Minnehaha Academy - Antler Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY Poirier; Rostrand, Cyrano de Bergerac. Three hours per week. 2. Composition and conversation 'especially in the form of connected 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 coordinate and unify the concepts of Algebra and Geometry by 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. Elementary Algebra—Particular attention is given to establish connections between the arithmetic already studied and the study of algebra. The course covers the usual ground through simple quadratic equations. Text: Hawkes - Luby - Touton’s First Course in Algebra. Plane Oometry—A study of the usual theorems and constructions. Stress is laid on original exercises and problems. Text: Went-worth-Smith’s Plane Geometry. Higher Algebra—This course begins with a review of first year algebra as a basis for the advanced work and extends through the theory of quadratic equations, progressions, theory of limits, imaginaries, and simple logarithms. Text: Hawkes-Luby-Touton’s Second Course in Algebra. Solid Geometry—A study of the geometry of solids, including the customary theorems and constructions. Text: Wentworth- Smiths’ Solid Geometry. HISTORY Ancient History—A brief survey of Egypt and the early Orient; a more intensive study of the history of Greece and its civilization; a similar treatment of the history of Rome, with emphasis on the late Republic and the Empire. The course brings European history down to 800 A. D. Text: West’s Ancient World. Modern History—A general outline of European history from the end of the Roman Empire through the Great War. Special attention is given to the forces and movements which have produced present political conditions in Europe. Text: West’s Modern World. American History— A survey of the course of American history, with considerable emphasis on the period since the Civil War. This course is given in the first semester of the school year. Text: West’s History of the American People. American Government—A study of the structure and the workings of Federal, State and local government in the United States. This course is given in the second semester 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: Magruder’s American Government. Xote—Besides the study of the textbook, each course includes weekly supplementary readings and considerable map work. Attention is also given to current history. SCIENCE General Science—A general study of the common phenomena of nature. A part of the second se- 27

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY LATIN First Year Smith’s Latin Lessons. Special emphasis on forms and vocabularies. Daily written exercises. The main rules of syntax. Second Year Caesar's Gallic War. Bks. I-IV. Grammar and prose composition; drills in parsing, forms, sight reading, etc. D’Ooge’s Prose Composition used. Third Year Cicero: Manilian Law. Four orations against Catiline. Oration for Marcellus or Archias. Grammar and prose composition. D’Ooge’s Prose Composition used. Fourth Year Virgil’s Eneid. Bks. I-VI. Elements of prosody. Metrical reading, mythology, and sight reading. Grammar and prose composition. Memorizing of short passages. SWEDISH First Year Vickner’s Grammar, (Completed). Selections and exercises in .... conversation. Memorizing of poems and brief passages. Texts —Geijerstam, Mina pojkar; La-gerlof, Valda Berattelser, and Nils Holgersson I. Supplementary readings. Second. Year Sunden’s Grammar completed (Abridged edition). Special emphasis laid on idiomatic expressions. A brief survey of Northern Mythology. Texts—Lagerlof, Nils Holgersson, and En Herreg rds-sagen; TegnSr, Fritiofs Saga. Memorizing of parts of Fritiofs Saga. Short compositions. Supplementary reading: Starback, Livknektens Berattelser. Third Year Grimberg, Sveriges Historia, I-V. Runeberg, Fanrik St ls Sagner. Themes. Supplementary reading. Fourth Year A more thorough study of the history of Swedish literature. Readings. Selections from Rydberg, Strindberg, Heidenstam and other authors. Themes. Supplementary reading—various selections. FRENCH First Year The following textbooks or their equivalent are used: Brooks’The New Chardenal; Aldrich and Foster, French Reader; L’AbbS Constantin. Second Year Intermediate French: Composition. Koren: French Composi- tion. Chosen texts: de la BrSte, Mon Oncle et Mon Cur6; Daudet, Contes; Loti, Le Roman d’un Enfant; Labiche, Le Voyage de M. Perrichon; Maupassant, Contes; or the equivalent of these. Third Year 1. A survey of French Literature. A text in French (Doumic, His-toire de la LittSrture francaise). The course will begin at the Seventeenth century. Chosen texts: Corneille, Le Cid; Racine, Andro-maque; MoliSre, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Beaurmarchais, Le barier de Seville; Victor Hugo, Hernani. Three hours a week. 2. Composition and conversation. Text: Francois, Advanced Composition; or equivalent. Two hours per week. Fourth Year 1. Nineteenth century literature. Text (French) Pellissier. Texts: Atala, Chateaubriand; French Lyrics Nineteenth Century; le Cur6 de Tours or Eugenie Gran-det. (Balzac); Le Gendre de M. 26

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CATALOG, MINNEHAHA ACADEMY mester is devoted to a study of the structure and physiology of the human body. Texts: Cald- well and Eikenberry’s General Science; Willis’ Elementary Physiology. Zoology—A survey of the animal kingdom, emphasizing the principles of structure, physiology and classification of animals. Representative types are studied in the field and laboratory. Text: Hegner's Practical Zoology. Botany—A general study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants. Representative types are studied in the field and laboratory. Text: Bergen and Caldwell’s Practical Botany. Physics—A survey of the elements of mechanics, sound, light, magnetism, and electricity. Experimental work in the laboratory is emphasized. Text: Millikan and Gale, Practical Physics. Chemistry—A general study of the fundamental principles of chemical phenomena. Class demonstrations and laboratory work form an essential part of the course. The practical application of chemistry to the industries is studied. Text: Smith, Elementary Chemistry. BUSINESS AND MUSIC For the explanation of business and music subjects, see the description given in the outline of courses in those departments. High School Preparatory Courses These courses are planned for two classes of students: those who have not had a complete grammar school education and therefore need a drill in the common branches; secondly, those who have not received their education in America and therefore need instruction in English. Thorough, practical training is the aim. It should be noticed that these courses do not begin until the first of January. This is the time to enter. SUBJECTS OFFERED The Regular Course includes: Bible Reading Penmanship Spelling A rithmetic English G rarnmar The work in this course is similar to that done in the seventh and eighth grades of public School. This course offers opportunities to the person who wishes to enter our High School Department or Business Department, and has neglected his grammar school education. 28