Asheville School - Blue and White Yearbook (Asheville, NC)

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Ashevill e School. 21 FIFTH FORM— Classical. English: Reading of examples of various styles of narrative and descriptive literature in both prose and verse. Study of words and sentences. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin: Selections from Viri Romae and Nepos. Caesar ' s Gal- lic War, Bk. II. Prose composition based on Caesar. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of General History. Carpentry. FIFTH FORM — Scientific. English: Reading of examples of various styles of narrative and descriptive literature in both prose and verse. Study of words and sentences. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin, Selections from Viri Romae and Nepos. Caesar ' s Gallic or War, Bk. II. Prose composition based on Casaer. German I: See page 24 for details. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of General History. Carpentry. SIXTH FORM— Classical. English: Reading of such works as Twice-Told Tales, As You Like It, The Idylls of the King. Advanced study of words, sentences, paragraphs. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin: Caesar ' s Gallic War, Bks. I-III-IV. Vergil ' s Aeneid, Bk. I. Caesar and Nepos at sight. Prose Composition based on Caesar. Greek: Paradigms and simple syntax. Xenophon ' s Anabasis (20 to 30 pages). Practice in translation at sight and in writing Greek. Systematic study of Grammar begun. Mathematics: Plane Geometry, completed. History: Greece.

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20 Asheville School. SECOND FORM. English: Reading of such books as Stepping Stones to Litera- ture for Fifth and Sixth Grades. Spelling. Punctuation. Composition. Letter- writing. Elements of English Grammar. Arithmetic: Decimal Fractions and Compound Numbers, completed. Many problems. Georgaphy: Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia in detail. Collateral reading. Drawing. THIRD FORM. English: Reading. Study of Parts of Speech and Syntax. Punctuation. Composition. Arithmetic: Percentage, omitting Stocks and Stock Invest- ments. Simple Interest, all cases. History: United States, through period of the Revolution. Collateral reading. Drawing. FOURTH FORM. English: Reading. Grammar, completed. Punctuation. Composition. Arithmetic: Partial Payments. Bank Discount. Longitude and Time. Exchange. Insurance. Duties or Customs. Ratio. Simple and Compound Proportion. Partnership. Involution. Square Root. Metric System. Latin : Paradigms and simple syntax. Marking of quantity of vowels. Easy reading. Written exercises. Reading of Latin aloud. Training in understanding the Latin before translating. History: United States, including Constitution, completed. Collateral reading. Modeling.

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22 A sheville School. SIXTH FORM— Scientific. English: Reading of such works as Twice-Told Tales, As You Like It, The Idylls of the King. Advanced study of words, sentences, paragraphs. Compositions, narrative and descriptive. Latin: Caesar ' s Gallic War, Bks. I-III-IV. Vergil ' s Aeneid, or Bk. I. Caesar and Nepos at sight. Prose composition based on Caesar. German I or II: See page 24 for details. Mathematics: Plane Geometry, completed. History: England. Shopwork: Mechanical Drawing. SEVENTH FORM— Classical. English: Reading and study of books required for preliminary examinations for entrance to college. Elements of Rhet- oric. Compositions, descriptive and argumentative. Latin: Vergil ' s Aeneid, Bks. II— VI, and either the Eclogues or Bks. VII-IX of Aeneid. Prose composition, based on Caesar. Translation of prose Latin at sight. Greek: Xenophon ' s Anabasis, continued, Bks. I-IV, together with other Attic prose. Practice in translation at sight. Systematic study of Grammar and practice in writing Greek, based on study of Bks. I and II of the Anabasis. German I (optional): See page 24 for details. OR French I (optional) : See page 24 for details. Mathematics: Reviews of Elementary Algebra and Plane Geometry. History: Rome. Reviews of Greece and Rome. SEVENTH FORM— Scientific. English : Reading and study of books required for preliminary examinations for entrance to college. Elements of Rhet- oric. Compositions, descriptive and argumentative.