional. Three hours a week. ' 5. junior Middle Year. French Literature, XIX. Century CManuel de Litterature Frangaisejg letter-writing, discussions. Optional. Three hours a week. 6. Senior Middle Year. French Literature, XVIII. Century, collateral readingg French compositions. Optional. Three hours a week. 7. Senior Year. French Literature, XVII. Century, as before. Optional. Three hours a week. B. THE SPANISH LAxoUAoE. It is intended to provide sdfficient instruction in Spanish to enable the pupil to tall-2 and read the language. The plan of work will have especial reference to the probable use of Spanish in trade, and, as soon as possible, the class is set to reading current newspapers published in Spanish. This subject is optional for any Collegiate student, and the Course in Spanish extends through at least two years. C. THE GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. Prior to the Sixth Grade, the Adelphi student may have instruction in German through four years, and he should become the master of a consid erable vocabulary. During the year 1895-96, on account of the necessary transition from the old to the new course of study, there will be no instruc- tion in German in the Fifth Grade. The instruction in German in the second and third primary