Adelphi Academy - Adelphic Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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ADELPHI ACADEMY. 27 der the eye of an instructor. The student will be' told what exer- cises are needful and suitable, where to begin and when to stop. The different classes will be given such a physical training in field or gymnasium, or both, as will insure a normal muscular develop- ment, and under natural conditions the certainty of physical health. This physical culture is by no means intended to secure merely ex- pertness in playing games. It is rather the education of the body which is intended to accompany the education of the mind. It inures to the beneht of all students, and not to the sole benefit of a few favored athletes. The Adelphi Academy is not seeking for reputation in ath- letics, but it is planning to shield its best students from the danger of a break-down on account of insufficient or improper exercise. The acquisition of a playing-field by means of the generosity of the Trustees and Alumni has rendered it possible to make ade- quate provision for this weekly physical culture. Through the larger part of the year classes of both boys and girls can be kept engaged at the same time, one in the gymnasium, and the other at the Held. The more advanced classes will naturally obtain from the latter convenience the highest degree of profit.

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26 ADELPHJ ACADEM Y. Art School already in the Academy makes this an especially fortu- nate opportunity. Szbctlz. The Continuity of Science Study. Natural Science is to become as continuous a feature of the curriculum as 'History or English. The study of the object or, where the object is neces- sarily lacking, of the picture, is made prominent in every one of the primary class-rooms. In each year of the lower grades the concrete facts of elementary natural history and of the physics and chemistry of daily life are studied and explained. Biology in the Collegiate Department is based, therefore, upon a considerable equipment of knowledge concerning Zoology and botany, and physics and chemistry, when taken up, connect naturally with the preceding study of life and its environment. Sevenfh. Arrangement of the Studies in the English Language and Literature. The mother-tongue is to be studied by the labora- tory method. That means that the younger pupils are to become familiar with the best books of juvenile literature. Such books will be used as reading books, and the study of English grammar will also be based upon them. The correct use of English, in other words, is to be insured as much as possible by constant familiarity with the best models. Formal grammar should be simplified, and its terminology should be made plain and practical. Similar methods will characterize the study of English Litera- ture. The library is the laboratory, and the class carries in hand not a description of the subject, but the subject itself. Practice in writing the mother-tongue well is to be secured not so much by the formal essay as by the writing of themes in the class, the natural expression of the moment's thought. The list of books from which reading books and texts in literature are to be chosen can be ex- amined in the catalog of the Academy. Ezghfh. Systematic Physical Training. Last, but not least in importance, is the new requirement of uniform,,systematic physi- cal training on the part of every student. Provision of time and in- struction is made for every class. The younger classes, to the Sixth Academic grade inclusive, are required to engage in the regu- lar calisthenic exercises as at present. Above that class each stu- dent must engage at least twice a week in systematic exercises un-

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CONSPECTUS OF STU-DIES. Subject to modifications made necessary by transition from old curriculum and by requirements of time-tables. TH E KINDERGARTEN. Two Years' 2- Coursc. 3 Sessions 9 to ' 12 o'clock. 1. The Songs and Games ofthe Kindergarten introduce the study of Natural Science, stimulating the imagination, developing a sympathy with nature, and suggesting the highest ideals in thought and action. The-Gifts form the basis of Mathematical Science, illustrating the solid, surface, line and point. The pupil acquires from the Gifts a knowledge of geometric forms and of different combinations of number. The Occupations apply the-principles that underlie the Gifts and cultivate a taste for the beautiful in form and color, training the eye and hand to work in unison with the mindg learning comes by doing. Color music is used, including also exercises in breathing. The Kindergarten training seeks to develop inventiveness, thoroughness, sympathy and generosity, power of concentration and power oi language and reason. The right beginning is half the battle. ' Th ird Year. A third or intermediate year is proposed, which shall be a transition year for pupils who have completed the foregoing work, but are not yet mature enough for the tasks of the- first primary grade. This year will continue advanced Kindergarten work in draw- ing, modelling and elementary number, with the beginnings of Primary instruction in language. ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. l. Language. ll. History. lll. Geography. IV. Science Study. V. .2Esthetic. Vl. Number Work. 185 Grade. Session 8:50, to 1 o'c1ock. Periods ar- ria n ge d on hualf- lour ba- sis. 1. English Words and Sentences. Phonic Analysis. Story Telling. Script Readers.jSpclling. 15 Exercises weekly. l. Stories in- cluded in fly. 1. Natural Features. Stories and Conversa- tion included in QD. Color, Outline, Size. Di- visions, Mineral, Vege- table, Animal. Tie Succession of Seasons, Weather. -llexcrcises weekly. . N 1. Drawing. 2. Writing. fScript Readers.J 3. Singing. 4. Physical Cul- ture. Calis- thenics. 8 to 11 exercises weekly. nmeration. The Four Fundamentals. Units of Measure, Weight, Space, United States Money. Simple Frac- tions. Relations of Number: First to Form QIVJ and Second to Measurements. 7 exercises weekly. 2nd Graclc. Sessions and p e rio ds as above. English.-As before. Nature Readers. Spelling and Punctua- tion. 10 Exe rcises weekly. I. 2. sation. 4 Exercises weekly. German.-Conversa Stories includ- ed in QD. P o'i n t s of Compass, facts of Climate, Physical Geography of the continents begun with North America. 4 exercises weekly. The Human Body. Talks upon Climate and Ge- ology, following Geo- graphical p r o g re s s. Elementary S c i e n c e and Natural History. 2 exercises weekly. As before, 8 to 11 exercises As before, Colburn 6 weekly. exercises weekly. sd Grade. Sessions an d p e r 1 o d s as above. 1. E11 gl i sh .-Spelling, Written and Oral. Na- ture Readers, Geogra- phy Readers, History Readers. Hyde No. 1, 9 Exercises weekly. 2. German.-Conversa tion and Reading. 3 Exercises weekly. Stories and Historical Readers in- cluded in QD. Complete fo re goin g g Peoples, Productions. Occupations. Study of United States begun. Geography Readers. 4 exercises weekly. Elementary Science and Natural History. Flora and Fauna of United States. 2 ex- ercises weekly. As before, S to 1 1 exercises As before, Fractions. 6 weekly. exercises weekly.