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APPENDIX.

EXTRACTS FROM THE BY-LAWS

-OF THE

State Board of Education.

The following classification and schedule of studies shall be observed in all Primary and Grammar Schools, and in those classes of High Schools to which they are applicable:

FIRST GRADE.

J. Reading and spelling from Chart or Blackboard; reading or spelling Primer or First Reader. 2. Writing capitals and small letters from copies on blackboard. 3. Counting objects. 4. Writing figures as far as 100. 5. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing by 2, 3, 4, orally and by written work. 6. Drawing. 7. Object lessons. 8. Singing.

SECOND.

1. Reading and spelling to the end of Second Reader. 2. Writing words and sentences from blackboard and from Second Reader. 3. Writing and reading figures as far as 1,000. 4. Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing by 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Mental Arithmetic. 5. Drawing. 6. Object lessons. 7. Singing.

THIRD.

1. Reading and spelling to the end of Third Reader. 2. Copying on slates the lessons of the Reader, and exercises in Dictation. 3. Spelling, one-half of Primary Spelling-Book. 4 Writing and reading figures as far as millions. 5. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and long and short division. Mental Arithmetic. 6. Writing in Copy-Book, Nos. I and 2. 7. Language lessons begun. 8. Oral lessons in Geography, including the Maps of Maryland and the United States. 9. Drawing. 10. Object lessons. II. Singing.

FOURTH.

1. Reading and spelling to the end of Fourth Reader. 2. Primary Spelling Book completed 3. Copying of lessons in Fourth Reader. Reading from slates the lessons copied; Dictation and Reproduction exercises. 4. Elementary Arithmetic, through Fractions. Mental Arithmetic. 5. Writing Copy-Book, Nos. 3 and 4. 6. Primary Geography, with Oral lessons and Map Drawing. 7. Language lessons continued. 8. Drawing. 9. Object lessons. 10. Singing.

FIFTH.

1. Reading and spelling, Fifth Reader, alternate with History of Maryland and of the United States. 2. Writing lessons in Fifth Reader from Dictation. 3. Spelling, a Ivanced Spelling-Book. 4. Arithmetic, 2d book

Subjects in italics are recommended, but are not obligatory.

completed. Mental Arithmetic. 5. Writing, Copy-Book, No. 5. 6. Language lessons continued, with Composition and Letter Writing. 7. Grammar, Parsing and Analysis of easy sentences. 8. Advanced Geography. 9. Elementary Physiology. 10. Drawing. II. Singing. 12. Needlework and Domestic Economy (for girls). 13. Elements of Agriculture,

when ordered.

SIXTH.

1. Reading and spelling to end of Fifth Reader, alternate with History of Maryland and of the United States. 2. Spelling, advanced SpellingBook completed. 3. Practical Arithmetic completed. Mental Arithmetic. 4. Writing, Copy-Book, No. 6. 5. Advanced Grammar. 6. Geography completed. 7. Lessons in Composition and Letter Writing. 8. Physiology completed. 9. Drawing. 10. Singing. II. Needle-work and Domestic Economy (for girls). 12. Elements of Agriculture.

TIME TABLE.

Each grade may have four daily recitations, as follows:

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The available portion of the remaining hour, and the time that may be gained by the absence of all pupils in any grade, may be spent in general exercises, or in studies above sixth grade, when there are pupils sufficiently advanced.

HIGH SCHOOLS.

8. The High School course shall begin with the completion of the sixth grade, and may include all the studies required for admission into the Freshman class at college.

9. No school shall be classed as a High School unless it contains at least two grades higher than the sixth.

10. The following schedule of studies is recommended for adoption in the High Schools and the higher classes of graded schools.

SEVENTH.

1. Arithmetic reviewed. 2. Algebra (Wentworth's or Robinson's) through Equations of the first degree. 3. Geometry (two books of Wentworth or an equivalent) Geometrical Drawing. 4. Physical Geography. 5. English Grammar-Morris' "Elementary Lessons." Parsing and Analysis of "Paradise Lost," Book I. 6. Practical exercises in Composition. 7. English History-Green's "Short History." 8. Latin Grammar and Reader. 9. Book-keeping. 10. Physiology-(Martin's Human Body).

EIGHTH.

1. Algebra through Equations of the second degree and Progressions. 2. Geometry, Plane and Solid, completed. 3. Natural Philosophy. 4. Rhetoric. 5. Modern History. 6. Latin-Cæsar "De Bello Galico," three books. 7. Physiology completed.

NINTH.

1. Plane Trigonometry and Surveying.

2. Chemistry. 3. Botany. 4. Ancient History. 5. English Literature (Sharv's). 6. English Language (Lounsbury). 7. Elocution. 8. Latin-Virgil's Æneid, four books; Sallust-"The Conspiracy of Catiline.”

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John P. Clark, N. W. Calvert and Lexington Sts. Baltimore

1900

James B. Ensor..

Belfast

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