Linden Hall School - Leaves Yearbook (Lititz, PA)

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LINDEN HALL Bible The object had in view in this course is to enable the student to acquire an intelligent knowledge of the Book and its contents and an appreciation of the literary excellence and beauty to be found therein. Selected passages are memorized. Fim Year.-The first year is devoted to Old Testament history. Hurlbut's Outline Studies of the Old Testament is used but constant reference is made to the Bible. Second Year.-The life of Christ, the life of St. Paul, and the growth of the early Church are made the basis of study during the second year. Hurlbut's Outline Studies of the New Testament is the text that is used. Tbird Year.-The study of the Christian church from Bible times to the present is the main maint of emphasis during the third year. The study of the history of the Bible as a ok also falls into this period. 1-lurlbut's Study of the Christian Church is used as a guide. Fourtb Year.-The history and literature of the New Testament engages the attention of the students throughout the fourth year. Different books are analyzed and outlines are made. The aim is to show their value and application to the present time. Bach student will need a good reference Bible with helps. Mathematics The study of mathematics has a twoffold value, practical and educational. It tends to develop the reasoning powers and, at the same time, gives the student a working knowledge of principles that may be applied in later life. The course meets the requirements for college entrance. First Year.-Algebra to fractions, Milne and Downey, Firrt Year Algeimzg or Household Arithmetic. Second Year.-Algebra completed, Milne and Downey, Second Courre in Algebra. Third Year.--Plane Geometry completed, Errentialr of Plane Geometry, Smith. History A knowledge of history is necessary to a right understanding and appreciation of our presentfday institutions. The best available textfbooks are used in this course and supplementary reading is done, both in andout of the class. Every effort is made to arouse in the student a living interest in the study of the past and its relation to the present. First Year-Ancient History, Wests Ancient World. Second Year.-Mediaeval and Modern History, Wests Modern Progress. lPage Thirty-mul

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LINDEN HALL Description of Studies English . This department is conducted with a twoffold object: QD to enable the student to gain such a command of good English that she may speak and write clearly and correctly, QZJ to help her to achieve the ability to read correctly, understandingly, and with appreciation of the best in literature. Grammar and Composition To attain the first object, special attention is paid to the essen' tials of English grammar and to themefwriting. Written and oral composition forms a part of the weekly program, throughout the course, and special attention is given to the principles governing punctuation, the use of words, sentence structure, and paragraph' ing. The written work is varied in form. Letterfwriting, narra' tion, description, simple exposition, and argument are practised. The themes are chosen from current events, from general reading, from the pupi1's own experiences, or from the storehouse of her imagination. In all written work correct spelling and grammatical accuracy will be insisted upon. Literature The second object is achieved by means of fa, a course in reading, covering a list of standard books, and fbi a thorough study of a carefullyfselected number of such books. Selected portions of noted authors' works are committed to memory and students are trained to read aloud. Firn Year-Advanced Grammar and Composition, Speaking and Writing English, Herz- bergkand Lewin, American Literature, Literature and Life, Greenlaw Elson Keck, Boo I. Second Year-Rhetoric and Composition, Speaking and Writing English, Herzberg and Lewin, American Literature, Literature and Life, Greenlaw and Stratton, Book II. Third Year-Rhetoric and Composition, Wriung and Speaking, Baldwin, English Litera- . ture, Literature and Life, Greenlaw and Miles, Book III. Fourth Year-Theme Writing, Wridng and Speaking, Baldwin, English Literature, Lit- erature and Life, Greenlaw and Miles, Book IV. IfPage Tbirtyj

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LINDEN HALL Third Year.-United States History and Civics, Fite's History of the United Statesg Gar- ner, Government in the United States. Fourth Year.-English History. Short History of the English People, J. R. Green. Latin Four years are devoted to the study of this branch. Its value lies partly in the mental training which it affords, and partly in the more thorough mastery which it enables the student to acquire of the English language. The course prepares the student to meet the requirements of college entrance. Pint Year.-Latin for Today, First Year Course, Gray and Jenkins. Second Year.-Latin for Today, mar, Latin Composition, Third Year.-Cicero's Orationsg and the one for Archias, and Phillips. Second Year Course, Gray and jenkins. Bennett's Gram- Allen and Phillips. the four against Catiline, the one for the Manilian Law, Bennett, Cicero and Grammar, Latin Composition, Allen Fourth Year.-Virgil's Aeneid, Books I to Vlg Latin Composition, Allen and Phillips. German This course is designed to enable the student to speak and write German and to gain an insight into the life and literature of the Ger' man people. Opportunity is afforded for conversation in German. Short poems and parts of the classics are committed to memory. First Year.-German, Lehrbach der Deutschen Sprache, Spanhoofd, etc. Reading Guerbet's Marchen und Erzahlungen, Baumbach's Im Zwielicht. Second Year.-Grammar, Joynes-Meissner. German Composition, Hatfield. Reading, Storm's Immensee. Hillern, Hohler als die Kirche. Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm. Schiller, Das Lied von der Glocke. Third Year.-Grammar, Joynes-Meissner. German Composition, Hatfield. Reading, Schil- ler, Wilhelm Tell, Goethe, Hermann und Dorothea. Suderman, Frau Sorge. Frei- tag, Die joumalisten. French Students taking the courses offered in the French department are prepared to meet the requirements for college entrance. The aim throughout is to enable students to read and speak the language with accuracy and facility. The conversational method is used with emphasis upon the proper intonation of phrase and sentence units. Firrt Year.-Study of the different sounds of vowels with numerous examplesg study of consonants. Grammar, Fraser and Squaire Q15 lessons each semesterjg Reader, Guerber's Comes et Legendes, Qabout 80 pages each semesterj. fPage Thirty-twoj