Concordia College - Spire / Concordian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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CLASSES AT COXCORDIA The class system at Concordia was originally modeled after the system in vogue at the Gymnasien in Germany. There are six classes, each class bearing a Latin name as Prima, which is the highest class, and Sexta, the lowest. Prima and Secunda, the two upper classes, comprise the .lunior College course. The next four classes, namely Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, and Sexta, comprise the Academy and are equiva- lent to an ordinary four year high school course. A seventh class, Septima, is con- ducted for those who have not yet completed the eighth grade and are unable ti pass the entrance examinations for the Academy. lts studies are varied and are conducted so as to prepare members for entrance to the Academy. ln the Academy, Latin is introduced in Sexta, the first year, and Greek in Quarta, the third year, besides the other studies which comprise the usual high school course, such as Ifnglish, German, llathematics, History, Civics, and Physics. Reli- gious instruction is given throughout the Academy course, the catechisms of Luther and Dr, Schwan being used as text books. ln Quarta the Sacred History of the Old Testament is studied, while in Te1'tia the Sacred History of the New Testament is taken together with the study of the catechism. ln the junior College course Hebrew is studied in addition to the regular cur- riculum. ln Secunda chemistry is also introduced and taken throughout the year. In this class about halt of Dr. Schwan's catechism is studied, the small catechism reviewed according to both the German and Tfnglish texts, and the church year surveyed. In Prima the study of Dr. Schwan's catechism is completed and the reading of chapters of the Gospels according to St. llark, St. Alohn or the Acts in the original is taken up. After graduation from Prima the students generally enter the Theological Seminary at St. Louis, RIO., to prepare themselves for ordination into the ministry. Page Tuiuitty-five

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cnncunnnu 25 PRIINIA : Hebrew Religion Greek Latin English German History TERTIA : 4 Physics Greek Latin Religion English Civics German QUNTA: , Religion History Latin German Geometry English ' CLASS STUDIES SECUNDA: Chemistry Greek Hebrew English German Trigonometry Religion History QUARTA: Religion Latin History . Greek German English Algebra SEXTA : Religion English German Latin Algebra SEPPNMA : Religion Spelling Geography Civics Reading Penmanship Arithmetic Grammar Bible History Physiology History Page Twenty-six