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: Ist. I lesson of 15 minutes and three of 10 minntes each-45 minutes. 4th. 2 lessons of 15 minutes each and 2 of 10 each ΙΟ -50 5th. 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. I. 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 Eneid, four books; Sallust "The Conspiracy of Catiline." John P. Clark, N. W. Calvert and Lexington Sts. Baltimore 1900 James B. Ensor.. Thomas B. Todd. Wm. B. Krout.. Talbot Jones... |