Kimball Union Academy - Concordia Yearbook (Meriden, NH)

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I XXIV. Summer Term. Natural Philosophy, Botany commenced, Linear Drawing commenced. MIDDLE YEAR. Fall Term. Chemistry commenced, Geometry commenced , Lin- ear Drawing completed. Winter Term. Geometry completed, Zoology, Rhetoric. Spring Term. Intellectual Philosophy QAbercrombiej, Moral Sci- ence , English Grammar, with English Prosody. Summer Term, Geology, Botany completed, Natural Theology. SENIOR YEAR. Fall Term. Chemistry completed, Butler's Analogy, Perspec- tive and Crayon Drawing. lflfinter Term. Political Economy , ...Z ,English Poets, Ecclesiastical History. I 'l I I Spring Term. Astronomy completed , Chase's Algebra, Evidences of Christianity. t ' Summer Term. Intellectual Philosophy lUphamj , Mineralogy, Re- VIGWS. ' SUBSTITUTES. The Latin or Greek Classics maybe substituted, term for term, for the less important studies in the above course, and Surveying, with Field Exercises, and Civil Engineering, in the case of young gentlemen. COLLATERAL EXERCISES. Reading, Composition, and Rhetorical Exercises every Saturday, Lit- erary Societies, a Biblical Exercise every Sabbath morning. The following Text-books are made use of in this department :- American School Reader, Adams' Arithmetic frevised editionp, Da- vies' Introduction to Algebra, Bourdon's and Chase's Algebra, VVhate- ly's Rhetoric and Logic, Abercrombie's and U,5am's Intellectual Phi- losophy, VVayland's Moral Science and Political Economy, Silliman's Chemistry, Olmstecl's Natural Philosophy Qlast editionj, and Astrono- my, Hitchcoclfs Geology, Legendre's and Crosby's Geometry, Davies' Surveying, W'ood's Botany, Grahanfs English Synonymes, Agassiz X Gould's Zoology, Dana's Mineralogy, Cutter's Physiology, Bolmar's Levizac's French Grammar, Rowan's French Reader, Charles XII, La Henriade , Racine , Sl1l'G3l11l6,S French Dictionary, kc., kc.

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Xxiu. SENIOR YEAR. Fall Term. Virgil commenced5 Anabasis continued5 Transla- t.ions into English verse and Greek5 Latin Prosody. Wiinter Term. Virgil continued 5 Homer commenced 5 Greek Pros- ody and Dialectsg Algebra reviewedg Modern . History. Spring Term. Virgil completed5 Homer continuedg Translations through the year. Summer -Term. Classical Studies reviewe-d5 Greek Testament5 An- cient Geography. COLLATERAL EXERCISES. Exercises in General Grammar and Grammatical Analysis through the course5 Rhetorical Exercises and Composition every Saturday5 Original Declamations the last three terms5 a Course of Reading in History5 Literary Soeieties5 a Biblical Exercise Sabbath morning. ---1-.-n- The following Text-Books are made use of in this department 5--An- drews and Stoddard's Grammar 5 Andrews' Latin Reader, Viri Roman, Caesar, Sallust, and Latin Lexicong Folsom's Cicei-05 PwoWen's or Gould's Virgil 5 Arnold's Prose Composition5 Ramshorn's Latin Syno- nymes5 Leverett's Latin Lexicon Qlast-edition,j 5 Bojesen's or Smith's Greek and Roman Antiquitiesg Crosby9s Greek Grammar, Lessons and Anabasis5 Pickering's or Liddell and Scott's Greek Lexicon5 An- thonis Classical Dictionary Qlast editionjg Src., Src. ' ENGLISH. PREPARATORY. History of' the United States5 Colburn's Arithmetic5 W1'itten Arith- metic 5 English Grammar 5 Modern Geographyg VVatts on the Mindi5 Governmental Instructor5 First Principles of Natural Philosophy. JUNIOR YEAR. Fall Term. Algebra commencedg WOl'C9StCT7S General Historyg English Grammar. 'Winter Term. Algebra continued 5 History continued5 Physiology. Spring Term. Astronomy5 Ancient Geography and Mythologyg Book Keeping.

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X X V. BENTEFTCTAHUQS. Candidates for appropriation from the funds ot' the Institution must have the Gospel Ministry in view, and bring certificates ot' Church mein- bership and of indigent circumstances, and pass a satisfactory examina- tion on, at least, one termfs study ol' the Languages. Beneficiaries have their Zuition remitted, and receive an appropriation oi' one dollar per week Qfterm time. Fifteen or twenty may be assisted at one time, TEACHERS' ntsrirrrrn. During the Fall and Spring Ternis, young gentlemen and ladies, pre- paring to teach will be formed into a class, with weekly lectures and ex- ercises with special reference to the business oi'insiruc'tion, srhool gov- ernment, Szc. SYNOPSIS OF EXERCISICS. 1. A model class, instructed by one ofthe students, or teachers, with mutual criticisms. A 2. Questions and discussions. ' 3. Lectures and strictures on methods ofteaching :- 1.j The Alphabet, First Lessons in Reading , Orthography , Men- tal Arithmetic, and all other branches taught in Common Schools, A 2.5 The Instruction of Children , School Recreations and Govern- rnentg. 3.5 Incentives to Study , l?rizes, Moral and Religious Instruction, -L., The Classification of Schools, the Method of' conducting Reci- tations , l - 5.j Teachers' Lyceums, School Apparatus , Src, kc. 4. A thorough examination on the branches to be taught, with certih- cates. C iw A 1 -4