Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA AO.ADEMY A MUSIC STUDIO GIRLS' REST ROOM

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CATALOG, MIN mar and prose composition. DtOoge's Prose Composition used. Fourth Year Virgil's .ZEneid. Bks. I-VI. Ele- ments of prosody. Metrical read- ing, mythology, and sight reading. Grammar and prose composition. Memorizing of short passages. SWEDISH Find Your VicknerAs Grammar, tCompletch. Selections and exercises in con- versation. Memorizing of poems and brief passages. Texts4ei- jerstam, Mina Pojkar; Lagerltit'. Valda Beriittelser, and Nils Hil- gerson 1. Supplementary reading: Holge, Femtio Smahistorier. Nomad Year Sundents Grammar completed tAbrid-ged editionL Special em- phasis laid on idiomatic expres- sions. A brief survey of Northern Mythology. Texts-Lagerlbf, Nils Holgerson, and En Herregards- sigen; Tegner, Fritiofs Saga, Memorizing of parts of Fritiofs Saga. 'Short compositions. Sup- plementary reading: Starbick, Livknektens Berittelser. 'I'hird Year Grimberg, Sveriges Historia,I-V. Runeberg, Finrik Stals Signer. A text on Swedish literature to be selected. Weekly themes. Sup- plementary reading: Levertin, Ur Svenska. Bangen. Fourth Year A more thorough study of the his- tory of Swedish literature. Read- ings. Selections from Rydberg. Strindberg, Heidenstam and other authors. Weekly themes. Supple- mentary reading-various selec- tions. FRENCH First Year The following textbooks or their equivalent are used: Brooks' The New Chardenal; Aldrich and F03- ter, French Reader; LtAbbe1 Con- stantin. w M NEHAHA ACADEMY Somml Your Intermediate French: Composi- tion. Koren: French Composi- tion. Chosen texts: de la Brete. Mon Oncle et mon cure; Daudet, Contes; Loti, Le Roman d'un En- fant; Labich-e, Le Voyage de M. Perrichon; Maupassant, Contes; or the equivalent of these. Third Year 1. A survey of French Literature. A text in French tDoumic, His- toire de la Litterture francaisey The course will begin at the Sev- enteenth century. Chosen texts: Corneille, Le Cid; Racine, Andro- maque; Moliere, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Beaurmarchais, Le barier de seville; Victor Hugo. Hernani. Three hours a week. 2. Compostion and conversation. Text: Francois, Advanced Com- position or equivalent. Two hours per week. Fourth. Year 1. Nineteeth century literature. Text tFrencm Pellissier. Texts: Atala, Chateaubriand; French Lyrics Nineteenth Century; 1e Cure de Tours or Eugenie Gran- d-et tBalzacn Le Gendre de M. Poirier; Rostrand, Cyrano de Ber- gerac. Three hours per week. 2. Composition and conversation especially in the form of connect- ed discourse; discussions and themes delivered orally. Two hours per week. MATHEMATICS A rigid treatment is given of the standard theorems and principles, and practical application. An attempt will be made to co- ordinate and unify the concepts of Algebra and Geometry, letting the two branches supplement each other and :be developed in. their true relation. Stress will be laid on drill for efficiency in handling equations throughout the courses.

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CATALOG Ia'lvmcntm'y AlgcbrueParticular at- tention is given to establish connections between, the arithme- tic already studied and the study of algebra. The course covers the usual ground through simple quadratic ' equations. Text: Hawke-s - Luby - Toutorfs First Course in Algebra. I'lmm Geomotry-A study of the usual theorems and constructions. Stress is laid on original exer- cises and problems. Text: VVent- worth-Smithsi Plane Geometry. Higher AlgebraQThis course be- gins with a review of first year algebra as a basis for the ad- vanced work and extends through the theory of quadratic equations. progressions, limits and infinity, and imaginaries. Text: Hawkes- Luby-Touton's Second Course in Algebra. :4qu GmnlctryeA study of the ge- ometry of solids and spheres, in- cluding the customary theorems and constructions. Text: Went- worth-Smiths' Solid Geometry. HISTORY .lm'icnt IlixtoryeA brief survey of Egypt and the early Orient; a more intensive study of the his- tory of Greece and its civiliza- tion; a similar treatment of the history of Rome, with emphasis on the late Republic and the Em- pire. The course brings Europe- an history down to 800 A. D. Text: Wests Ancient World. Modern IIistory-A general outline of European history from the end of the Roman Empire to the out- break of the Great War. Special attention is given to the forces and movements which have pro- duced present political conditions in Europe. Text: West's Modern World. .inwrican History-A survey of the course of American history. with considerable emphasis on the period since the Civil War. This MINNE HAHA ACADEMY course is given in the firstsemes- ter of the school year. Text: Muzzey's American History or equivalent. American GorcrnmonieA study of the structure and the workings of Federal, State and local govern- ment in the United States. This course is given in the second se- mester of the school year. The class attends a meeting of the City Council in Minneapolis and a trial in the Court House and also visits the State Capitol in St. Paul and the State Prison at Stillwater. Text: Magruderis American Government. NotceBesides the study of textbook, each course weekly supplementary readings and considerable map work. Attention is also given to cur- rent history. the includes SCIENCE Gmwral Svicncc-sA study of the fundamental principles of the physical and biological sciences and an interpretation of some of the common phenomena of nature in terms of these laws. One se- mester is devoted to the study and application of the physical IaWs and forces as evidenced in the motions of the earth, in the factors determining weather and climate and in erosion and changes of the earth's crust. The other semester is given to the study of the underlying biological principles and life processes of plants and animals. leading up to the study of the structure and functions of the human body, as well as personal and .public hygiene. Text: Cald- well 8: Eikenberry's General Science, Willis' Elementary Phy - ology. ZoologII-A study of the structure. life-history and habits of animals. A comparative study of the dif- ferent phyla from the simple