Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Third Year Bible English Higher Algebra and Solid Geometry Modern History Physics or Chemistry Fourth Year Bible English Summary of Credits 1 Bible 4 English 3 Mathematics 3 Science 2 History 2 Swedish, Latin, or German 1 Elective Subject 16 Credits American History and Govern- ment Elective Subject IV. BUSINESS COURSE First Year Fou rth Yom- B1b1e Bible English English Algebra Shorthand General Science Typewriting Swedish, German or Latin Summary of Credits Second Year 1 Bible Bible 4 English English 2 Mathematics Plane Geometry 2 Swedish, German, or Latin Swedish, German, or Latin 1 History Elective Subject 1 Science Third Year 1 Bookkeeping Bible 2 Shorthand and Typewriting English 2 Elective Subjects American History and Governs 1 ment 16 Credits Bookkeeping Additional Business Subject V. First Year Bible English Algebra General Science Piano, Voice, or Violin Second Year Bible English Plane Geometry Swedish, German, or Latin Piano, Voice 'or Violin Third Year Bible English Swedish, German, or Latin Piano, Voice, or Violin Elective Subject MUSIC COURSE Fourth Your Bible English American History and Govern- ment Elective Subject Summary of Credits 1 Bible 4 English 2 Mathematics 2 Swedish, German, or Latin 1 History 1 Science 3 Piano, Voice, or Violin 2 Elective Subjects 16 Credits 28

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CATALOG, MINNE HAHA ACADEMY Explanation BIBLE In all the classes the Bible itself is the textbook. The passages to be studied and a few suggestive questions are posted on the bul- letin board and thus secured by the members of the class. These classes meet twice a week. One .fourth of a credit is given for each year's work. Bible study is required of each student as long as he is in school but the com- pletion of the four year course is not required. First Year The first year is devoted to a study of the life of Christ. The four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are studied simultaneously. ' Second Year In the second year the student takes up Old Testament History. The entire book is covered in this course. Third Year The third year is given to the rise and development of the early Christian church, as recorded in the New Testament. The Acts and the subsequent books of the New Testament are studied. Fourth Your Seniors Who have completed Bible I, II, and III are permitted to take a subject in the Bible institute in their fourth year and receive high school credit for it. ENGLISH First Year Review of grammar. Written composition, with emphasis on correct spelling, punctuation and good English usage. Sentence and paragraph structure. The purpose of this course is to de- velop in the students a sense of neatness and exactness in writ- 30 0f Courses ing, and a natural feeling for fitness and correctness in sen- tence and theme building. Second Year Poetry and verse forms. Letter writing. Exposition: essays and speeches from the classics chosen for study. Written and oral composition. High school jour- nalism. Third Year Argumentation. Study of classics argumentative in 1form. Study of the drama. Brief survey of the history of American litera- ture. Fourth Year A survey of English literature and a study of prose and poetry of the foremost authors. Com- position. Notc-Throughout the four years course, the classics read are chosen in accordance With the recommendations of the National Conference of College Entrance Requirements in English. Outside reading and written re- ports are required at regular intervals; during the entire course. Textbooks: Wardis Sentence and Theme; Wardis Theme Building; Greever-Jones, Handbook of Writing; Lyons, Elements of De- bating; Long, American Litera- ture; Longs History of English 9 Literature; Newcomer-Andrews' Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose. LATIN First Year Smithis Latin Lessons. Special emphasis on forms and vocabu- laries. Daily written exercises. The main rules of syntax. Second- Year Caesaris Gallic War. Grammar and prose Bks. I-IV. composi-