Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY 24

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Third Year Bible English Higher Algebra and Solid Geom etry Modern History Physics or Chemistry Fourth Year Bible English American History and Government Elective Subject Summary of Credits 1 Bible 4 English 3 Mathematics 3 Science 2 History 2 Swedish or Latin or French 1 Elective Subject 1C Credits IV. BUSINESS COURSE First Year Bible English Algebra General Science Swedish or French or Latin Second Year Bible English Plane Geometry Swedish or French or Latin Elective Subject Third Year Bible English American History and Govern ment Bookkeeping Elective Subject Fourth Year Bible English Shorthand Typewriting Summary of Credits 1 Bible 4 English 2 Mathematics 2 Swedish or French or Latin 1 History 1 Science 1 Bookkeeping 2 Shorthand and Typewriting 2 Elective Subjects 16 Credits V. MUSIC COURSE First Year Bible English Algebra General Science Piano and Theory Second Year Bible English Plane Geometry Swedish or French or Latin Piano and Theory Third Year Bible English Swedish or French or Latin Piano and Theory Elective Subject Fourth Year Bible English American History and Government Elective Subject Summary of Credits 1 Bible 4 English 2 Mathematics 2 Swedish or French or Latin 1 History 1 Science 3 Piano and Theory 2 Elective Subjects 16 Credits 23

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Explanation of Courses BIBLE In all the classes the Bible itself is the textbook. The passages to be studied and a few suggestive questions are posted on the bulletin board and thus secured by the members of the class. These classes meet twice a week. One fourth of a credit is given for each year’s work. Bible study is required of each student as long as he is in school but the completion of the four year course is not required. First Year The first year is devoted to a study of the life of Christ. The four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are studied simultaneously. Second Year In the second year the student takes up early Old Testament History. The books from Genesis to Samuel are studied. Third Year The third year is devoted to the remaining books of the Old Testament. The course includes a study of the Hebrew kingdom, the captivity and return, and the prophets. Fourth Year The fourth year is given to the rise and development of the early Christian church, as recorded in the New Testament. The Acts and the subsequent books of the New Testament are studied. ENGLISH First Year Review of grammar. Written composition, with emphasis on correct spelling, punctuation and good English usage. Sentence and paragraph structure. The purpose of this course is to develop in the students a sense of neatness and exactness in writing, and a natural feeling for fitness and correctness in sentence and theme building. Second Year Poetry and verse forms. Letter writing. Exposition: essays and speeches from the classics chosen for study. Written and oral composition. High school journalism. Third Year Argumentation. Study of classics argumentative in form. Study of the drama. Brief survey of the history of American literature. Fourth Year A survey of English literature and a study of prose and poetry of the foremost authors. Composition. Xote—Throughout the four years’ course, the classics read are chosen in accordance with the recommendations of the National Conference of College Entrance Requirements in English. Outside reading and written reports are required at regular intervals during the entire course. Textbooks: Ward’s Sentence and Theme; Ward’s Theme Building; Greever-Jones, Handbook of Writing; Lyons, Elements of Debating; Pace, American Literature with Readings; Long’s History of English Literature; New-comer-Andrews' Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose. 25