Union Academy - Yearbook (Belleville, NY)

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REGENTS READING COURSES Students are advised to read these courses privately and take examination. It is hoped also that many persons 1101: students may find in these courses and examinations a stimulus to good reading. ' ENGLISH READING coURsE FOR READING SHAKESPEARE-MCTCh2Dt of Venice, Macbeth. SIR ROGER DE COVERLY PAPERS-The Spectator. COLERIDGE-Ancient Mariner. SCOTT-Ivanhoe and Lady of the Lake. TENNvsoN-Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, The Passing of Arthur. are the 4 3 3 3 LOWELL-Vision of Sir Launfal. GEORGE ELIOT-Silas Marner. IRVING-Life of Goldsmith. FOR si'UDY SHAKESPEARE-Julius Caesar. .V MIL1'ON-L,A116gIO, Il Penseroso, Comus and Lycidas. BURKE-Speech on Conciliation with America. E MACAULAY-ESSAYS on johnson. REGENTS EXAMINATIONS The following tables taken from the Regents Handbook, given for convenient reference. The Hgures represent number of counts given each subject. ACADEMIC SUBJECTS Group If Language cmd Litewzfzzre ENGLISH First year English b z English grammar Second year English 2 History of English lan- Third year English guage and literature Fourth year English

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26 UNION ACADEMY same as a loan, and rerzwn it when able Z0 do soy in which case the money so returned is to be used as income of the scholar- ship funds, for the benefit of other students. BOARDING DEPARTMENT Good board in this department is furnished students at reasonable rates. The teachers ,take their meals in the din- ing-room. HOME DEPARTMENT The living rooms of the Academy furnish excellent ac- commodations for about forty students. The government is intended to be that of a Well managed home. Unless living with relatives non-resident students should room and board at the Academy when possible. By doing so an opportunity is afforded to students to secure aid in preparing lessons during the hours of evening study and to share the privileges of a beneficial association with teachers in the dining-room and elsewhere and a Wholesome restraint which is a benefit to students in general. Students who room outside the building are supposed to observe the same hours of study as those inside.

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28 UNION ACADEMY ANCIENT 5 First year Latin 5 First year Greek 1 Latin grammar 1 Greek grammar 1 Elementary Latin com- 1 Elementary Greek compo- position 1 sition 3 Caesar 3 Anabasis 4 Cicero ' 3 Iliad 4 Virgil 1 Greek composition. 1 Latin composition' 1 Translation of Greek prose 1 Translation of Latin at sight prose at sight 1 Translation of Homer at 1 Translation of Latin sight poetry at sight MODERN FOREIGN 5 First year German 5 Intermediate French 5 Elementary German 5 Advanced French 5 Intermediate German 5 First year Spanish 5 Advanced German 5 Elementary Spanish 5 ' First year French 5 Intermediate Spanish 5 Elementary French Group ff. Mathematzks 2 Advanced arithmetic 5 Plane geometry 5 Elementary algebra 2 Solid geometry 2 Intermediate algebra 2 Trigonometry 3 Advanced algebra Group III Science 5 Physics 22 Physiology and hygiene 5 Chemistry 5 Advanced botany 5 Biology 5 Advanced zoology 2MElementary botany 5 Physical geography 2 Z Elementary Zoology 3 Agriculture