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

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Asheville School 23 Latin: Caesar ' s Gallic Wars, Books I-IV. Sight reading from Cassar. 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 OR Greek. Systematic study of grammar begun. French I: See page 25 for details. OR German I: See page 25 for details, OR Spanish I : See page 26 for details. Mathematics: Plane Geometry, completed. Shopwork: Mechanical Drawing. FOURTH FORM— Scientific English : Reading of such works as Twice-Told Tales, As You Like It, Two Years Before the Mast. Advanced study of words, sentences, paragraphs. Compositions, narrative and descrip- tive. Two oe the following : Latin: Caesar ' s Gallic Wars, Books I-IV. Sight reading from Caesar. Prose composition based on Caesar. French I or II: See page 25 for details. German I or II: See page 25 for details. Spanish I or II : See page 26 for details. History: United States. Mathematics: Plane Geometry, completed. Shopwork: Mechanical Drawing. FIFTH FORM— Academic English: Reading and study of books required for preliminary ex- aminations for entrance to college. Elements of rhetoric. Compositions, descriptive and argumentative. Latin: Cicero, six orations. Sight reading from Cicero. Prose com- position based on Cicero and Caesar.

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22 A s h e V i 1 1 e S c h 0 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 : Paradigms and simple syntax. Marking quantities of vowels. Easy reading. Written ex ercises. Reading of Latin aloud. Training in understanding the Latin before translating. Preparation for the study of Caesar. Mathematics : Algebra, to 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 aloud. OR Training in understanding the Latin before translating. Preparation for the study of Caesar. French I: See page 25 for details. OR German I: See page 25 for details. OR Spanish I : See page 26 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, Two Years Before the Mast. Advanced study of words, sentences and paragraphs. Compositions, narrative and de- scriptive.

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24 Asheville School Greek: Xenophon ' s Anabasis, continued, Books I-IV, together with other Attic prose. Practice in translation at sight. Systematic OR study of grammar and practice in writing Greek, based on study of Books I and II of the Anabasis. French II: See page 25 for details. OR German II: See page 26 for details. OR Spanish II: See page 26 for details. Mathematics : Solid Geometry and Plane Trigonometry. Review of OR Elementary Algebra when necessary. Physics : Including laboratory work. FIFTH FORM— Scientific English: Reading and study of books required for preliminary ex- aminations for entrance to college. Elements of rhetoric. Compositions, descriptive and argimientative. French I, II or III: See page 25 for details. OR German I, II or III : See page 26 for details. OR Spanish I, II or III: See page 26 for details. Mathematics: Solid Geometry. Plane Trigonometry. Review of Elementary Algebra when necessary. Physics : Including laboratory work. SIXTH FORM— Academic English: Reading and study of books required for final examina- tions for entrance to college. Elements of rhetoric. Composi- tions, prepared and extempore. Latin: Vergil ' s neid, Books I-IV, and selections from Ovid. Prose composition, based on Cicero. Translation of prose Latin at sight, Greek: Homer ' s Iliad, Books I-III, and other books of the Iliad or OR the Odyssey. Thirty to fifty pages of Attic prose, as basis for prose composition. Translation at sight.