Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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STATEMENTS IN REGARD TO THE FOREGOING ENGLISH. Course I. — Five hours per week throughout the year. A. Fall Term. — English Grammar. Maxwell ' s Advanced Lessons in English Grammar is the text used. B. Winter Term. — English Grammar. Text the same as above. C. Spring Term. — Analysis. Kimball ' s Structure of the English Sentence is the text used. Course II. — Four hours throughout the year. A. Fall Term. — The fundamental principles of Rhetoric, Study of Figures of Speech. B. Winter Term. — Theme Writing, with Outline in Narration and Description. C. Spring Term. — Theme Writing. Course III. — Five hours throughout the year, of which three hours are devoted to American Literature and two- hours to English Composition. In this course the aim is to make the student ' s work in composition and his work in lit- erature helpful to each other. A. Fall Term. — Scott and Denny ' s Composition-Litera- ture is the text used. Special practice in spelling. Aber- nethy ' s American Literature is the text adopted for that subject. B. Winter Term. — Original work in Exposition and Argumentation. Masterpieces. American Literature. C. Spring Term. — Forms of English Poetry. Master- pieces. Theme writing. Spelling. American Literature. Course IV. — Five hours throughout the year. A. Fall Term. — English Literature. From the beginning to the end of the Puritan Age. Special attention is paid to the study of Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, The Merchant of

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YEAR BOOK 21 TABULATED COURSES OF STUDY IN THE PREPARATORY SCHOOL FIRST YEAR FIRST TERM SECOND TERM THIRD TERM English Physiology ... U. S. History . English 5 Correlated Sciences U. S. History 5 English 5 Correlated Sciences Civics ..5 SECOND YEAR English Latin Algebra General History. English 4 Latin 5 Algebra 3 General History.. 4 English 4 Latin 5 Algebra 3 General History.. 4 THIRD YEAR j Am. Literature. 3 j Eng. Compos 2 j Geometry 3 (Algebra 2 Latin ) Greek or 5 German j j Am. Literature. 3 ( Eng. Compos. ... 2 ( Geometry 3 (Algebra 2 Latin ) Greek or • 5 German ) ( Am. Literature. 3 j Eng. Compos.... 2 j Geometry 3 j Algebra 2 Latin, ) Greek or ■ 5 German ) FOURTH YEAR j Plane Geometry 3 ( Algebra 2 Physics 5 j Solid Geometry . 3 ( Algebra 2 Physics 5 j Solid Geometry. 3 j Algebra 2 Physics 5 The following subjects are elective: — Eng. Literature. . .5 German 4 Latin 5 Greek 5 Life of Christ 2 Eng. Literature. . . 5 German 4 Latin 5 Greek 5 Life of Christ 2 Amer. Literature. 5 German 4 Latin 5 Greek 5 Life of Christ 2

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EAR BOOK 23 Venice and Macbeth being the plays studied. The History of English Literature by Reuben Post Halleck is the text. B. Winter Term. — English Literature, with the same text as a basis. Periods studied, from the Restoration to the Nineteenth Century. Masterpieces. C. Spring Term. — English Literature. The Nineteenth Century in Prose and Poetry. Masterpieces. Note books are made throughout the year, and special emphasis is laid upon the literary characteristics of each period and author discussed. Collateral reading in our well furnished library is required throughout the course. GERMAN. Course I. — Five hours per week throughout the year. A. — Fall Term. Reading. — Haester ' s Deutsche Fibel (a three weeks thor- ough drill in letters and the most difficult combination of letters) and Gluck-Auf serve as the basis of the term ' s work. Every effort is made to lead the student to think in German. Expression. — The student, from the very first, is led to express himself in German. He learns to ask and answer questions in German. Great care is exercised to cause the student to acquire the German idiom. Writing. — A well-arranged series of copy-books is used. Nos. I, 2 and 3 are completed in the Fall term. The student is required to use the German script in all his work. Construction. — The laboratory method is used, thus en- abling the student to study the structure of the language in the concrete, a delightful change from the old method. Spanhoofd ' s Lehrbuch der Deutschen Sprache is used for drilling at home, but in the classroom only exercises especi- ally prepared by the instructor are used. B. — Winter Term. Reading. — Continuation of Gluck-Auf. Writing. — During the Winter term, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the series of copy-books are completed.