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The Joliet High School Courses of Study. T?THE GROWTH of the Joliet Township High School has l|L been rapid but neither time or money has been spared by the Board of Education in making the educational opportunities offered here equal in building, apparatus, library and teaching force to the best schools of the country. A brief outline of the courses of study is as follows : LANGUAGE : In this work, the Joliet Township High School gives opportunities to the student unsurpassed by any school in the coun try. In English six full units are offered, (by a unit, we mean one study pursued five times a week for the school year), two of which are required of all and four of which are elective. In Latin, six full units are offered including Latin Lessons, Caesar, Cicero. Virgil and the first two years of the College course. In German and French five full units are offered, while in Spanish two full units are offered. MATHEMATICS : In Algebra two units of work are offered, including Elementary, Advanced, and College Algebra. One unit is required, one is elective. In Geometry one and one-half units are offered, one in Plane Geometry required, one-half in Solid, elective. Trigonometry, Analyt- ics and Calcalus are elective. HISTORY and POLITICAL SCIENCE : In this work six full units are offered including Greek and Roman History, Mediaeval History, Economics, English History, American History, Civics, Industrial History and Business Law. One unit in History is required. COMMERCIAL WORK : In this subject four full units are offered all of which are elective. This includes Arith- metic, Book-keeping and Office Practice, Stenography, Type- writing. Penmanship, Orthography, Mechanical Drawing and Commercial Geography. SCIENCE : In this work the Joliet Township High School is prepared to give as thorough a course as can be found anywhere. This is due to the fine equipment of the laboratories. Six full units are offered in this work, of these Physics is required, while Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Astronomy, Physiography, Geology and Ad- vanced Physics are elective. In Professional work one and one-half units including Psychology and Pedagogy are offered as elective. In addition to the laboratories, the Museum filled with rare specimens of animal, vegetable and mineral matter, and the library with two thousand well selected volumes always at the disposal of the students are valuable. 11
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