Packer Collegiate Institute - Pelican Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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66 T he Pezeker Collegiate lmfifufe l ence studies, dealing with many authorities, The student is furnished With a note-book containing a syllabus of the entire course, With spaces for-the insertion of digests, sketches, ground plans, and unmounted pho- tographs. The electric lantern is used daily, and the Institute has a large and carefully selected supply of lantern slides, photo- graphs, and art books, to which additions are constantly made. 65112 Ebzurp uf jfflusir. I A course of instruction in the theory of music is otlnered. lt may be pursued in the Senior year or in the Second Collegiate grade. Special students may be admitted to this course. Ability to play a musical instrument is not a necessary qualification, but a student Who does not read simplemusic easilyis not eligible to membership in the class. Instruc- tion is given daily. The study is devoted to harmony, counterpoint, form, and anal- ysis, and ranks as an elective in the regular courses. The Work is constructive as Well as analytic, and secures solid foundation for

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1- A The Packer Collegiate ifnslifufe 65 East, Greece, and Rome. There are also electives in advanced history of England and the United States. To the Seniors is oH'ered a Weekly course of lectures on the history of the Hebrew people. r Much historical information is imparted in the Primary and Preparatory grades, as Well as in the departments of the languages and literature. Interest in questions of the day is encouraged in all the classes, and the equipment of books, maps, photographs, and lantern slides is brought up to modern stan- dards. T y r c a Glibz Ibtsturp uf Sirt. The course in the History of Art extends throughout the Senior year, the first half be- ing assigned to the study of architecture and sculpture, the second half to the history and criticism of painting. The Work, however, is so arranged that a student Who has not taken the first may, Without serious disad- vantage, take the second course. Lectures are conducted on seminary methods. They are illustrated by photographs and lantern slides, and are based upon a system of refer-

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fe hflfitleg, 'te-book COLUSQJ digests, :ed pho- ffl daily, :arefully photo- :ions are eory of rl in the re grade. to this trumenf Student ly is 110i InStrUC' devoted id anal' t regular as Well 1tiO1'1 for The Packer Collegiate Institute 67 practical composition. The approval of the Director of Music, as Well as the Principal s approval, is required before a student may enter this course. t l itugir ann jpzprbulogp. The Senior class meets daily for instruc- tion in logic and psychology. The course openswith a series of studies in Greek phi- losophy. -These studies include the reading and discussion of selections from the pre- Socratic f'fragments, Xenophon's Memo- rabilia, Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Meta- physics and Ethics. Following the Work in philosophy, a course in Aristotelian logic is given, in which the theory of the syllogism is taught. A study of mental functions concludes the Work of the year. This course is based upon the last eighteen chapters of James's Psy- chology, With reference Work from Stout, surly, Ladd, ana Haframg. At the outset, the Senior class is divided into small sections, each having a Weekly additional lesson in physiological psychology,