Kimball Union Academy - Concordia Yearbook (Meriden, NH)

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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

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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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XXVI. BOARD. ' The Female Boarding House is under the direction of Bev. E. T. Rowe and Lady. Twenty-five or thirty young ladies can be accommo- dated. No pains will be spared to furnish all the quiet and attentions of home, together with the culture and improvement of a boarding school. The Principal of the Female Department will board with, and superintend, the young ladies. Every facility is furnished young gentle- men and ladies for boarding themselves, and young gentlemen for board- ing in clubs. S I 1-Jxrnnsns. ' Tuition, per term, ordinary, - i - 34,00 Music and use of instrument, extra, 10,00 . French, 4' 2,00 Crayon Drawing, 4' 2,00 Pencilling, U 1,00 Perspective, if ---- 2,00 Board in families, per Week, including room and Washing, from ----- 351,50 to 2,00 Board in clubs, including as above, from 1,00 to 1,25 EXAMINATIONS.. There are Public Examinations of the School semi-annually, at the close of' the 1-Tall and Spring Terms, before a Committee chosen at the direction ofthe Trustees. ' On the evening of the day of the Annual Meeting, there is an Exhibi- tion oi' Original Declamations by the Senior Class.