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

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IHE Courses of Study mention the minimum require- ments for each form. Pupils of either course are permitted and encouraged to take studies of jthe other course when additional work can be done profitably. Each pupil must take all studies required for entrance to the col- lege of his choice. Both Physics and Chemistry must be taken by pupils of the Scientific Course, and each pupil of this course must take such languages — Latin, German, French or Spanish — as his chosen college requires for ad- mission. English: Reading. Study of parts of speech and syntax. Punc- tuation. Composition. Arithmetic: Percentage, omitting Stocks and Stock Investments. Simple interest, all cases. History: United States, through period of the Revolution. Col- lateral reading. Wood Carving. English: Reading. Grammar, completed. Punctuation. Compo- sition, Arithmetic: Partial Payments, Bank Discount. Longitude and Time. Exchange. Insurance. Duties or Customs. Ratio. Simple and Compound Proportion. Partnership. Involution. Square Root. Metric System. History: United States, including Constitution, completed. Col- lateral reading. Wood Carving. FIRST FORM SECOND FORM [19]

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18 A sheville School New boys entering in January will be charged $650 for the remainder of the year. The fee for instruction in instrumental music is $120, payable $60 at the opening of school in September and $60 on January first. This fee includes the use of instruments for practice.

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20 A s h e V i II e S c h o o I THIRD FORM— Academic 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: Paradi.e ns and simple syntax. Marking quantities of vowels. Easy reading. Written exercises. Reading of Latin aloud. Training in understanding the Latin before trans- lating. Preparation for the study of Caesar. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of Ancient History. Carpentry. THIRD 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: Paradigms and simple syntax. Marking quantities of vowels. Easy reading. Written exercises. Reading of Latin OR aloud. Training in understanding the Latin before trans- lating. Preparation for the study of Caesar. French I : See page 23 for details. OR German I : See page 23 for details. OR Spanish I : See page 24 for details. Mathematics: Algebra, through Quadratic Equations. History: Outlines of Ancient History. Carpentry. FOURTH FORM— Academic English : Reading of such works as Twice-Told Tales, As You Like It, T vo Years Before the Mast. Advanced study of words, sentences and paragraphs. Compositions, narrative and de- scriptive.