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COURSE OF INSTRUCTION ut ran MODEL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOB UPPER CANADA, AND OTHER INFORMATION. 3l»t|iart«(> k9 tkt OuKcii of fublU Jnf tmtif n f» Vp^^r €anaU. TORONTO: 9ti«ur, for (te »rp«rtment of 9«M(( Initturtien for Suprr Caniift., BY I.OVKLI. AHD OIBSOIT. x .(i > i iHHrj^' iUAlUMU) .i.iutu »*^' «^- f * .*' COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN TBt MODEL GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOB UPPER CANADA, AND OTHER INFORMATION. Autjjorwtji 19 tti« «ouncU«f VnHxc intttuction for Vpptt €a: ja. TORONTO : 9tinUr> tor Vbt Stptrtmrnt of Vuhlit ln«lr«ttion for Oppcr CanaHi, BY LOVKIL AND GIBSON. 1861. W^U a tUt mntmtiM §mvimml The Rev. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LL.D.. Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. mmdl tut ^ttWfr Mnttnctim Ut m^m mnUu. The Hon. SAMUEL BEALY HARRISON, Q.C.. Chairman. (Church of England.) The Rev. EGERTON RYERSON, D.D., LL.D., Chief Superintendent of Education. The Right Rev. ARMAND FRAN9OIS MARIE DE CHARBON iJ h ^^^u' ^T"''' ^**^°"° ^^'^°P °^ Toronto. (Successor to the late Bishop Power.) The Rev. HENRY JAMES GRASETT, B.D., Rector of Toronto JAMES SCOTT HOWARD, Esq. (Church of England ) The Rev. JOHN JENNINGS, D.D. (United Presbyterian Church.) The P.V. JOHN LILLIE, D.D. (Congregational College, B. N. A ) "^^ X'ti??^ ^^^T^' ''•^' (^^-^^ '' «-*l-'i) Successor to the late Hugh Scobie, Esq. The Rev^ JOHN McCAUL, LL.D., President of University CoUege. (M^x-officu) Member for Grammar School purposes. ) mmm tf( m ^ifm mumutmo^i Brrttr: THE REV. WILLIAM P. CHEOKLEY, A.B., T. C. D. <n8M(raI Muttn: THE REV. JOHN AMBERY, M.A. Alat^rmntttal Waiter : FRANCIS L. OHECKLEY, SCHOLAR T. C. D. BENJAMIN P. PITCH, M.A. Sunti 4Kaatrr: M. EMILE COULON. CKtttfns ant: Junfot Snfltiafi muitr : MR. HENRY G. STRACHAN. aratoJnglHaatw: M. ALPHONSE COULON. Mntit iKaater : MR. HENRY P. SEPTON. Stnting, 9tmna»tit, antr Drill MuUt : CAPT. H. GOODWIN. JanJtot ant Mttntrtitr— JAMES BYAN. Ill COURSE OF INSTRUCTION nr FOR FPPER CANADA. ♦^ Jif eBtabhshmg the Model Grammar School, the Council of Public Instruction had a twofold object in view : To exhibit the best system of Grammar School organization, discipline, and teaching; and to train Masters and Assistant Masters for the Grammar Schools of the Province. A successful commencement has been made towards accomplish- ing the former of these objects. It is now proposed to perfect what has been begun as a Model Grammar School, and to make it effective as a Training Institution. It is to be remarked, that the residents of all the Counties and Uties ,n Upper Canada have an equal right to the Model Grammar iSchool--three applications from each having the priority over all others lu filling up the prescribed number of one hundred pupils. REGULATIONS FOR STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO BECOME GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHERS. 1. No fees will be charged to Students admitted in this depart- ment; and each Student, if approved at the end of each term, may be assisted during one year to the amount of a dollar per week towards the payment of his board. 2. Each Student must sign a declaration to become a Grammar School Teacher in Upper Canada. 3. Graduates of Universities in Her Majesty's dominions will be admitted without examination, and be aided by such instruction and practice as may qualify them for the special duties of organizing teachmg. and managing a Grammar School, and will receive a certt-' ncate accordingly. 4. A Student who is not a graduate of some University in Her Majesty s dom.mons. must be at least twenty years of age, and pass an entrance examination in the subjects for matriculation iL Art», in the Provincial University. These subjects are as follows : Greek and Latin Languages. Xenophon's Anabasis, B. 1. , Virgil, ^neid, B. 2. Sallust, Catilina. Translatiion from English into Latin Prose. Arithmetic^ Algebra, and Geometry. Ordinary Eules of Arithmetic. Extraction of square root. Vulgar and Decimal Fractions. Pirst four Eules oi Algebra (Colenso's Algebra. • Euchd, B. 1. (Colenso's Edition of Simson's.) Modern Languages. English Grammar. History and Geography. Outlines of English History to the present time. (White's History of Great Britain and Ireland. Outlines of Eoman History to the death of Nero. (Schmitz's Manual of Ancient History.) Outlines of Grecian History to the death of Alexander. (Ditto.) Schmitz s Outlines of Ancient Geography. Outlines of Modem Geography. He will receive instruction in all the subjects required by law, to qualify for the Mastership of Grammar Schools ; as also in the best methods of teaching and managing Schools. Each Student on his kavmg the School will receive, if approved, a certificate from the Kector, in addition to his legal certificate of qualifications from the Committee of Examiners, according to his attainments and merits. Applications for admission to the Model Grammar School, whether as ordinary Pupils or as Students in Training, are to be addressed to the Chief Sdpbbintexdbht of Education. f JbO,. i- 3r IS n i i< KEGrrLATIONS FOB OEDINAET PUPIL8. bmnche. of eduoation contempUted by l.w to be taught in the Gramm.r SobooU. It will be .ought, however, to »eure tho^ugh! ne . rather than great variety in the iuetruetion given; and no puril W.U on any account, be promoted from a lower to a higher cZ rid;." ' "'"" ™"''°*"" '° '"^ withitinevefjl^e" wL^lilfn'!"""'"/"' *^™'"°'' '"= ^'■»' "" «'«'di'i"» •hall at It^ f; oTfl^tal ^d i" r Ta ^'^ '""^'^ "~''°'«»-)' betruction in lan^^^ '' " ^"^^"^ G"mmar.-the baai. of aU Juni^'!?„T-l' *"? "t'""* " *■" «-"»»«»«■"«»» of any ter^, • but Junior PupUs .hould enter in September, in order to join the new cUas annually formed in that month. »^'"',^'"t^^ P°P''' ""'y '''" •" '""""d, «, this number ia atd thrfrM^r """/"j^" °f «■• ^-"t"'-' ■"i i^- <• &hool ' """'' '""^* ""^ '«■?<»»«"« i" « '"g^r The discipline wiU be strict and parental. It wiU aim at the pro- yention rather than the correction of irregularities , and seek to ^fluence by motives of religion, honour, and self.re;prt,-no^ of manliness of conduct among the pupUs. roo^.^'tt!'''^ J" ,VP»™"» """J lofty Wl. with appropriate class- rooms, the School-house possesses a weU-fumlshed Libranr «id Laboratoiy, together with the necessary lavatory, ante-rooms Ac The furniture is of the most recent and approved descriphT The Pky-ground is large, and contains an ezcellent Gymnasium jnth^wo .vered Sheds, which aiford ample room for Irei::"^ Each parent WiU be informed monthly of the conduct and pro- gress of his child in all his studies. »"upro .:S. 8 TEEMS AND ADMISSION PEES. There are four Scholastic Terms in the year, as follows :— WiNTBB TiSBM-From the 7th of January to the Thursday be- fore Easter. Spbinq Term— From the second Monday after Good Friday to the fourth Friday in July. Summer TEEM-From the end of the long Vacation to the 31st of October. Atitumic Tbbm— From the Ist of November to the 22nd of De- cember. The following are the AdmUtion Fee* : For one Pupil— 2fe» dollars per term, payable in advance. For two Brothet^— Eight dollars each per term, ditto. For three or more Brothers- -/Sm? dollars each per term, ditto. These fees are payable at the Education OflBce, before admission to the School. The Eector has provided exceUent accommodation in the imme- diate vicinity of the School, for the reception of a limited number of Boarders. He has also engaged the services of a Eesident Master, to aid in giving them individual instruction during the hours of morning and evening study. Pupils will also be allowed to board in any private family, at the request of their parents. NOTICE TO GEAMMAE SCHOOL MASTEES. The vacations in the Model Grammar School have been altered, so IS to aUow an opportunity to Grammar School Masters of visiting the School during their own vasations. U ■*6(ik..*%* 9 le- to St e- NOTICE TO CANDIDATES FOB GEAMMAB SCHOOL MASTERSHIPS. The Committee of Examiners appointed by the Council, meets in the Normal School Buildings, Toronto, on the first Monday of January and the last Monday of June, in each year. Candidates are required to send in their names to the Chairman of the Com- mittee one week previous to the day of examination. Committee of examiners : THOMAS J. BOBERTSON, M.A., Chairman. The Bev. WILLIAM OBMISTON, D.D, ) Inspectors of The Bev. WILLI A.M F. CHECKLEY, A.B. } Gramrmr Schools The Bev. JOHJS AMBF T, M. A. ) m Up^e- Canada, JOHN HEBBERT SAJNiiSTEB, M.A. SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES (Not Mng University Graduates) FOR MASTEESHIP8 OF C0(7NTY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN UPPER CANADA, Prescribed by the CouncU of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, as required by the thirteenth section of the Upper Canada Cou' solidated Grammar School Act : " No person (except a graduate of some University) shall be ap- pointed Master of a Grammar School unless he has previously obtau da Certificate of Qualification from a Committee of Exami- ners (one of whom shall be the Head Master of the Normrl School) appointed by the Council of Public Instruction." In terms of this proviso, it is — Ordered,— -That Candidates for Masterships of County Grammar Schools to be examined as to their knowledge of, and ability to teach, the subjects and books, or portioas of books, in which the Senate of the University of Toronto requires candidates to be examined for honors and scholarships at matriculation in any College affiliated 10 OBBIK AUD LATnr LAlTaUAOBS. Xenophon, Anabasis, B. I. Homer, Iliad, B. I. Homer, Odyssey, B. EC. Sallust, CatUina. Horace, Odes, B. I. Virgil, ^neid, B. U. Ovid, Fasti, B. I. Translation from English into Latin prose. Translation from EngUsh into Latin verse. Mi.TFT«MATICS. Aritfmetic, Algebra, and Geometry. •J T»l -r ® ' Extraction of Square Boot. Proportion and Progression. (Co- lenso's Algebra.) Euclid, Bb. L n. m. iv. (Co. lenso»s Edition of Simeon's.) English Grammar. MODBBir LANOTTAOBS. English. J Composition. French. I Voltaire, HistoiredeCharlesZn, Grammar. HISTOEY AND QEOGBAPHT 8cho;it.., Outline, of iZZ l^^^X ■'™«' "' ^"-O- Outhnes Of Modem Geography. ^^^^^^^^^^ «.mpete„t ability and food moL.. instruVtiriJ M fh« v ^"^ V"^^'' «' ^^^'^^ of English and CommeroUl Education. indudZ Zelll^y^'J iT'^'' «' » P-^t'cal Meclianioa. and aliio in the Latin and Greek llnlr**."' ^''*"'^ Philosophy and P«P«e Students for University (^leg^Tr aJj"S!' »"?. Mathematics, so fSr « to Toronto.-accordingtoaprogramnieof8tudL.?^ ^, ®''**'^ to the University of bribed by the Coundl SfSrinstStoT^ot T"' o '**•"'* "^"^^"^^^ Governor in Council. And no G™iii^«.Thl, J ,FF^' ^""^•' »"* »PP«»ved by the Grammar School Fund whlcJ i"nSSl"?Sl^ ""?"«» *<> "^i-^ "n^ Part o^f he regulation..- " "*" conducted acconUng to such programme, rules, and V imiLt^* II English Riatotj undar the Houses of Tudor and Stuart. Geography of the British Empire, including her Colonies. SLEMEKTB OP NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Mechanics, Explain the composition and resolution of statical forces. Describe the simple machines (mechanical powers). Define the centre of gravity. Give the general laws of motion, and describe the chief experi- ments by which they may be illustrated. State the law of the motion of falling bodies. ffydrostaticsy Hydraulics, and Pneumatics. Explain the pressure of liquids and gases ; its equal diffusion and variation with the depth. Define specific gravity, and show how the specific gravity of bodies may be ascertained. Describe and explain the barometer, the siphon, the common pump and forcing-pump, and the air-pump. Acoustics. Describe the nature of sound.. Optics. State the laws of reflection and refraction. Explain the formation of images by simple lenses. Astronomy. Motion of the earth round its axis and round the sun ; with appli- cations of these motions to explain the apparent movements of the sun and stars, the length of days, and the change of seasons— ex- planation of eclipses and the moon's phases. BLSMENTS OF OHEMISTBY. Properties of matter, aggregation, crystallization, chemical affinity, definite equivalents. Combustion, flame; nature of ordinary fuel; chief results of com- bustion — i.e. the bodies produced. Heat— natural and artificial sources ; its effects. Expansion- solids, liquids, gases. Thermometer— conduction, radiation, capacity, change of form ; liquidation ; steam. M^' 12 The Atmosphere— its general nature and condifcinn . im- parts. Oxygen and nitrogen-their propertLs W^^^^ TT'"* rcid--proportions of these' substances Tn'th el ' "' '"'°"^° Chlorme and iodine, as compared with oxygen. Water-Its general relation to the atmosohere and f. fi, .^ its natural states and degree of puritv S^f T ° ^ ^"'^ ' Bpring water, rain water, ple wS-;freI ^;^/T ''''''' it ; its compound nature ; its elements "' '''' "^^ '''^ '^ pro^Irtr~"^ ''°^°^'^^ ^^ ^^*^^^ ^*« ^^--1 and physical Sulphur, phospherous, and carbon generally. JNii-ric acid, sulphuric acid, carbonic acid yiv/1.«.«ki • •:. , properties and uses. ' hydrochloric acid-their Alkalies, earths, oxides generally. SaJts-their nature generally. Sulphates, nitrates, carbonates ^:^^::;^ ^^ -^-^^« -^ -imal bodies; EntrcATioN Office, Toronto, September, 1861. Ztn,eU and Oib,on, PHnter,, i^^i^T^ ^t. T<mmtor