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 Published by order\of the Board of Education. 
 
 AURORA, ILLINOIS : 
 
 lEOMUNU ^ I^AWKINS, J'u BLISHEf^S ^UI^^ORA pAILY JJeWS, pENBRAL j^i^lNTBRS AND ^OOK ^INDERS. 
 
 1876. 
 
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 • • • • • • 
 
 
 ^^ COPYRIGHT, 1876, ^L 
 
 WM. B. POWELL. }1^ 
 
 ^DUCATIOM fe^^<^ 
 
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 Aurora, Illinois, 
 
 December 27, 1875. 
 To THE Board of Education, 
 
 Gentlemen: — I herewith present a 
 copy of the Course of Study now used in the schools under 
 your charge and respectfully call your attention to the desir- 
 ableness of having it printed. 
 
 This course has grown up in the schools. It is therefore 
 a development, a result of class-room work, and is, as near- 
 ly as it can practically be made, an exact copy of the work 
 now done. The class that will enter the high school at the 
 close of the current year will have completed the work of the 
 nine grades preceding the high school course, with the sin- 
 gle exception of the last three months of Plant work. 
 Succeeding classes will complete the entire course without 
 difficulty. 
 
 Much of the work, as you know, is done without pre- 
 scribed text-books in the hands of the pupils. It is believed, 
 however, that, if you should at any time think best to have 
 pupils use text-books in more studies than now, the de- 
 tails, herewith submitted, in print, will be of great assist- 
 ance to teachers — enough to warrant their publication as a 
 manual. This is not an oral course, except so far as it ap- 
 plies to pupils too young to read. Our pupils use books 
 more, and much more intelligently, now than when les- 
 sons were assigned them from prescribed text-books. As 
 the use of prescribed texts but limits the extent and value 
 of the pupils' book work, there is the more need of a defi- 
 nite outline of what should be accomplished in each subject 
 by each grade of pupils. 
 
 The time and care given to this course of study during 
 its growth warrant the belief that its various parts are so 
 arranged as to be readily adjusted to the changing and grow- 
 ing needs of a vigorous school. The course is indeed ar- 
 ranged by grades and is subdivided into terms', months', and, 
 in some instances, into weeks' work; but it is not expected 
 that all teachers can, at any time, or that any teacher can, at 
 
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 'ail times,* 'do "fhe-Vork as prescribed. The varying condi- 
 tions of time and weather, of health, ability, and disposition, 
 absolutely preclude the possibility of this. The subjects 
 are arranged separately, and the divisions into terms', 
 months', and weeks' work are but the expressions of 
 opinion, after a test of nearly five years in most cases, as to 
 how much can be done by good teaching, with an average 
 class, under favorable circumstances. 
 
 Your intelligent arrangement of teaching and supervising 
 forces renders it possible for principals to know the exact 
 condition of each grade of pupils at all times, the possibil- 
 ities and probabilities of each teacher, and they are expect- 
 ed to adjust the course to the circumstances of each class 
 under their supervision. 
 
 If the teacher is inexperienced, the principal should in- 
 dicate, month by month, or term by term, at most, what ought 
 to be accomplished in each branch of study. 
 
 If the teacher has had experience attended with success, 
 and is acquainted with the school to be taught, he and the prin- 
 cipal, in consultation, should determine what and how much 
 to do, the teacher representing the children in their exact 
 condition, and the principal representing the interests of the 
 general system of instruction and the purpose of the school. 
 These decisions should be subject to prompt revision as soon 
 as an error in judgment has been detected. 
 
 The arrangement of this course of study renders such 
 management possible and easy, without unnecessary compli- 
 cation, or disarrangement of system. 
 
 What has been said respecting the growth of this 
 course of study does not apply to all of Form Work, or 
 Drawing. Our experience in the use of cards and books 
 has been unsatisfactory. True, our pupils could copy pic- 
 tures very cleverly on paper, slate, or blackboAd ; but 
 when tested properly, it became painfully apparent that their 
 skill with the pencil, their culture of hand, their taste and 
 judgment, were not at all commensurate with the time and 
 labor expended. This led to the conclusion that either we, 
 the teachers, must be taught by competent persons how prop- 
 erly to use cards and books, must abandon the study of 
 
drawing as impracticable, or must adopt some other means 
 of teaching the subject. 
 
 The first was impossible under the circumstances. The 
 second we could not believe, while retaining the opinions we 
 hold concerning the demands and possibilities of child natures; 
 the obligations the schools are under to supply these demands 
 and realize these possibilities ; and the close relation that 
 Form, its production and application, sustain to the truly 
 practical in mind development, as well as to the truly use- 
 ful in the many industries of our time and country. The 
 last course only was left to us. The wisdom of our present 
 system of teaching is attested by the results of the work done. 
 The work assigned to the upper grades is taken largely 
 frotn Smithes Manual and has not yet been well tested. As 
 it occupies but little room, I have thought best to present it 
 with the rest of the work. 
 
 The course in Penmansliijp is not given, because it was 
 thought unnecessary to occupy the space. We use the cus- 
 tomary graded series of books from 1 to 7 inclusive, com- 
 pleting the course in the eighth grade. In the ninth grade, 
 Single and Double- Entry Book-Keeping takes the place of 
 penmanship. This is given as much to secure good writing 
 independent of copies, as to impart information in book- 
 keeping. 
 
 A course in Music is not given because I am not prepared 
 to make definite suggestions based on experience. By sup- 
 plementing the graded series of books in use we secure fair 
 results. The supplemental work, however, has never been 
 definitely arranged. I fear that our success is due to hard 
 work and enthusiasm rather than to system. 
 
 To outline the high school course in full requires more 
 space than can be given in this volume. It is, therefore, 
 given in brief outline only, with the single exception of 
 Language which is given in full. 
 
 The course herewith presented has been the ground-work 
 for study in the post-graduate course devoted to normal 
 training since the establishment of, the Normal Department. 
 It has been the object, in both the theory and training branch- 
 es of this department, to prepare teachers to do good work 
 
VI 
 
 under careful supervision, rather than to make superintend- 
 ents or mental philosophers of them, — to make skilled 
 journeymen who, under the guidance of foremen and super- 
 intendents, should be able to do acceptable work, rather than 
 to make master mechanics. 
 
 By a year's earnest application, students, who have com- 
 pleted our academic course of study or its equivalent, ac- 
 quire a comparatively thorough knowledge of the order in 
 which each branch of study should be presented and, to 
 some extent, of the relative importance of the various branches 
 of study and of the different series or other divisions of the 
 same. 
 
 By the practice and critical training we are able to give 
 them, pupil-teachers become skilled in presenting the vari- 
 ous branches of study in their different stages of advance- 
 ment, and skilled, also, in tha managesnent of classes and 
 rooms. 
 
 The character of the teaching now done in the different 
 grades of our school, in respect both to quality and uniform- 
 ity, is such as to warraiit the continuance of the Normal De- 
 partment on its present basis. 
 
 I desire in conclusion to express my grateful thanks for 
 the valuable assistance given me, in the preparation of this 
 course^ by my associates in the school. . 
 
 Without their aid my labors would have been immeasura- 
 bly increased, if indeed I could have succeeded at all. Mrs. 
 L. Hood, Miss M. E. Keyes, Miss L. E. Denney, Miss Eva 
 Covalt, Mr. W. S. Mack, Mr. George Shears and Miss B. B. 
 Snow have aided me very greatly. 
 
 I will mention especially Frank Thorwarth who has given 
 much assistance in copying, Mr. T. H. Clark, Principal of 
 High School, whose careful watchfulness has prevented 
 many errors in plan and detail, and Miss E. J. Todd, train- 
 ing teacher, who has prepared a large part of the work of 
 the primary grades. 
 
 I am, with high esteem, your obedient servant. 
 
 W. B. P#WELL. 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 READING. 
 
 Time Table. . 
 
 Charts 
 
 First Reader. 
 Second *' 
 Third " . 
 Fourth " . 
 Fifth " . 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 First Series — First Grade 
 
 Second ** 
 
 Second Series — Third " 
 
 Third " Fourth " 
 
 Fifth ** 
 
 Fourth Series— Sixth " 
 
 Fifth ♦♦ Seventh" 
 
 Eighth " 
 
 Ninth " 
 
 Sixth Series— " ** 
 
 Seventh " High School — First Year. 
 
 " " Second " 
 
 •* ♦* Third '* 
 Eighth " " " Fourth " 
 
 NUMBER. 
 
 First Grade 
 
 Second 
 
 Third 
 
 Four th 
 
 Fifth 
 
 Sixth 
 
 Seventh 
 
 Eighth 
 
 Ninth 
 
 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 First Series — Third Grade. 
 Fourth 
 Fifth 
 
 Second Series— Sixth 
 
 Seventh 
 Eighth 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 15 
 
 17 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 30 
 
 33 
 36 
 39 
 47 
 52 
 58 
 64 
 71 
 71 
 73 
 77 
 81 
 
 84 
 
 90 
 96 
 102 
 106 
 109 
 III 
 112 
 
 115 
 117 
 
 119 
 120 
 124 
 127 
 
 137 
 144 
 
VIII 
 
 BIOGRAPHY. PAGE. 
 
 First Series — Sixth Grade 154 
 
 Second Series — Seventh " 159 
 
 Eighth " 167 
 
 Third Series— Ninth " 174 
 
 PLANTS. 
 
 First Series— First Grade 181 
 
 Second " 182 
 
 Third " 183 
 
 Second Series— Fourth *' 185 
 
 Fifth ♦* 186 
 
 Sixth " 186 
 
 Seventh " 187 
 
 Eighth '« 188 
 
 Ninth " 189 
 
 Third Series -High School — Second Year 190 
 
 ANIMALS. 
 
 First Series — First Grade 191 
 
 Second *' 197 
 
 Third " 203 
 
 Second Series — Third " 205 
 
 Fourth '* 207 
 
 Fifth " 2..S 
 
 Sixth " 209 
 
 Seventh " 210 
 
 Eighth " 212 
 
 Ninth " 214 
 
 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 First Series — First Grade 215 
 
 Second " 217 
 
 Third " 219 
 
 Second Series — Fourth " 219 
 
 Fifth '• 222 
 
 Sixth ' 224 
 
 Third Series — Seventh " 227 
 
 Eighth " , 231 
 
 Ninth " .'. 233 
 
 FORM. 
 
 First Grade 237 
 
 Second " 242 
 
 Third " 250 
 
 Fourth ** 258 
 
 Fifth " 268 
 
 Sixth ** 269 
 
 Seventh** 269 
 
 Eighth ** 274 
 
 Ninth •* 274 
 
 Course of Study in the High School 276 
 
IX 
 
 APPENDIX. PAGE. 
 
 Schedule of Pime for General Lessons 277 
 
 Plan I 278 
 
 Plan II 280 
 
 Plan III 282 
 
 Plan IV 284 
 
 Plan V 285 
 
 Plan VI , . 287 
 
 Plan VII 289 
 
 Plan VIII 290 
 
 Plan IX 290 
 
 Plan X 292 
 
 Plan XI 294 
 
 Outline 1 297 
 
 Outline II 298 
 
 Outline III 298 
 
 Outline IV 299 
 
 Daily Programme of First C^rade 300 
 
 "Third " 301 
 
 "Sixth " 302 
 
 "Ninth " 303 
 
 :&^<it^ 
 
EKRATA. 
 
 Page 21, first line, for explosive read expulsive. 
 
 Page 209, after cetacea for (fouk weeks) read (two weeks.) 
 
FIRST YEAR. 
 Ist Term. — Charts (from 75 to 100 words) and 60 pages of 
 
 First Reader (first book.) 
 2d Term. — First Eeader (first book) finished. 
 3d Term. — First Reader (second book) finished. 
 
 SECOND YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Second Reader (half of first book.) 
 2d Term. — Second Reader (first book) finished. 
 3d Term. — Second Reader (half of second book.) 
 
 THIRD YEAR, 
 1st Term. — Second Reader (second book) finished. 
 2d Term.— Third Reader (first book) to page 100. 
 3d Term. — Same to page 159. 
 
 FOURTH YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Third Reader (first book) to page 223. 
 2d Term. — Same finished in advance. 
 3d Term. — Same first half reviewed. 
 
 FIFTH YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Third Reader (first book) finished in review. 
 2d Term. — Same (half of second book.) 
 3d Term. — Same finished. 
 
READING. 
 
 SIXTH YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Fourth Reader to page ^^. 
 2d Term. — Same to page 97. 
 3d Term. — Same to page 137. 
 
 SEVENTH YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Fourth Reader to page 179. 
 2d Term. — Same to page 225. 
 3d Term. — Same finished. 
 
 EIGHTH YEAR 
 1st Term. — Fifth Reader to page 94. 
 2d Term. — Same to page 127. 
 3d Term. — Same to page 173. 
 
 NINTH YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Fifth Reader to page 233. 
 2d Term. — Same to page 281. 
 3d Term. — Same finished. 
 
READING. ' , •" ' ; ' ' 
 
 CHART WORK. 
 
 THE FIRST READING LESSON. 
 
 General Object. — To cultivate the mental faculties and 
 give information. 
 
 Secondary ObjeCt.~To teach reading. 
 
 Specific Object. — To develop the idea of the word boy 
 and teach pupils to recognize and spell it. 
 
 Preparation. — Before the hour of recitation, the teacher 
 should print the word hoy with other words many times on 
 the blackboard. 
 
 When the pupils are to recite, they should be arranged in 
 front of the blackboard and charts, so that the word to be 
 learned can be seen by each. 
 
 The Real Boy. — Select from the class a boy, place him be- 
 fore the pupils, and ask them to state, what is before them, 
 or what the}^ see, as: That is a boy ; I see a boy. Then 
 by easy yet careful questioning obtain answers something 
 like the following ; The boy has eyes ; The boy has feet ; 
 The boy has ears. The teacher then asks what the boy can 
 do with his eyes, feet, ears, etc., and obtains : The boy sees 
 with his eyes ; The boy hears with his ears, etc. (By this 
 time the timid pupils have been relieved of embarrassment and 
 inspiired with confidence.) 
 
 The Picture Boy. — Show the class the picture of a boy, and 
 require pupils to point to and name the parts of the picture 
 boy. 
 
READING. 
 
 Now ask what the boy before the class can do that the boy 
 oil the chart or in the picture cannot. Answers similar to the 
 following will be given: This boy can see; that boy cannot: 
 That boy can't run ; this boy can : That boy can't work. 
 
 Ask why that boy cannot see, run, work etc., and obtain : 
 Because that is a picture boy. 
 
 Ask what kind of boy to call this, if that is a picture boy, 
 and obtain : A true boy ; A live boy, etc. Give tlie term 
 real^ and have pupils point to the real boy and then to the 
 picture boy, saying, as they do so. This is a real boy ; or. This 
 is a picture boy. 
 
 The word Boy.— How many would like to see another kind 
 of boy ? Watch, while I write something that makes me think 
 of a real boy. (Teacher prints the word and tells the pupil it 
 is the word hoy^ Pupils are practiced in pointing to the real 
 boy, the word boy and the picture boy, and then to the word 
 hoy as found in various places upon the blackboard and charts 
 until they know it at sight. 
 
 Spelling.— Pronounce the word hoy^ and spell it, and call 
 upon the pupils individually and in concert to imitate. Do 
 this until each pupil can say boy — b-o-y — boy. 
 
 Review and Drill.— Cause pupils to find the real boy, the 
 picture boy and the word hoy. Wherever the word boy is 
 pointed to, let the pupil finding it pronounce and spell it. 
 After him the class should pronounce and spell the word in 
 concert. 
 
 This lesson can be given thoroughly in twenty minutes. 
 
 Note. — At least twelve nouns should be given to the class according to the 
 above plan before an action word, or verb, is given. The pupils should be so 
 drilled that they shall know these words at sight and be able to write them on 
 their slates. Ten or twelve lessons will be required for this. 
 
READING. 
 
 THE THIRTEENTH READING LESSON. 
 
 Specific Object. — To teach pupils to recocrnize and spell 
 the word runsj to combine this woi-d with words pi-evioiisly 
 learned and form sentences with them ; and to learn the word 
 the and use it with the other words in making sentences. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 The words runs and the : The bov runs; the irirl runs; the 
 man runs, etc. 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 Preparation. — Before the time of recitation the teacher 
 should print on the board the words rttns and the^ and the sen- 
 tences given in Matter. 
 
 Arrange the class in proper order before the blackboards 
 and charts. 
 
 Review. — Pupils should be required to find and spell the 
 object words previously learned. Train the pupils to wc^rk 
 rapidly. 
 
 The Action. — Select a child from the class and tell him to 
 go from a certain point in the room to anothei as fast as he 
 can. Teacher then asks what the boy does. Pupils reply ; 
 The boy runs. 
 
 If it were a girl instead of a boy, what would you say '? The 
 girl runs. 
 
 If it were a man, what would you say ? The man runs. 
 (Continue this questioning until all the name words learned 
 have been used with the word ru7i8 to form sentences.) 
 
 The Word Runs. — Ask how many wish to see and learn 
 the word runs. Print it in several places on the board and 
 call on pupils to find it on the board and charts. (Be sure 
 that the pupils pronounce the word correctly and distinctly.) 
 
 Spelling. — Spell the word for the pupils and require them 
 to repeat. 
 
 Drill in spelling by having individual pupils point to the 
 letters as they are pronounced. 
 
6 READING. 
 
 The Word The, Its Spelling and Use.— Write the 
 
 sentence, The boy runs, on the board, read it to the pupils 
 and have them repeat. Let them find the words they know ; 
 tell them the other word is the if they cannot tell, and have 
 them find the word in other places on the board and on the 
 charts. 
 
 Teach them the spelling of the word as before. 
 
 Review and Drill.— Have the pupils read all the senten- 
 ces given in Matter^ find and spell tlie two new words many 
 times. Call on dull pupils oftener than on others. 
 (This lesson should be given in t^venty minutes.) 
 (From twelve to twenty verbs should be given according to 
 above plan. The word a should be given also. With these 
 and the words previously learned, many sentences bhould be 
 made. Children should be able to recognize any of the words at 
 sight, as well as to write them on the slate.) 
 
 THE TWENTY^FIFTH READING LESSON. 
 
 Specific Object. — To teach pupils to recognize and spell 
 the word good; to combine the word good with words pre- 
 viously learned, and form sentences with them ; to recognize 
 and spell the word is and use it with other words in forming 
 Benten(;es. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 The word good; The good boy studies; The good girl reads; 
 The good horse walks; The good cat catches mice, etc. The 
 word is; Candy is good; The boy is good; The girl is 
 good, etc. 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 Preparation. — Words and sentences should be printed on 
 the board, as in previous lessons. 
 
 The Idea Developed and Expressed.— ah those who 
 
 like candy raise hands. 
 How does it taste ? 
 It tastes sweet. It tastes good. 
 
READING. 
 
 Yes. If it tastes good, what may we say of it? 
 
 Candy is good. 
 
 Name other things that are good. 
 
 The apple is good. The peach is good. 
 
 What do we say of a boy or a girl who tries to do right ? 
 
 The boy is good. He is a good boy. 
 
 The girl is good. She is a good girl. 
 
 (Pupils give many other sentences containing the word good.) 
 
 The Word Learned. — What new word do you want to 
 
 learn to-day ? (Pupils will answer.) 
 
 Teacher should next print the word in several places on the 
 board and have the pupils point to and spell it. 
 
 Teacher should next print a sentence on the board as The 
 good horse runs, and cause pupils to read it word by word 
 both forward and backwards. 
 
 Pupils should next be practiced in finding sentences upon 
 the boards and charts as they are pronounced by the teacher. 
 This will train them to see sentences as wholes. This eye train- 
 ing cannot be begun too soon. 
 
 Next teach the wc^rd is as the word the was taught in lesson 
 thirteen, and practice children in finding it on the board and 
 charts. Drill in reading many sentences as wholes. 
 
 Erase all work from the boards, put the charts out of sight 
 and drill pupils in spelling from memory the list of words they 
 are supposed to have learned. 
 
 Seat Work. — Pupils should be required to reproduce on 
 their slates sentences containing the words that have been 
 taught them. Great care should be taken to have this done 
 in an orderly manner. Some extra time will be required to 
 show them how to do it. Be careful to show them how to 
 hold the pencil and make them so hold it. 
 
 From ten to twenty adjectives should be given according to 
 above plan. With these and the words previously learned many 
 sentences should be made. 
 
READING. 
 
 THE THIRTY-SIXTH READING LESSON. 
 
 Primary Object. — To teach pupils to recognize and spell 
 the words and, on and in. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 Artd^ on and iii. 
 Jane has a book and a box. John has a knife and a book. 
 
 The book is on the table. The bell is on the table. 
 
 The pencil is in the box. The slate is in the desk. 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 Preparation. — Words and sentences should be printed on 
 the board, as in previous lessons. Give a brief, vigorous re- 
 view of words previously learned. 
 
 The use of the word and.— (Teacher has pupils take two 
 objects, a book and a box, from the table.) Tell the class 
 what you have. 
 
 I have a book and a box. 
 
 What has Jane ? 
 
 Jane has a book and a box. 
 
 (Pupils all repeat.) 
 
 The word learned. — Find what you have^ said on the 
 board. (Pupil does so.) 
 
 What new word do you find ? 
 
 (Pupils will say the word and.) 
 
 Pupils spell the new word and find it in various places 
 on the board and charts. 
 
 The use of the word on. — Jane may put the book down. 
 
 (Puts the book on the table.) 
 
 Where is tlie book ? 
 
 The book is on the table. 
 . (Pupils all repeat.) 
 
 Where is the bell ? 
 
 The bell is on the table ? 
 
 (Pupils all repeat.) 
 
 Th6 word learned. — Now, I want you to find what you 
 have said about the book and bell, on the board or charts. 
 Pupils do so and discover the new word. 
 
READING. 9 
 
 They should be made to spell it and find it in other places 
 on the board and charts until they are familiar witli its shape 
 and spelling. 
 
 The use of the word in. 
 
 Where is the pencil ? 
 
 The pencil is in the box. 
 
 Where is my slate ? 
 
 My slate is in the desk. 
 
 (Pupils repeat these statements until they are familiar 
 with them.) 
 
 They should be sent to the board to find what they have 
 said. They will discover the new word. They should be 
 made to find it elsewhere, and drilled in spelling it until 
 they know it. 
 
 Drill pupils severely in spelling the three new words. 
 Assign for seat work the task of writing these woMs many 
 times on the slates. 
 
 FIRST READER 
 
 The followincr outline indicates what should be accom- 
 plished by the use of this book. 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE. 
 
 Pupils should be : 
 
 Trained to a good position of head, trunk, feet and hands 
 
 (including book); (See course of physical drill.) 
 
 Drilled to a distinct articulation and correct prounucia- 
 
 tion; (See systematic course of phonic drill.) 
 
 Tnught to vary the rate of reading; to read with medium 
 pitch; to emphasize proper words; to give rising and falling 
 inflections when required. 
 
10 • READING. 
 
 MENTAL CULTURE. 
 
 Pupils &hould recognize readily at sight : 
 
 Letters, — small, capital, Italics, written and printed; also 
 value of letters (sounds): 
 
 Words and their division into syllables: 
 
 Compound Words and parts: 
 
 Contracted Forms : 
 Possessi\re Forms of words: 
 
 The Punctuation Marks. — comma, period, question 
 mark (interrogation point), surprise mark (exclamation 
 point), hyphen, dash; also the number and division of par- 
 agraph : 
 
 Numbers, cardinal and ordinal, as far as they occur. 
 Pupils should be: 
 
 Repuired to spell by letters and by sounds; to give the 
 number of the page and the number and subject of each 
 lesson; to give simple but intelligent definitions; proper 
 synonyms; to give the ideas expressed in each lesson in their 
 own language: 
 
 Trained to read in pure tones only and with expression; 
 to cast the eyes from books to listeners ; to look at the ques- 
 tioner and answer promptly; to get assigned lessons; to give 
 opinions of pictures illustrating the lessens and to suggest 
 other pictures. 
 
 MORAL CULTURE. 
 
 The teacher should : 
 
 Impress the moral contained in each lesson on the minds 
 of the children : 
 
 Train pupils to be careful of their own and others' prop- 
 erty; to be polite, kind and generous: 
 
 Question ss severely when visitors are present as when 
 alone and not confine questions to bright pupils. 
 
 Test Worl(. — While reading the second book, at least one 
 recitation each week should be devoted to reading matter 
 
READING. 
 
 11 
 
 entirely new to the pupils. A corresponding book of another 
 Series will serve for this purpose. The pupils may be 
 called upon individually to read from it. The way in 
 which pupils read new matter corresponding to what they 
 are learning is a good test of the value of the teaching 
 done. 
 
 ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION. 
 
 The following exercises in articulation and pronunci- 
 ation must be thoroughly given. Take them in course, 
 place them on the board and devote two minutes daily to 
 individual and simultaneous drill. 
 
 The teacher's pronunciaticm should be faultless. It is not 
 safe for the teacher to assume that he knows how to pronounce 
 the words in the following lists. An Unabridged Dictionary 
 should be a constant desk companion. 
 
 LIST NO. I. 
 
 path, guard, • farther, • 
 
 laugh,, calves, . salve, • 
 
 palm, ^ haunt,* calf, . 
 
 father, • calm, . halves, ♦ 
 haunch. 
 
 Half, , 
 aunt, • 
 hearth, • 
 ah, ♦ 
 gape. 
 
 LIST NO. 2. 
 
 Pass, - 
 
 glass, * 
 
 ^dance, • 
 
 N* clasp, ^ 
 
 \/ master, * 
 
 gasp, * 
 
 V plaster, 
 
 James, 
 
 Care, 
 
 fair, 
 
 stair, 
 
 prepare, 
 
 bear, 
 
 rare. 
 
 Xanswer, ■ 
 
 V pasture, , 
 class, 
 
 Vchance, » 
 
 staff, • 
 y glance, ♦ 
 
 V pastor, , 
 
 mast, 
 vgraft, 
 cast, 
 draft, 
 last, 
 mask, 
 vbasket, 
 
 fast, 
 
 ask, 
 
 V nasty, 
 
 LIST NO. 3. 
 Mary, Sarah, 
 
 LIST NO. 4. 
 
 bare, 
 
 parent, 
 
 prayer, 
 
 chair, 
 
 where, 
 
 scarce, 
 
 air, 
 
 their, 
 
 dare, 
 
 share, 
 
 stare, 
 
 stairway, 
 
 past, 
 
 task, 
 
 gasket. 
 
 aye. 
 
 there, 
 
 pair, 
 
 hair, 
 
 pear, 
 
 scare, 
 
 fairy. 
 
12 
 
 READING. 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 5. 
 
 
 Lord, 
 
 short. 
 
 saucer. 
 
 auction. 
 
 nor. 
 
 because. 
 
 August, 
 
 for 
 
 saucy, 
 
 naughty. 
 
 orchard. 
 
 organ. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 6. 
 
 
 Heard, 
 
 earth. 
 
 curve, 
 
 stir. 
 
 fern. 
 
 fur, 
 
 surface, 
 
 sir. 
 
 bird, 
 
 thirst, 
 
 thirsty, 
 
 earn. 
 
 birth. 
 
 shirk, 
 
 hurry. 
 
 further, 
 
 purr. 
 
 certain, 
 
 curl, 
 
 service. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 7. 
 
 
 God, 
 
 cost, 
 
 bonnet. 
 
 coffee, 
 
 wrong. 
 
 borrow. 
 
 bottle. 
 
 song. 
 
 long, 
 
 longer, 
 
 longest. 
 
 lock. 
 
 locksmith, 
 
 rod. 
 
 soft. 
 
 songster, 
 
 clock, 
 
 office. 
 
 soften. 
 
 often. 
 
 fog 
 
 moss. 
 
 hod. 
 
 odd. 
 
 not, 
 
 common, 
 
 cobweb. 
 
 offer,. 
 
 frost, 
 
 cotton. 
 
 dog. 
 
 ox, 
 
 sod. 
 
 cloth, 
 
 blossom. 
 
 strong. 
 
 cough, 
 
 coffin. 
 
 frog, 
 
 gone. 
 
 lost. 
 
 loss. 
 
 copper. 
 
 frolic. 
 
 knotty. 
 
 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 8. 
 
 
 Whole, 
 
 wholly, 
 
 hold. 
 
 sofa. 
 
 home, 
 
 won't, 
 
 coat, 
 
 folks. 
 
 wholesome. 
 
 cloak. 
 
 colt. 
 
 poultry. 
 
 stone, 
 
 pork, 
 
 only, 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. 9. 
 
 
 Foot, 
 
 pull, 
 
 full. 
 
 push, 
 
 cushion, 
 
 stood, 
 
 crooked. 
 
 forsook, 
 
 hook. 
 
 look, 
 
 cook, 
 
 book, 
 
 wood, 
 
 understood, 
 
 hood. 
 
 wool, 
 
 good. 
 
 shook. 
 
 bush. 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 10. 
 
 
 Boot, 
 
 boot. 
 
 food, 
 
 hoot. 
 
 loose, 
 
 noon, 
 
 poor, 
 
 soon. 
 
 move, 
 
 croup. 
 
 rule, 
 
 whooping. 
 
j 
 
 
 READING. 
 
 13 
 
 1 who, 
 
 hoof. 
 
 cool. 
 
 fool. 
 
 bouquet, 
 
 roof, 
 
 ooze. 
 
 whom. 
 
 loom. 
 
 mood, 
 
 brute, 
 
 hoofs. 
 
 roost, 
 
 prove. 
 
 tool, 
 
 coop. 
 
 broom, 
 
 whose, 
 
 moon. 
 
 pool. 
 
 hoop, 
 
 loop. 
 
 do, 
 
 rude. 
 
 1 room, 
 
 too, 
 
 tooth, 
 LIST NO. 11. 
 
 two. 
 
 Blue, 
 
 flute, 
 
 blew. 
 
 pupil. 
 
 1 newspapers. 
 
 new. 
 
 news, 
 
 July, 
 
 1 tune. 
 
 beautiful, fluted, 
 
 pure. 
 
 i acute. 
 
 tube. 
 
 putrid. 
 
 Susan, 
 
 1 tulip. 
 
 mule, 
 
 tuberose, 
 
 perfume, 
 
 j music. 
 
 knew. 
 
 suit. 
 
 cube. 
 
 1 duty. 
 
 beauty. 
 
 few. 
 
 dew. 
 
 dewlap, 
 
 pin^y, 
 
 due, 
 
 June, 
 
 gl"e, 
 
 i 
 
 nubia, 
 
 obtuse. 
 LIST NO. 12. 
 
 
 1 Cow, 
 
 house. 
 
 down. 
 
 town. 
 
 ; now. 
 
 out, 
 
 pronoun. 
 
 round. 
 
 found. 
 
 sound. 
 
 how. 
 
 owl. 
 
 flowers. 
 
 around. 
 
 ground, 
 LIST NO. 13. 
 
 mound. 
 
 Eib, 
 
 crib. 
 
 fib. 
 
 sob, 
 
 bulb. 
 
 rob, 
 
 disturb, 
 
 throb. 
 
 robe, 
 
 hub, 
 
 describe. 
 LIST NO. 14. 
 
 
 I And, 
 
 hand. 
 
 hands. 
 
 friend. 
 
 1 friendly. 
 
 fields. 
 
 wild. 
 
 wilds. 
 
 I widely, 
 
 cold. 
 
 colds. 
 
 coldly. 
 
 kindly, 
 
 blindness, blind, 
 
 blinds. 
 
 stands. 
 
 finds. 
 
 grand. 
 
 grandly. 
 
 ; child. 
 
 grinds. 
 
 lends. 
 
 folds. 
 
 i build. 
 
 builds, 
 
 played. 
 
 necks. 
 
 j pecks. 
 
 tasks, 
 
 desks, 
 
 masks. 
 
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14 
 
 
 READING. 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. 15. 
 
 
 Horse, 
 
 high, 
 
 hammer. 
 
 heaven. 
 
 hail, 
 
 have, 
 
 hate, 
 LIST NO. 16. 
 
 handsome. 
 
 Jam, 
 
 jest. 
 
 j "St, 
 
 gill, 
 
 journey, 
 
 judge. 
 
 joke, 
 LIST NO. 17. 
 
 gentle. 
 
 Roll, 
 
 ring. 
 
 four. 
 
 for. 
 
 barn. 
 
 dream. 
 
 quart. 
 
 rice. 
 
 ribbon, 
 
 rabbit. 
 
 LIST NO. 18. 
 
 
 Rest, 
 
 rests. 
 
 nest, 
 
 nests. 
 
 best. 
 
 vest. 
 
 vests. 
 
 dusts. 
 
 lists. 
 
 casts, 
 
 crusts. 
 
 objects, 
 
 guest. 
 
 guests. 
 
 recites. 
 
 visits. 
 
 wrists. 
 
 against. 
 
 directs. 
 
 posts. 
 
 fists, 
 
 insects. 
 
 neglects. 
 
 connects. 
 
 correct. 
 
 corrects 
 
 , request. 
 
 requests. 
 
 bisect. 
 
 biscuits. 
 
 trisect, 
 LIST NO. 19. 
 
 trisects. j 
 
 Yery, 
 
 vase. 
 
 vail, 
 
 vegetable. 
 
 vat. 
 
 ^Ye, 
 
 fives, 
 
 fix, 
 
 flames, 
 
 flag. 
 
 LIST NO. 20. 
 
 
 Finger, 
 
 linger. 
 
 link. 
 
 uncle. 
 
 hungry. 
 
 younger 
 
 young. 
 
 strength. 
 
 length, 
 
 think. 
 
 sink. 
 
 singer. 
 
 singing, 
 
 wink. 
 
 angle. 
 
 anger. 
 
 angry, 
 
 thing. 
 
 think, 
 LIST NO. 21. 
 
 monkey. 
 
 babbath. 
 
 youths. 
 
 fourth. 
 
 fourths, 
 
 death. 
 
 deaths. 
 
 fifths. 
 
 fifth. 
 
 truths. 
 
 breath, 
 
 breaths, 
 
 thread. 
 
 thief. 
 
 thin, 
 
 truth, 
 LIST NO. 22. 
 
 month. 
 
 With, 
 
 beneath 
 
 , moths. 
 
 cloths. 
 
 mouths, 
 
 leather, 
 
 another, 
 
 without, 
 

 READING. 
 
 -1 
 
 clothe. 
 
 clothes, baths. 
 
 paths. 
 
 1 breathe, 
 
 these, this, 
 
 laths, 
 
 ! wreathe. 
 
 j 
 
 LIST NO. 23. 
 
 
 Church, 
 
 such, chicken. 
 
 catch, 
 
 chimney, 
 
 each, scratch. 
 LIST NO. 24. 
 
 
 Shrill, 
 
 shrub, sheet, 
 
 shrink. 
 
 shrewd. 
 
 sharp, shake. 
 
 shrunk. 
 
 shoulder, 
 
 Chicago, shrine, 
 LIST NO. 25 
 
 shroud. 
 
 White, 
 
 whirl, whisper^ 
 
 what. 
 
 whim. 
 
 whittle, whistle. 
 
 whistling. 
 
 where. 
 
 whale, wheel, 
 
 when, 
 
 whether. 
 
 which, - wheat. 
 
 whet. 
 
 whip. 
 
 LIST NO. 26. 
 
 
 Since, 
 
 get, been. 
 
 cellar. 
 
 hundred. 
 
 every, thistle. 
 
 wrestle. 
 
 elm. 
 
 said, picture, 
 
 really. 
 
 between. 
 
 before, says. 
 
 o^eneral. 
 
 window. 
 
 engine, deaf. 
 
 yellow. 
 
 pretty. 
 
 SE 
 
 . 
 
 
 COND READER. 
 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE. 
 
 
 In addition to what is required in the First Reader, the 
 
 pupils should be 
 
 
 Drilled in 
 
 all the different degrees of force, speed, pitch 
 
 and volume; 
 
 
 
 Taught to 
 
 read with moderate force. 
 
 
16 READING. 
 
 MENTA). CULTURE. 
 
 Pupils should be taught 
 
 To recognize abbreviated forms of words; simple, de- 
 rived and base words; 
 
 To spell all words found in the lesson and all words used 
 in talking of lesson; 
 
 To define in such a way as to show that what is read 
 is understood; 
 
 To recognize quotation marks, marks of accent, the colon, 
 semicolon and parenthesis. 
 
 ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION. 
 
 Use lists given for First Reader. 
 
 THIRD READER. 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE. 
 
 In addition to what is required in the First and Second 
 Readers, the pupils should be 
 
 TrEined to read in the expulsive form of voice. 
 
 MENTAL CULTURE. 
 
 Pupils should learn 
 
 To define pronunciation, emphasis, pitch, rate, accent, 
 inflection and good reading; base word, derived word, simple 
 word, compound word, contracted form, possessive form, 
 abbreviated form ; vowel, consonant, silent letter and equiv- 
 alent; monosyllable, dissyllable, trisyllable and polysyllable ; 
 
 To spell all words found in the Reader and all words 
 used in talking about the lessons ; 
 
READING. 
 
 17 
 
 To Define all words accurately 
 
 Note. — The teacher should not allow the pupils to define loosely. The defi- 
 nition accepted should apply to the word exactly, not to another word just or 
 nearly like it but filling some other office, as; a noun for a verb, or a verb for a 
 noun ; an adverb for an adjective, or an adjective for an adverb ; a verb with to 
 before it for the structural part ending in ing, or vice versa. These errors, so 
 common and so seldom corrected, induce bad habits in thought, study and ex- 
 pression. 
 
 To use the dictionary: (This will i-eqnire a knowledge of 
 the alphabetical arrmigemerit of words ; accent mark^^ primary 
 and secondary ; Tepresentation of long sounds, broad sounds, 
 short sounds, of long and shoit Italian a, of tilde e, and of 
 the different sounds of «, M, ch and c.) 
 
 To substitute appropriate synonyms in rapid reproduc- 
 tions of reading lessons: 
 
 To rOCOgnize all marks of division and reference: 
 
 To give simple definitions of poetry and prose: 
 
 To see and appreciate that all the laws given in the 
 Second Series of Language Lessons may be learned upon the 
 pages of their reading books: 
 
 To give opinions concerning the illustrations an 1 glvo brief 
 oral descriptions of the same. 
 
 As often as once a week the teacher should test the pupiJs' 
 progressvby having them read other books or papers of corres- 
 ponding grade. 
 
 ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION. 
 
 (Daily two-minutes drill.) 
 
 LIST NO. 1. 
 
 Arm, 
 
 charm, 
 
 jaunt. 
 
 jaundice, 
 
 balm, 
 
 embalm. 
 
 jaunty, 
 
 taunt, 
 
 balmy, 
 
 guardian. 
 
 psalm, • 
 
 carcass. 
 
 charcoal, 
 
 papa. 
 
 mamma, 
 
 launch. 
 
 lathing, 
 
 varnish, 
 
 gape. 
 
 
 laundry, 
 
 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 2. 
 
 
 Alas, 
 
 command, 
 
 mastiff, 
 
 prance. 
 
 amass, 
 
 demand, 
 
 masticate. 
 
 trance. 
 
 -^- 
 
 
 
 
18 
 
 READING. 
 
 
 brass, 
 
 lance, 
 
 mastication, 
 
 waft. 
 
 after. 
 
 contrast,. 
 
 advance. 
 
 
 
 LIST NO, a. 
 
 
 1 Maryland, 
 
 Babel, 
 
 matron. 
 
 patron. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 4. 
 
 
 Apparent, 
 
 compare, 
 
 declare, 
 
 rarity, 
 
 farewell,. 
 
 despair. 
 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 5. 
 
 
 Sausage, 
 
 autnnm. 
 
 caucus,, 
 
 auburn. 
 
 i gaudy. 
 
 faultless, 
 
 storm, 
 
 normal, | 
 
 formal, 
 
 dormant. 
 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. a. 
 
 
 Plrmament, 
 
 prefer,. 
 
 verdure, 
 
 skirmish, 1 
 
 cireulate. 
 
 refer, 
 
 certain,^ 
 
 fervid. 
 
 earnest. 
 
 
 
 
 I 
 
 UST NO, 7. 
 
 
 Across, 
 
 Boston^ 
 
 docile, 
 
 gossip, 1 
 
 aloft, 
 
 doctor, 
 
 docket. 
 
 officer, j 
 
 closet. 
 
 dollar, 
 
 gospel, 
 
 offensive, 
 
 moral. 
 
 orange. 
 
 orator,^ 
 
 polish, 
 
 tongs. 
 
 scoff, 
 
 hostler. 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. 8. 
 
 
 Homelyn 
 
 toward, 
 
 only. 
 
 social. 
 
 oral, 
 
 portrait, 
 
 portion. 
 
 
 i 
 
 LIST NO. 9. 
 
 
 Moose, 
 
 rumor. 
 
 recruit, 
 
 canoe. 
 
 raccoon, 
 
 balloon. 
 
 saloon. 
 
 cocoon, 
 
 caboose, 
 
 bosom, 
 
 roomys 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 10. 
 
 
 Assume, 
 
 presume, 
 
 c*alculate, 
 
 constitution. 
 
 consume, 
 
 curiosity. 
 
 cutis. 
 
 fortitude, 
 
 ! destitute, 
 
 institute, 
 
 fuel, 
 
 future. 
 
 introduce, 
 
 jury, 
 
 Lucy, 
 
 numeration, ' 
 
 1 multitude, 
 
 numerator, 
 
 opportunity, 
 
 produce, 
 
 i substitute, 
 
 stupid. 
 
 student. 
 
 tutor, 
 
 I tuition, 
 
 durable, 
 
 plural. 
 
 costume. 
 
 j tribune, 
 
 ague, 
 
 pursue, 
 
 amuse, 
 
 1 flnid, 
 
 i 
 
 bugle, 
 
 Tuesday, 
 
 obituary. 
 
! 
 agriculture, 
 
 READING. 
 
 19 
 
 resolution, educate, 
 
 graduate, 
 
 furniture, 
 
 literature, nutrition, 
 
 actuate, 
 
 mature, 
 
 verdure, capture, 
 
 scripture, 
 
 1 education, 
 
 leisure, neuralgia, 
 
 creature. 
 
 
 LIST NO. 11. 
 
 
 1 Depends. 
 
 commands, amends, 
 
 defends, 
 
 grinds. 
 
 sands, bands, 
 
 binds, 
 
 minds, 
 
 demands, descends, 
 
 ascends. 
 
 i pretends. 
 
 1 
 
 LIST NO. 12. 
 
 
 Lief, 
 
 wife's, calf's. 
 
 loafs. 
 
 leafed, 
 
 knife's, half-filled, 
 
 shelfs, 
 
 beef's, 
 
 1 
 
 life's. 
 
 LIST NO. 13. 
 
 
 Suggest, 
 
 suggested, suggestion. 
 
 gibbety 
 
 gesture. 
 
 gibberish, gist. 
 
 LIST NO. 14. 
 
 
 Chyle, 
 
 architect, arctic. 
 
 chasm, 
 
 archangel. 
 
 LIST NO. 15. 
 
 
 Anxiety, 
 
 angular, congress. 
 
 tranquil,. 
 
 singular. 
 
 LIST NO. 16. 
 
 
 Projects, 
 
 Crests, bequests. 
 
 contests. 
 
 protests. 
 
 assists, resists, 
 
 exists. 
 
 glisten. 
 
 thistle, whistle. 
 
 fasten, 
 
 moisten. 
 
 moistened, nestle. 
 
 wrestle, 
 
 apostle. 
 
 rustle, bustle, 
 LIST NO. 17, 
 
 hustle. 
 
 Exhibit, 
 
 exhaust, exact. 
 
 examine, 
 
 i exist. 
 
 executive, exaggerate, 
 
 example. 
 
 1 exhaustible. 
 
 LIST NO. 18- 
 
 
 t Excursions, 
 
 excuse, expression, 
 
 exploit. 
 
 ; excel, 
 
 1 
 
 exhibition. 
 
 LIST NO. 19. 
 
 
 Broadcloths, 
 
 dishcloths, footpaths, 
 
 foot-baths , 
 
 1 neckcloths, 
 
 underneath* 
 
 
20 
 
 READING. 
 
 
 
 TJST 
 
 NO. 20. 
 
 
 Match, 
 
 satchel, 
 
 stretcher, 
 
 pitcher, 
 
 crotchet, 
 
 hatchet. 
 
 vrretch, 
 
 twitch. 
 
 switch, 
 
 witch, 
 
 screech. 
 
 
 
 l.IST 
 
 NO. 21. 
 
 
 Sugar, 
 passion. 
 
 action, 
 chamois, 
 
 auction, 
 association, 
 
 quotient, 
 Asia, 
 
 pronunciation 
 
 LIST NO. 22. 
 
 
 Whack, 
 
 whist. 
 
 whine. 
 
 whimper, 
 
 whirling, 
 
 whipping, 
 
 whiz. 
 
 whining, 
 whither, 
 
 LIST 
 
 whetstone, 
 wheeze, 
 
 NO. 23 
 
 whimsical, 
 whirl], 
 
 disarm, 
 
 disaster. 
 
 discern, 
 
 disease. 
 
 disheir, 
 
 dishonest, 
 
 dishonor. 
 
 dismal. 
 
 disown, 
 
 dissolve. 
 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 24. 
 
 
 Diamond, 
 
 miserable. 
 
 arithmetic, 
 
 general, 
 
 idea,^ 
 
 usually, 
 
 salary, 
 
 slippery, 
 
 almond, 
 
 gradually, 
 
 vesjetable, 
 
 celery, 
 
 perfumery, 
 
 mischievous. 
 
 history, 
 
 favorite, 
 
 memory, 
 
 several, 
 
 canine. 
 
 February, 
 
 separate, 
 
 library, 
 
 direction, 
 
 digest. 
 
 division, judgment. 
 
 apostrophe, 
 
 college. 
 
 FOURTH 
 
 READER. 
 
 • 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE. 
 
 
 In addition 
 
 to what is required in the 
 
 b'irst. Second and 
 
 Third Eeaders 
 
 , the pupils should be : 
 
 
READING. 21 
 
 Trained to read in the effusive and expiesive forms of 
 voice; with the pure and orotund qualities of voice: 
 
 Drilled systematically in the sounds of the vowels and con- 
 sonants. 
 
 Pupils should learn: 
 
 To define the different qualities of voice used; the differ- 
 ent forms of voice: 
 
 To a.n&lyze the selections to be read, determining in each 
 case the character of the selection, the form and quality of 
 voice to be used, and the kinds of pitch and rate necessary. 
 
 To recognize and define a Simile, a Metaphor, a Figure 
 of Hyperbole, a Figure of Metonymy, a Comparison. 
 
 To gjve brief descriptions of pictures that might be made 
 to illustrate different portions of the text not illustrated. 
 
 Note.— When practicable, these should be drawn on the board after they 
 have been described. 
 
 Pupils should: 
 
 Learn the meanings of the prefixes, a, re^ un, mis, cul, 
 inter, pre, trans, ex ; and the suffixes, ing, ed, ful, y, ly, ship, 
 ness, er, at, ar, less, en, or, hood, tion, ahle, ihle, mice, Idn, let^ 
 dom, age, ship, al, ality\ 
 
 Memorize a short account of the life, and the names of 
 some of the principal works of the following authors: 
 
 FIRST YEAR. 
 1st Term. — Alfred Tennyson, 
 2d Term. — H. W. Longfellow. 
 3d Term.— J. G. Whittier, W. C. Bryant. 
 
 SECOND YEAR. 
 1st Term.-)^William Wordsworth, O. W. Holmes. 
 2d Term. — Felicia Hemans. 
 3d Term.—James K. Lowell, T. B. Aldrich. 
 
22 
 
 READING. 
 
 
 Tupils should be: 
 
 
 ReQUired to leam four or five selections from each of the 
 
 above named authors. 
 
 
 PViday afternoon of each week may be devoted to the reci- 
 
 tation of selections as above required, and 
 
 to reading new 
 
 matter of proper grade. Other Fourth Eeaders, magazines, i 
 
 books of poems, and histories may be introduced. 
 
 
 ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION. 
 
 
 LIST NO. 1. 
 
 
 /Massive, 
 
 ^draught, 1 blanch, 
 
 cash, 
 
 /advantage. 
 
 [pasture, France, 
 
 {countermand. 
 
 agape, 
 
 almond, naive, 
 
 kpalaces, 
 
 algebra. 
 
 jdilemma, banana, 
 LIST NO. 2. 
 
 
 Broth, 
 
 belong, oracle. 
 
 trough. 
 
 1 prong. 
 
 ^ forage, / hostage, 
 
 forehead, 
 
 sovereign. 
 
 /foster, /yonder. 
 
 forest, 
 
 I torrent. 
 
 / sorrel, doff, 
 
 toss, 
 
 dell, 
 
 mock. 
 
 LIST NO. 3. 
 
 
 lAltitude, 
 
 aptitude, conduce. 
 
 ' gratitude. 
 
 1 lunatic. 
 
 numeral, • solitude. 
 
 # constitution. 
 
 1 absolute. 
 
 allure, articulate, 
 
 during, 
 
 luminous, 
 
 numerous, stewed, 
 
 • attitude. 
 
 illumine. 
 
 •allude, 1 durable. 
 
 • induce. 
 
 1 luxurious. 
 
 Luke, enumerate. 
 
 ♦subdue. 
 
 revenue. 
 
 tunic, alluvial. 
 
 confuse, 
 
 vmuseum, 
 
 resolute, 'tumult. 
 
 
 LIST NO. 4. 
 
 
 True, 
 
 brew, intrusive. 
 
 tour. 
 
 ruin. 
 
 noose, schooner, 
 
 tourist, 
 
 route. 
 
 ruby, shrew, 
 
 tournament. 
 
 nephew. 
 
 truth, booth. 
 
 prude. 
 
 hurrah. 
 
 prune, bestrew, 
 LIST NO. 5. 
 
 rudiment. 
 
 Direction, 
 
 dividend, digest. 
 
 diverge. 
 
 digestive. 
 
 diversion, digestion. 
 
 diminish, 
 

 READING. 
 
 23 
 
 digress, 
 
 divinity. 
 
 diploma. 
 
 digression, 
 
 dilute. 
 
 divide. 
 
 dilate. 
 
 divorce. 
 
 direct, 
 
 divisible. 
 
 direction, 
 
 divisor, 
 
 director. 
 
 divulge. 
 
 divine. 
 
 divest. 
 
 dilapidate, 
 
 diversity. 
 
 diplomatist, 
 
 divan. 
 
 piano, 
 
 piazza. 
 
 fidelity. 
 
 pianist. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 6. 
 
 
 Futile, 
 
 granite. 
 
 medicine. 
 
 vulpine, 
 
 ermine, 
 
 fertile, 
 
 enfranchise, 
 
 rapine, 
 
 favorite, 
 
 genuine. 
 
 feminine. 
 
 respite, 
 
 hostile. 
 
 infinite. 
 
 heroine, 
 
 bromine, 
 
 ; intestine. 
 
 definite. 
 
 reptile. 
 
 clandestine. 
 
 ' masculine, 
 
 nicotine. 
 
 elephantine. 
 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 7. 
 
 
 Educate, 
 
 gradual. 
 
 modulate, 
 
 assiduous. 
 
 1 crednlous. 
 
 graduate. 
 
 pendulum. 
 
 verdure. 
 
 individual, 
 
 undulate. 
 
 adulation, 
 
 procedure. 
 
 fraudulent. 
 
 obdurate. 
 
 grandeur, 
 
 graduation. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 8. 
 
 
 Capture, 
 
 virtue, 
 
 future. 
 
 picture, 
 
 creature, 
 
 feature. 
 
 lecture. 
 
 question. 
 
 ' culture. 
 
 fortune. 
 
 rapture. 
 
 natural, 
 
 venture. 
 
 nature. 
 
 sculpture. 
 
 stature, 
 
 vulture, 
 
 rapturous. 
 
 pasture. 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 9. 
 
 
 Blends, 
 
 pretends, 
 
 astounds, 
 
 adz. 
 
 holds, 
 
 extends. 
 
 friends, 
 
 bonds. 
 
 blinds, 
 
 lends, 
 
 rends. 
 
 winds. 
 
 bards. 
 
 folds, 
 
 kinds, 
 
 stands, 
 
 lands, 
 
 sends. 
 
 scolds, 
 
 builds. 
 
 1 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 10. 
 
 
 1 Whiskey, 
 
 whelm. 
 
 wharf. 
 
 Whitney, 
 
 whilst. 
 
 whiten. 
 
 whey, 
 
 Whittier, 
 
 whig. 
 
 whimsy. 
 
 whit. 
 
 what. 
 
 when, 
 
 which. 
 
 where. 
 
 whole. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 11. 
 
 
 Concrete, 
 
 dangle, 
 
 Bangor, 
 
 crank. 
 
 yankee, 
 
 language. 
 
 conquest, 
 
 conquer. 
 
24 
 
 READING. 
 
 
 angle. 
 
 congregate. 
 
 rankle. 
 
 jingle. 
 
 banquet, 
 
 vanquished. 
 
 anger. 
 
 concourse. 
 
 single, 
 
 anchor. 
 
 linguist, 
 
 languid. 
 
 mongrel. 
 
 concave. 
 
 finger. 
 
 clangor, 
 
 languish, 
 
 lingual. 
 
 
 
 
 IJST 
 
 NO. 12. 
 
 
 Design, 
 
 Kansas, 
 
 Illinois, 
 
 transpose, 
 
 discolor. 
 
 Missouri, 
 
 rise. 
 
 transport. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 13. 
 
 
 Asia, 
 
 pronunciation, appreciate, 
 
 chaise. 
 
 association. 
 
 chamois, 
 
 charade. 
 
 excursion, 
 
 Persia, 
 
 Chicago, 
 
 Persian. 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 14. 
 
 
 Underneath, 
 
 prithee, 
 
 scythe, . 
 
 swathe. 
 
 bequeath, 
 
 withhold. 
 
 northerly. 
 
 scathed, 
 
 thither. 
 
 baths. 
 
 seethe. 
 
 northern. 
 
 sheath, 
 
 blithe. 
 
 booth. 
 
 writhe. 
 
 lithe. 
 
 soothe, 
 
 loathe, 
 
 hither. 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 15. 
 
 
 Often, 
 
 pestle. 
 
 jostle, 
 
 hasten. 
 
 chasten. 
 
 epistle. 
 
 prattle. 
 
 listen, 
 
 whistle, 
 
 gristle. 
 
 rustle. 
 
 
 
 LIST 
 
 NO. 16. 
 
 
 Exuberant, 
 
 exaugurate, 
 
 exaggerate. 
 
 exhort. 
 
 exalt. 
 
 exile, 
 
 exhibit. 
 
 exempt. 
 
 exorbitant, 
 
 exhume, 
 
 luxurious. 
 
 exult, 
 
 exotic, 
 
 exert, 
 
 exactly, 
 
 exonerate. 
 
 exhale, 
 
 exertion, 
 
 executive, 
 
 exhilarate. 
 
 
 LIST NO. 17. 
 
 
 Exceed, 
 
 exogenous, 
 
 extend, 
 
 exclaim. 
 
 excess. 
 
 exposition. 
 
 exit. 
 
 expand. 
 
 except. 
 
 exclude. 
 
 excite. 
 
 exile. 
 
 express, 
 
 excavate, 
 
 expend, 
 
 expel. 
 
 execute. 
 
 explicable. 
 
 exquisite. 
 
 expedition, 
 
 experiment, 
 
 expansion. 
 
 exponent. 
 
 extrude. 
 
 exhortation. 
 
 extirpate. 
 
 export. 
 
 expose. 
 
 exterior. 
 
 expulsive, 
 
 extinct. 
 
 extract. 
 
 extolled. 
 
 exude. 
 
 explode, 
 
 excelsior. 
 
READING. 
 
 25 
 
 
 "^ LIST NO. 18. , 
 
 Abdomen, address, adult, 
 
 camelopard, \r dolorous, "^encore, 
 albumen, allies, >^ amateur, 
 
 arable, cayenne, Ns^ chastisement, 
 
 convex, fragmentary, y illustrate, 
 
 photographer, respiratory, benzine, 
 obligatory, impious, V interesting, 
 conversant, aerolite, aeronaut, 
 
 blasphemous, equipage, \/ combative, 
 alabaster, \4 disputant. 
 
 LTSr NO. 19. 
 As nouns or adjectives and as verbs. 
 Absent, cement, ^N/ compound, 
 
 discount, exile, V insult, 
 
 permit, nJ produce, detail. 
 
 adverse, 
 
 finance, 
 
 antepenult, 
 
 comparable, 
 
 aroma, 
 
 vehement, 
 
 lamentable, 
 
 abjectly, 
 
 applicable, 
 
 digest, 
 
 perfume, 
 
 undress. 
 
 FIFTH READER. 
 
 PHYSICAL CULTURE. 
 In addition to what is given with the preceding readers, 
 the'pupils^should be: 
 
 Drilled systematically in the three forms of voice; in the 
 different qualities of voice, and in the different degrees of 
 rate and pitch: 
 
 Trained rigidly and systematically to distinct articulation 
 and correct pronunciation: 
 
 PrdCticed in choosing and retaining easy and graceful 
 attitudes upon the rostrum. 
 
 -7- 
 
26 READING. 
 
 MENTAL CULTURE. 
 
 Pupils should be: 
 
 ReQUired to leam short selections illustrating each of the 
 different forms and qualities of voice: 
 
 Expected to define and illustrate Allegory, Personifica- 
 tion, Apostrophe, Climax, Irony, Interrogation, Synecdoche: 
 
 Required to leam a short biography of each of the fol- 
 lowing named authors and the names of some of their princi- 
 pal works: (The selections illustrative of the different forms 
 and qualities of voice sliould be from these authors as far as 
 possible.) 
 
 FIRST YEAR, 
 1st Term, — Bayard Taylor; 
 2d Term, — Charles Dickens, J. G. Holland; 
 3d Term, — J. G. Saxe, Shakespeare: 
 
 SECOND YEAR, 
 1st Term, — ^Lord Byron, Walter Scott; 
 2d Term, — II. W. Beecher, Thomas Moore; 
 3d Term, — Thomas Hood, John Pierpont: 
 
 Required to, learn the meanings and uses of the following 
 English and Latin prefixes and suflixes: 
 
 ENGLISH, 
 Prefixes, — a, be, co, en, fore, mis, out, with, un; 
 
 Suffixes, — able, a^e, at, ar, an, ary,dom, en, fir, ery,ffuUfy, ion, 
 ish, ior,i17s^, letfty, meni,^ess, ous, ship, y : 
 
 LATIN, 
 Prefixes, — Ab^ ad, ambi, ante, circum, con, contra, de, dis, ex, 
 extra, in, intro, mis, ob, per, post, pre, pro, preter, re, retro, se, sine, 
 sub, subter, super, trans; 
 
 Suffixes,— J^^, aceous, acy, ate, al, an, ant, ar, ary, cle, ent^ 
 escent, ic, ice, id, He, ir^e, ise, ism, ist, ite, ity, ive, mony, lor, 
 ory, ose, tude, ule, ure : 
 
 Required to l«ai-n the following primitives and to make 
 many derivatives from each : 
 
 .Fero, jluo, jq^io, fran ^. gero, pello, struo, fQQp, do, vej^io, ago, 
 duco, mittOy dico, video, paro, pono, scribo, traho, vi^co, qt(aero, eurro, 
 verto, audio, cedo. ait 
 

 READING. 
 
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 At least 50 derivatives should be made from each or most 
 
 of the above words, Explain the process of formation in 
 
 full. 
 
 
 
 ARTICULATION AND PRONUNCIATION. | 
 
 
 (Two-minute exercises.) 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. 1. 
 
 
 Naively, V 
 
 sardine, naivete, ^ 
 
 palmy. ^ 
 
 piano. 
 
 bravo, plateau. 
 
 partridge. 
 
 daunt, ^ 
 
 psalmist, ( sergeant, 
 LIST NO. 2. 
 
 saunter. ^ 
 
 VOstentatious, 
 
 Vdogma, chorister. 
 
 ostrich. 
 
 opportunity, 
 
 dolphi^^Y;^, \florid, ^ 
 
 corolla. 
 
 offal. 
 
 /jwlaceylSfe \ orator, 
 oftJL '^'''wi<-; oriflatfime, 
 V ossify, osprey. 
 
 hospital, 
 
 y obsolete. 
 
 origin, 
 
 ostracism, 
 
 
 
 LIST NO. 3. 
 
 
 Purlieu, 
 
 fuchsia, superstition, 
 
 Julia, 
 
 lucifer, ^ 
 
 Platitude, jurisdiction. 
 
 delude. 
 
 Judas, 
 
 •exhume, expenditure. 
 
 ^fury, 
 
 \ endure, 
 
 actuary, literature,. 
 
 Lucy, 
 
 irectitude. 
 
 habituary, Luther, 
 
 lubricate. 
 
 \intuitive. 
 
 tribune, verdure, 
 
 ^obituary. 
 
 pneumatics, 
 
 lurid, abjure. 
 
 y agriculture, 
 If lunar. 
 
 ^graduate. 
 
 pneumonia^ fluency. 
 
 Ajludicrous, 
 
 -* lucid, duplicate. 
 
 institute, 
 
 neuralgia. 
 
 glue, ichneumon, 
 LIST NO. 4. 
 
 graduation. 
 
 Abstruse, 
 
 accoutre, Druid, .' 
 
 obtrusive, 
 
 quadruped. 
 
 brougham, bruit. 
 
 brutal, 
 
 brute. 
 
 obtrusion, surtout. 
 
 scrupulous, 
 
 Buddhism, ' 
 
 caoutcliouc, courier, 
 
 scrutinize, 
 
 excruciate, 
 
 manoeuvre, ruthless. 
 
 
 (UyEUUSME: ,v'£;<i^ 
 
 
 
 
 LIST^NO. 5. 
 
 
 Dijudicate, 
 
 diluvium, divestment, 
 
 dilution, 
 
 dilatable, 
 
 Titanic, directress. 
 
 dimension. 
 
 directory. 
 
 divergent, divest. 
 
 dilemma, 
 
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 READING. 
 
 
 diluvial, 
 
 diminish, pirogue. 
 
 directress. 
 
 divinity, 
 
 division, visite, 
 LIST NO. 6. 
 
 ridiculous. 
 
 Adventure, 
 
 manufacture, saturate, 
 
 christian. 
 
 caricature, 
 
 punctual, congratulate, ritual. 
 
 sumptuous, 
 
 expenditure, departure, effectual, 
 
 curvature. 
 
 literature, mature. 
 
 fortunate. 
 
 furniture, 
 
 nurture, miniature 
 
 ), habitual. 
 
 mutual, 
 
 legislature, scripture. 
 
 signature. 
 
 statue. 
 
 impetuous, obituary. 
 
 petulant, 
 
 fracture, 
 
 indenture. 
 
 LIST NO. 7. 
 
 
 Magna Cliarta, architecture. 
 
 archaism. 
 
 archipelago. 
 
 chiropodist. 
 
 archives. 
 
 Cheiroptera, 
 
 chirography. 
 
 Chaldee, 
 
 chameleon, 
 
 chalcedony. 
 
 archetype. 
 
 chaldron. 
 
 Antarctic, 
 
 orchestra. 
 
 chimera, 
 
 LIST NO. 8. 
 
 
 Transverse, 
 
 disconcert. 
 
 transitive, 
 
 transmute, 
 
 discriminate, 
 
 transmigrate, 
 
 disconnect, 
 
 transplant. 
 
 LIST NO. 9. 
 
 
 Chagrin, 
 
 chaperon. 
 
 excursion. 
 
 champagne. 
 
 chicanery. 
 
 equation. 
 
 chevalier, 
 
 chateau. 
 
 LIST NO. 10. 
 
 
 Suggest, 
 
 giblet. 
 
 gib-boom. 
 
 gist. 
 
 gesture. 
 
 gybe. 
 
 gyrate,; 
 
 gelatine, 
 
 pedagogical. 
 
 suggested, 
 
 suggestion, 
 
 LIST NO. 11. 
 
 gibe. • 
 
 Exemplar, 
 
 exanimate, 
 
 exultant, 
 
 exasperate, 
 
 exulcerate. 
 
 exitial. 
 
 luxuriant. 
 
 exuberant. 
 
 exordial. 
 
 exhaustion, 
 
 exemplify. 
 
 exuberate. 
 

 READING. 
 
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 LIST NO. 12. 
 
 
 expli(;ation. 
 
 excrescence. 
 
 extenuate. 
 
 exception, 
 
 expurgate, 
 
 exodus, 
 
 exorcise, 
 
 exoteric. 
 
 exorable, 
 
 expedite, 
 
 extradition, 
 
 explicit, 
 
 extraordinary. 
 
 exchequer, 
 
 extinguish, 
 
 exigency, 
 
 expedient. 
 
 expatriate, 
 
 extort, 
 
 expert, 
 
 excruciate, 
 
 exchange, 
 
 exciseman. 
 
 extension, 
 
 excel. 
 
 execrable. 
 
 LIST NO. 13. 
 
 
 Absolutory, 
 
 acclimate. 
 
 adamantean. 
 
 admirable, 
 
 advertisement, 
 
 aggrandizement. 
 
 appropriative, 
 
 capitoline, 
 
 coadjutant, 
 
 colportor. 
 
 communist, 
 
 desultory. 
 
 Hellenic, 
 
 hymeneal. 
 
 allegorist. 
 
 allopathist, 
 
 pyramidal. 
 
 animadvert, 
 
 antipodes. 
 
 Byzantine, 
 
 coadjutor. 
 
 epicurean. 
 
 Herculean, 
 
 telegraphist, 
 
 irreparable, 
 
 phosphorous. 
 
 preferment. 
 
 reconiioissance, 
 
 undersigned. 
 
 wiseacre, 
 
 infamously. 
 
 irrevocable, 
 
 mandarin. 
 
 referable, 
 
 interesting. 
 
 respited, 
 
 irrefragable, 
 
 misconstrue. 
 
 peremptory, 
 
 precedence, 
 
 refutable. 
 
 LIST NO. 14. 
 
 
 Bombard, 
 
 pumpkin. 
 
 blackguard, 
 
 clapboard, 
 
 alpaca, 
 
 bombast. 
 
 Indian, 
 
 debris, 
 
 parquet, 
 
 indictment. 
 
 
 
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30 LANGUAGE. 
 
 ^' A N G U A G E 
 
 FIRST SERIES 
 
 IF^irE^SI? .^InTID SDSCOliTID a-:n-A-3DES. 
 
 Object. — To increase the children's vocabularies and to 
 give them a fluent and accurate use of the same. 
 
 FIRST STEP. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 I.-— Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 nouns ab subjects in both singular and plural forms. Only 
 nouns whose plural forms are regularly made should be used, 
 as: The horse runs. Horses run. The boy studies. Boys 
 study. The girl plays. Girls play. (See Plan L Appendix.) 
 
 The specific object of the above is two fold: 
 
 1st. To give pupils an idea of the different foims of nouns 
 to express unity and plurality; 
 
 2d. To habituate the pupils to the use of the right form of 
 the verb. 
 
 This work should be continued until pupils will no longer 
 use the singular form of verb with a plural subject. 
 
LANGUAGE. 31 
 
 Man, 
 
 loaf, 
 
 life. 
 
 knife^ 
 
 calf, 
 thief^-^^ 
 
 J.9X, — 
 
 child. 
 
 louse, 
 
 leaf, 
 
 (SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 II. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 nouns as subjects, objects and complements, in both singular 
 and plural forms. 
 
 Nouns whose plurals are formed by an internal change or 
 change of word should be used. 
 
 LIST. 
 
 wife, wolf, 
 
 /mouse, foot, 
 
 J^ooth, half, 
 
 shelf, sheaf, 
 
 goose, woman. 
 
 The above work should be given untiT pupils will use each 
 woid correctly as subject, object and complement, and until 
 they have the idea distinctly impressed that one form means 
 one and the other form more than one. 
 
 Pupils should also be drilled until they will give readily the 
 other form when the teacher gives them one of the forms. 
 
 The teacher pronounces the word mouse. Pupils promptly 
 reply: Mice, more than one mouse. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 III. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 nouns as subjects, objects and complements whose forms are 
 not changed to express number. 
 
 Pupils should commit the following list : 
 Ashes, snuffers, tongs, shears, 
 
 suds, cattle, scissors, eaves, 
 
 clothes, victuals. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 lY. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the ordinary 
 use of qualifying adjectives. 
 
 Slow, smooth, rough, sharp, 
 
 near, quick, rapid, bad, 
 
 careful. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 Y. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of a 
 and an. (See Plan II, Appendix.) 
 
 LIST. 
 Apple, aunt, organ, overseer, 
 
 ear, overcoat, urn, eye. 
 
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 32 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 
 acorn. 
 
 ivy, adder. 
 
 inkstand, 
 
 arm. 
 
 elephant, onion, 
 
 apron, 
 
 overshoe, 
 
 orchard, oyster. 
 
 object. 
 
 owl, 
 
 orange, edge. 
 
 ostrich. 
 
 ottoman, 
 
 awl, album, 
 
 hour. 
 
 ox, 
 
 nncle, organist. 
 
 apex. 
 
 egg, 
 
 eagle. 
 
 
 Sentences should also be formed involving 
 
 the use of a and 
 
 an before nouns modified by adjectives beginning with vow- 
 
 els as well as 
 
 consonants. 
 
 LIST. 
 
 
 Elegant, 
 
 india-rubber, one. 
 
 oval. 
 
 outside, 
 
 iron, open. 
 
 innocent, 
 
 ill-behaved, 
 
 eager, ice-cream. 
 
 old. 
 
 even, 
 
 odd. 
 
 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 
 YI.— Lead 
 
 pupils to form sentences in vol 
 
 ving the use of 
 
 the different forms cf adjectives whose forms are changed 
 
 regularly. 
 
 LIST. 
 
 
 Tall, 
 
 black, deep, 
 
 hard, 
 
 white, 
 
 short sharp. 
 
 small, 
 
 sweet, 
 
 low, large. 
 
 narrow. 
 
 high, 
 
 quick, soft, 
 
 rough. 
 
 slow, 
 
 long, wide, 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 smooth. 
 
 VIL—Lead 
 
 pupils to form sentences in vol 
 
 ving the ordina- 
 
 ry use of adverbs of time, place and manner. 
 
 
 Now, 
 
 when, then. 
 
 often. 
 
 above. 
 
 below, up. 
 
 down. 
 
 slowly, 
 
 smoothly, roughly. 
 
 nearly. 
 
 rapidly, 
 
 quickly, under. 
 
 on. 
 
 (See Place Lessons.) 
 
 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 
 YIII. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 
 the different forms of adverbs, whose forms are changed reg- 
 
 ularly. 
 
 
 
 Soon, 
 
 early, badly. 
 
 carefully, 
 
 late, 
 
 slowly. 
 
 
language:. 33 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 IX. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the nse of 
 adjectives in the different forms, and then have them nse the 
 same words changed to adverbs in the different forms. 
 (Use adjectives and adverbs enumerated above.) 
 Pnpils should be drilled in this work until they are able to 
 give the different forms promptly. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS, including a review.) 
 
 X. — Lead pupils to construct sentences involving the use of 
 pronouns both singular and plural in the subjective form. 
 
 SECOND STEP. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 I. — Drill farther on the formation of plurals. 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 11. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 verbs agreeing with 7, he^ she^ and it as subjects. 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 III. — Lead pupils to^form sentences involving the use of 
 adjectives whose forms are irregularly changed. 
 Good, bad, ill, little, 
 
 much, many, far. ^ 
 
 (See Plan III, Appendix.) 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 ly. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 this, that, these and those. Train them to avoid such ex- 
 pressions as "these kind," "those sort," "them books." (See 
 
 Plan lY, Appendix.) • 
 
 ^TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Y. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 adverbs whose forms are irregularly changed. 
 Ill or badly, well, much, far. 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 YI. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 pronouns in the objective form. 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 YII. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 pronouns as complements. 
 
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34 LANGUAGE. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 YIII. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 pronouns in the possessive form. Lead pupils to form sen- 
 tences involving the use of pronouns in singular and plural 
 forms referring to antecedents in the same sentence. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 IX. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 adverbs of negation. 
 
 Drill until pupils avoid the use of double negatives. 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 X. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 the connectives, — either, or ; neither, nor. 
 
 THIRD STEP. 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 I. — Give farther drill in the formation of plurals. 
 
 This work should involve a complete review of nouns 
 whose forms are regularly changed; nouns whose forms are 
 changed irregularly, and nouns used only in one form. 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 II. — Lead pupils to talk in such a way as to involve the 
 
 use of contractions. 
 
 Train pupils to use the proper contractions or to avoid 
 
 contractions. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 III. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 adjectives as complements. 
 (Avoid the use of an adverb.) 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 lY. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 adverbs for which they sometimes use adjectives, and vice 
 versa, 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 Y. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 relative and interrogative pronouns: 
 
 {a) As objects, (h) As adjectives (possessive form), (d) As 
 subjects, 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 YI. — ^Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 as and like. 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 35 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 VII. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use 
 of relation words (prepositions.) 
 At, to; on, upon; between, among; 
 
 in, into; like. 
 
 (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 VIII. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use 
 of and and hut. 
 
 (EIGHTEEN WEEKS, including a review. ) 
 
 IX. — Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of 
 irregular verbs. (See Plan Y, Appendix.) 
 
 LIST, 
 do, 
 
 grow, 
 know, 
 run, 
 fall, 
 write, 
 break, 
 hang, 
 crow, 
 
 fly, 
 
 catch. 
 
 See, 
 
 go, 
 
 draw, 
 
 throw, 
 
 bite. 
 
 blow. 
 
 strike, 
 
 give. 
 
 sting. 
 
 drink. 
 
 sit, set, 
 
 teach, learn. 
 
 fling. 
 
 sing, 
 
 bend. 
 
 steal. 
 
 dig, 
 
 take. 
 
 shoe, 
 
 wear. 
 
 tear. 
 
 ring. 
 
 eat. 
 
 fight. 
 
 cleave. 
 
 buy, 
 
 lay, lie, 
 
 swing, 
 
 swim, 
 
 be or am, 
 
 feel, 
 
 think, 
 
 come, 
 
 forget, 
 
 fly, 
 
 shoot, 
 drive, 
 choose, 
 bring. 
 
 say, 
 sweep. 
 
 Of irregular verbs learn forms to express : {a) Absolute 
 past tense ; (h) Kelative tenses. 
 
 Pupils should be made to understand and to say that with 
 has^ have and had, the relative structural parts seen^done, etc., 
 should be used. 
 
 The pupils should be so familiar with the irregular verbs 
 of their vocabularies that, when the teacher pronounces one 
 part to them, they can promptly give the^ other two. 
 
36 LAN(^,UAGE. 
 
 SECON D SERIES 
 
 TiaCII^ZD 0-IR,-^3DE. 
 
 Object. — To teach pupils to write the English sentence 
 as it appears on the correctl}' written or printed page. 
 
 The principles given in this series should be developed. 
 Most of the laws should be discovered', some of the laws must 
 be dictated. 
 
 ♦Only a small portion of the time allotted is necessary to 
 teach the facts presented. The time should be spent mainly 
 in practice under the laws learned. Abundant material for 
 practice is found in the reading lessons which may be dictated 
 for the pupils to write ; as well as in the Human Body-, Plant- 
 Animal-, Place- and Form- Work which should be wiitten as 
 fast as learned ; and in the statements^ definitions, rules and 
 analyses in connection with the Number Work. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Develop idea and teach definition of a sentence. (See 
 Plan VI, Appendix.) 
 
 II. — Have pupils learn law for capitalization of the first 
 word of a sentence. (Discoveey.) 
 
 III. — Develop idea and teach definition of a telling sen- 
 tence. Have pupils learn law for closing a telling sentence. 
 (Discoveey.) 
 
 IV. — Develop idea and teach definition of an asking sen- 
 tence. Have pupils learn law for closing an asking sentence. 
 (Discoveey.) 
 
 V. — Develop idea and teach definition of a commanding 
 sentence. Have pupils learn law for closing a commanding 
 sentence. (Discoveey.) 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 VI. — Develop idea and teac-h definition of an exclainiino; 
 sentence. Have pupils learn law for closiiijjj an exclaiming 
 sentence. (Discoveey.) 
 
 VII. — Develo}) idea and teach definition of a noun. 
 
 VIII. — Develop idea.and teach definitionof a proper noun. 
 Have pupils learn law for capitalization. (Discovery.) 
 
 IX. — Develop idea and teach definition of a connnon 
 nonn. 
 
 X. — Teach that the words I and O should always be capi- 
 tals. (Discovery.) 
 
 XI. — Develop idea and teach definition of the singular form. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of the plural form. 
 
 XII. — Have pupils learn the general law for the formation 
 of plurals. (See Plan VII, Appendix.) 
 
 XIII. — Develop idea and teach definition of the possess- 
 ive form. 
 
 Have pupils learn how the possessive singular form is 
 made. (Discovery.) 
 
 XIV. — Have pupils learn how the possessive plural form 
 is made. (Discovery.) 
 
 XV. — Have pupils learn how the plural form is made 
 when the singular ends in the sounds of s, sh, z, ch, x and 
 j. (Special law No. 1.) (See plan VIII, Appendix.) 
 
 XVI. — Have pupils learn how the possessive forms, sing- 
 ular and plural, of nouns given in XV, are made. (Dis- 
 covery.) 
 
 XVII. — Develop idea and teach definition of quoted 
 words. Teach use of quotation marks. Have pupils learn 
 law for the capitalization of the first word of a quotation. 
 (Discovery.) 
 
 XVIII. — Develop idea and teach definition of the con- 
 tracted forms of words. Have pupils learn the use of the 
 apostrophe. (Discovery.) 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XIX. — Develop idea and teach definition of the abbrevi- 
 ated forms. 
 
 Have pupils learn law for capitalization and punctuation 
 of abbreviated forms. (Discovery.) 
 
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38 LANGUAGE. 
 
 XX. — Teach the use of the comma in a succession of par- 
 ticulars when and is omitted. 
 
 XXI. — Teach how the phiral form is made when the sin- 
 gular ends in y preceded bj a consonant. (Special law No. 2.) 
 (Discovery.) 
 
 XXIL — Teach how the plural form is made, when the 
 singular ends in y preceded by a vowel. (General law.) 
 (Discovp:ry.) 
 
 XXIII. — Teach how the possessive forms, singular and 
 plural, of uouns ending in y^ are made. (Discovery.) 
 
 XXIV. — Teach how the plural is formed when the singu- 
 lar ends \\\fovfe. The pupils should learn lists of words. 
 
 XX Y. — Teach how the possessive forms, singular and plu- 
 ral, of nouns inyor^^ are made. (Discovp^ry.) 
 
 XXVI. — Teach how the plural is formed when the singular 
 ends in o. The pupils should learn lists of words. 
 
 XXVII. — Teach the possessive forms, singular and plural, 
 of nouns ending in o. (Discovery. 
 
 XXVIII. — Teach the plurals of nouns whose forms are 
 changed irregularly. The pupils should learn list of words. 
 
 XXIX. — Teach the possessive forms, singular and plural, 
 of nouns given in XXVIII. (Discovery.) 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XXX. — Teach nouns that have the same form in singular 
 and plural. The pupils should learn list of words, 
 
 XXXI. — Teach nouns that are used only in the singular. 
 The pupils should learn list of words. 
 
 XXXII. — Teach nouns that are used only in the plural. 
 The pupils should learn list of words. 
 
 XXXIII. — Teach the possessive forms of nouns given in 
 XXX, XXXI and XXXII. (Discovery.) 
 
 XXXIV. Teach the plurals of letteis, signs and marks. 
 (Discovery.) 
 
 XXX. — Develop idea and teach definition of compound 
 words. Have pupils learn the use of the hyphen in compound 
 words. (Discovery.) 
 
LANGUAGE. 39 
 
 Have pupils learn law for making the plural of compound 
 words. (Discovery.) 
 
 Have pupils learn use of hyphen at the end of a line. 
 (Discovery.) 
 
 XXXVI. — Develop idea and teach definition of {a) sim- 
 ple words, {h) derived words, {g) base words. 
 
 XXXVII. — Have pupils learn law for the capitalization 
 of the first word of every line of poetry. (Discovery.) 
 
 XXXVIII. — Have pupils learn law for the capitalization 
 of the names of Deity. (Discovery.) 
 
 XXXIX. — Teach the use of the comma (a) to separate an 
 inverted member from the rest of the sentence, {b) before 
 and after parenthetical portions. 
 
 XL. — Teach the use of the semicolon when there is greater 
 separation of parts than is indicated by the comma. 
 
 TH I RD SERI ES. 
 
 ^OTJi^Txa: o-iR^^iDE- 
 
 FOUR MONTHS. 
 
 The specific object of this series is four fold, viz : to 
 train pupils, 
 
 I. — To arrange methodically in writing their (1) knowl- 
 edge and (2) thoughts of things and events within their ob- 
 servation and experience; 
 
 II. — To reproduce from memory, in like or changed 
 forms, the sayings of others ; 
 
 III. — To note carefully and improve their language and 
 style of expression; 
 
 IV. — To obey the laws given in the "Second Series" 
 until obedience thereto becomes habit. 
 
40 LANGUAGE. 
 
 The work of the series includes, 
 
 I. — Simple Description of 
 
 (1) Objects, (2) Places, (8) Processes; 
 
 11. — Simple Narrations of 
 
 (1) Events experienced, (2) Events heard of or read; 
 
 III. — Epistolary Forms, 
 
 (1) Social, (2) Formal, (3) Business; 
 
 lY. — Transformation of poetry to prose. 
 
 The first production in each kind of composition should be 
 developed. The compositions when finished, will, therefore, 
 be identical. 
 
 Before a composition of any kind is attempted, either by 
 development or otherwise, be sure that the pupils have infor- 
 mation enough upon the given subject to admit of an ar- 
 rangement. 
 
 Do not attempt the development of a composition without 
 a definitely arranged outline. 
 
 Do not allow pupils to write a composition until they have 
 first decided on an outline. 
 
 By following these simple rules, so obviously important, 
 and yet so universally ignored, children mav be trained to 
 write English as well as they can be trained to do any other 
 school work of corresponding grades. By beginning and 
 practicing frequently at an early age, the puj)irs ability to 
 write will be ever ready to respond to his taste and to his (rea- 
 sonable) desire, and he will not "dislike to write a compo- 
 sition" any more than he will dislike to make a recitation 
 in Geography or Arithmetic. 
 
 (FIRST AND SECOND WEEKS.) 
 
 The following is given for illustration : 
 THE DOG. 
 
 The dog is a very common domestic animal. 
 
 Dogs vary in size from the small poodle to the large New- 
 foundland. They differ in appearance as much as in size. 
 
 Some dogs are useful for guarding property, others for 
 hunting, others as pets, while still others seem to be of no 
 use. Many dogs seem to understand everything that is said 
 to them and can be taught to do many cunning things, such 
 as standing and walking on their hind feet, shaking hands. 
 
LANGUAGE. 41 
 
 opening and sliutting doors, and ctarrying baskets. 
 
 Dogs become very niiich attached to those who are kind to 
 them. I once read of a doi^: that died of scviei at the death 
 of liis mastei". 
 
 PLAN. 
 
 The pupils shonld be led to "discover," by reference to 
 their books, where to place the name of the Subject about 
 which they are to write. 
 
 The first sentence may be obtained by asking a few ques- 
 tions; as, "How many of you see dogs on your way to 
 school?" "How many have dogs at home?" "What kind 
 of animals do we call those that are found about our homesf' 
 After the sentence has been arranged satisfactorily, all should 
 be made to repeat it, the hard words should be spelled, the 
 laws for beginning and closing it should be stated, after 
 which the pupils should be required to write it carefully on 
 their slates. 
 
 Bj talking of the different varieties of dogs and the pe- 
 culiarities of some of them, the second and third sentences 
 may be obtained. After leading pupils to give laws for capi- 
 talization and p mctuation, and having them spell the diffi- 
 cult words, these sentences should be written with the first. 
 
 By talking of the uses of dogs', the fourth sentence may 
 be obtained. The same care respecting the spelling, punct- 
 uating and capitalizing should be exercised before the pu- 
 pils are allowed to write the sentence. Call attention to 
 new paragraph. 
 
 The pupils may be interested in naming tricks that dogs 
 may be taught. In the mean time they may be led to speak 
 of the intelligence of dogs. Thus the fifth sentence may be 
 obtained. Pupils should be made to spell, and give neces- 
 sary laws before writing. 
 
 Pupils may be led to relate anecdotes and give their opin- 
 ions concerning the attachment that dogs manifest toward 
 their masters. By such means the remaining sentences may 
 be obtained which, after due preparation, may be written on 
 
 the slates. 
 —11— 
 
4:2 LANGUAGE. 
 
 It will require at least three days to develop the fore- 
 going composition and have it written on the slates. 
 
 A day should be spent in transcribing it to blankbooks, 
 and another day in writing it on paper of proper size, for 
 the inspection of the Principal. 
 
 The outline or plan according to which the composition 
 was written should next be developed; the pupils should be 
 led to see the agreement of the composition with the outline, 
 and the advantages of having work planned before it is done. 
 
 Have pupils write the 
 
 OUTLINE. 
 
 Beginliing (Introduction.) 
 Size and Appearance, 
 
 Uses, 
 
 The Dog. { 
 
 Intelligence, 
 
 Affection, 
 
 Anecdote for Closing (Conclusion). 
 
 (THIRD WEEK.) 
 
 By a similar plan write a composition taking "The Cow" 
 as subject. 
 
 (FOURTH WEEK.) 
 
 Take ''The Florse" as subject, and develop an outline for a 
 composition using pupils' knowledge of the two outlines be- 
 fore developed. 
 
 Let each pupil write his own composition according to 
 outline. 
 
 (FIFTH WEEK.) 
 
 Take "The Cat" as subject, and follow directions given for 
 Third Week. 
 
 (SIXTH AND SEVENTH W^EEKS.) 
 
 Take "The Sheep" as subject, and spend the time of two or 
 three recitations in talking of this animal and of the plans of 
 compositions written about other animals. Let pupils form 
 plans and write compositions. 
 
 (EIGHTH WEEK.) 
 
 Take "The Squirrel" as subject, and follow directions giv- 
 en for Sixth and Seventh Weeks. 
 
 (THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Teach pupils where and how to write and punctuate the 
 dates and addresses of letters of friendship; where and how 
 to sign them ; where and how to write the superscription. 
 
 Much patient care will be required to do this month's work. 
 
LANGUAGE. 43 
 
 But little attention need be given to the subject matter of 
 the letters. The arbitrary, conventional 'yb/*m«" should oc- 
 cupy the attention of teacher and pupils. 
 I Insist upon neatness and accuracy. The work may be done 
 ! mainly on slates and cheap printing paper, and written with 
 pencils. 
 
 Once a week, the pupils should be required to write with 
 pens on good paper of appropriate size; fold the papers 
 properly and enclose them in envelopes; direct them, and in- 
 dicate by appropriate marks where the stamps should be 
 placed. This will serve to test the value of the work done. 
 The letters thus prepared should be submitted to the Prin- 
 (;ipal. 
 
 Do not attempt more than the two kinds of work given 
 below\ 
 
 '^ef^i 
 
 I O^u^/ : 
 
 
 Hsyy. Ayik . . %Kn/^. 
 
 .^€r:/.J,^ 
 
 (yM<i<^'t M^j-^n^ c//-^^^-^-^/ 
 
 €l^€^d ^2>/^'tZ4^ 
 
 II 
 
 1 
 
44 
 
 LANCiUAGE. 
 
 O^uta^u, Cy^4 
 
 ^-^^^c/., 
 
 ^^. ^, y<f/cf . 
 
 '/ \i}-7r-/ 
 
 '^a^l ^4^1 
 
 ^■edA€^€./-^ 
 
 u^^^u, 
 
 t€Zd. c^y-^^<^. 
 
 ^id. 
 
 V^^ 
 
 H'n. 
 
 iee'^T^f^'j^ ^ 
 
 i:^'7^t 
 
 -a-c^-^y/i ^^//l€e'l. 
 
 
 i'^t^t^-^-a^ 
 
 /^^^2/«i. 
 
 
 
 ^. 
 
 ^>^^^^r^ 
 
LANGUAGE. 45 
 
 (FOURTH MONTH.) 
 
 Have pupils write two letters, one to Mrs. 0. IT. Freeman, 
 (The dear aunt) ; the other to T. H. Clark, giving two weeks 
 to each. 
 
 In the first letter, (1) acknowledge the receipt of a letter: (2) 
 inquire after the health of Mrs. Freeman: (3) note matters 
 of interest which have transpired during the day; first, at 
 home, in connection with {a) pets, (b) tasks; second, at school, 
 in connection with {a) study, (6) play : (4) ch^se. 
 
 (This kind of composition is closeh' related to narration. 
 The teacher must see that the laws of method are not violated. 
 While developing the work, the pupils should be made to se- 
 lect the points that are best suited to give a proper idea of 
 the circumstances, and to determine how much should be said 
 on each point.) 
 
 Let the pupils decide the subject matter of the second let- 
 ter, the teacher requiring only that it be a letter of friend- 
 ship. This should be done before beginning to write, and 
 the plan decided upon should be closely and methodically 
 followed. 
 
 THREE MONTHS. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Reproduction from Memory of short, interesting nar 
 rations selected from some book or paper of proper grade 
 with which the pupils are unacquainted. 
 
 PLAN. 
 
 Take a very short narration, characterized by a few de- 
 cided points, and read it or have it read to the class. Call 
 upon several pupils to reproduce the composition orally. 
 Have the hard words spelled. Have pupils give laws re- 
 specting capitalizing and punctuating. Read the selection 
 again and have pupils reproduce it on paper. 
 
 The time of one recitation will be required for the re- 
 production on paper of one selection. This should be care- 
 
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4:6 LANGUAGE. 
 
 fully criticised by the teacher, and the children should 
 rewrite it. 
 
 The second selection, if it be short, should be reproduced 
 in writing after the first reading. 
 
 Be content only with having the thoughts (1) all repro- 
 duced in proper order; (2) expressed in good language, and 
 (3) written according to the laws found in the Second Series. 
 
 It is not desirable to attempt the reproduction of long 
 selections at this time. The teacher should work rather for 
 accuracy and smooth expression. 
 
 From two to live selections should be reproduced each 
 week. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Transformation of Poetry to Prose. 
 
 Have pupils transform four short poems to prose. Select 
 poems that narrate or describe ; avoid didactic poems. Di- 
 rections before given will serve for this work. Lead the pu- 
 pils carefully at first; afterward require them to do like 
 work unassisted. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 1. — Write a composition on "The Camel." Let pupils under 
 the oruidance of the teacher determine the outline for this com- 
 position from their knowledge of the animal as learned in 
 Second Series of Animal Lessons. (See Outline No. 1, Ap- 
 pendix.) The pupils should write the compobition. 
 
 2. — ^Write a letter and direct it. The pupils, under the 
 guidance of the teacher, determine to whom and for what it 
 shall be written. 
 
 3. — Reproduce at least three short selections. 
 
 4. — Transform one poem. 
 
 THREE MONTHS, 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 1. — Write an account of a journey to Montgomery. A 
 summary of the journey as learned in Place Work, First 
 
LANGUAGE. ^ 47 
 
 Series, will serve a& a plan for this work. Be careful not 
 to make this cwnposition too long-. 
 
 2. — Reproduce three selections from memory. 
 
 (¥OUR WEEKS.) 
 1. — Write four letters. 
 2. — Reproduce four selections from memory. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 1. — Write an account of a journey to Geneva. (See Place 
 AVoi-k, First Series, for outline.) 
 
 2. — Reproduce four selections from memory. 
 3. — Transform one poem. 
 4. — Write two letters. 
 
 IF^IIF^m (3-I^-^IDEL 
 
 After the subject of the composition has been decided upon, 
 the pupils should in all cases be led to decide what points to 
 make prominent; the order in which the points should be 
 presented; the relative importance of the different points, 
 and the attention required by each. Much time can be spent 
 with profit in arranging all of the foregoing preliminaries 
 in the form of an "Outline" before any writing is done. 
 Thus will the pupils be trained at an early age in many of 
 the important requirements of good composition. Impress 
 upon the minds of the pupils, that a description should en- 
 able the hearer or reader to form a mental picture of the 
 thing or place described, and they will readily choose the fea- 
 tures tliat form the "outline" of the picture. Few persons 
 can i-elate the events of an hour's experience without having 
 to go back, and supply something of importance that had been 
 forgotten; or give a description without omitting the mention 
 of some part or feature without which a complete mental pic- 
 ture of the thing described cannot be formed. It is to be 
 feared that much of our teaching is so lacking in method as 
 to remedy little of the evil alluded to. 
 
48 LANGUAGE. 
 
 That this Series of Language Lessons may serve as a test of 
 other work done, many of the ''Subjects" are chosen from 
 other branches taught. 
 
 The teacher who in this work finds it necessary to teach 
 "Method" de novo may well look to his method of teach- 
 ing with thought of improvement. 
 
 Much attention ought to be given in this grade to letter 
 writing. 
 
 Impress the importance of brevity and clearness in busi- 
 ness letters. In writing social letters pursue the following 
 order: 
 
 1. Write of your correspondent and all affairs that re- 
 late to him. 
 
 2. Write of general topics of mutual interest. 
 
 3. Write of yourself as briefly as possible. 
 
 FOUR MONTHS. 
 
 (SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 1. A Description of a Picture. 
 
 (Developed, Compositions uniform.) 
 
 2. A Description of a picture. 
 
 (Outline only developed.) 
 
 3. A Description of a Picture. 
 
 (All work done by pupils.) 
 
 4. Two Business Letters. 
 
 5. Reproduce from four to eight selections. 
 
 No descriptions are more easily developed than those of 
 pictures. 
 
 Care should be exercised to select the right kind of pic- 
 ture. The subject of the picture for instance should be very 
 prominent and easily understood. 
 
 By a little careful questioning an outline may be obtained. 
 
 Ask about the kind of picture; whether painting, engrav- 
 ing, wood-cut, or other kind. Ask about the size; about the 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 49 
 
 subject, whether one or more figures, and the most promi- 
 nent; about position of principal figure or figures and the effect 
 of same; about foreground and its accompaniments the back 
 ground and its accompaniments the general efi^ect of the 
 picture ; the use of pictures. 
 ^ Introduction. 
 
 Kind. 
 Size. 
 
 ''Of what composed, 
 How arranged, 
 Subject < Peculiarities, such as size, color, form or 
 
 j occupation, 
 
 [Effect. 
 
 o < 
 
 s 
 
 .2 
 
 00 
 
 ^ < 
 
 i Extent, 
 Foreground < Contents, 
 ( Effect, 
 C Extent, 
 Background < Contents, 
 
 (Effect. 
 General Effect. 
 ^ Uses. 
 ^ Conclusion. 
 
 (SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 1. Narration of the events of a day at school. 
 
 2. Description of our school room. 
 
 3. A comparison between Ungulata and Carnivora. 
 
 4. Impromptu descriptions of plants, animals or other 
 things that the whole school can examine ; as, pictures, the 
 teacher's desk, a hanging basket, a window. 
 
 The first three of the above subjects are especially well 
 adapted to giving to pupils good training in "Selection," 
 "Method" and "Completeness." 
 
 The work indicated by the fourth specification will inter- 
 est the children very much and test growing strength. The 
 following was written by a girl 11 years old, in fifteen 
 minutes. 
 
 THE SOUTHEAST WINDOW. 
 
 The Southeast window of our school-room is adorned with 
 plants. On the window sill at the right is a small rose gera- 
 
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50 LANCJUAGE. 
 
 ninm which is very fragrant. At the left is a horse-shoe 
 geranium which at present is in bloom, and with its bright 
 red flower forms a very pretty plant. In the middle is a 
 large fuchsia, a very handsome plant. Suspended from the 
 top of the window and directly above the fuchsia is a hanging 
 basket, in the shape of an acorn cup. In it are planted srai- 
 lax and a begonia. This window with its healthy plants, is 
 the most pleasing to the eye, in the room. 
 
 Jennie Summers. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 1. — Description of the mole. 
 2. — Reproduction of three selections. 
 3. — Two weeks impromptu writing. 
 
 THREE MONTHS, 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) • 
 
 1. — Write two letters ordering goods ; two acknowledging 
 the receipt of the letters; and two acknowledging the receipt 
 of the goods. 
 
 2. — Write a note inviting a friend to spend an afternoon 
 with you, and a note answering the same. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 1. — Describe the process of canning fruit. 
 2. — Write an account of a Journey to Chicago. (See 
 Geography, First Series.) 
 
 3. — Give two weeks of impromptu work. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 1. — Spend two weeks in reproduction from memory. 
 
 2. — Spend two weeks in impromptu work. (Subjects Sug- 
 gested: likenesses between certain animals, as the dog and 
 cat; differences between animals; uses and care of the eye, 
 ear, skin; description of plants or bouquets.) 
 
LANGUAGE. 51 
 
 THJREE MONTHS. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 1. — Describe the picture found in Geography, page 21. 
 
 Teacher should develop outline, 
 2. — Let pupils imagine a picture illustrating a scene to be 
 known as "Fruit Canning;" make an "outline," and write a 
 description. 
 
 3. — One week of impromptu writing. 
 (FOUR WEEKS) 
 
 1. — Two weeks' work in reproducing from memory. 
 
 2. — Two weeks' drill in impromptu work. 
 
 (Subjects Suggested: description of a girl's hat or 
 dress ; of a knife ; the bell ; a picture ; a book ; the clock ; the 
 teacher's watch.) 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 1. — Describe the city of Aurora. 
 
 2. — Describe the school yard. 
 
 3. — Spend one week in reviewing the laws for writing 
 plural forms, after which let pupils write from memory with 
 full illustrations. 
 
52 LANGUAGE. 
 
 FOURTH SERIES 
 
 0-I^-^3DE. 
 
 The Object of this series is to give to pupils, by syn- 
 thesis and analysis, a knowledge of the construction of the 
 sentence by elements. The work is arranged from Greene's 
 Grammar. 
 
 The work in language branches at this point. That 
 branch which for two years has been known as the " Third 
 Series," is continued as long as the pupil attends school, but 
 for a few years is subordinated to the other branch, (the 
 Fourth. Fifth, and Sixth Series,) which is a more technical 
 study of the grammatical structure of the language. It is 
 expected, however, that the pupils will steadily progress in 
 composition writing, although devoting their attention chiefly 
 to the other branch of lans^uage. 
 
 Impromptu compositions or reproductions from memory 
 must be written weekly, and at least one long, more formally 
 and systematically prepared composition must be written 
 each term. 
 
 Subjects for impromptu compositions should be taken 
 from the pupils' daily work in other branches of study. 
 Human Body-, Plant-, Animal-, and Place - Work furnish 
 many subjects for systematic, simple descriptions, which, 
 if carefully made, will serve the double purpose of methodi- 
 cal reviews and excellent practice in writing English. 
 
LANGUAGE. 53 
 
 The reproductions from memory should be of narrations 
 of incidents found in the pupils' work in Biography. 
 
 The more formal compositions should be on subjects con- 
 nected more or less closely with the " work in course," such 
 as descriptions of historical pictures ; accounts of battles or 
 campaigns; descriptions of books by authors named ir\ 
 the Reading Work; biographies; descripti(ms of pro- 
 cesses; as, of Circulation, Digestion, or Respiration; de- 
 scriptions of the larger groups of animals or plants, etc. 
 Subjects are suggested hereafter in many places. These 
 may be changed for others, if the teacher so desire. 
 
 FOUB MONTHS. 
 
 In the following four months the work should be only on 
 simple sentences composed of elements but little involved : 
 
 (FIRST AND SECOND WEEKS.) 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of a sentence; a 
 telling sentence; an asking sentence; a commanding sent- 
 ence; an exclaiming sentence. 
 
 Develop idea and definition of the subject ; the predicate. 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. 
 
 (THIRD AND FOURTH WEEKS.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of the base of the subject ; a 
 noun; a pronoun; the base of the predicate; a verb. 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same, using 
 such illustrations of the noun and pronoun as will show their 
 use as subject and as base of subject; and such illustrations 
 of the verb as will show its use as predicate and as base of 
 predicate. 
 
 (FIFTH AND SIXTH WEEKS.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of an element; an adjective 
 element; an adjective. 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. 
 
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54 LANGUAGE. 
 
 (SEVENTH WEEK.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of an adverbial element (Defi- 
 nition I.); an adverb (Definition I). 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. 
 
 (EIGHTH WEEK.) 
 
 Drill on previous seven weeks' work. 
 
 (NINTH AND TENTH WEEKS.) 
 
 Develop Idea and definition of an adjective element; an 
 adverbial element proper (Definition II). 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. 
 
 (ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH WEEKS.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of a complex element ; a 
 simple element ; an adverbial element (Definition in full) ; 
 an adverb (Definition in full). 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. (In 
 illustrating the complex element, use only the complex ad- 
 verbial element.) 
 
 (THIRTEENTH WEEK.) 
 
 Drill on complex and simple adjective and objective ele- 
 ments. 
 
 (FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH WEEKS.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of a second class element; Re- 
 lation-word ; a first class element. 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the same. (In 
 illustrating these elements, use adjective, adverbial, and ob- 
 jective elements.) 
 
 (SIXTEENTH WEEK.) 
 
 Develop the idea and definition of a Complement. 
 Drill on definition and illustrations of the same. (In 
 illustrating complements, use only those of the first class.) 
 
LANGUAGE. 55 
 
 Composition. — Write a comparison between Insectivora 
 and Rodentia (work developed). 
 
 THREE MONTHS. 
 
 In the following two terms, the work should be on difficult 
 j simple, compound, and complex sentences; — such sentences as 
 1 occur in conversation, recitation, and books. 
 
 (FIRST MONTH.) 
 Drill oil definitions and illustrations of a sentence ; a tell- 
 ing sentence; an asking sentence ; a commanding sentence ; 
 an exclaiming sentence; the subject; the predicate; the base 
 of the subject; a noun ; a pronoun; the base of the pre- 
 dicate; a verb; an element; an adjective element; an 
 adverbial element; an adverb; an objective element; a com- 
 plex element; a simple element; a second class element, (Re- 
 lation-Word); a first-class element; a complement. 
 
 Composition. — Reproduce a short selection from memory • 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Develop idea of and drill on a subject of the second class; 
 a subject of the first class (For Drill); a predicate of the 
 second class ; a predicate of the first class (For Drill); a 
 complement of the second class; a complement of the first 
 class (For Drill); a complex element of the second class; a 
 complex element of the first class (For Drill). 
 
56 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Drill on simple and complex elements of first and second 
 classes. 
 
 (THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition of a compound bubject of the 
 first class; a relation- word (connective); a compound predi- 
 cate of the first class; a compound subject of the second class; 
 a compound predicate of the second class; compound adjec- 
 tive elements of the first and second classes; compound 
 adverbial elements of the first and second classes ; compound 
 complements of the first and second classes. 
 
 Drill on definitions and illustrations of the above enumer- 
 ated subjects. (Illustrate each subject immediately after 
 the completion of its development and definition.) 
 
 Composition, — Write a careful description of some ani- 
 mal. (See outlines in Appendix.) 
 
 THREE MONTHS. 
 
 (FIRST MONTH.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition and drill on illustrations of 
 a compound sentence ; a simple sentence ; a necessary ele- 
 ment ; a possible element ; the base of a sentence ; an ele- 
 ment of the third class. 
 
 (Illustrate elements of the third class by the use of ad- 
 jective, adverbial and objective elements ; by complements, 
 and by subjects of that class. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Drill on simple, compound, and complex elements of 
 the first, second, and third classes. 
 
 Develop idea and definition, and drill on illustrations of 
 a complex sentence ; a compound sentence. 
 
 (THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Develop idea and definition, and drill on illustrations of 
 an independent element ; simple, compound, and complex 
 independent elements of the first, second, and third classes. 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 57 
 
 Make an outline to be used as a basis for review 
 Definition. 
 
 o 
 
 c 
 o 
 
 Kinds ;s < 
 
 Use 
 
 Nature 
 
 Rank 
 
 {Declarative, 
 Interrogative, 
 Imperative, 
 Exclamatory. 
 ( Simple, 
 < Complex, 
 ( Compound. 
 C Principal, 
 \ Subordinate. 
 
 Necessary i 1"'']?°* 
 •^ i Jrredica 
 
 Elements < 
 
 
 Possible V 
 
 Use 
 
 Form 
 
 Nature 
 
 Rank 
 
 Adjective, 
 Adverbial, 
 Objective, 
 Complement, 
 Independent, 
 t(Sub.&Pred.) 
 
 C First Class, 
 ^ Second Class, 
 ( Third Class. 
 
 C Simple, 
 < Complex, 
 (^ Compound. 
 
 Principal, 
 Subordinate. 
 
 Composition. — Write a composition on the subject 
 " Bones." (See outline of bones in Human Body Work.) 
 
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LANGUAGE. 
 
 FI FTH SERIES. 
 
 SE-v-Eisrrrxa: GS-i^-^ioiE:. 
 
 This series of language work is based on the construction 
 of " The Sentence," as given in the Fourth Series. The pu- 
 pils must be kept familiar, therefore, with the analysis of 
 simple sentences. 
 
 NOUNS.-iTHREE MONTHS.) 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review. — (l) Definition of (a) noun, {h) proper noun, (c) 
 common noun; (2) law for writing proper nouns. 
 
 New Work.— (1) Definition of (a) verbal noun, (h) ab- 
 stract noun, (c) collective noun, (d) ordinary noun ; (2) logi- 
 cal outline of KindS of nouns. (Pupils must be required to 
 make lists illustrating the different kinds of nouns.) 
 
 Review. — (l) Definition of possessive form, and law 
 for writing the same ; (2) definition of (a) ordinary form. 
 
LANGUAGE. 59 
 
 (b) singular form, (c) plural form ; (3) general law for 
 formation of plural ; (4) special laws for formation of 
 plurals. 
 
 New Work. — (l) Eeasons for changes of forms of nouns; 
 (2) law for formation of plurals of (a) compound words, (b) 
 figures, (c) letters, (d) marks; (3) lists of nouns (a) whose 
 plurals are formed irregularly, (h) that retain their foreign 
 plurals, (c) that are alike in singular and plural forms, (d) 
 that have no plural, (e) that have no singular, (f) whose 
 singular forms end in ; (4) list of exceptional possessive 
 plural forms ; (5) logical outline of FOPITIS of nouns. 
 
 Review. — Use of nouns as base of subject. 
 
 New Work.— (1) Use of noim as (a) subject, (b) com- 
 plement, (c) adjective, (d) idea word in second class ele- 
 ment, (e) adverb, (f) independent element ; (2) logical out- 
 line of Uses of nouns. 
 
 Review. — Definitions of base words and derivatives. 
 
 New Work. — (l) Lists of nouns from (a) verbs, (b) ad- 
 jectives, (c) otlier nouns; (2) lists of prefixes and sufiixes used 
 in deriving nouns ; (3) list of original nouns ; (4) logical out- 
 line of Sources of nouns. 
 
 Practical Applications.— Avoid errors (l) in pro- 
 nouncing and writing possessive forms of nouns ; (2) in 
 writing plural forms of nouns ; (3) in capitalizing and ab- 
 breviating nouns. 
 
 Logical outline of NounS. 
 
60 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Def. 
 
 Kinds 
 
 Forms 
 
 Commons 
 
 Nouns ^ 
 
 FfbipeT 
 
 irv7i4^,^ Law for writing. 
 ^ C Def. Ordinary, 
 Abstract, 
 ^ Yerbal, 
 l^ Collective. 
 
 Ordinary < Def. Singular 
 
 p . (Def. f Plural ^^^"^rf/^^' 
 
 rossessive j t ( Special laws. 
 
 Subject, 
 
 Object, 
 
 Idea word in a second class element, 
 
 Adverb, 
 
 Independent element, 
 
 i Ordinary, 
 Direct < Appositive, 
 Adjective^ ( Possessive. 
 
 Indirect < Complement. 
 
 Original f ^T""*'"'"' K ^ 
 
 Derived \\^^^\. I By prefixes, 
 
 from IMectives- f By sufhxes, 
 
 l^JNouns J Without change 
 
 r Wrong capitalization, 
 J Wrong abbreviation. 
 Errors to be avoided ) Wrong formation of posses- 
 l sive and plural forms. 
 
 Uses 
 
 >ources 
 
 Composition. — Description of the picture representing 
 the landing of Columbus. The picture should be talked 
 about at length and an " outline " prepared before the pupils 
 write. Pupils should be expected to follow the " outline" 
 closely. 
 
 Any other historical picture may be selected, if the teacher 
 and pupils so choose. (See suggestions for "outlines" in 
 Appendix.) 
 
LANGUAGE. 61 
 
 VERBS — SIX MONTHS. 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review.— Definition of a verb. 
 
 New Work. — I. — (l) Time of action or assertion repre- 
 sented by the verb; (2) how represented, (a) structural parts, 
 
 (5) relation words ; (3) definition of structural parts ; (4) time 
 represented by each structural part; (5) name of each struc- 
 tural part, (a) present, (b) progressive, (c) past, (d) relative ; 
 
 (6) law for formation of structural parts ; (7) logical outline 
 
 of Structural Parts of verbs. 
 
 II. — (1) Definition of (a) a regular verb, (b) an irregular 
 verb, (g) a defective verb* ; (2) definition of {a) a transitive 
 verb, (b) an intransitive verb, (c) an auxiliary verb*; (3) logical 
 outline of KindSof verbs. 
 
 III. — (1) Reasons for changes of forms of verbs : (2) de- 
 finition of tenses, (aj absolute present, {b) absolute past, (c) 
 absolute future, (d) relative present, (e) relative past, (f) 
 relative future : (3) definition of (a) passive form; (b) pro- 
 gressive form; (c) emphatic form; (d) common form; {e) idio- 
 matic forms {aa) hypothetical, (bb) idiomatic-passive, (cc) use 
 of an expletive, (dd) idiomatic use of the verb to be: (4) 
 reasons for learning structural parts of verbs : (5) structural 
 parts of all the irregular verbs: (6) logical outline of 
 Forms of verbs. 
 
 Review. — Use of verbs (1) to express action; (2) as 
 copula. 
 
 * Pupils should learn the list of these verbs and the structural parts of each. 
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62 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 New Work. — I. — (l) Use of verb as relation word (aux- 
 iliary); (2) use of verb with to before it u as subject, (h) as 
 object, (c) as copula, {cT) as complement, {e) as adjective ele- 
 ment, (y) as adverbial element, {g) as predicate of third class 
 objective element, (A) in repetition of the subject in the 
 predicate; (3) use of progressive structural part (a) as ad- 
 jective, {b) as adverb, (c) as noun; (4) logical outline of 
 Uses of verbs. 
 
 II. — (1) Lists of verbs derived from {a) nouns, (J) adjectives, 
 (c) adverbs, {d) other verbs; (2) lists of prefixes and suffixes 
 used in deriving verbs ; (3) list of original verbs ; (4) logical 
 outline of SOUrCeS of verbs. 
 
 Practical Ap plicati OnS.— Avoid the use of 
 
 (1) relative structural part for past; (2) past structural 
 part for relative; (3) past tense when referring to un- 
 changeable facts ; (4) present tense when referring to future 
 events ; (5) common form when stating an hypothesis; (6) sing- 
 ular form for plural form; (7) wrong relation word (aux- 
 iliary;) (8) wrong verb ; (9) redundant verb ; (10) improper 
 contraction. 
 
 Logical outline of VerbS. 
 
 'I. Definition, 
 
 II. 
 III. 
 Verbs \ IV. 
 
 I VI. 
 
 Lvii. 
 
 Structural Parts, 
 
 Kinds, 
 
 Forms, 
 
 Uses, 
 
 Sources, 
 
 Practical Applications^ 
 
 f Definition. 
 
 Why learned. 
 
 ( Present, 
 Time represented \ p^,. j Absolute, 
 
 ( i'ast ^ Relative. 
 
 II. Strv^turalFarU. ^ How made jL-'^.i^^^. 
 
 [ Present, 
 j Progressive, 
 
 Names 
 
 ] Past, 
 L Relative. 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 63 
 
 Structure 
 
 III. Kinds according to 
 
 f Definition 
 
 !use 
 
 'Def. 
 How made 
 
 i Regular (■ Law. 
 Irregular } . 
 Defective f ^*^^^- 
 
 Transitive, 
 
 Intransitive, 
 
 Relation words (auxiliary). 
 
 Office, 
 List. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Forms ■{ 
 
 Relation words 
 
 Common { ( Structural parts | Office. 
 
 T- . ii?T''' (.Absolute, 
 
 Tnne represented -j Past^^^ j- R^i^^i^^; 
 
 [Definition j Office, 
 
 I ( Relation words I List. 
 
 Progressiver""""^'' j S.n,ctural part j Office. 
 
 ) Present 
 Time represented [■ Past ) Absolute, 
 
 ) Future ) Relative, 
 r Definition j Office, 
 
 I ( Relation words ( List. 
 
 Passive r°"""''' i Structural part I Office. 
 
 Time represented j pSf"' j ^bsolu'^e, 
 
 j Office, 
 Definition ( Relation words ( List. 
 
 How made j structural part | Office. 
 
 It- *. j ^ Present, 
 
 Time represented -j p ^ 
 
 Definition 
 
 {Hypothetical, 
 Idiomatic-passive, 
 Expletive, 
 "To be." 
 
 Emphatic 
 
 Idiomatic 
 
 V. 
 
 Uses 
 
 To assert 
 
 ( Copula, 
 
 Predicate verb, 
 ( Relation word (auxiliary). 
 ( Noun, 
 To assume ■< Adjective, 
 f Adverb. 
 
 With io 
 
 Subject, 
 Object, 
 Complement, 
 -i Copula, 
 Predicate of third class element, 
 Adjective element. 
 Adverbial element. 
 
 VI. Sources 
 
 Original words, 
 
 ( Nouns, 
 Derived from ■< Adjectives, 
 
 (Adverbs. 
 
 VII. Errors to be avoided 
 
 Wrong verb. 
 
 Wrong relation word, 
 - Wrong form. 
 
 Wrong contraction, 
 L Use of redundant verb. 
 
64 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Rem&rk. — in giving illnstratlons for the uses of verbs, 
 pupils should be required to give complete sentences con- 
 taining the verbs in illustration. In illustrating verbs ac- 
 cording to structure, they should be required in all cases to 
 give the structural parts. 
 
 Composition. — iJ^arrate the events of Longfellow's 
 " Evangeline." This poem should be read by the pupils, its 
 plot determined, and an outline made under the guidance of 
 the teacher. The " Introduction" may be either a brief sketch 
 of Longfellow's life, or a brief history of Acadia from dis- 
 covery to date of plot. Pupils may consult the poem when 
 writing, but should be required to follow the prepared out- 
 line closely. 
 
 rRONOUNS.-{THREE MONTHS) 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review. — Definition of pronoun. 
 
 New Woric, — I. — (l) Lists of pronouns {a) which only 
 represent nouns, {h) which limit as well as represent nouns, 
 (c) which show relation as well as represent nouns. 
 
 11. — (1) Keasons for changes of forms of pronouns; (2) 
 definitions of {a) subjective form, (h) possessive form, {c) 
 objective form; (3) list of pronouns which change their 
 forms ; (4) outline of FOPmS of pronouns. 
 
 Review. — Use of pronoun as base of subject. 
 
 New Worl(. — I. (l) Use of pronoun as {a) object, (b) com- 
 plement, (c) idea word in a second-class element, {d) ad- 
 jective, (e) relation word; (2) outline of USOS of pronouns. 
 
 11. — (1) Lists of pronouns derived from {a) adjectives, (b) 
 nouns; (2) list of original pronouns. 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 65 
 
 K'H^. 
 
 Practical Applications.— Avoid the use of (i) wrong 
 
 pronoun; (2) objective form as complement; (3) objective 
 fornj in compound subject; (4) objective form as subject of 
 an interrogative sentence; (5) objective form as subject of a 
 predicate understood; (6) subjective form as idea word in a 
 second class element; (7) subjective form as object of a 
 transitive verb; (8) subjective form in compound objective 
 element; (9) plural pronoun with singular antecedent; (10) 
 a pronoun and its antecedent as suV)ject of same verb; (11) 
 wrong form of pronoun with an appositive; (12) two styles of 
 pronoun as thou and you standing for the same noun; (13) / 
 before you, they, he, she, or it, as subject; (14) 7ne before 
 them,, him, her, or it, as object, or as the idea part of a second 
 class element. VHvy^ /^.i.rryV^H 
 
 Logical outline of PronOUnSv ^y^^^ /, <"- " 
 
 ^Definition. ^^' QP^p f^fyv^^<^^^ 
 
 ,^. , ( Those having a sin^ office, /? I 
 Kinds ^ ^j^^g^ j^^^.^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ office.^*''^^' 
 
 ? C Subjective, (X^<Jk^ct^/i^x 
 
 I Singular 2 Objective, -^ ^^^..^^ ^ ^ 
 ' ( Possessive. ^ i ^ A) 
 
 t Subjective, y-4.n/y^§ ^'^ 
 Plural } Objective, j;j^ \,. 
 
 ( Possessive. /L^ C 
 
 ^Subject, (Q ^, "J ryr^v O^^ 
 
 Complement,? ^^ n-dZw t. 
 
 Idea word in a apconjLclass ielement, 
 
 Adjective, J' -u . 7^*'*^^ ^ * 
 ^ Eelation word. \>^iyii < nl/ >^'J^'C£v4 
 r Original words, rf ^ VCoyul^* ^^' 
 
 Derivedfrom^^^^^^^_ [^ ^^-r\ cU, A 
 
 < ) 
 
 Forms 
 
 Pronouns < 
 
 Uses 
 
 Sources 
 
 /^ 
 
 Errors to be avoided 
 
 ->K 
 
 Lf -17- 
 
 ( Adjectives. ^ ^ ^ 
 C Wrong f orpi, , 
 
 Wrong pronoun,.!- '^i^^.^X 
 \ Change of form, ^ ////' 
 J Giving precedence "/t© 
 L wrong pronoun. 
 
 -/ 
 
 ^^ a-^.^t^v/t) 
 
 ^ 
 
 '/ 
 
 ^ 
 
 I 
 
 / 
 
 ^ 
 
 /c4 
 
 
 ,x^ 
 
 i 
 
 
 UuA 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 q^mJ 
 
66 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Composition. — Write a description of some book by one 
 of the authors studied in the Reading Work. See outline 
 No. 2, Appendix. 
 
 ABJECTIVES.-iTHBEE MONTHS.) 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review.— Definition of adjective. 
 
 New Work.— I.— (l) Definition of qualifying adjectives (a) 
 verbal, (b) proper, (c) ordinary : (2) definition of limiting 
 adjectives (a) possessive; {h) numeral (aa) cardinal, (bh) ordi- 
 nal, (cg) multiplicative ; (c) ordinary : (3) definition of com- 
 parable adjectives : (3) definition of incomparable adjectives : 
 (5) logical outline of KindS of adjectives. 
 
 II.^(l) Reasons for changes of forms of adjectives ; (2) 
 definition of (a) comparative proper form, (h) superlative form, 
 (g) ordinary form ; (3) laws for formation of comparative 
 forms ; (4) list of adjectives vrhose comparative forms are 
 irregularly made ; (5) logical outline of FOi*niS of adjectives. 
 
 Review. — Use of adjectives to limit noun or pronoun. 
 
 New Work. — I. — (l) Use of adjectives as pronouns, (a) 
 subject, (b) object, (c) idea word in a second class element ; 
 (2) logical outline of USOS of adjectives. 
 
 II. — (1) Lists of adjectives derived from (a) verbs, (b) nouns, 
 (g) pronouns, {d) adverbs, (e) relation words, (/) other adject- 
 ives; (2) lists of prefixes and suffixes used in deriving adject- 
 ives ; (3) lists of adjectives derived from other parts of 
 speech without the use of prefixes or suffixes ; (3) list of original 
 adjectives ; (5) logical outline of SourCOS of adjectives. 
 
 Practical Applications.— Avoid the use of (l) wrong 
 adjective ; (2) wrong comparative forms ; (3) comparative 
 
LANGUAGE. ' 67 
 
 1 incorrectly formed ; (4) double comparatives ; (5) adjectives 
 
 to limit verbs ; (6) adjectives to limit adjectives ; (7) redun- 
 
 dant adjectives. 
 
 Logical outline of AdjeCtiveS. 
 
 
 'Def. 
 
 r r Def. 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 1^ Verbal. 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 Use 
 
 ' 
 
 Ordinary, 
 
 1 
 
 bJD 
 
 < 
 
 
 Possessives, 
 
 
 Kinds ^ < 
 
 
 Limiting < 
 
 ' Cardinal, 
 
 i 
 
 s 
 
 < 
 
 
 
 TV- 1 Ordinal, 
 jSumerals < y.. .. ,.' 
 
 Multiplica- 
 
 i 
 i 
 
 
 Natur 
 'Ordin 
 
 ( Comparab 
 ( Licompan 
 ary, 
 
 tive, 
 le, 
 ible. 
 
 > 
 
 Forms < 
 
 Comparative \ ^oniparative proper C Laws 
 ^ ( Superlative / forform- 
 
 ;l 
 
 
 ( ation. 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 " To limit nouns, | 
 
 < 
 
 \ 
 
 Uses < 
 
 To represent nouns 
 
 'Subject, 
 Object, 
 <j Complement, 
 Idea word in a second 
 
 
 
 
 1 class element. 
 
 
 
 'Original words, 
 Nouns, 
 
 
 Sources < 
 
 Pronouns, 
 Verbs, 
 Adverbs, 
 Relation words. 
 
 
 f Use of an adjective for adverb, 
 
 
 Errors to be avoided J ^^^ "* ^--^"g cornparative, 
 ] Use 01 wrong adjective, 
 
 (^ (^ Use of redundant adjectives. 
 
 Composition. — ^Write a comparison between Washing- 
 
 ton and Lincoln. A good outline should be made before any 
 
 writing is done. The teacher should prepare the pupils for 
 
 1 
 
LANGUAGE. 
 
 this work by briefly reviewing the biographies of Washing- 
 ton and Lincoln. 
 
 ADVERBS.— {SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review. — Definition of adverb. 
 
 New Work. — I — (l) Definition of adverbs of (a) manner, 
 {b) cause, ic) time, (d) place, {e) purpose,(y) negation, (g) degree ; 
 
 (2) definition of comparable adverbs ; (3) definition of incom- 
 parable adverbs ; (4) logical outline of KindS of adverbs. 
 
 11. — (1) Reasons for changes of forms of adverbs ; (2) 
 definition of [a) comparative proper form, (b) superlative form, 
 {d) ordinary form ; (3) law for formation of comparative 
 forms ; (4) list of adverbs whose comparative forms are irreg- 
 ularly made ; (5) logical outline of FormS of adverbs. 
 
 Review. — Uses of adverbs to limit (1) verbs, (2) adjectives, 
 
 (3) adverbs. 
 
 New Work. — I — (l)Use of adverb as a relation word ; 
 (2) logical outline of USOS of adverbs. 
 
 II — (1) Lists of adverbs derived from (a) verbs; (b) adject- 
 ives; (c) nouns* (d) relation words ; (2) lists of prefixes and 
 sufiixes used in deriving adverbs; (3) list of adverbs derived 
 without the use of prefixes or sufiixes; (4) list of original 
 adverbs ; (5) logical outline of SourCOS of adverbs. 
 
 Practical Applications.— Avoid the use of (l) wrong 
 comparative forms ; (2) double comparatives ; (3) an adverb 
 as a complement ; (4) an adverb as an adjective ; (5) two 
 direct negatives ; (6) hut, oidy or hardly after not; (7) no for 
 not; (8) how for what. 
 
 Logical outline of AdverbS. 
 
LANGUAGE. 69 
 
 (Bet 
 
 
 
 r 
 
 " Manner, 
 Cause, 
 
 
 B 
 
 Use 
 
 Time, 
 
 
 bG 
 
 < 
 
 Place, 
 
 
 Kinds S . 
 
 1 
 
 Purpose, 
 
 
 1 
 
 Forms 
 
 Nature ! 
 ' Ordinary 
 
 Negation, 
 ^ Degree. 
 Comparable, 
 Incomparable. 
 
 i Comparative ( Def. 
 
 00 
 
 j Comparative, <| proper <^ Laws for 
 L ( Superlative ( formation. 
 
 > ^ 
 
 ( Yerbs, 
 
 < 
 
 Uses < 
 
 ' To limit < Adjectives, 
 To show relation ( Adverbs. 
 
 ' Original words, 
 Nouns, 
 
 
 Sources 
 
 Adjectives, 
 Yerbs, 
 
 Kelation words. 
 Adverbs. 
 
 
 
 ^ Use of an adverb for an adjective. 
 
 
 
 Use of wrong adverb, 
 
 
 Errors to be avoided - 
 
 Use of wrong form, 
 
 Use of an adverb for a pronoun. 
 
 
 i^ 
 
 ^ Use of redundant adverbs. 
 
 Composition. — Write a comparison between the first set- 
 
 tlers of Massachusetts and those of Virginia. The teacher 
 
 should see that the pupils know about these people before 
 
 an outline for the composition is attempted. Let pupils re- 
 
 view the biographies of Miles Standish and John Smith. 
 
 RELATION WOBDS.-iSiX WEEKS.) 
 
 ORDER OF PRESENTATION. 
 
 Review. — Definition of a relation word. 
 
 New WoriC. — Definition of (1) co-ordinate relation words 
 
 (a) uniting, (b) rejecting, (c) alternative ; (2) subordinate rela- 
 
 -JA-. . 
 
70 
 
 LANGUAGE. 
 
 tion words that show [a) the relation of place or direc- 
 tion, (b) the relation of time or condition, or both, (o) an 
 attributive relation, {d) a pronominal relation, {e) an adverbial 
 relation. Outline of KindS of relation words. 
 
 RCViBW. — (1^ Forms of pronouns and verbs ; (2) uses of 
 relation words. 
 
 New Work. — (l) Lists of relation words derived from {a) 
 verbs, {b) pronouns, (c) adverbs ; (2) list of original relation 
 words ; (3) outline of SourCeS of relation words. 
 
 Practical Applications.— Avoid the use of {l)or after 
 neither or no ; (2) nor for or ', (3) in for into ; (4) up for ujpon; 
 (5) between for among ; (6) to for at ; {^)and for hut', (8j with 
 or i7i for on ; (9) upon for over ; f^lO) what for that ; (11) a 
 dependent proposition without a relation word. 
 
 Logical outline of Relation Words. 
 
 Definition. 
 
 C Uniting, 
 Co-ordinate < Kejecti ng, 
 ( Alternative. 
 Kinds <^ r Relation words proper, 
 
 Pronouns, 
 Subordinate < Adverbs, 
 
 Copulative verbs, 
 Auxiliary verbs. 
 
 Relation 
 Words 
 
 Forms < (Review Pronouns and Yerbs.) 
 
 Use 
 
 To show relation. 
 
 Original words. 
 Sources ^ Deriyed ^ id^^s''' 
 '*"««' Kerbs. 
 
 C Wrong correlative, 
 Errors to be avoided < Wrong word, 
 
 f Omission of relation word. 
 
LANGUAGE. 71 
 
 Composition. — Write an account of a journey from 
 Aurora to the Mississippi River, by rail to Peru via Ottawa, 
 thence by water to destination. See Place Lessons, First 
 Series, for outline. 
 
 liTusrim c^ti^^idje:. 
 
 {FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Review the Fifth Series giving particular attention to 
 
 Forms and Practical Applications. 
 
 ' Composition. — Write two compositions, taking for sub- 
 jects " Rivers," and "Mountains." 
 
 SIXTH SERIES. 
 
 {THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Review the Fourth Series. 
 
 It will require one month to analyze sentences that involve 
 the different uses of the verb with to before it, and another 
 month to analyze sentences that involve the different uses of 
 
72 LAN(;UAGE. 
 
 the progressive structural part of verb. Obtain sentences 
 for analysis from the reading or other text book. 
 
 Composition. — Write a brief history of the Missouri 
 Compromise. 
 
 {THREE MONTHS,) 
 
 1st and 2d Months. — ^Keview the prefixes, suffixes 
 and roots given in the Fourth and Fifth Eeader Work. 
 Complete the lists of English and Latin prefixes and suffixes 
 and add to them Greek prefixes, suffixes and roots from 
 Swinton's Word Analysis. Associate the above work with 
 a review of the SourCOS of the different parts of speech as 
 studied in the Fifth Series. 
 
 3d Month. — Review all the Figures of Rhetoric as studied 
 in the Reading Work. Make and find numerous examples 
 of each. 
 
 Composition. — Write, weekly through the term, scien- 
 tific descriptions of animals and plants for careful work in 
 punctuation. This work should involve especially the use of 
 the dash, the brace, the parenthesis, and the colon. 
 
 SEVENTH SERIES. 
 
 HIGH SCHOOL. 
 
 The work of this Series is a continuation of the work of 
 the Third Series. \\ 
 
 It extends through. ^fe-ee years, four or five weekly recita- 
 tions of thirty to forty-five minutes each. 
 
LANGUAGE. 73 
 
 Pupils have already had considerable practice in writing 
 essays in Description, Narration and Analysis. Their work,' 
 however, has been almost wholly the expression in language 
 of what they have learned in connection with their other 
 studies, and has been almost entirely free from the technical 
 terms of Rhetoric. Hereafter, to a great extent, they must 
 themselves gather the needed information for their essays, and 
 must acquaint themselves with the meanings and applications 
 of all necessarj' technical terms. The subjects assigned for 
 essays should be such as will demand much investigation. 
 
 It will be found profitable to devote the first year to 
 further work in simple Description, Simple Narration, and 
 Analysis. 
 
 1^11=^31' ■2-:hi^^:r.. 
 
 FIRST TERM —{FIRST MONTH,) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters l, II, yil, and VIII to page 
 55; also, Simple Description in Appendix V. 
 
 Essays. — Subject: The Coulter Opera House; Chicago; 
 or some similar theme. Ca^.a.'^^^y^ «< ' 
 
 An Impromptu Composition in Description to be 
 written in fifteen minutes, the rest of the recitation hour 
 being given to the reading and brief criticism of the same. 
 
 A Reproduction from memory. 
 
 Short lessons in Praxis should be recited daily for a week, 
 the outlines for essays being meanwhile prepared, presented 
 criticised, and approved. In preparing the outlines, pupils 
 should be led to see the necessity of observing the Laws of 
 Selection, Method and Completeness. 
 
 The essays should be presented at the first recitation of 
 the third week, and the rest of the month should be spent in 
 reading them in class, criticising, rewriting etc. 
 
 —19— 
 
74 LANGUAGE. 
 
 No draft of essay should be accepted as final till faultless 
 in spelling, use of capitals, punctuation, paragraphing, 
 penmanship so far as practicable, and, so far as may be 
 reasonably expected, free from violations of tlie three laws 
 above named. 
 
 Note — The teacher must see to it that in description, the pupil never loses 
 sight of the object in view, to-wit : To enable the reader or hearer to form a 
 clear mental picture of the object described . The pupil too, while writing, 
 should frequently question himself: ** Is my language fitted to give to the 
 reader a clear idea of the object described ?" "Had I never seen the object, would 
 such a description as I have given enable me to form a clear mental picture of it?" 
 By such self-questioning, indispensable to the best results in the work in hand, 
 the pupil will receive, in addition, valuable culture in imagination and judgment. 
 When the theme demands it, the teacher should be prepared to assist the pupils 
 to find the information needed, and should be watchful that they do not 
 fall into the pernicious habit of copying the language as well as appropriating 
 the information. 
 
 {SECOJ^n MONTH,) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter y III finished and together with 
 what was learned last month, reviewed. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The Home I Wish to* Have, or some 
 like theuie for imaginative description. 
 
 An Impromptu Composition. 
 A Reproduction from Memory. 
 
 The outlines of essays should be prepared, presented, criti- 
 cised and approved by the end of the first week. Let pupils 
 be trained to be quick to detect any violation of either of the 
 laws named above, as also, any inelegance of diction. 
 
 The essays should be presented at the first recitation of 
 the third week and take the same course as in last month. 
 
 {THIMD MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters III, and lY to paragraph 34, 
 and Simple Narration, Appendix Y. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Glass-making, Zinc-making, or some 
 similar theme. 
 
LANGUAGE. 75 
 
 An impromptu Essay and a Reproduction from mem- 
 ory, as before. 
 
 The outlines and essays should take the same course as 
 last month. 
 
 While preparing outlines pupils should be led to perceive 
 the difference between the purjpose in Narration and in 
 Description, and the difference in the requirements of the 
 Laws of Unity, Selection, Method and Completeness. 
 
 In writing an essay in narration the pupil is to imagine 
 himself addressing some one and often to question himself : 
 Am I presenting this theme in such a way that the imagin- 
 ation of the reader will have no difficulty to conceive the 
 actual changing? 
 
 (FOURTH MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter ly finished and with what waS 
 learned last month, reviewed. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Memories of a Moss-rose, or History 
 of a Dew-drop. — ~ _ ^ 
 
 An Impromptu Essay and a Reproduction as before. 
 
 SECOND TERM.— (FIRST MONTH,) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters X, XI to paragraph 79, and 
 Analysis, Appendix Y. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Vertebrates, Birds, or some similar 
 theme. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay on some simple subject in Di- 
 vision, and a Reproduction from memory. 
 
 In the preparation of outlines pupils are to be led to a 
 
76 LANGUAGE. 
 
 full apprehension of what is required in Division by the 
 Laws of Unity, Selection, Method and Completeness. 
 
 The fact should be made clearly to appear that Analy- 
 sis in both its parts, — Division and Partition, — has refer- 
 ence rather to outlining themes than to a full presentation of 
 them, the filling up being Description or Narration, already 
 studied. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Days Praxis.— Chapter XI finished. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The Rose Family; or Exogenous 
 Plants. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay and a Reprodnction from mem- 
 ory. 
 
 (THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Work of first and second months re- 
 viewed. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Forms of Government; or The Orders 
 of Architecture. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay and a Reproduction from mem- 
 ory. 
 
 THIRD TERM.— FIRST MONTH, 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter X reviewed, and Chapter XII 
 to paragraph 85. 
 
 Essay. — Subject : The Telescope; or The Human 
 Eye. 
 
LANGUAGE. 77 
 
 An Impromptu Essay on some familiar subject in Parti- 
 tion and a Reproduction from memory. 
 
 In preparing outlines, (See Outline No. 3, Appendix,) the 
 difference in the requirements of the four Laws in Division 
 and in Partition should be clearly shown. 
 
 The criticisms of the Essays should be primarily and very 
 largely as above in reference to violations of these Laws. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.-— Chapter XII finished. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The steam-engine, or A Watch. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay and a Reproduction from 
 
 memory. 
 
 {THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters X and XII reviewed. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The Electric Telegraph; or the Plane- 
 tary System. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay and a Reproduction from 
 
 memory. 
 
 SECOiTID -S-DS-^bJE^- 
 
 During this and the following year pupils should be 
 called on quite frequently to read essays before the school 
 as a part of the Friday afternoon Rhetorical Exercises. 
 Essays in Confirmation should be memorized and spoken. 
 
 FIRST TERM.— [FIRST MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter xiii. 
 —20— 
 
78 LAN (;U AGE. 
 
 EsS^y. — Exemplify a RodentJn^the_Eabbit ; or Marsu- 
 pials in tlie Kangaroo. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Simple Description and a 
 Reproduction from memory. 
 
 In the preparation of outlines, the greatest care should be 
 given to the requirements of the four Laws so frequently 
 alluded to before. In the writing of the themes, after they 
 have been outlined in accordance with these laws, the filling 
 — what is said on each of the selected properties — will be 
 found to come under one or another of the preceding pro- 
 cesses, to wit: Description, Narration, or Analysis. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Part II, Chapters I and 11. 
 
 Essay. — Exemplify a Vine in the Grape. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Simple Description, the theme to 
 be imaginative, and a Reproduction from memory. 
 
 (THIHn MONTH,) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Part II, Chapter III, and a review of the 
 Praxis Work of the two preceding months. 
 
 Essay.— Exemplify Birds of Prey in the Hawk. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Simple Narration and a Re- 
 production from memory. 
 
 {FOURTH MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter XIV to paragraph 103, omit- 
 ting all abstract themes. 
 
 Essay.— Subject: The Cat and the Cow; or The Oak 
 and the Pine. ' - '^ ^- ^^ ^ ' 
 
LANGUAGE. 79 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in simple Narration, the theme 
 to be imaginative, and a ReprodUCtiOfl from memory. 
 
 In outlining and in writing the first theme in Compari- 
 son and Contrast, as the first theme in each of the former 
 processes of Explanation, too close attention cannot be given 
 to the requirements of the four Laws. 
 
 SECOND TERM,— {FIRST MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter XIY, paragraph 103, first 
 three themes. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: A Cloud and a Fog; or Europe and 
 Africa. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Analysis by Division, and a Re- 
 production from memory. 
 
 {SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter XIV, paragraph 103, the re- 
 maining themes not abstract. 
 
 Essay.— Subject: The Plant and The Animal; or The 
 Earth and the Moon. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Analysis by Partition, and a 
 Reproduction from memory. 
 
 The process of explanation employed in the essay written 
 this month, may be Direct Comparison and Contrast, for part 
 of the class, and for the rest. Analogical Comparison and 
 Contrast. 
 
 {THIRD MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis. — Keview of last three months' work. 
 
80 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Washington and Napoleon; or Irving 
 and Prescott. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Exemplification and a Repro- 
 duction from memory. 
 
 (THIRD TEBM.-FIBST MONTH.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapter XY to paragraph 109, and 
 paragraphs 111, 112, and 136. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: A Eepublic guarantees individual free- 
 dom. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Direct Comparison and Con- 
 trast, and a Reproduction from memory. 
 
 Pupils should be led clearly to understand the object to be 
 effected in Confirmation and the means by which it is to be 
 effected ; also the state of mind of the person addressed, and 
 the different Kinds and applications of Proof. 
 
 Two weeks may be profitably spent in outlining Chapter 
 XV of the Praxis, and in illustrating different Proofs as to 
 Object, (Direct and Indirect,) and as to Kind (Analytic and 
 Synthetic.) The remaining two weeks may be given to writ- 
 ing essays and reading and criticising them in class, as in 
 previous work. 
 
 In the theme assigned only Analytic Proofs are to be con- 
 sidered. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Paragraph 113, and a Review of last 
 month's work. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: A triangle cannot have more than one 
 angle as great as a right angle. 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Analogical Comparison and 
 Contrast, and a Reproduction from memory. 
 
LANGUAGE. 81 
 
 During this month several further illustrations of different 
 Proofs as to Object and as to Kind should be given. 
 
 In the theme assigned only Intuitive Proofs are to be con- 
 sidered. 
 
 IHIRD MONTH, 
 Day's Praxis.— Paragraphs 114, 115, 116, and Eeview 
 of the work of the two preceding months. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The American Indians are destined to 
 annihilation as distinct tribes . 
 
 An Impromptu Essay in Simple Description and a 
 Reproduction from memory. 
 
 Further illustrations of different Proofs as to Object and 
 as to Kind should be given. 
 
 Only A Priori Proofs are to be considered in this month's 
 theme. 
 
 rrnn^iD -s-iE-AJR. 
 
 FIRST TEJRM,—{FO UR MONTHS. ) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters IX, Y, YI, and in Part II, 
 Chapter lY; and Eeview of Chapters III, YI, YII, X, XI 
 and XII. 
 
 Five Essays. — One in each of the following Processes: 
 Abstract Description ; Abstract IS'arration; Complex Narra- 
 tion ; Analysis by Division (Theme Abstract) ; Analysis by 
 Partition (Theme Abstract.) 
 
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LANGUAGE. 
 
 Four Impromptu Essays, and Four Reproductions 
 
 from memory of short poems or poetical selections from 
 Longfellow and Whittier. 
 
 The following themes are suggested for the essays not 
 impromptu. 
 
 ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION. 
 
 Sincerity, Cheerfulness, Courage, Industry, Egotism. 
 
 ABSTRACT NARRATION. 
 
 Narration of a day-dream. The acquisition of knowledge. 
 The formation of habit, The spread of popular delusions. 
 
 COMPLEX NARRATION. 
 
 The influence of climate on national character, The influence 
 of the press. The power of custom. The necessity of recrea- 
 tion, 
 
 ANALYSIS BY DIVISION. 
 
 Motives, Temperament, Science, Poetry, Beauty. 
 
 ANALYSIS BY PARTITION. 
 
 True Greatness, Resentment, Civilization, Heroism^ 
 The Impromptu essays are to be in the following Processes : 
 Simple Description (Theme imaginative) ; Simple Narration; 
 Analysis by Division (Theme Simple); and Analysis by Par- 
 tition (Theme Simple.) 
 
 SECOND TERM,— {THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Chapters XIII, XIV, and what has been 
 learned of Chapter XY in Review ; and in Advance, Chapter 
 XY, paragraph 117 to 126, and in Part II, Chapter Y, and 
 to paragraph 171 Chapter YI. 
 
 Four Essays. — One in each of the following Processes : 
 Exemplification (Theme abstract); Comparison and Contrast 
 (Theme abstract); Confirmation (The Proof to be Signs, either 
 Testimony or Authority, or both): and Confirmation (The 
 proof to be by examples, (either Real or Invented, or both.) 
 
 Three Impromptu Essays and three Reproductions 
 
 from memory,— one from each of the poets, Lowell, Bryant, 
 and Saxe. 
 
 The following Themes are suggested for the essays not 
 impromptu. 
 
LANGUAGE. 83 
 
 EXEMPLIFICATION. 
 
 Patriotism, Mutability of Popular Favor, Prodigality, The 
 Ingratitude of Republics. 
 
 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST. 
 
 Policy and Principle, Knowledge and Belief, Talent and 
 Genius, Poetry and Painting. 
 
 CONFRMATION. 
 
 Washington was a true patriot. 
 
 Bonaparte was ruled by selfish ambition. 
 
 Truth is stronger than error. Labor is the salt of life. 
 
 Habit is second nature. Guilt has no holiday. Prosperity 
 gains friends. Relaxation is necessary. 
 
 The Impromptu Essays are to be in the following Processes : 
 
 Exemplification (Theme Simple); Direct Comparison and 
 Contrast (Theme simple) ; and Analogical Comparison and 
 Contrast (Theme Simple). 
 
 THIRD TEBM.-{THBEE MONTHS.) 
 
 Day's Praxis.— Remainder of Chapter XV; in Part II, 
 Remainder of Chapter YI ; and in review all the work of the 
 year. 
 
 Three Essays in Confirmation. 
 
 Three Impromptu Essays in Confirmation and three 
 
 Reproductions from memory, one from each of the poets 
 Mrs. Hemans, Scott, Tennyson. 
 
 The subjects of the essays not impromptu may be selected 
 from the following: 
 
 The execution of Major Andre was justifiable. 
 
 The power of pardon ought not to be intrusted to the Ex- 
 ecutive. 
 
 Rotation in ofiice is expedient. 
 
 Men of thought are of greater service to the world than 
 men of action. 
 
 Immigration ought to be encouraged. 
 
 A universal language is desirable. 
 
 Games of chance are morally right. 
 
84 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Poverty is more favorable to character than riches. 
 
 In the themes of this term half the class should take the 
 affirmative and the rest the negative of each question. Those 
 presenting the best arguments on either side may be selected 
 to give them in writing, or orally, as a part of the closing 
 exercises of the undergraduate classes. 
 
 EIGHTH SERIES. 
 
 Pupils have already made some acquaintance with Eng- 
 lish and American authors in connection with the preced- 
 ing language work. They are now to enter upon 
 a fuller and more critical study of some of the best 
 productions in our language. 
 
 Pupils should be encouraged to purchase, during this year, 
 quite a number of books needed in preparation of lessons, or 
 for gaining additional knowledge of authors studied. Each 
 will thus form the nucleus of a private library, to be devel- 
 oped, it is hoped, as he grows in years and in love of let- 
 ters. 
 
 {FIBSTMOJSTH.) 
 
 The first two weeks should be spent in reading the two 
 articles entitled. Theory of Beauty, and The Philosophy of 
 Style, in Hunt's English Literature, and in reading in class 
 and comparing, in respect to style, three or more of the fol- 
 lowing short selections : 
 
 Sorrow for the Dead. — Irving. 
 
 The Chambered Nautilus. — Holmes. 
 
LANGUAGE. 85 
 
 Address to the Moon. — Ossian. 
 
 Thoughts for a Yoinig Man. — Horace Mann. 
 
 Pjramus and Thisby. — Saxe. 
 
 Death of Little ISTelL — Dickens. 
 - Fall of Cardinal Wolsey. — Shakespeare. 
 
 The Right Improvement of Time. — Sam Johnson. 
 
 Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. — Gray. 
 
 During this time pupils should review Day's Praxis, Part 
 II, and apply the principles therein, in making criticisms. 
 
 As a result of this study and criticism the following Plan 
 of Criticism may be developed, to be used, with slight modi- 
 fications, in future work. 
 
 PLAN OF CRITICISM. 
 
 I.— Writer.— (1) Brief biography ; (2) department of 
 literature; (3) rank in that department; (4) rank in general 
 literature; (5) surroundings, literary and other; (6) character, 
 as judged by writings; (7) miscellaneous. 
 
 II.— Form of Discourse.-— Oratory, Fiction, Poetry, 
 or other form. 
 
 III.—RhetOrical Elements.— (l) in Explanation, Are 
 the laws of Unity, Selection, Method and Completeness 
 observed ? 
 
 (2) — In Confirmation, (a) Is the proposition clearly stated? 
 (h) Are the various kinds of proofs arranged in proper order? 
 (c) Are the introduction and peroration suited to the theme ? 
 
 (3) — In Style, {a) Is the aim of the writer apparent at once? 
 (J) Is the thought sententious or connected and flowing? 
 (c) Is the expression affected or natural, — adapted to the 
 character of the writer, the subject and the occasion? (d) Is 
 the style figurative or plain? (e) Are the figures familiar and 
 intelligible? (/) What are the favorite figures? (g) Are the 
 figures suited to the thought? (A) Are the figures consistent 
 with themselves ? (i) Is there redundancy of words or figures ? 
 {j) Is the style original or imitative ? (k) If fiction, 
 
86 LANCiUAGE. 
 
 the plot; (l) If poetn^, the scene, the plot, the kind, the form, 
 the department, the kind of verse and its adaptation to the 
 expression of the thonght. 
 
 TV. — Sentence Elements. — is the succession of sounds 
 
 smooth and pleasant? (2) Are the sentences compact or loose, 
 simple or involved? (8) Are the different members placed in 
 proper order? (4) Are the relation words properly placed? 
 (5) Are parenthetical clauses introduced with care and judg- 
 ment? 
 
 y.— Words.— (1) History, (2) affinities, (3) forms, (4) 
 meaning, (5) use, (6) euphony, (7) imitative properties, (8) 
 symbolic properties, (9) Anglo-Saxon or foreign, (10) un- 
 equivocal or the opposite, (11) simple and specific, or 
 generic. 
 
 YL— Biographical and Historical Allusions. 
 
 YII.— (1) Circumstances under which written, (2) prob- 
 able object in writing. (3) Is the object attained ? 
 
 ' In the next two weeks have the class memorize two or 
 more of the following: Excelsior, The Psalm of Life, 
 The Day is Done, The Launching of the Ship,- Foot-steps 
 of Angels. Have them also study and criticise Evangeline, 
 Hiawatha, or The Courtship of Miles Standish. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: An Analysis of Tales of a Way-side 
 Inn. 
 
 {SECOND MONTH) 
 
 Have the class memorize Thanatopsis and The Death of 
 The Flowers. Have them also study and criticise God^s 
 First Temples. 
 
 Have the class study and criticise The Wonder Booh for 
 Girls and Boys, Tanglewood Tales, or The Scarlet Letter. . 
 Have them read out of class the other two. 
 
 Have pupils give orally in class a short outline or descrip- 
 tion of each work read out of class. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Criticism of the last work read and 
 criticised in class. 
 
LANGUAGE. 87 
 
 {TH1B£> MONTH.) 
 
 Have class study and criticise, according to Plan given, 
 Hip y^??^ Winkle. Have them read, out of class, Tke Sketch 
 Booh and Knickerhocher'^s History of New Yorh. A brief 
 sketch of the latter should be written, to be handed to teacher 
 or read in class. 
 
 Have class commit to memory Byron's Ajpostrophe to the 
 Ocean ^ and one or more of Moore's Hymns. 
 
 EsS&y. — Subject: Haiothorne and Irving. This essay is 
 to be written in Comparison and Contrast. 
 
 (FOURTH MONTH.) / 
 
 Have class study and criticise Idyls of the King. Have 
 them read, out of class. In Memoriani^ and memorize the 
 first stanza and the passage beginning, "Ring out wild bells." 
 
 EsS^y. — Subject: longfellow and Tennyson. This essay 
 is to be written in Comparison and Contrast. 
 
 Have class review the work of the term, reciting all selec- 
 tions memorized. 
 
 SECOND TEBM.—iFlBST MONTH,) 
 
 Have the class study and criticise Maf^mion or The Lady 
 of the Lahe^ and memorize the Parting of Douglas aiid 
 Marmion. - 
 
 Have the class read Ivanhoe.2iW^ write a short sketch of it, 
 to be read in class. Have them learn the names of the rest of 
 the Waverley Novels. 
 
 Have the class study and criticise Macanlay's Essay on 
 Milton^ and read, out of class. Chapter III, Vol. 1, of his His- 
 tory of England. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: The Uses of History. 
 {SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Have the class study Chapter XYII, Shawns Manual of 
 English Literature^ and Chapter XY, Porter's Books and 
 Beading. 
 
88 LANGUAGE. 
 
 Have class study and criticise The Vicar of WaJcefield, and 
 read one or more of the following: Robinson Crusoe^ Toin 
 Jones^ Don Quixote ^Vanity Fair^ and David Copjperfield or 
 Oliver Twist, Have them write a sketch of the one read. 
 
 Essay.— Subject: The Uses of the Novel. 
 {IHlRiy MONTH,) 
 
 Have the class read, from Lives of the Poets, Johnson's 
 comparison between Dryden and Pope. Have them study 
 and criticise the Essay on Man. 
 
 Have class study and criticise The Political Upholsterer, 
 The Vision of Mirza, or Cato^s Solilocjuy on the Immor- 
 tality of the Soul, and read the other two. Have them 
 memorize the hymn beginning " When all Thy mercies, O, 
 my God." 
 
 Review of term's work. 
 
 Essay. — Subject: Oliver Cromwell. 
 
 THIRD TEBM.-iFlBST MONTH.) 
 
 Have class study and criticise Samson Agonistes. Plave 
 them read Paradise Lost, and memorize the Invocation to 
 Light, Book III, and the Morning Prayer of Adam and 
 Eve, Book Y. 
 
 Have class read Hamlet and memorize the Soliloquy on 
 Death. 
 
 Essay. — The Reign of Elizabeth. 
 
 (SECOND MONTH.) 
 
 Have class study and criticise Julius Ocesar, ' a>iid commit to 
 memory the orations of Brutus and Antony. 
 
 Essay. — Chaucer and Spenser, 
 
 {THIRD MONTH,) 
 
 Teach the origin of the English language and literature. 
 Teach the various theories of the origin, growth and forma- 
 tion of language. (See Shaw's Manual of English Literature, 
 Chapter I; Day's Introduction to English Literature, Part 
 
LANGUAGE. 89 
 
 1, Chapter I, and Part II, Chapter I; The Introduction to 
 Webster's and Worcester's Unabridged Dictionaries; Lan- 
 guage and the Study of Language, by Whitney; and Max 
 Muller's Lectures on Language, and Chips from a German 
 Workshop. 
 
 EsSBy. — The essays of this month will be on various sub- 
 jects to be selected by pupil or teacher, and will be read, or 
 delivered orally, as Graduation-Parts. 
 
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90 NUMBER. 
 
 jJ| U M B E R 
 
 IF'II^SI' C3-Pl-«^IDE3. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Each division indicated by Roman numerals represents a 
 week's ivork. Use objects freely. 
 
 I. — Teach pupils to add by I's from 1 to 9 inclusive; to 
 count by I's from 1 to 9; to make the figures from 1 to 
 9 inclusive. 
 
 Drill until pupils apply the terms readily and recog- 
 nize the characters at sight. 
 
 II. — Teach the ordinals from 1st to 9th inclusive. Teach 
 pupils to apply the ordinals. 
 
 III. — ^D^yelop necessity of the signs + and = ; teach signs 
 and defi-nitions of terms. 
 
 Teach pupils to make the 1 + 1 table to 8 + 1 inclusive; 
 to subtract by I's from 9 to ; to count backward by I's 
 from 9 to 0. 
 
 The teacher should exercise great care as to the form in 
 which pupils put their work on slates and blackboard. 
 
 TV, — -Develop necessity of the sign - ; teach sign and def- 
 inition of the term; teach pupils to make the 9-1 
 table to 1 - 1 inclusive. 
 
 Eeview an,d examine. 
 
NUMBER. 91 
 
 V. — Teach pupils to add by 2's from 2 to 8; to count by 2's 
 from 2 to 8; to make the 2-f2 table; to multiply 2'8 
 from 1x2 to 4x2 inclusive; the sign of multiplication; 
 the times table of 2'8 from 1 x 2 to 4 x 2. * r 
 
 YI. — Teach the following: 
 Two pints equal one quart; One quart equals two pints; 
 Two quarts equal four pints; Three quarts equal six pints; 
 Four quarts equal eight pints. 
 
 Add quarts, and change to pints. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-half; teach jep- 
 resentation _Qf one-half; teach pupils to -change units to 
 halves, using multiples of 2, as far as learned. 
 
 VII. — Teach pupils to subtract by 2's from 8 to ; to 
 count backward by 2's from 8 to 0; to make the 8-2 table. 
 
 VIII. — Teach division (measurement) by 2; as, There are 
 two 2'b in 4 ; three 2's in 6 ; four 2's in 8 ; one 2 in 2. 
 Apply division to measurement; as, 
 
 Two pints equal one quart; Four pints equal two quarts ; 
 
 Six pints equal three quarts; Eight pints equal four quarts. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 IX. — Change halves to units, using multiples of 2, as far as 
 learned. Teach the sign of division ; the 2H-2 table. 
 
 X. — Teach the fractional idea of division: 
 i of 2=1 ; i of 4=z2 ; i of 2 qts.=l qt. ; ^ of 4 qts.=:2 qts ; 
 1 of 6=3; i of 8=4; i of 6 qts.=3 qts. ; ^ of 8 qts.=4 qts. 
 
 Teach addition by 2's from 1 to 9 ; counting by 2's from 
 lto9; the 1 + 2 table. 
 
 XI. — Teach subtraction by 2's from 9 to 1 ; counting back- 
 ward by 2's from 9 to 1 ; the 9 - 2 table. 
 
 XII. — Review all the work gone over. * 
 
 Drill in spelling all terms used. 
 
 Give additions of I's and 2'8, oral and written. Drill to 
 acquire rapid work. 
 
92 NUMBER. 
 
 Teach addition by 3's, beginning with 3 ; counting by S's 
 from 3 to 9 ; the 3 -f 3 table. 
 
 XIII. — Teach multiplication of S's from 1 x 3 to 3 x 3 ; the 
 times table of 3's. 
 
 Teach the following: 
 
 Three feet equal one yard; One yard equals three feet; 
 Two yards equal six feet ; Three yards equal nine feet. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one- third ; teach rep- 
 resentation of one-third ; teach pupils to change units to 
 thirds, using multiples of 3, as far as learned. 
 
 Teach subtraction by 3's from 9 to 0; counting backward 
 by 3's from 9 to 0; the 9-3 table. 
 
 XIY. — Teach division (measurement); as, There are two 
 3's in 6 ; three 3'8 in 9 ; one 3 in 3. 
 
 Apply division to measurement; as, 
 Three feet equal one yard; Six feet equal two yards; 
 Nine feet equal three yards. 
 
 Change thirds to units, using multiples of 3, as far as 
 learned ; teach the 3-7-3 table. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Drill as follows: 
 
 i of 3==! ; ^ of 3 ft.=rl ft. ; ^ of 3 yds.=l yd. ; 
 
 I of 6rr=2; I of 6 ft.=:2 ft.; I of 6 yds.=2 yds.; 
 
 I of 9=3; I of 9 ft.=:3 ft; | of 9 jds.=:3 yds. 
 
 Teach addition by 3'8 from 1 to 7 ; counting by 3'8 from 
 1 to7; the 1 + 3 table. 
 
 XY. — Teach subtraction by 3's from 7 to 1 ; counting 
 backward by 3's from 7 to 1 ; the 7-3 table ; addition by 
 3's from 2 to 8 ; counting by 3's from 2 to 8 ; the 2 + 3 table ; 
 subtraction by 3's from 8 to 2 ; counting backward by 3's 
 from 8 to 2 ; the 8-3 table ; addition by 4'8 from 4 to 8 ; 
 counting by 4's from 4 to 8 ; the 4 + 4 table ; multiplication 
 of 4's from 1 x 4 to 2 x 4 ; the times table of 4's. 
 
NUMBER. 93 
 
 Teach the fcJlowing: 
 
 4 qt8.=l gal. ; 4 pks.=l bii. ; 
 
 1 gal.=4 qts. ; 1 bu.=:4 pks. ; 
 
 2 gal.rz=8 qts. ; 2 bu.rrrS pks. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-fourth; teach 
 representation of one-fourth ; change units to fourths, using 
 multiples of 4, as far as learned. 
 
 XVI. — ^Teach subtraction by 4's from 8 to ; counting 
 backward by 4's from 8 to ; the 8-4 table ; division by 
 4 from 4-r-4: to 8-r-4; the 4—4 table. 
 Teach the following : 
 
 4 qts.r=l gal. ; 4 pk6.=l bu. ; 
 
 8 qts.— 2 gal. ; 8 pks,^2 bu. 
 
 Change fourths to units, using multiples of 4, as far as 
 learned. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Drill as follows ; 
 
 i of 4r=l ; i of 4 bu.=:l bu. ; 
 
 J of 8r=2; i of 8 bu.zrr2 bu. 
 
 Teach addition by 4's from 1 to 9 ; counting by 4'8 from 
 1 to 9 ; the 1 + 4 table ; subtraction by 4's from 9 to 1 ; 
 counting backward by 4's from 9 to 1 ; the 9-4 table. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Keview First Term's work. 
 
 II, III. — Develop decimal notation to two places. 
 
 Teach addition by I's from 9 to 50 ; counting by I's from 
 9 to 50 ; writing and reading numbers to 50. 
 
 IV. — Develop and teach ordinals from 9th to 50th. 
 
 Eeview and examine. 
 
 V. — Teach subtraction by I's from 50 to 9; counting 
 backward by I's from 50; the 50-1 table. 
 
 VI. — Teach addition by 2's from 8 to 50; counting by 2's 
 from 8 to 50 ; the 8 + 2 table to 50. 
 
 VII. — Teach multiplication of 2'8 to 12x2; the times 
 table of 2's from 1 x 2 to 12 x 2. 
 
94 M UMBER. 
 
 Apply multiplication as before to denominate numbers 
 and fractions, using multipliers from 1 to 12 inclusive. 
 
 YIII. — Teach subtraction by 2'8 from 50 to ; counting 
 backward by 2's from 50 to 0; the 50-2 table. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 The teacher should exercise great care as to the form in 
 which pupils put their work upon slates and black board. 
 
 IX.— Teach division by 2 from 2-f-2 to 24—2; the divis- 
 ion table. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Drill as follows: 
 
 i of 2=1; i'oi 8=4: 
 
 i of 4=r2; I of lOrrrS 
 
 i of 6=S; i of 12r=r6 
 
 i of 14=r7 
 i of 16=:8 
 i of 18=:9 
 
 i of 20^=10; 
 J of 22r=ll; 
 i of 24=12. 
 
 X. — Apply division as before to denominate numbers 
 and fractions. 
 
 XI. — Give alternating tables ; as, 
 
 24-2z=4; 2-2=^:0; 
 
 2x2=4; 2-7-2=1; 
 
 4 + 2=6; 4-2=2; 
 
 3 X 2=6; 4-^2=2. 
 
 XII. — Review the Term's work. Examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I, — ^Teach addition by 2's from 9 to 49 ; counting by 2's 
 from 9 to 49; the 9 +.2 table to 49. 
 
 II. — ^Teach subtraction by 2's from 49 to 9; counting 
 backward by 2's from 49 to 9 ; the 49 - 2 table. 
 
 III. — Teach addition by 3 'a from 9 to 48 ; counting by 
 3'8 from 9 to 48 ; the 9 + 3 table to 48. 
 
 rV. — ^Teach multiplication of 3'8 from 1x3 to 12x3; 
 the times table of 3's. 
 
 Apply multiplication to denominate and fractional work 
 as before. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
NUMBER. P5 
 
 V. — Teach subtraction by S's from 48 to 9 ; coiiiiting 
 backward by 3's from 48»to 9; the 48-3 table. 
 
 YL— Tea(;h division by 3 from 3-j-3 to 36-^-3; the 3-:-3 
 table. 
 
 Apply division as before to denominate numbers and 
 fractions. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 i of 3=::? i of 6='i i of 9=3? i of 12=rr?etC. 
 
 Teach addition by 3's from 10 to 49; counting by 3's 
 from 10 to 49; the 10 + 3 table to 49; subtraction by 3's 
 from 49 to 10 ; counting backward by 3'8 from 49 to 10 ; 
 the 49-3 table. 
 
 VII. — Teach addition by 3's from 8 to 50; counting by 
 3's from 8 to 50; the 8 + 3 table; subtraction by 3's from 50 
 to 8; counting backward by 3'8 from 50 to 8; the 50-3 
 table. 
 
 Give combinations of I's, 2'8 and 3'8 oral and written. 
 Drill to secure rapid work. 
 
 Give blackboard and slate work like the following: 
 
 Qt. Pt. Pt. Qt. Pt. Yd. Ft. Ft. Yd. Ft. 
 
 4== 8; 6=2 1; 2== 6; 4:=! 1; 
 
 7=:rl4; 11===5 1; 5^15; 9rrr:3. 
 
 YIII. — ^Teach addition by 4'8 from 4 to 48 ; counting by 
 4'8 from 4 to 48; the 4 + 4 table; multiplication of 4's from 
 1 X 4 to 12 X 4; the times table of 4's. 
 
 Apply multiplication as before to denominate and frac- 
 tional work. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 XI. — Teach subtraction by 4's from 48 to ; counting 
 backward by 4'8 from 48 to ; the 48-4 table ; division by 
 4's from 4-r-4 to 48-^4; the division table of 4'8. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 i of 4==? i of 16=? i of 28r=:? I of 40=? etc. 
 Apply division as before to denominate numbers and 
 fractions. 
 
96 NUMBER. 
 
 X. — ^Teach addition by 4's from 1 to 49 ; counting by 4'8 
 from 1 to 49 ; the 1+4 table : subtraction by 4's from 49 to 
 1; counting backward by 4'8 from 49 to 1; the 49-4 table; 
 addition by 4's from 2 to 50 ; counting by 4's from 2 to 50 ; 
 the 2 + 4 table ; subtraction by 4'8 from 50 to 2 ; counting 
 backward by 4's from 50 to 2 ; the 50-4 table. 
 
 XI. — Teach addition by 4's from 3 to 51 ; counting by 4's 
 from 3 to 51; the 3 + 4 table; subtraction by 4'8 from 51 to 
 3; counting backward by 4'8 from 51 to 3; the 51-4 table. 
 
 Give blackboard and slate work like the following : 
 
 Gal. Qt. Qt. Gal. Qt. Bu. Pk. Pk. Bu. Pk. 
 
 3==rl2; 4z=l; ^^ 8; 5=1 1; 
 
 6=24; 9=2 1; 11=44; 25=6 1. 
 
 24 + 4=? 3x?=12; 
 18^?:^6 18-?=14. 
 
 XII. — Keview and examine. 
 
 SEOOiraD o-i^-^nDE. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Give constant reviews of denominate and fractional 
 work comprising applications of I's, 2's, 3's and 4's. 
 
 II. — ^Develop decimal notation to three places. 
 Teach writing and reading numbers to 999; addition by 
 I's from 50 to 100; counting by I's from 50 to 100. 
 
 III.— Teach addition by 2's from 50 to 100; counting by 
 2's from 50 to 100; the 50 + 2 table; subtraction by 2's from 
 100 to 50; counting backward by 2's from 100 to 50; the 
 100-2 table. 
 
 Review the multiplication and division tables of 3's. 
 
 lY. — Teach addition by 2's from 49 to 101; counting by 
 2'8 from 49 to 101; the 49 + 2 table; subtraction by 2's from 
 
NUMBER. 97 
 
 101 to 49; counting backward by 2's from 101 to 49; the I 
 101-2 table. 
 
 y. — ^Teacb addition by S'b frojTi48 to 102; counting by 
 .3's from 48 to 102; the 48-1-3 table. 
 
 Review multiplication and division tables of S's. 
 
 YI.— Teach subtraction by 3's f rom 102 to 48; counting 
 backward by 3's from 102 to 48; the 102-3 table. 
 
 Give rapid combinations of numbers oral and written 
 from 1 to 3 inclusive. 
 
 VII. — Teach addition by 3's from 49 to 100; counting by 
 3'8 from 49 to 100; the 49 + 3 tabje; subtraction by 3's from 
 100 to 49; counting backward by 3's from 100 to 49; the 
 100-3 table. 
 
 YIII. — -Teach addition by 3's from 50 to 101; counting 
 by 3's from 50 to 101; the 50 + 3 table; subtrtaction by 3's 
 from 101 to 50^ counting backward by 3'8 from 101 to 50; 
 the 101-3 table. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 IX. — Teach addition by 4's from 48 to 100; counting by 
 4'8 from 48 to IQO;; the 48-1-4 table ; subtraction by 4*8 
 from 100 to 48; counting backward by 4's from 100 to 48; 
 the 100-4 table. 
 
 Review multiplication and division tables of 4's. 
 
 X. — Teach addition by 4'sirom 4:9 to 101 ; counting by 
 4's from 49 to 101 ; the 49-1-4 table ; subtraction by 4's 
 from 101 to 49; counting l^ackward by 4's from 101 to 49; 
 the 101 - 4 table ; addition by 4's from 50 to 102 ; counting 
 by 4's from 50 to 102; the 50+4 table. 
 
 XI. — Teach subtraction by 4^8 from 102 to 50; counting 
 backward by 4's from 102 to 50; the 102-4 table ; addition 
 by 4's from 51 to 103; counting by 4's from 51 to 103; the 
 51 + 4 table; subtraction by 4's from 103 to 51; counting 
 backward by 4's from 103 to 51 ; the 103 -4 table. 
 
 XII. — Give rapid promiscuous additions, subtractions, 
 multiplications and divisions of I's 2's S's and 4's oral and 
 written. 
 
98 NUMBER. 
 
 Add single columns of qnarts and change to pints; pints 
 and change to quarts; yards and change to feet; feet and 
 change to yards etc. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 XIII. — Teach addition by S's f rom 5 to 100; counting by 
 5's from 5 to 100; the 5 + 5 table; multiplication of 5'8 
 from 1 X 5 to 12 X 5 inclusive; the times table of 5's. 
 
 XIY. — Develop idea and teach definition of one-fifth; 
 teach represensation of one-fifth. 
 
 Change units to fifths usinii' multiples of 5, as far as learned. 
 Teach subtraction by 5's from 100 to 0; counting backward 
 by 5's from 100 to 5 ; the 100 - 5 table. 
 
 XV. — Teach division by 5 to 60-f-5; the 5—5 table. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Take fifths of multiples of 5, as far as learned. 
 
 Change fifths to units, using multiples of 5, as far as 
 learned. Follow the same general plan for the remaining 
 tables of 5'8 as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 5 table to 101 ; the 101 - 5 table. 
 
 XYI.— Teach the 2 + 5 table; the 102-5 table; the 3 + 5 
 table; the 108 -5 table; the 4 + 5 table; the 104-5 table. 
 Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Teach addition by 6's from 6 to 102; counting by 6's 
 from 6 to 102; the 6 + 6 table to 102; multiplication by 6'8 
 from 1x6 to 12x6. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-sixth; rep- 
 resentation of one-sixths 
 
 Change units, halves and thirds to sixths, using multiples, 
 of 6, as far as learned. 
 
 II. — Teach subtraction by 6's from 102 to 0; counting back- 
 ward by 6's from 102 to 0; the 102-6 table; division by 6 
 from 6-r-Q to 72-r-6 ; the 6-T-6 table. 
 
NUMBER. 9d 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Take sixths of multiples of 6, as far as learned. 
 
 Change sixths to units, halves and thirds, using multiples 
 of 6 as far as learned. 
 
 Follow the same general plan for the remaining tables of 
 O's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 6 table; the 103-6 table; the 2 + 6 
 table, 
 
 III.— Teach the 104-6 table; the 3 -f 6 table ; the 105 -6 
 table; the 4 + 6 table , the 106 + 6 table; the 5 + 6 table. 
 
 1 v.— Teach the lOT-6 table. 
 
 Teach pupils to analyze mental examples in addition, sub- 
 traction and multiplication. 
 
 Give rapid combination of numbers from 1 to 6 inclusive. 
 
 Y. — Teach addition of denominate numbers involving a 
 change of denominations. Give problems. 
 
 Yl. — Teach addition of abstract numbers involving a 
 change of denominations. 
 
 VII. — Teach multiplication of denominate numbers in- 
 volving a change of denominations. 
 
 VIII. — Teach multiplication of abstract numbers involv- 
 ing a change of denominations. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 IX. — Teach addition by 7's from 7 to 105; counting by T's 
 from 7 to 105 ; the 74-7 table ; multiplication of 7'8 from 
 1 X 7 to 12 X 7 ; the times table of 7's. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-seventh ; repre- 
 sentation of one-seventh. 
 
 Change units to sevenths. 
 
 Teach subtraction by 7'8 from 105 to ; counting back- 
 wa-rd by 7'& from 105 to 0; the 105-7 table. 
 
 X.— Teach di^nsion by 7 from 7-+7 to 84-r-7; the 7-v-7 
 table. 
 
 Change sevenths to units. 
 
100 NUMBER. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION, 
 
 Tg,ke sevenths of multiples of 7, as far as learned. 
 
 Follow the same general plaii for the remaining tables of 
 Tq as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + T table; the 106 ~ 7 table, 
 
 XL— Teach the 2 -fT table; the 107-7 table; the 34-7 
 table; the 108-7 table; the 4 + 7 table. 
 
 •XII.— Teach the 109 -7 table-, the 6 -f 7 table; the 103 -7 
 table ; the 6 + 7 table ; the 104-7 table. 
 
 Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 7 inclusive. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS^.) 
 
 I. — ^Teach addition by 8's from 8 to 104; counting by 8'e 
 from 8 to 104; the 8 + 8 table; multiplication of 8's from 
 1 X 8 to 12 X S; the table from 1 x 8 to 12 x 8; the number of 
 quarts in a peck ; reduction of peeks to quarts. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one eighth ; teach 
 representation of one-eighth. 
 
 Change units^ halves and fourths to eighths. 
 
 n, — Teach subtraction by 8's from 104 to ; jcpunting 
 backward by S's from 104 to 0; the 104-8 table; division 
 by 8's from 8+-8 to 96-7-8; the 8+-8 table. 
 
 Change quarts to pecks ; as, 
 
 8 qts.=:l pk. ; 15 qts.=: 1 pk. 7 qts. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Take eighths of multiples of 8, as far as learned. 
 
 Change eighths to units^ halves, and fourths. 
 
 III. — ^Follow the same general plan for the remaining 
 tables of 8's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 8 tables the 105-8 table; tlie 2 + 8 table; 
 the 106-8 table. 
 
 IV.— Teach the 3 + 8 table; the 107-8 table; the 4 + 8 
 table; the 108-8 table; tbe 5 + 8 table. 
 
 Y.— Teach the 101 - 8 table ; the 6 + 8 table ; the 102 - 8 
 table; the 7 + 8 table; the 103-8 table. 
 
NUMBER. 101 
 
 YI. — Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 8 
 inclusive. 
 
 Give problems involving preceding combination&. 
 
 Continue the work in addition and multiplication of ab- 
 stract and denominate numbers. 
 
 Teach addition by 9's from 9 to 108 ; counting by 9's from 
 9 to 108 ; the 9 + 9 table ; multiplication of 9's from 1 x 9 to 
 12 X 9; the table from 1 x 9 to 12 x 9. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-ninth; teach rep- 
 resentation of one-ninth. 
 
 Change uii^ and thirds to ninths. 
 
 Teach subtraction by 9's from 108 to ; counting back- 
 ward by 9'8 from 108 to ; the 108 - 9 table; division by 9's 
 from 9-7-9 to 108-^9; the 9-T-9 table to 108-r-9. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Take ninths of multiples of 9, as far as learned. 
 
 Change nintlis to units and thirds. 
 
 YII. — Follow the same general plan for the remaining 
 tables of 9's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 -h 9 table ; the 109-9 table; the 2 + 9 table; 
 the 110-9 table the 3 + 9 table ; the 102 - 9 table. 
 
 YIIL— Teach the 4 + 9 table; the 103-9 table; the 5 + 9 
 table; the 104-9 table; the 6 + 9 table. 
 
 IX.— Teach the 105-9 table; the 7 + 9 table; the 106-9 
 table; the 8 + 9 table; the 107-9 table. 
 
 Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 9 inclusive. 
 
 X. — ^Teach subtraction of denominate numbers involving 
 a change of denominations. Give problems. 
 
 Teach subtraction of abstract numbers involving a change 
 of denominations. 
 
 XI. — Teach division of denominate numbers involving a 
 change of denominations. 
 
 Teach division of abstract numbers involving a change of 
 denominations, 
 
 XII. — Continue the work given in 10th and 11th weeks. 
 Review and examine. 
 
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10^ ':': '.} JSUMBER. 
 
 OrKCIiR.ID CS-I^-^IDE. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Review addition, subtraction, multiplication and 
 division involving changes of denominations. 
 
 II. — Teach addition by lO's from 10 to 100 ; counting by 
 lO's from 10 to 100 ; the 10 4- 10 table ; multiplication of 
 lO's from 1 X 10 to 12 X 10 ; the table from 1 x 10 to 12 x 10. 
 
 Teach the number of cents in a dollar ; the value of ^, -J, 
 h h h h h and -J of a dollar. 
 
 Teach definition of one-tenth ; the value of one-tenth of a 
 dollar; the signs for dollars ($) and cents (c. or cts.) 
 
 Change units, halves, and fifths to tenths. 
 
 III. — Teach representation of one-tenth decimally. 
 Practice reducing halves, fifths and tenths to decimal form. 
 
 Teach pupils to write dollars and fractional parts of a dol- 
 lar decimally. 
 
 Drill until pupils can write and read dollars and cents 
 rapidly; as, $3i==:$3.50, $25i=$25.75. 
 
 IV. — Teach subtraction by lO's from 100 to ; counting 
 backward by lO's from 100 to ; the 100-10 table ; divis- 
 ion by 10 from lO-r-lO to 120-^10; the division table from 
 10-^10 to 100-MO. 
 
 FRACTIONAL IDEA OF DIVISION. 
 
 Take tenths of multiples of 10, as far as learned. 
 
 Change tenths to units, halves, and fifths. 
 
 Follow the same general plan for the remaining tables of 
 lO's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 10 table ; the 101 - 10 table ; the 2 + 10 table ; 
 the 102-10 table; the 3 + 10 table; the 103-10 table; the 
 4 + 10 table; the 104-10 table; the5 + 10 table; the 105-10 
 table; the 6 + 10 table; the 106-10 table; the 7 + 10 table; 
 
NUMBER. 103 
 
 the 107-10 table; the 8 + 10 table; the 108-10 table; the 
 9 + 10 table ; the 109 - 10. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Y. — Teach addition by ll'S from 11 to 132 ; counting bj 
 ll'sfromllto 132; the 11 + 11 table; multiplication of 
 ll's from 1 X 11 to 12 X 11 ; the times table from 1 x 11 to 
 12x11. 
 
 Develop idea and teach definition of one-eleventh; teach 
 representation of one-eleventh ; change units to elevenths. 
 
 Teach subtraction by ll's from 132 to 0; counting back- 
 ward by ll's from 132 ; the 132-11 table; division by 11 
 from 11-+11 to 132-f-ll; the 11-j-ll table. 
 
 Apply fractional idea of division. 
 
 Change elevenths to units. 
 
 VI. — Follow the same general plan for the remaining tables 
 of ll's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 11 table; the 133-11 table; the 2 + 11 table; 
 the 134-11 table, etc. 
 
 VII. — Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 11 
 inclusive. 
 
 Teach addition by 12'8 from 12 to 144; counting by 1'2's 
 from 12 to 144; the 12 + 12 table; multiplication of 12's 
 from 1 X 12 to 12 X 12; the times table of 12's; the number 
 of inches in 1 foot; reduction of feet to inches. 
 
 Develop idea and teach representation of one-twelfth. 
 
 Change units, halves, thirds, fourths and sixths to twelfths. 
 
 Teach subtraction by I2's from;. 144; counting backward 
 by 12'8 from 144; the 144-12 table. 
 
 VIIL— Teach division by 12 from 12-r-12 to 144-M2; 
 the 12-r-12 table. 
 
 Apply fractional idea of division. 
 
 Change inches to feet ; twelfths to units, halves, thirds, 
 fourths, and sixths. 
 
 Give rapid combinations of numbers from 1 to 12 in 
 elusive. 
 
 Follow the same general plan for the remaining tables of 
 12's as given in the preceding tables. 
 
104 NUMBER. 
 
 Teach the 1 + 12 table; the 145-12 table; the 2 + 12 
 table; the 146-12 table, etc. 
 
 IX. — Develop decimal notation to six places. 
 Drill in writing and reading numbers. 
 Teach definition of notation ; definition of numeration ; 
 rules for notation and numeration. 
 
 X. — Drill in writing and reading numbers. 
 
 Teach definition of addition ; definition of term sum. 
 
 XI. — Add denominate numbers involving a change of 
 denominations. 
 
 Teach addition of fractions involving a change of denom- 
 inations 
 
 XII. — Add abstract numbers involving a change of de- 
 nominations. Give problems. 
 Teach rules for addition. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 XIII. — ^Teach definition of multiplication. 
 
 Teach definition of terms multiplicand, multiplier and 
 product. 
 
 Drill in multiplication of denominate numbers. Give 
 problems. 
 
 XIY. — Teach multiplication of fractions by whole num- 
 bers. Teach reduction of the same to whole or mixed num- 
 bers. 
 
 Teach rules for multiplication. 
 
 XY. — XYI. — Drill in addition and multiplication. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. — Drill in addition and multiplication of denominate 
 numbers, abstract numbers and fractions. 
 
 II. — Teach definition of subtraction. 
 Teach definitions of terms minuend, subtrahend and 
 difference, or remainder. 
 
NUMBER. 105 
 
 Subtract denominate numbers involving a change of de- 
 nominations. Give problems. 
 
 III. — Drill in subtraction. 
 
 Teach subtraction of fractions involving a change of de- 
 nominations. Give problems. 
 
 lY.— ^Drill in subtraction of fractions. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Y. — Subtract abstract numbers involving a change of de- 
 nominations. Give problems. 
 
 YI. Drill in division of denominate numbers. 
 
 Teach definition of division. 
 
 Teach definitions of divisior, dividend and quotient. 
 
 YII. — Teach division of fractions by whole numbers (divid- 
 ing the numerator). 
 
 Drill in division of abstract numbers involving a change of 
 denominations. Give problems. 
 
 YIII. — Teach rules and analyses for division. 
 Keview and examine. 
 
 Review fundamental operations in denominate numbers, 
 abstract numbers and fractions. 
 
 Drill on definitions, rules and analyses. 
 Work for accuracy and rapidity.. 
 
 THREE MONTHS.— (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Review addition of denominate numbers, fractions and 
 abstract numbers. 
 
 Review^ definitions of all terms used in addition. Review 
 rule and analysis for addition. 
 
 Work for accuracy and rapidity. 
 
 Give care to the forms and neatness of written w^ork. 
 Give problems. 
 
 Review the work given in multiplication of denominate 
 numbers, abstract numbers and fractions. Have pupils 
 
 —27— 
 
106 NUMBER. 
 
 multiply by numbers from 1 to 12 inclusive. 
 
 Review the definitions of terms used in multiplication. 
 Review rules and analyses. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Review multiplication. 
 
 Review definitions of subtraction and the terms used in 
 subtraction. 
 
 Drill in subtraction of denominate numbers, abstract 
 numbers and fractions involving changes of denominations. 
 
 Review rules and analyses. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Review the definitions given in division. 
 
 Review division of denominate numbers, abstract numbers 
 and fractions. Have pupils divide by numbers from 1 to 12 
 inclusive. 
 
 Review rules and analyses. 
 
 Obtain parts of numbers indicated by fractions; as, What 
 is i of 20? f of 15? etc. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 I^OTJI^'m O-IE^-^X^E. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Write and read numbers to nine places. ' 
 
 Practice in writing numbers, beginning at the left hand. 
 
 Teach multiplication involving partial products, using 
 multipliers consisting of units and tens. 
 
 Teach definition of partial product, and review other 
 terms used in multiplication. 
 
 Develop rule and analysis. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Review definition of the terms used in division. 
 
 Teach long division using divisors to 99 inclusive. De- 
 velop rules and analyses. 
 
NUMBER. 107 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Develop idea of reduction descending, using tables already 
 learned. 
 
 Apply multiplication to reduction, using Liquid, Dry and 
 Long measures, as far as learned. 
 
 Teach Avoirdupois Weight. 16 oz.=l!b. 2,000 lbs.— 1 ton. 
 
 Give applications of multiplication in reduction descend- 
 ing, using the table just learned. 
 
 Teach reduction ascending, using the above named tables. 
 
 Review notation and numeration to nine places. 
 
 Drill in multiplication and division. Work for accuracy 
 and rapidity. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Reduce halves, fourths and eighths of pounds to the same 
 denomination. Add and subtract. 
 
 Do similar work in Liquid and Dry Measure. 
 
 Give practical applications of denominate numbers; as, in 
 buying by the bushel and selling by the quart or pint, buy- 
 ing by the pound or fractions of the pound, and selling by 
 the ounce. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Complete tables of Long Measure and Liquid Measure. 
 5i yd.rrrl rd. ; 320 rd.=lm. ; 31^ gal.=l bbl. 
 
 Teach the table of Apothecaries' Weight. 
 
 Apply reduction ascending and descending to Apotheca- 
 ries' Weight. 
 
 Reduce, add, and subtract fractional parts of the denom- 
 inations of Liquid Measure and Apothecaries' Weight. 
 
 Give business applications of the tables ; as, building rods 
 of fence or sidewalk at a certain price per foot, making 
 miles of road at a certain price per rod, buying medicine 
 by the quantity and selling by the ounce or dram. 
 
 Teach the Time Table. 
 
 Give addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of 
 denominate numbers, using the Time Table. 
 
108 NUMBER. 
 
 E-educe, add, and subtract fractional parts of the deuom- 
 iuatioiis of the Time Table. 
 
 Teach the Kumber Table. 
 
 Drill in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 
 of denominate uunil)ers, using the Time Table and J^umber 
 Table. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Apply reduction ascending and descending to the Number 
 Table. Reduce, add, and subtract fractional parts of the 
 denominations of rhis Table. 
 
 G-ive business applications; as, in buying pens by the gross 
 and selling them, -) for 5 cents. 
 
 Teach Paper Table. 
 
 Drill in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisii>n 
 of the same. A pply reduction ascending and descending to 
 the Paper Table. 
 
 Reduce, add. and subtract fractional parts of the denom- 
 inations of this Tal)le. 
 
 Give business applications; as, in buying paper by the 
 ream and selling it by the sheet. 
 
 Review and exnujine. 
 
 rrHREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Factor numbers to 50 inclusive. 
 
 Give all possible divisors of numbers to 50 inclusive. 
 
 Give all numbers below one hundred that will contain 
 each number from 1 to 12 inclusive. 
 
 Be careful about the representation of factors. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Write and read decimals to five places. 
 
 Write and read mixed numbers. 
 
 Change i, i, i, f , |, "I to decimals. 
 
 Teach addition of decimals. 
 
 Apply the same to rods, pounds, bushels. 
 
 Teach multiplicarion of decimals and mixed numbers by 
 whole numbers to 1:^ inclusive. 
 
NUMBER. 109 
 
 Apply the same to denominate numbers. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Teach subtraction of decimals in all their variations. 
 Apply the same to denominate numbers. 
 Teach pupils to divide decimals and mixed numbers by 
 numbers not exceeding twelve. 
 
 Apply the same to denominate numbers. 
 Review and examine. 
 
 i^rE^T'ia: o-ir-^idie]- 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Factor numbers to 150 inclusive. 
 
 Name divisors, greatest divisors, common even-dividends 
 of two or more numbers; smallest common even-dividends of 
 two or more numbers. 
 
 Develop rules and analyses. 
 
 Take fractional parts of numbers as above. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Teach table of Troy Weight. 
 
 Give addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of 
 numbers applied to Troy Weight. 
 
 Drill in reduction ascending and descending, using de- 
 nominations of Troy Weight. Reduce, add and subtract 
 fractional parts of the same. 
 
 Give business applications; as, finding the value of an 
 article weighing 5 oz. 2 pwts., at a certain price per penny- 
 weight. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Give drill in rapid addition, subtraction, multiplicjation, 
 and division of abstract numbers. 
 
 Use multipliers and divisors of two figures. 
 
 Review and classify tables. 
 
 —28— 
 
110 MUMBER. 
 
 Do rapid work in addition, subtraction, multiplication, 
 and division of denominate numbers. Have rapid .work 
 done in business applications. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Teach multiplication of a fraction by a whole number, by 
 the two methods. 
 
 Teach division of a fraction by a whole number, by the 
 two methods. 
 
 Give many concrete exatnples for practice. Develop rules 
 and analyses. 
 
 Teach the two ideas of a fraction. Teach that the carry- 
 ing out of the second idea is changing a common fraction to 
 a decimal. 
 
 Review and examine. ^ 
 
 Teach that multiplying or dividing both numerator and 
 denominator by the same number does not change the 
 value of the fraction, giving the two reasons — (1) Because 
 it is an expression of division. (2) Because of its purely 
 fractional character. Drill in multiplicatton and division of 
 abstract numbers, using numbers of three or more figures for 
 multipliers and divisors. 
 
 Teach the short method of multiplying and dividing by 10, 
 100, and 1,000. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Drill for rapid work in writing mixed numbers and deci- 
 mals. 
 
 Drill in multiplication and division by 10, 100, 1,000, ac- 
 cording to short [method. 
 
 Give practice in addition, subtraction, multiplication and 
 division of decimals. 
 
 rise whole numbers for multipliers and divisors. 
 
 Review tables of denominate numbers with classification 
 and applications. 
 
 Review entire work. Outline work. 
 
 General examination. 
 
NUMBER. Ill 
 
 C3-I^-A.1DEI. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.^ 
 
 Review multiplication of a fraction by a whole number. 
 (Both methods.) 
 
 Teach multiplication of a whole number by a fraction ; 
 multiplication of a fraction by a fraction. 
 
 Give rules, analyses and applications. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Review division of a fraction by a whole number. (Both 
 methods.) 
 
 Teach division of a whole number by a fraction; division 
 of a fraction by a fraction. 
 
 Give rules, analyses and applications of the same. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Review fractions and teach terms. 
 
 Define kinds of fractions. 
 
 Review the subject and make outlines. 
 
 Review multiplication of decimals involving all changes 
 in multiplicand and multiplier; division of decimals involv- 
 ing all changes in divisor and dividend. Devolop definitions, 
 statements, analyses and rules. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Teach table of Square Measure. 
 
 Apply reduction ascending and descending to the same. 
 
 Drill in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division 
 of numbers applied to the same. 
 
 Reduce, add, and subtract fractional parts of the above 
 named denominations. 
 
 Give business applications of Square Measure — measuring 
 lumber, building side-walks, fencing, roofing and siding. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
112 NUMBER. 
 
 Give business applications of Square Measure — lathing, 
 plastering, papering, flooring, carpeting, land platting with 
 township, section, number and part of section. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Teach the table of Cubic Measure. Apply reduction 
 ascending and descending to the same. 
 
 Reduce, add, and subtract fractional parts of the above 
 named denominations. 
 
 G-ive business applications of Cubic Measure, measuring 
 wood, stone, walls, and excavations; finding contents of bins, 
 corncribs, gallons, bushels. Give definition of a circle. 
 
 Teach method of finding the area of a circle. 
 
 Teach method of finding the contents of cylinders, wells, 
 cisterns and barrels. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Teach the table of Longitude and Time. 
 
 Apply reduction ascending and descending to the same. 
 
 Drill in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, 
 using the denominations of this table. 
 
 Reduce, add, and subtract fractional parts of these denom- 
 inations. 
 
 Give practical applications. 
 
 Review and examine. 
 
 Drill in findmg time equivalent for distance, and distance 
 equivalent for time. 
 
 SE-viBiiiT'ria: o-i^^^X)E. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Review abstract numbers including decimals. 
 Drill for accurate results and quick work. 
 Review fractions and denominate numbers. 
 Make outline of fractions and denominate numbers. 
 Drill for accuracy and rapidity. 
 
NUMBER. 
 
 113 
 
 Give cross-section work. 
 
 Drill in addition and subtraction of integral and fractional 
 numbers, both abstract and denoniinate. 
 
 Give definitions, rules, analyses, statements and appli- 
 cations. 
 
 Drill in multiplication and division as above detailed. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 1. Drill in getting hundredths of numbers. 
 
 Give term jper cent, and tell what it means. 
 
 Give much drill in finding hundredths of numbers, using 
 the terms per cent, and hundredths interchangeably. 
 
 Develop definition of percentage and give sign. 
 
 Show relation of 50% to :J^ of a number; 25% to J; 
 100% to the whole; 75%to f. 
 
 Give much drill in finding parts of numbers as above in- 
 dicated, using the fractions and corresponding per cent, inter- 
 changeably. Show difference between ^% and \ oi 2, num- 
 ber; -1% and i of a number. Drill in finding ■^%, 50%, and 
 \ of numbers; i%, 33J%, and i of numbers; t%,66f %,and 
 f of numbers, using fractions and per cent, interchangeably. 
 
 Show the relation of 200% to two times a number; 
 300% to three times a number, etc. 
 
 Give much drill in all of the above indicated work. 
 
 Find 1% from a given per cent. 
 
 Find any required per cent, from a given per cent. 
 
 Find what per cent, one number is of another. 
 
 Develop terms and definitions of the same. 
 
 Develop the number of different cases that may occur. 
 
 Develop rule for finding each term. 
 
 Develop the following Statements : 
 
 (a.) The base is the difference between the amount and 
 the percentage. 
 
 ijb) The base is the quotient of the percentage by the 
 percentage on one. 
 
 {c.) The base is the quotient of the amount by the amount 
 of one. 
 
114 NUMBER. 
 
 (d.) The rate is the quotient of the percentage by cne per 
 cent, of the base. 
 
 (/.) The percentage is the product of one per cent, of the 
 base by the number of units in the rate, etc. 
 
 Practice upon business applications until the subject thus 
 far outlined is thoroughly understfK)d. 
 
 2. Apply previous knowledge to operations in buying articles 
 and selling them at a profit or loss. 
 
 Trace correspondences in terms used and give definitions 
 appropriate to Profit and Loss* Develop rule. 
 
 Develop statements to apply. 
 
 Give practice in business applications. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 3. Apply previous knowledge to Commission. ^ 
 Change names of terms. 
 
 Develop rules and statements. 
 
 Make a table showing correspondences of the terms of per- 
 centage and its applications. • 
 
 4. Teach by what means schools are supported, city and 
 state governments sustained, bridges built, etc. 
 
 Teach how and by whom taxes are levied; how and by 
 whom an estimate (assessment) of property is made ; how and 
 by whom each man's tax is determined; how and by whom the 
 tax is collected. 
 
 Teach by what authority the different persons act. (elec- 
 tion or appointment.) 
 
 Teach what is the penalty for not paying taxes. 
 
 Apply previous knowledge of percentage to taxes. 
 
 Change names of terms and tabulate, showing correspon- 
 dences. 
 
 Develop rules and statements. 
 
 Give practice in business applications. 
 
 Teach what is meant by poll tax. 
 
NUMBER. 115 : 
 
 5. Teach how the expenses of the national govermnent are j 
 
 borne. ; 
 
 Teach what is meant by imports and exports; by duties; j 
 
 ad valorein and ^60^^(? duties. I 
 
 Teach how officers are appointed, and what is meant by I 
 smuggling. 
 
 Teach what is meant by internal revenue; how and by ; 
 
 whom assessed and collected. i 
 
 Teach by whom these officers are appointed. I 
 
 Apply previous knowledge of percentage to the terms of ' 
 
 Custom House Business. ! 
 
 Change names; trace and tabulate correspondences; de- \ 
 
 velop rules and statements and give practice in business ap- I 
 
 plications. i 
 
 EIO-HTH CS-Z^^^IDIE. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 6. Teach how to find what must be paid for the use of money 
 at various rates percent. Call this Interest. 
 
 Appl}^ previous knowledge to Interest and change names 
 of terms. 
 
 Teach how to find what must be paid for the use of money 
 at a certain per cent, per annum. Give term Time. 
 
 Develop definitions for terms; trace and tabulate corres- 
 pondences; develop rules and statements; give business 
 applications. 
 
 Teach how to find interest for months and days. 
 
 Teach how to find time between different dates. 
 
 Give practice in business applications. 
 
 Teach the relation of 6 to the number of months in a year, 
 and the number of days in a month. 
 
 Teach how to find interest by the 6% rule. 
 
116 NUMBER. 
 
 Teach how to find interest by taking "aliquot parts." 
 
 Have pupils draw promissory notes and cast the interest 
 upon them. 
 
 Teach how to find the interest when partial payments 
 have been made. 
 
 Bevelop rules. 
 
 Teach pupils various forms of promissory notes and re- 
 ceipts. 
 
 Teach what is meant by compound interest. 
 Give practice in business applications. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 7. Show how to get the present value of money due in 
 future time. 
 
 Apply previous knowledge to Discount ; change names of 
 terms ; trace and tabulate correspondences ; develop rules 
 and statements, and give practice in business applications. 
 
 Show how notes are discounted at a bank. 
 
 Teach differences in fact between True and Bank Discount. 
 Develop rule for finding Bank Discount and give business ap- 
 plications. 
 
 8. Teach how to find the cost of insuring property from loss. 
 Apply previous knowledge to Insurance ; change names 
 
 of terms; trace and tabulate correspondences of terms; de- 
 velop rules and statements; and give practice in business 
 applications. 
 
 9. Teach what stocks and bonds are. 
 
 Teach meaning of different kinds of Government bonds ; 
 2^^, five-twenties, ten-forties, etc. 
 
 Drill pupils in finding the comparative profit of invest- 
 ments in bonds at premium and at discount; as, for example. 
 Which is the better investment, 9% bonds at 12% premium 
 or 7% bonds at 9% discount? 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 10. Teach definitions of Bankruptcy, Assets, Liabilities, in- 
 solvent. 
 
 Give many examples involving business applications of 
 the foregoing terms. 
 
JSUMBER. 117 
 
 Teach definitions of Draft, Drawer, Drawee, Payee, Re- 
 mitter, and teach what is meant by accepting a draft. 
 Give practice in making and accepting drafts. 
 
 Involve numbers and teach what is meant by Power, In- 
 dex, Square, and Cube. 
 
 Let pupils learn the squares of numbers from 1 to 25 
 inclubive. 
 
 Drill in (mentally) squaring numbers above 25 by adding 
 to the square of the tens, twice the product of the tens by 
 the units and the square of the units. While doing this, 
 lead pupils to see and state within what bounds the squares 
 of the tens and units are found respectively. 
 
 Teach how to find one of the two equal factors of a 
 number. 
 
 Apply square root to finding the sides of triangles. 
 Give business applications of square root. 
 
 Make notes, receipts, orders, due bills, and bills of ex- 
 change. 
 
 Make applications of each of the above to practical busi- 
 ness transactions in the purchase or sale of goods, hay, 
 wheat, pork, lumber, land, wood, etc. 
 
 i^nsTTxi o-i^-^idde:. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Elementary Algebra to Division inclusiv<e. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 The same to Equations of the First Degree. 
 
118 NUMBER. 
 
 1 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Review Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Divis- 
 ion of abstract and denominate numbers both integral and 
 fractional. Have pupils state likenesses and differences be- 
 tween corresponding processes, and make full Logical Out- 
 lines of the various subjects. 
 
 Give practical applications, and work for accurate results 
 quickly obtained. 
 
 Give much attention to rapid additions of numbers in 
 long columns, single and double ; short processes of multi- 
 plication and division ; rapid mental combinations. 
 
 Review Percentage and its applications; trace likenesses 
 and differences; make Logical Outlines of the various 
 subjects; give practical business applications; do accu- 
 rate, rapid work. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 119 
 
 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 m 
 
 This work is lo be be^uu the last term of the Third Year. 
 
 FIRST SERI ES. 
 
 PLACE. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 (Review the place work given in I, of Form.) 
 
 II. Representation. 
 
 1. Plane Surfaces (table, floor, blackboard). 
 
 2. Objects on plane surfaces. 
 
 III. Direction. 
 
 1. Cardinal Points. 
 
 2. Semi-cardinal Points. 
 
 JOURNEYS 
 
 /. A Journey to Montgomery, 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 Starting from the school house, cross the river, go down 
 the west side to destination, and return on the east side. 
 
120 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 All objects of interest should be noticed, and their names 
 given and defined. 
 
 The following points should be made: 
 
 1. Schoolhouse. 2. Church. 3. Street. 4. Park. 
 
 6. Residence. 6. Garden. 7. Store. 8. Block. 
 
 9. Post-office. 10. Island. 11. City Hall. 12. Bridge. 
 
 13. River — (a) banks, (h) current, (c) course, (d) bed, (e) 
 
 dam, (f) mills, (g) factories, (A) scavenger. 
 
 14. Railroad. 15. Road. 16. Farms. 17. Fields. 
 18. Products. 19. Meadow. 20. Pasture. 21. Stock. 
 
 22. Montgomery — (a) village, (b) mills, (c) cheese factory. 
 
 (CROSS RIVER.) 
 
 23. Woods. 24. Cemetery. 26. Seminary. 
 26. Stone-quarry. 27. Idea of distance. 
 
 28. Distance from Aurora to Montgomery. 
 
 i^OTJiE^rrxa: o-i^-^ide. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 , II. A Journey to Geneva. 
 
 (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 Go from Broadway to Schneider's Mill on the east side of 
 the river and finish the journey on the west side. 
 Notice all points of interest and define terms. 
 The following points should be made : 
 
 1. The direction of Geneva from Aurora. 2. Up river. 
 3. Down river. 4. Ravine. 5. Island. 6. Railroad. 
 
 7. Brook. 8. Creek. 9. Spring, 10. Tributary. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 121 
 
 I 
 
 I 11. North Aurora — {a) railroad station, {b) sash factory, 
 
 I {e) foundry, (6?) cheese factory, {e) bridge, 
 
 I {/) dam, {g) mill, (A) boats. 
 
 I 12. Woods. 13. Prairie. 14. Hill. 15. Yalley. 
 
 I 16. Farms. 17. Farmers. 18. Crops. 19. Products. 
 
 I 20. Batavia — {a) stone-quarry, (h) greenhouse, {c) asylum. 
 
 I 21. Geneva — (<*) jail, (^) court-house. 
 
 I 22. Compare with Aurora-^term city. 23. Distance. 
 
 i 24. Compare distance from Aurora to Montgomery with 
 
 distance from Aurora to Batavia, and from Aurora to 
 
 Geneva. 
 
 Si '>->s 
 
 ///. A Journey to Chicago by rail. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS. ) 
 
 Make the following points: 
 
 I. Depot — passenger and freight. 2. Railroad — trains, cars. 
 3. Car-shops. 4. Farms — crops, principal products. 
 
 5. Prairie. 6. Telegraph — use. 7. — Villages and stations. 
 8. Chicago. 9. Depots, 10. Idea of its size. 
 
 II. Noise. 12. Lake Michigan — {a) uses of the 
 lake, (1) water supply (2) way of travel — com- 
 merce, (b) wharf, (c) harbor. 1 3. Large and hand- 
 some stores, churches, schools, public buildings. 
 
 14. Street cars and omnibuses. 15. River — {a) tunnels, 
 (^) drawbridge. 16. Compare with Fox River ; {a) navigable 
 and unnavigable, (^) steamboats, (<?) tugs, {d) sail vessels. 
 17. Long streets. 18. Warehouses and elevators — use. 
 19. Stockyards. 20. Compare with Aurora; — large and 
 small cities. 
 
 21. Compare with other places visited — term town. 
 
 22. Compare distance from Aurora to Chicago with 
 distance from Aurora to Geneva. 
 
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122 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 MAPS 
 
 [TWO WEEKS. > 
 
 I. Draw map of schoolroom. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR DRAWING. 
 
 1. Draw from left to right two horizontal lines five inches long and four 
 inches apart- Call th|| nearer line a^ and the other b. Connect these lines 
 at their extremities forming an oblong. Call the connecting line on the right 
 C, and that on the left d, 
 
 2. \xi d one inch and one eighth from a and b respectively make points. 
 
 3. One inch to the right of the points just made, make points and connect the two 
 calling this line e\ connect each point with the corresponding point m d. 
 
 4. In the short lines, one-eighth inch from ^, and in e^ one-eighth inch 
 from the short lines respectively make points; connect points in adjacent lines 
 and erase corners. 
 
 5. In t/ one-half inch, and one inch from a make points and erase lines be- 
 tween points. In same line one half inch and one inch from b make points and 
 erase line between points. 
 
 6. In b one-half inch, and one inch from d make points, 
 and erase line between points. In same line one half-inch, and one inch from 
 c make points, and erase line between points. 
 
 7. In c one half-inch, and one inch from each extremity make points and 
 erase both half inch lines. 
 
 8. In the corner one half inch from 3 and seven-eighths of an inch from c make 
 a point. Two inches and three-fourths to the left of this point, make a point, 
 and connect the two. One-halt inch below and parallel with the line just drawn, 
 draw another line, and connect the corresponding ends of the two lines. 
 In the parallel lines one-eighth of an inch from the left end of the oblong, 
 make points and connect. In the same lines one fourth of an inch to the right 
 of the line just drawn, make points and connect. Erase the parts of the 
 parallel lines between the last two lines drawn. Continue until eight small 
 oblongs have been drawn similar to the one just completed. 
 
 9. Construct and divide three other large oblongs of the same size as the one 
 first drawn. Make the oblongs three eighths of an inch apart. 
 
 Teach definition of (a) Map, (b) Scale. Teach difference 
 between map and other pictures. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 123 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 II. Draw map of s(;hool floor upon which the room is 
 situated. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 III. Draw map of school block, and locate all buildings 
 on it. 
 
 Two weeks should be taken for review. 
 
 MAP DRILL -JOURNEYS. 
 
 THREE MONTHS.— (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 I. Study nrnp of city to give a more perfect idea of a map 
 and its use. 
 
 Trace river, railroads and principal streets. Locate pub- 
 lic buildings and prominent residences. Give directions and 
 relative distances. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 II. Study map of Kane County. 
 
 Let pupils find places to which they have taken journeys, 
 and trace courses of travel. Trace courses of streams and 
 railroads. Estimate and compare distances. Give relative 
 directions. 
 
 (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 III. — Make brief journeys to Lodi and Dundee for sake 
 of drill, and to give idea of distance and representation on 
 map. Note objects of interest. 
 
 Learn and compare distances and directions. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 A journey down the Fox and Illinois rivers to the Missis- 
 sippi. ^ 
 
 Notice principal objects of interest and define terms. In 
 taking the journey, a good map of Illinois should be in 
 constant use ; distances from place to place should be given 
 and compared with distances previously given. 
 
124 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 The following points should be made : 
 "Ottawa: — (a) location — mouth of river, (b) size, (c) 
 starch factory, (d) glass works, (e) artesian wells, (/*) 
 canal — (1) how used, (2) for what used. 
 
 Lasalle: — (a) coal miaing, (b) glass works, (c) cement 
 works, (d) great zinc works, (e) terminus of canal. 
 
 Peru: — (a) glass works, (b) coal mining. 
 
 Peoria; — (a) size — compare with size of Aurora, (b) man- 
 ufactures, (1) whiskey, (2) plows, (3) wagons. 
 
 Pekin. Havana. 
 
 Notice, (1) increase of size toward mouth of river, (2) 
 importance of river, (3) mouth of river, (4) the Mississippi 
 river. 
 
 It will be found that too much time has not been allowed 
 for the foregoing journeys if proper attention is given to the 
 subjects, canal, glass, coal, and zinc. 
 
 r'rF^'m c3-:r,-<^3d:e. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 BOOKS. 
 
 A good map of the United States should be in constant 
 use while giving the lessons enumerated below, from Guyofs 
 Introduction. 
 
 I. <SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 Lead pupils up the Mississippi to its source, then take 
 Journey Fourth, pages 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1§ and 19. 
 Give actual and relative distances frequently. 
 
GEOGKAPHY. 125 
 
 II. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Ascend the Mississippi river to the Ohio and the Ohio to 
 Cincinnati and take Journey Thirds pages 10 and 11. 
 
 III. (FOUR WEEKS.) 
 
 Take Journey Second^ pages 6, 7, 8 and 9, and Journey 
 Firsts pages 2, 3, 4 and 5. 
 
 IV. (THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 Travel to the Hudson river and take Journey Fifth^ pages 
 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. 
 Give one week's review. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 V. ('four WEEKS.) 
 
 I Enter the Erie canal and take Journey Sixth, pages 26, 
 I 27 and 28, and Journey Seventh, pages 29, 30, 31 and 32. 
 
 VI. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Keturn by the Erie canal to the Hudson and take Journey 
 Eighth, pages 32 and 33. 
 
 VII. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Cross Lake Champlain and take Journey Ninth, pages 
 34 and 35. 
 
 VIII. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Cross the St. Lawrence river and take Jaur7iey Twelfth, 
 pages 46, 47, 48 and 49. 
 
 IX. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Cross the continent and take Journey Tenth, pages 36, 
 37, 38 and 39. 
 
 X. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 ^2^<^ Journey Eleventh, pages 40, 41, 42 and 43. 
 
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126 GEOGRAPHY, 
 
 FIRST GLOBE LESSONS. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 1. First view of a vessel coming in from sea. 2. Circum- 
 navigation of the earth. 3. Apparent shape of earth. 
 4, Real shape. 6. Idea and definition of a sphere. 
 
 6. Idea, definition, and nse of a globe. 8. Colors of globe. 
 
 7. Idea and definition of the earth's snrf ace. 9. Divisions of 
 surface — ^land and water. 10. Proportion of laud and water. 
 (Read The Atlantic Ocean, pages 65, ^Q and 67, also matter 
 found on pages 103, 104, 105 and 106, Journey Book.) 
 11. Division of water — from lake teach ocean. 12. Names of 
 the 1^YQ great oceans — read Journey, 13. Divisions 
 of land — from island teach continent. 14. Names of 
 continent, relative size and position. 16. Coast : — 
 {a) gulf 5 (h) bay, (c) sound, {d) strait, {e) channel, if) penin- 
 sula, ig) cape. 16, Surface of a continent: — {a) hifijhlands, 
 (1) mountains, (2) plateau; {h) lowlands, (1) valley, (2) plain, 
 17. Circles; — {a) equator, (h) tropics, (c) parallels, (d) poles, 
 (^) polar circles. 18. Latitude. 19. Zones. 20. Northern 
 and Southern Hemispheres. 21. Climate — general idea. 
 23. Meridian — longitude. 23. Eastern and Western 
 Hemispheres. 24. Show that climate depends on latitude. 
 25. Journey Thirteenth, Journey Book, passes 50, 51,52. 
 and 53. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 127 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 r.~City of Aurora. j 
 
 1. Definition ob^ City; — Meaning of name; — when and 1 
 
 by whom iSrst settled. i 
 
 2. Advantages: — {a) Railroads, (b) water power, (c) \ 
 
 stone-quarry, (d) brickyards. | 
 
 3. Leading Interests: — {a) Railroad machine shops, i 
 
 (b) Hoyt's machine shops, (0) silver - plating i 
 
 factory, (d) carriage factories, (e) sash and i 
 
 blind factory, {/) woolen mills, (^) flouring | 
 
 mills, (h) trade in grain and pork. | 
 
 4. Populatiok. [ 
 
 5. Goveenment. 
 
 Write a composition on the city of Aurora. 
 Hang up map of county. 
 
 II.— Township of Aurora. 
 
 1. Definition of a Township. — (Size). 
 
 2. Cities and Villages. 
 
 (a) Aurora, (already studied): 
 
 (b) Montgomery: — 
 
 (1) Advantages; — (<^^«)Railroad,(J6) water-power. 
 
 (2) Leading Interests; — {aa) Flouring mills, if)b\ 
 sash factory. 
 
 (<?) North Aurora : — 
 
 (1) Advantages ; — {aa) Railroad, (bb) water- 
 power. 
 
128 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 (2) Leading Jnterests; — {aa) Foundry, {hb) mills, 
 {cc) cheese factory. 
 
 3. Location of Township. 
 
 III.— Kane County. 
 
 1. Definition of a County. 
 
 Draw map, locating other townships in county. 
 
 DIRECTIONS. 
 !♦ Draw an oblong, making the vertical lines 35 inches long, and the horizontal 
 lines 21 inches long. 
 
 2. Make points dividing the vertical lines into five equal parts. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 4. Trisect the horizontal lines. 
 
 5. Connect corresponding opposite trisecting points. 
 
 6. Upon the two upper horizontal lines and their extensions, one inch to the 
 right of each vertical line make points and connect. 
 
 7. Extend the two upper horizontal lines to the vertical line last made. 
 
 8. Erase the original vertical lines which come between the upper two horizontal 
 lines ; also the left projecting end of the upper horizontal line. 
 
 2. Boundary of Aurora. 3. County Seat — ^why so-called. 
 
 4. Important Cities and Villages. 
 
 {a) Batavia: — 
 
 (1) Advantages : — (aa) Railroads, (bh) water power, 
 {gg) stone-quarry. 
 
 (2) Leading Interests^ — {aa) Paper mill, (bb) wagon 
 factories, {cc) windmill factory, {dd) foundries, 
 (ee) pump works. 
 
 {b) Geneva: — 
 
 (1) Advantages^ — (»«) Railroads, (bb) water power, 
 {gg) quarry. 
 
 (2) Leading Interests-^ — (aa) Flouring mill, (bb) iron 
 foundry. 
 
 (c) St. Charles: — 
 
 (1) Advantages \ — (dj«) Railroads, (bb) water power. 
 
 (2) Leading Interests'^ — [aa) Flouring mills,(J5) iron 
 foundry, {cc) paper mills (brown wrapping paper.) 
 
 {d) Elgin: — 
 
 (1) Advantages-^ — {aa) Railroads,(JJ) water power). 
 Leading Interests^ — {aa) Flouring mills, (bb) 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 129 
 
 woolen mills, {ec) iron works, ((M) watch factory, 
 (ee) boot and shoe factory, {^) agricultural 
 works, (p'^) foundry, (M) milk-condensing factory, 
 (ii) great dairy centre. 
 
 (e) Dundee: — 
 
 (1) Adva?ita(/es; — (aa) Railroad, (bb) water power, 
 (cc) brick yards. 
 
 (2) Leading Int€rmU\, — {au) Two flouring mills, 
 (bb) iron-bolt factory, {cc) woolen mills, {dd) 
 sash factory. 
 
 Hang map of Illinois before the children. 
 Locate and bound Coimty. 
 
 IV. state of Illinois. 
 
 1. Definition of a State. 
 Have pupils draw map of State. 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOR DRAWING. 
 I. Draw a verMcal line. i. 
 
 2. Bisect this line .and trisect the upper half, calling «ach of the parts one 
 raeasvire, [i M.] 
 
 3. One and one-fourtii M's to the right and one and one-fourth M's to the left 
 of the upper end of i, make points, 
 
 4. Connect these points by the horizontal line, A. 
 
 5. Two and one-1 alf M's oelow A make a point in i. 
 
 6. One and one-half M's to the right, and two M's to the left of this point, 
 make points. 
 
 7 . Connect these points by the horizontal line B. 
 
 8. Three M's below B make a point in u 
 
 9. A little less than one M to the right of this point make a point. 
 
 10. Connect these points by the horizontal line C. 
 
 11. One and three-fourths M's above, and one M below the right end of B 
 make points. 
 
 12. Connect these points by the vertical line D. 
 
 13. Connect the left ends of A and B; the left end of B with the lower end of 
 I ; the lower end of i with the right end of C; the right «nd of C with the 
 lower end of D, and the upper end of D with the right end of A. 
 
 (Hang up map of Illinois.) 
 
130 (GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 Cause pupils to trace the courses of the following rivers: 
 Rock, Illinois, Sangamon, Fox, DesPlaines, Kankakee, Kas- 
 kaskiaj Big Muddy, and Little Wabash. Tell into what 
 each empties. 
 
 Cause pupils to locate the following places: Aurora, 
 Chicago, Elgin, Rockford, Gralena, Rock Island, Moline, 
 Galesbui-g, Quincy, Peoria, Springfield, Cairo, Carbondale, 
 Centralia, Decatur, Blcx)raington, Peru, LaSalle, Ottawa, 
 Champaign, Joliet. 
 
 Tell for what these places are noted. 
 
 Locate the different State Institutions, and the seat of 
 government. 
 
 Give definition of the capital of state. 
 
 Have pupils write a composition on the City of Chicago. 
 
 Have pupils locate the principal railroads in the state, 
 giving their termini and the principal places through whi<jh 
 they pass. 
 
 I.— Illinois Central. 
 
 1. Main Line: — 
 
 {a) TermAni; — (1) Cairo, (2) Dunleith. 
 
 {h) FrinGijpal Places; — (1) Cai^-bondale, (2) Cen- | 
 
 tralia, (3) Decatur, (4) Blooraington, (5) LaSalle, 
 
 (6) Mendota, (7) Dixon, (8) Freeport, (9) Galena. I 
 
 i 
 
 2, Chicago Branch : — i 
 
 {a) Termini; — (1) Chicago, (2) Centralia. 
 {b) Principal Places; — (1) Kankakee, (2) Cham- 
 paign. 
 
 II. Chicago and Northwestern. 
 
 1. Illinois Division: — 
 {a) Galena Bbanch; — 
 
 (1) Termini; — {aa) Chicago, (hh) Galena. 
 
 (2) Principal Places; — {aa) Elgin, {bh) Belvidere, 
 {gg) Rockford, {dd) Freeport. 
 
 (b) Fulton Branch ; — 
 
 (1) Termini; — {aa) Chicago, (bb) Fulton. 
 
 (2) Principal Places; — {aa) Dixon, (bb) Sterling. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 131 
 
 III. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. 
 
 (1) Termini; — {a) Chicago, (b) Burlington and 
 Quincy. 
 
 (2) Principal Plctees; — {a) Aurora, {b) Mendota, 
 (g) Galesburg, {d) Monmouth. 
 
 IV. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. 
 
 (1) Termini; — {a) Chicago, (b) Rock Island. 
 
 (2) Principal Places; — (a) Joliet, {b) Ottawa, 
 {c) LaSalle, {d) Peru, (e) Geneseo. 
 
 V. Alton and St. Louis. 
 
 {\) Termini; — (t^) Chicago, (^) St. Louis. 
 
 (2) Principal Places; — {a) Joliet, {b) Pontiac, 
 (6') Bloomington, (d) Springfield, {e) Alton. 
 
 VI. Great Western. 
 
 (1) Termini; — (a) Quincy, {b) Toledo, Ohio. 
 
 (2) Principal Places;— (a) Jacksonville, (b) Spring- 
 field, (<r) Decatur. 
 
 VII. Ohio and Mississippi. 
 
 (1) Termini'^ — (a) St. Louis, {b) Cincinnati, Ohio. 
 Have pupils bound State. 
 
 DlSTINGlJLSHmG FEATUEES. 
 
 I. Surface: — Level or gently undulating, with bluffs 
 along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. 
 
 II. Advantages; — 
 
 (1) Water communication with the world by means of 
 the Mississippi river and the Great Lakes. 
 
 (2) A great-net work of railroads. 
 
 (3) Extensive lead mines in the northwest. 
 
132 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 (4) Very valuable coal mines, 
 
 (5) A mild climate. 
 
 (6) Exceedingly fertile soil, adapted to tlie growth of 
 the different grains. 
 
 III. Leading Interests: — 
 
 {[) Mijmufacturing \ — {cC) Agricultural implements, 
 (J) iron castings, {c) steam engines, {d) wagons and 
 carriages, {e) leather-boots and shoes, (/*) flour 
 and meal, {g) liquors, (A) glass, {i) zinc, «tc. 
 (^) Minings — (a) Lead, (b) coal. 
 
 X3) Farming \ — {c) Corn, {d) wl«jat, {e) o^,ts, (/) hay, 
 {g) potatoes, (A) fruit, (i) wool and butter, {j) beef 
 and pork. 
 Illinois produces the most wheat and corn of any State 
 in the Union. 
 
 It is the second manufacturing state west of the Allegha- 
 ny Mountains, and one of the largest in the United States. 
 Its lead mines are among the most productive known. 
 
 (tHREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Have pupils draw maps of Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, 
 and Iowa; locate some of the principal cities, and trace a 
 few of the principal rivers and trunk railroads. 
 
 Study briefly the distinguishing features of these States 
 under the heads of Surface^ Advantages^ and Leading 
 Interests. 
 
 WISCONSIN. 
 
 I. Cities. I 
 
 (1) Milwaukee, (2) Fond du Lac, (3) Oshkosh, (2) La Crosse, \ 
 (5) Janesville, (6) Madison. i 
 
 II. Rivers. 
 
 (1) St. Croix, (2) Wisconsin, (3) Wolf, (4) Fox. 
 
 .\ 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 133 
 
 III. Railroads. 
 
 1. Chicago and North Western, Wisconsin Division, (2) 
 Milwaukee and St. Paul. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION LINES FOR MAP. 
 
 1. Make a vertical line i and divide it into 5 equal parts calling each M. 
 
 2. 2 M's to the left of the upper end of i make a point and draw the 
 horizontal line A . 
 
 3. 2 M's below A make a point in the vertical line i. 
 
 4. A little less than 2>^ M's to the left, and 2 M's to the right make points 
 and connect by the horizontal line B. 
 
 5. % of an M to the left, and 2 M's to the right of the lower end of i make 
 points and connect by the horizontal line C. 
 
 6. Bisect A and make a point ^ of an M above the right end of B. 
 
 7. Connect the bisecting point in A with the point last made. 
 
 8. Connect the last point made with the right end of C. 
 
 9. Connect the left ends of A and B, and the left ends of B and C. 
 
 INDIANA. 
 
 I. Cities. 
 
 (1) Ft. Wayne, (2) Logansport, (3) Indianapolis, (4) Terre 
 Haute, (5) Yincennes, (6) Evansville. 
 
 II. Rivers. 
 
 (1) Wabash, (2) White. 
 
 III. Railroads. 
 
 (1) Michigan Central, (2) Lake Shore and Michigan South- 
 ern, (3) Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, (4) Great Western, 
 (5) Ohio and Mississippi. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION LINES FOR MAP. 
 
 1. Draw a vertical line i and divide it into 4 equal parts, calling each part M. 
 
 2. A little over one M to the right, and left of the upper end of i make points, 
 and connect by the horizontal line A. 
 
 3. 2 14^ M's below the right end of A make a point and connect by the ver- 
 tical line 2. 
 
 4. At the left end of A draw the vertical line 3 corresponding to I. 
 
 5. Connect the lower ends of i and 2, and i and 3. 
 
134 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 MISSOURI. 
 
 I. Cities. 
 
 (1) St. Louis, (2) Hannibal ,(3) St. Joseph, (4) Kansas City, 
 (5) Jefferson City. 
 
 II. Rivers. 
 
 (1) Missouri, (2) Grand, (3) Osage. 
 
 III. Railroads. 
 
 (1) Hannibal and St. Joseph, (2) Kansas Pacific. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION LINES FOR MAP. 
 
 I. Draw a vertical line i and divide it into four equal parts, calling each part 
 M. 
 
 2.. xYz M's to the right, and left of the upper end of i make points and con- 
 nect by the horizontal line A. 
 
 3. ^ of an M to the left, and 3X M's to the right of the lower end of i 
 make points, and connect with the horizontal line B. 
 
 4. ^Yz M's above the left end of B make a point, and connect this point with 
 the left ends of A "and B. 
 
 5. Connect the right ends of A and B . 
 
 6. Make a square having each side ^ M on the lower side, and at the right 
 end of B. 
 
 IOWA. 
 
 I. Cities. 
 
 (1) Dubuque, (2) Clinton, (3) Davenport, (4) Burlington, 
 (5) Cedar Kapids, (6) Council Bluffs. 
 
 II. Rivers. 
 
 (1) Cedar, (2) Des Moines. 
 
 II. Railroads. 
 
 (1) Burlington and Missouri, (2) Chicago and North West- 
 ern (3) Chicago, Eock Island and Pacific. 
 
 CONSTRUCTION LINES FOR MAP. 
 I. Draw a vertical line i and Trisect, calling each part M. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 135 
 
 2. 2 M's to the left, and right of the upper end of i make points and con- 
 nect by the horizontal line A . 
 
 2-1/4 M's to the left, and 2 M's to the right of the lower end of i make 
 points and connect the horizontal line B. 
 
 4. Connect the left ends of A and B. 
 
 5. Bisect I, and 3 M's to the right of this point make a point. 
 
 6. Connect this point with the right ends of A and B. 
 
 THE [UNITED STATES. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 III. IS'atural Divisions. 
 
 lY. Population. 
 
 Y. Government. 
 
 YI. Political Divisions. 
 
 Yll. Important Pontes of Travel. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute: — (a) Latitude; (h) Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative: — {a) Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Length and Breadth. 
 
 2. Area. 
 
 III. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. Pacific Highlands : — (a^) Position; (J) extent; (c) sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Rocky, Sierra Kevada, — (2) Pla- 
 teaus — Green River Plateau, Utah Basin, Colorado 
 Plateau, Columbia Plateau; — (3) Plains — Coast Plains 
 Yalleys, — (4) Waters — (aa) Rivers — Columbia, Green, 
 Sacramento, Rio Gila, Colorado, Humboldt, San Joa- 
 quin, — (jbb) Lakes — Great Salt Lake. 
 
136 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 2. Atlantic Highlands : — {a) Position ; (b) extent ; (c) 
 Surface, — (1) Mountains — White, Green, Adirondacks, 
 Blue Eidge, Alleghany, Cumberland, — (2) Plateau, — 
 Eastern, Western,— (3) Plains — Coast Plains, Yalleys, — 
 (4) Waters, — (aa) Kivers — St. Lawrence, Penobscot, 
 Kennebec, Merrimac, Connecticut, Hudson, Delaware, 
 Potomac, James, Poanoke, St. John's, Savannah, Al- 
 tamaha, Alabama, — (bb) Lakes — Ontario, Erie. 
 
 3. Central Plain: — (a) Position ; (b) extent; (c) surface, — 
 (1) One Great Plain,— (2) waters, (aa) Rivers— Missis- 
 sippi, Pock, Illinois, Tennessee, Ped, Arkansas, Mis- 
 souri, Ohio, — (bb) Lakes — Michigan, Superior. 
 
 IV. Population. 
 
 (a) I^umber, (b) ^Nationality, {c) Distribution, (d) Charac- 
 ter, (e) Chief Occupations: — (l) mining, (2) agriculture, 
 (3) manufacturing, (4) commerce, (5) lumbering, (6) 
 grazing, (7) fishing. 
 
 V. Government. 
 
 VI. Political Divisions— W States, (b) Territories. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE STATES. 
 
 Teach each of the following named States according to 
 the plan suggested below. 
 
 1. California. 2. Massachusetts. 
 
 3. Louisiana. 4. Maine. 
 
 5. Texas. 6. New York. 
 
 PLAN OF STUDY. 
 
 1. Location, — absolute and relative. 
 
 2. Physical Characteristics, — surface, climate. 
 
 3. Advantages. 4. Leading interests. 5. Cities. 
 
 6. Relative importance with respect to area, popula- 
 tion, commercial interests. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 13 7 
 
 SET7-:E^T1'XI C3-I^-<^IDE. 
 
 NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 V. Coast. 
 
 VI. Climatic Divisions. 
 VII. Political Divisions. 
 VIII. Important Routes of Travel. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute: — (a) Latitude, (h) Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative: — (a) Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Length and Breadth. 
 
 2. Area. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw Map — feee Gu jot's Common School Geography). 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. Western Highland : — (a) Position; (h) Extent; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Rocky, SierraKevada, Cascade, — 
 (2) Plateaus — Alaska, Utah Basin, Colorado Plateau, 
 Columbia Plateau, Green River Plateau, Mexico, Cen- 
 tral America, — (3) Plains — Coast Plains, Valleys, — 
 (4) Waters, — («^«) Rivers — Yukon, Columbia, Colorado, 
 Rio Gila, Frazier, Sacramento, Sources of rivers of 
 
 —36— 
 
138 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 Middle Plain,— (5J) Lakes — Great Salt Lake, Smaller 
 salt lakes. 
 
 2. Easteen Highlands: — {a) Position; {b) Extent; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — White, Green, Adirondacks, Blue 
 Ridge, Alleghany, Cumberland,— (2) Plateaus-Labrador, 
 Heighth of Land, Eastern and Western Slopes, — (3) 
 Plains — Coast Plains, Yalleys, — (4) Waters, — ((3^<2)St.Law- 
 rence System, — {aaa) Riveis — St. Lawrence, Ottawa, — 
 (bhh) Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, On- 
 tario, — (bb) Atlantic System, — (See outline U. S.) 
 
 3. Middle Plains : — (a) Position ; ib) Extent ; {c) Surface, — 
 (1) Plains — Great Northern Plain, Hudson Bay Plain, 
 Mississippi Yalley, — (2) Waters, — {aa) Mackenzie Sys- 
 tem, — {aaa) Rivers — Mackenzie, Athabasca, — (bbb) 
 Lakes — Deer, Bear, Slave, — {bb) Hudson Bay System, — 
 {aaa) Rivers — Nelson, Churchill, — {bbb) Lakes — Winni- 
 peg, — {cc) Mississippi System, — {aaa) Rivers — Missis- 
 sippi, Ohio, niinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas. 
 
 . Coast. 
 
 1. Northern Coast: — {a) Character; {b) Indentations,—-^ 
 Hudson Bay, Baffin's Bay; {c) Projections, — (6i^«) Pe- 
 ninsulas — Boothia, Melville, Labrador,-— (JJ) Capes — 
 Barrow, Bathurst, Chudleigh ; {d) Islands — Arctic Arch- 
 ipelago, Iceland, Greenland. 
 
 2. Eastern Coast: — {a) Character; (b) Indentations, — 
 (fl^a)Gulfs — St. Lawrence, Mexico, — {bb) Bays — Chaleurs, 
 Massachusetts, Delaware, Chesapeake, — {cc) Sounds — 
 Long Island, Albemarle; {c) Projections, — {aa) Penin- 
 sulas — Florida, Yucatan, — {bb) Capes — Cod, Charles, 
 Henry, Hatteras, Henlopen, Sable, Catoche ; {d) 
 Islands, — New Foundland, Long, Bahama, West Indies. 
 
 3. Western Coast: — {a) Character ;(5) Indentations,- — 
 Gulf of California; {c) Projections, — {aa) Peninsu- 
 las — Alaska, Aliaska, Kenai, Lower California, — {bb) 
 Capes — Flattery, Mendocino, San Lucas ; {d) Islands, — 
 Santa Barbara. t 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 139 
 
 VI. Climatic Divisions. 
 
 1. Cold Region: — {a) Location; (b) climate; (c) plants; 
 (d) animals. 
 
 2. Temperate Region: — (a) Location; (b) climate; {c) 
 plants; (d) animals. 
 
 3. Warm Region: — (a) Location; (J) climate ; (c) plants; 
 {d) animals. 
 
 VII. Political Divisions. 
 
 1. British America : — (a) Position; (^Extent; ((j) Divis- 
 ions, — (aa) Northwest Territory, (bb) INew Fouiidland, 
 {cg} Canada, — (1) Divisions — Manitoba, Ontario, Que- 
 bec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's 
 Isle, — (2) Government, — (3) People — Esquimaux, 
 Whites, — (4) Cities — Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec, To- 
 ronto. 
 
 2. United States: — (See Outline of U. S.) (Review.) 
 
 3. Mexico: — (a) Position; (b) Character of People; (c) Oc- 
 cupations, — (1) Agriculture, (2) Mining; (d) Produc- 
 tions,— (1) Tropi(;al fruits, (2) Sugar, (3) Indigo, (4) Cof- 
 fee, (5) Silver, (6) Mercury; (e) Government ; {/) 
 Cities — Mexico, Puebla, Acapulco, Yera Cruz. 
 
 4. Central America : — (a) Position. 
 
 EUROPE. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 JI. Size, 
 
 lil. Form. 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
140 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 V. Coast. 
 YI. Political Divisions. 
 YII. Kaiik amoiio: the Continents. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute: — (a) Latitude; Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative: — (a) Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Length and Breadth. 
 
 2. Area. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw map — See Guyot's Common Sc'hool Geography.) 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. High Europe : — (a) Position ; (b) Extent ; (c) Surface, — 
 
 (1) Mountains- Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees, Carpathian,- 
 
 (2) Plateaus — German Highlands, Basin of Bohemia, 
 Plateau of Transylvania, Table-land of Spain, — 
 
 (3) Plains — of France, of North Sea, of Lombardy,— 
 
 (4) Waters, — (aa) Elvers— Rhone, Rhine, S'oane, Loire, 
 Seine, Elbe, Weser, Oder, Po, Danube, Ebro, Garonne,— 
 (hh) Lakes — Constance, Geneva, Garda. 
 
 2. Low Europe: — (fl^) Position; (^) Extent; (<?) Surface, — 
 
 (1) Mountains — ^Ural, Caucasus, Scandinavian, — 
 
 (2) Plateaus— Scandinavian Highlands,— (3) Plains — 
 Plains of Scandinavia, Great Russian Plain, — 
 (4) Waters,— («a) Caspian System,— (aaa) Rivers— Volga, 
 Ural, — (555) Lakes — Caspian Sea,— (55) Black Sea Sys- 
 tem, — (aaa) Rivers— Don, Dnieper, — (555) Lakes — Black 
 Sea, Azov Sea,— (cc) Baltic System, — (aaa) Rivers — 
 Duna, Nieman,— (555) Lakes — Onega, Ladoga, — (dd) Arc- 
 tic System, — (aaa) Rivers — Dwina, Petchora. 
 
 V. Coast. 
 
 1. Southern Coast: — (a) Character; (5) Indentations, — 
 Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Gulf of Genoa, Gulf of 
 Lyons; (c) Projections, — Hellenic Peninsula, Italy 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 141 
 
 Spain ; {d) Islands — Grecian Archipelago, Crete, 
 Corsica, Sardinia, Sicil}', Balearic Isles. 
 
 2. Western Coast: — {a) Character; {h) Indentations — 
 Bay of Biscay, English Channel, N^orth Sea, Skager 
 Rack ; (c) Projections — Bretagne, Denmark, Scandi- 
 navia; {d) Islands — British Isles, Shetland. 
 
 3. Northern Coast: — {a) Character; {h) Indentations — 
 White Sea. 
 
 VI. Political Divisions. 
 
 1. Monarchies. 2. Republics. 
 
 VII. Rank Among the Continents. 
 
 1. As TO Size. 
 
 2. As TO Civilization. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE NATIONS. 
 
 I. British Isles. 
 
 1. Position: — (a) Absolute; (h) Relative. 
 
 2. Divisions: — {a) England; (b) Wales; (6') Scotland; 
 {d) Ireland. 
 
 3. Climate. 
 
 4. People : — (<a^)Occupations — (1) mining, (2) manufactur- 
 ing, (3) commerce; (h) Productions — (1) coal, (2) iron, 
 (3) tin, (4) cotton goods, (5) woolen goods, (6) hard- 
 ware and cutlery; {c) Government; {d) Religion. 
 
 5. Cities: — (<3^) London ; (^) Liverpool; {c) Manchester; 
 {d) Edinburgh; {e) Glasgow ; (/) Dublin ; {g) Belfast. 
 
 II. France. 
 
 1. Position. — {a) Absolute ; {h) Relative. 
 
 2. Climate. 
 
 3. People:— («) Occupations — ( 1 ) agriculture, (2) manu- 
 facturing, (3) commerce ; {b) Productions — (1) grains, 
 (2) flax, (3) grapes, (4) mulberry, (5) olive, (6) beet, 
 (7) lace and silks, (8) woolen goods, (9) cutlery, 
 
142 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 sugar; (c) Government; {d) Religion. 
 4. Cities: — (a) Paris; (h) Lyons; (c) Marseilles ; (d) Brest; 
 (e) Havre. 
 
 III. German Empire. 
 
 1. Position : — (a) Absolute ; (h) Relative. 
 
 2. Divisions. 
 
 3. Climate. 
 
 4. People : — (a) Occupations — (1) agriculture, (2) mining, 
 (3) grazing, (4) manufacturing, (5) commerce; (b) Pro- 
 ductions — (1) grains, (2) tobacco, (3) grapes, (4) live 
 stock, (5) wool, (6) coal, (7) iron, (8) lead, (9) copper, 
 (10) zinc; (c) Government; (d) Religion. 
 
 5. Cities: — (a) Berlin; (b) Hamburg; (c) Munich; {d) 
 Dresden; (e) Bremen; (/) Strasburg. 
 
 IV. Russia. 
 
 1. Position: — (a) Absolute ; (b) Relative. 
 
 2. Climate. 
 
 3. People: — (a) Character; (b) Occupations — (I) manu- 
 facturing, (2) agriculture, (3) grazing, (4) lumbering, 
 (5) fishing, (6) commerce; (c) Productions — (1) wheat, 
 (2) flax, (3) hemp, (4) iron, (5) gold, (6) salt, (7) plati- 
 num, (8) linen and woolen goods, (9) candles, (10) leath- 
 er, (11) live stock, (12) wool, (13) beef, ^14) tallow, 
 (15) hides; (d) Government ; (e) Religion. 
 
 4. Cities: — (a) St. Petersburg; (b) Riga; (c) Odessa; 
 (d) Moscow ; (e) Nijni Novgorod; {/) Warsaw. 
 
 
 ASIA. 
 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Position. 
 
 II. 
 
 Size. 
 
 ni. 
 
 Form. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Natural Divisions. 
 
 V. 
 
 Coast. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Political Divisions. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 143 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute: —(«) Latitude; (h) Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative — Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Comparative. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw map. See Guyot's Common School Geography.) 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1 . Central Highlands : — {a) Position ; (h) Extent ; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Himalaya, Altai, (2) Plateaus — 
 Thibet, China Desert, Plateau of Siberia, Table-land 
 of Iran, (3) Lowlands — Few Valleys, (4) Waters — 
 Sources of all the great rivers of Asia, a few small 
 mountain lakes. 
 
 2. Border Plains: — (a) Position ; {b) Extent; (c) Surface, 
 — (1) Plains— of Hindostan, of Indo-China, of Coast, 
 along lower courses of great rivers, The Great Tun- 
 dras, ( 2 ) Waters, — (aa) Rivers — (aaa) of South — 
 Tigris, Euphrates, Indus, Ganges, (bhb) of East — 
 Hoang-Ho, Amoor, Yang-tse-Kiang, (cec) of North — 
 Lena, Obi, Yenisei, — (bb) Lakes — Baikal, Balkhash, 
 Tengri Nor, Yan, Aral Sea, Dead Sea. 
 
 V. Coast. 
 
 1. Southern Coast: — (a^) Character ; (b) Indentations — 
 Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, South 
 China Sea ; (c) Projections — Peninsula of Hindostan, 
 Peninsula of Indo-China, Malay Peninsula ; {d) 
 Islands — Ceylon, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Philippine. 
 
 2. Eastern Coast: — (a) Character; (b) Indentations — 
 Okhotsk Sea, Japan Sea, Yellow Sea ; (c) Projections — 
 Corea, Kamchatka; (d) Islands— Formosa, Japan, 
 Saghalien. 
 
 4. Northern Coast : — (a) Character ; (b) Islands — Nova 
 Zembla, New Siberia. 
 
144 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 VI. Political Divisions. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE NATIONS. 
 
 Study the Chinese Empire and the Japanese Empire 
 according to plans already familiar. 
 
 Eics-iz'm o-i^-A-iDE. 
 
 SOUTH AMERICA. 
 
 (TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 lY. Natural Divisions. 
 
 Y. Coast. 
 
 YI. Climatic Divisions. 
 
 YII. People. 
 
 YIII. Political Divisions. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute : — (a) Latitude; (h) Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative: — Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Comparative. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw map. See Guyot's Common School Geography.) 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. Andes Highlands: — (t») Position; (J) Extent; {c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Double range of Andes, (2) 
 Plateaus — Summit of Andes, Table-land between 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 145 
 
 ranges, (3) Lowlands — Yallejs and Slopes, (4) AYaters — 
 Sources of Rivers, Mountain Lakes. 
 
 2. Eastern Highlands: — (a) Position ; (b) Extent; (c) Snr- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Brazilian, (2) Plateaus — Brazil, 
 Guiana, (3) Plains — Coast Plains, Yalleys, (4) Waters — 
 Rivers — Parana, Tapajos, Xingo, San Francisco, To- 
 cantine. 
 
 3. Central Depression: — (a) Location; (^) Extent; (6') Sur- 
 face, — (1) One Great Central Plain, (2) Waters — 
 (aa) Amazon System, (5^) LaPlata System, (cc) Orinoco 
 System. 
 
 V. Coast 
 
 1. Northern Coast: — (a) Character; (b) Indentations — 
 Gulf of Darien, Gulf otYenezuela; (c) Projections — 
 Cape Gallinas ; (d) Islands — Margarita, Trinidad. 
 
 2. Eastern Coast: — (a) Character; (b) Indentations — Bay 
 of All Saints, Gulf of Matias; (c) Projections — Cape 
 Frio, Cape Horn; (d) Islands — Marajo, Falkland, 
 Magellan. 
 
 3. Western Coast: — (a) Character; (b) Indentations — Gulf 
 of Arica; (g) Projections — Cape Aguja; (d) Islands — 
 Galapagos. 
 
 VI. Climatic Divisions. 
 
 1. Warm Regions: — (a) Location; (b) Extent; (c) Yegeta- 
 tion, — (1) Of Selvas — palm, tree-fern, banana, fig, locust^ 
 mahogany, rosewood, vanilla, coca, medicinal plants, (2) 
 Of Llanos — rank grass, flowering plants ; (d) Animals. 
 
 2. Temperate Eegion: — (a) Location; (b) Extent; (c) Yeg- 
 etation, — Of pampas — tall grass, clover, gigantic 
 thistle, prickly bushes; (d) Animals. 
 
 3. Cold Kegion:— ((2) Location ; (b) Extent; (c) Yegetation ; 
 (d) Animals. 
 
 4. Slopes of the Andes: — (a) Extent; {b) Climate; (c) Ani- 
 mals. 
 
 VII. People. 
 
 1. Natives: — Indians. 
 
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146 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 2. Whites:— (a) Dutch; (b) Fi^ench; {c) English; (d) Span- 
 ish; (^) Portuguese. 
 
 VIII. Political Divisions. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVE NATIONS. 
 
 Study Brazil and Peru according to plans already 
 familiar. 
 
 AFRICA. 
 
 (ONE MONTH,) 
 
 I. Position. ^ 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 lY. Natural Divisions. 
 
 y. Coast. 
 
 YI. Climatic Divisions. 
 
 YII. People. 
 
 YIII. Religions. ^ 
 
 IX. Political Divisions. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute: — (a) Latitude; (b) Longitude. 
 
 2. Relative: — Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Comparative. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw Map. See Guyot's Common School Geography.) 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. IS'oETHEEN Plateau : — {a) Position ; (b) Extent ; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Atlas, Kong, (2) Plateaus, 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 147 
 
 Atlas Highlands, Kong Highlands, Sahara, Nubia, 
 (3) Waters — {aa) Sources of Coast Rivers, (bh) Lake 
 Tchad. 
 
 2. Southern Plateau: — (a) Position; (5) Extent; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Mountains — Cameron, Blue, Crystal, (2) 
 Plateaus — Interior, Abyssinia. 
 
 3. Border Plains: — {a) Location; {b) Extent; (c) Sur- 
 face, — (1) Plains— along the coasts, along courses of 
 rivers, (2) Waters — Rivers— Kile, Niger, Umbre, Wam- 
 bre. Orange, Dori, Jub, Zambesi, Haines, Senegal, 
 Gambia. 
 
 V. Coast. 
 
 1. Northern Coast: — {a) Character; {h) Indentations — 
 Gulf of Cabes, Gulf of Sidra; {c) Projections — Cape 
 Bon, Cape Sem. 
 
 2. Eastern Coast: — {a) Character; {b) Indentations — 
 Gulf of Aden, Sofala Bay, Mozambique Channel ; 
 (c) Projections — Cape Guardafui, Cape Agulhas , {d) 
 Islands — Zanzibar, Madagascar. 
 
 3. Western Coast : — {a) Character ; (b) Indentations — 
 Bight of Biafra, Gulf of Guinea ; {c) Projections — Cape 
 of Good Hope, Cape Frio, Cape Verd, Cape Blanco, 
 Cape Spartel. 
 
 VI. Climatic Divisions. 
 
 1. Tropical Africa: — (a) Location; {b) Extent; {c) Divis- 
 ions as to soil — Desert, Fertile Region. 
 
 2. Temperate Africa: — (a) Position; (b) Extent; {g) Cli- 
 mate; {d) Vegetation ; {e) Animals. 
 
 VII. People. 
 
 I.Negroes: — («^) Where found; (b) Character; (c) Occu- 
 pations. 
 
 2. Whites: — {a) Berbers; (b) Arabs ; (c) Moors. 
 
 3. Kaffirs. 4. Hottentots. 
 
 VIII. Religions. 
 
 1. Pagan. 2. Mohammedan. 3. Christian. 
 
 IX. Political Divisions. 
 
148 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 AUSTRALIA. 
 
 (ONE MONTH.) 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 lY. N'atiiral Divisions. 
 
 Y. (Joast. 
 
 YI. Climate. 
 
 Yll. Yegetation. 
 
 YIII. Animals. 
 
 IX. People. 
 
 X. Colonies. 
 
 I. Position. 
 
 1. Absolute; — {a) Latitude; (h) Longitude. 
 
 2. Eelative: — Boundary. 
 
 II. Size. 
 
 1. Comparative. 
 
 III. Form. 
 
 (Draw Map. See Guyot's Common School Geography.) 
 
 IV. Natural Divisions. 
 
 1. Eastern Sw^ell : — (a) Extent; (b) Character; (c) Waters— 
 Murray River, Darling Kiver. 
 
 2. "Western Svtell; — (a) Extent; (b) Character; (c) 
 Waters — Swan River, Gascoyne River. 
 
 3. Central Depression; — (a) Extent; (h) Character; 
 (c) Waters — Cooper River, Lake Torrens, Lake Eyre. 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 149 
 
 V. Coast. 
 
 1. IS'oKTHERN Coast: — {a) Character; {h) Indentations, — 
 Gulf of Carpentaria, Cambridge Gulf; (c) Projec- 
 tions, — ]^orth Australia, Yoi'k, Cobrv, Cape York, Cape 
 Londonderry. 
 
 2. Eastern Coast: — (a) Character. 
 
 3. Southern Coast:— (<:^) Character; (b) Indentations, — 
 Spencer Gulf, St. Vincent Gulf, Encounter Bay, Aus- 
 tralian Bight; (6')Projections,— Cape Wilson, Cape Catas- 
 trophe. 
 
 4. Western Coast: — (a) Character. 
 
 VI. Climate. 
 
 Warm temperate with wet and dry seasons. 
 
 VII. Vegetation. 
 
 VIII. Animals. 
 
 IX. People 
 
 1. Blacks: — {a) Savage. 
 
 2. Whites: — {a) Occupations, — (1) agriculture, (2) grazing, 
 (3) mining; {h) Productions, — (1) gold, (2) copper, 
 (3) lead. 
 
 3. Cities. 
 
 X. Colonies. 
 
 SECOND GLOBE LESSONS, 
 
 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 I. The relation of the earth to the sun and other 
 heavenly bodies. 
 II. Bodies composing the Solar System, — (1) Relative 
 
 Position, (2) Relative Size. 
 III. Movements of bodies in Solar System,- (1 ) Axial, 
 
 (2) Orbital. 
 ly. Effect of movements. 
 y. Circles. 
 
150 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 THE EARTH. j 
 
 I. Land. ; 
 
 1. Distribution:- — JSTorthern, Southern, Eastern and West- i 
 ern Worlds. } 
 
 2. STRUCTuiiE OF CONTINENTS I — («') Primary Highlands ; (h) ' 
 Secondary Highlands ; (c) Central Depressions. j 
 
 3. Islands ; — {a) Continental, — manner of formation; i 
 (h) Oceanic — manner of formation, — (1) volcanic, 
 
 (2) coral. ' 
 
 4. Disturbances: — (a) Volcanoes, — (1) causes,, (2) results, : 
 
 (3) relative position; (h) Earthquakes, — (1) cause, 
 (2) kinds, (3) distribution. | 
 
 II. Water. I 
 
 1. Continental Waters: — (a) Kivers, — (1) cause, (2) ero- 
 sion, [3) deposit, (4) relation to land structure (Review 
 the river systems of the several continents) ; (b), — 
 Lakes, — (1) kinds — mountain lakes, lakes in plains, salt 
 lakes, — (2) geographical distribution. 
 
 2. Oceanic Waters: — (a) Ocean Basins — (1) form, (2) size; 
 (h) Oceanic movements — (1) waves — cause, (2) tides — 
 cause, (3) Marine currents — polar, equatorial, return. 
 
 Cause and directions of the different currents. 
 Influence of the different currents on adjoining land. 
 
 III. Atmosphere. 
 
 1. Relation to Other Elements. 
 
 2. Properties. 
 
 3. Causes of Changes of Seasons: — (a) Motions of the 
 earth; (b) Relation of the earth to the sun. 
 
 Causes of Differences of Climate in Places Having 
 same Latitude : — Mountains, oceans, winds, marine cur- 
 rents, altitude. 
 (Review position, climate, natural resources, and the 
 occupations of the different Representative States and Na- 
 tions given in the Continents. Make comparisons and give 
 reasons for differences found.) 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 151 
 
 5. Disturbances: — (a) Winds — (constant, periodical, varia- 
 ble; {b) Revolving Storms — huiTicanes, typhoons, C3^- 
 clones. 
 
 6. Distribution of Vapor in Atmosphere. 
 
 7. Forms of Yapor: — (a) Dew ; (b) Fos:; (<?) Clouds; (d) 
 Rain; (e) Snow. 
 
 8. Distribution of clouds and rain: — Rain zones. 
 
 9. Distribution of snow : — Glaciers — formation. 
 
 IV. Life on the Earth. 
 
 1. Yegetable: — (a) Zones of Yegetation, (b) Yegetation 
 in the different continents. (Connect with Plant W ork.) 
 
 2. Animal: — (a) Animal life in the different continents. 
 (Connect with Animal Work;) (b) Human Family, — 
 Geographical races — characteristics. (Connect with 
 Human Body Work.) 
 
 GOVERNMENT. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 In teaching the following brief view of the plan of our 
 government, the teacher should see that the pupils know, 
 respecting each officer, whether he is elected or appointed, 
 and by whom; his term of office; his duties; for what causes 
 and by what means he may be removed; what constitutes a 
 district or constituency in each case; the name of present in- 
 cumbent, in each instance, and the length of time he has yet 
 to serve ; about caucuses, primary meetings, township, county, 
 district, state and national conventions, including their im- 
 portance and legal bearing on elections. 
 
 Teachers should see, also, that pupils know how govern- 
 ments are sustained. (See 4 and 5, Seventh Grade, Number 
 Work). <• 
 
 I. The School District. 
 
 1. Legislative Department: — The Board of Education. 
 
 2. Judicial Department: — (See Township, and County 
 Government.) 
 
 3. Executive Department: — 
 
152 GEOGRAPHY. 
 
 (a) Siiperiiiteiideiit and Teachers; (h) Board of Educa- 
 tion. 
 
 II. City Government— (Aurora.) 
 
 1. Legislative Department: — Aldermen. 
 
 2. Judicial Department: — (a) City Courts — Officers — 
 judge, clerk, master in chancery, sheriff, constables; (b) 
 Justices' Courts^ — Officers -justices of the peace, 
 State's attorney, constables, marshal, policemen. 
 
 3. Executive Department: — Officers — mayor, city clerk, 
 city marshal, treasurer, city attorney, city physician, 
 constables, policemen. 
 
 III. Township Government. 
 
 1. Legislative Department : —The people at town meet- 
 ing. 
 
 2. Judicial Department: — Justices' Courts^ — Officers — 
 justices of the peace. State's attorney, constables. 
 
 3. Executive Department: — Supervisor, town clerk, as- 
 sessor, collector, treasurer, highway commissioners, 
 school trustees. 
 
 IV. County Government.- (Kane County.) 
 
 1. Legislative Department: —Board of Supervisors, — 
 Officers — chairman, clerk. 
 
 2. Judicial Department : —(«) County Court, — Officers, — 
 judge, clerk, State's attorney, sheriff; {b) Circuit Court, 
 — Officers — judge, clerk and recorder, mabter in chan- 
 cery, State's attorney, sheriff. 
 
 3. Executive Department: — County clerk, circuit clerk, 
 sheriff, treasurer, county superintendent of schools, sur- 
 veyor, coroner. 
 
 V. state Government.— (Illinois.) 
 
 1. Legislative Department: — {a) Senate, — ^-(1) Officers — 
 president, clerk, (2) time and place of meeting; {h) 
 House of Representatives, — (1) Officers— speaker, clerk, 
 (2) time and place of meeting. 
 
 2. Judicial Department: — {a) Supreme Court, — Officers — 
 chief justice, six associate judges, three clerks — one in 
 each district, attorney general, reporter; (h) Circuit 
 
 Court,— {See County Government.) 
 
GEOGRAPHY. 153 
 
 3. Executive Department: — Governor, lieutenant-gov- 
 ernor, secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, 
 treasurer, superiHtendent of public instruction, attor- 
 ney general, board of equalization, board of public 
 charities. 
 
 VI. U. S. Government. 
 
 1. Legislative Department: — ia) Senate, — (1) Officers — 
 president, secretary, sergeant-at-arms, postmaster, door- 
 keeper, (2) time and place of meeting ; (b) House of 
 Representatives, — (1) Officers — speaker, clerk, sergeant 
 at arms, postmaster, door-keeper, (2) time and place 
 of meeting. 
 
 2. Judicial Department: — {a) Sujpreine Court, — (1) Offi- 
 cers — chief justice, nine associate justices, clerk, attor- 
 ney general, reporter, marshal, (2) time and place of 
 meeting; i})) Inferior Courts, — (1) kinds, («^«) Circuit 
 Courts, — Officers — a justice of the Supreme Court, 
 Circuit judge, clerk, district attorney, marshal, {bb) Dis- 
 trict Courts, — Officers — district judge, clerk, district 
 attorney, marshal, {cc) Court of Claims, — Officers — 
 chief justice, four associate judges, clerk, bailiff, (2) 
 time and place of meeting. 
 
 3. Executive Department : —Officers, — (1) president, 
 vice president; (2) cabinet— secretary of state, secretary 
 of treasury, secretary of war, secretary of navy, secre- 
 tary of the interior, postmaster general, attorney 
 general. 
 
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154 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 KoTE.' — While it is expected that, in giving the following 
 work, the pupils will become interested in the personal his- 
 tory of the one whose biography is under consideration, it 
 must be borne in mind by the teacher that the object 
 of the work is to teach United States History. That the 
 frame work of this historical structure may be symmetrical, 
 the teacher must see that the elements oi place and relative 
 time are properly united wdth the elements most interesting 
 to the children, — vfien and events. 
 
 Pupils should consult the map frequently and, when 
 practicable, should draw maps representing plans of military 
 campaigns and other important historical routes of travel. 
 While the pupils should be required to commit to memory 
 but a few dates, they should associate the tiTYie of every 
 event about which they learn with the few dates they do 
 commit to memory, as centres. 
 
 FlRSr SERIES. 
 
 SISSITia: O-DE^^^IDE. 
 
 ^lyH^ l/ /... i-^Ui., 
 
 CHBISTOPHEB COLUMBUS— (TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Early education. 
 
 Place in which his youth was spent. 
 
 Inclination for a sailor's life — causes of this. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 155 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 The then commonly received ideas of the earth's shape. 
 
 Views of Columbus — opposition to his views. 
 
 Plans for a voyage to test the truth of his theories. 
 
 Applications for aid. 
 
 His patrons — Ferdinand and Isabella. 
 
 Fitting out of vessels. 
 
 First voyage — when made, and results. 
 
 Second voyage— when made, and results. 
 
 Third voyage — when made, and results. 
 
 Fourth voyage — when made, and results. 
 
 Naming of the West Indies and America. 
 
 Influence of his enemies with the king, and what they 
 accomplished toward his injury. 
 
 Death and circumstances of his burial, and removal of his 
 body. 
 
 Character of Columbus. 
 
 Effects of his discoveries on Spanish claims to American 
 territory. 
 
 GEORGE WASHINGTON,— (TWO MONTHTS,) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — when and where. 
 
 Residence, education, sports. 
 
 Occupation during latter part of youth — public surveyor. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Service in the French and Indian war. 
 Rank — Major. 
 
 Causes of war — territories of the French and English. 
 Washington as commissioner to the French. 
 Braddock's defeat and Washington's valor. 
 Washina^ton made commander-in-chief. 
 Close of war. 
 Results. 
 
 Resignation of Washington. 
 
 A member of the house of Burgesses of Virginia for fif- 
 teen years. 
 
156 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Service in the Revolution. 
 Condition of colonies at this time. 
 Causes of the war. Declaration of Independence. 
 Battle of Lexington. 
 Brief account of the progress of the war. 
 Surrender at Saratoga. 
 Winter at Valley Forge. 
 Aid from foreign nations. 
 Yorktown — close of war. 
 Results. 
 General statistics of war — number lost, cost, debt, etc. 
 
 Service as President. 
 Condition of states at close of war. 
 Articles of Confederation,— why faulty. 
 The Federal Constitution. 
 
 Washington elected President Place of inauguration. 
 
 Length of service. 
 What accomplished. 
 
 First Cabinet, judiciary, mint and bank, French troubles, 
 new states. 
 
 Retirement from public life. 
 
 Death — when. Where buried. 
 
 Character and rank as general and statesman. 
 
 ABRAHAM LINCOLN— (TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — when and where. 
 
 Early advantages and education. 
 
 In what states resident during early life. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Service in Black Hawk war — captain. 
 
 Return frojn war,— business, — surveying. 
 
 Study of law. 
 
 Admission to bar in 1837. 
 
 Contest with Douglas — point of contest. 
 
 Member of the Legislature. 
 
 Character and principles as a politician. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 157 
 
 Services as President. 
 
 When and by whom elected. 
 
 Result of election. 
 
 Causes of the rebellion, — remote and immediate, — includ- 
 ing the fall of Sumter. 
 
 Act of Secession — Southern Confederacy — its capital and 
 President — of what states formed. 
 
 Length and progress of war. 
 
 Bull Run. 
 
 Emancipation proclamation — result. 
 
 Opening of the Mississippi river by Grant. 
 
 Sherman's march to the sea. 
 
 Fall of Richmond — close of war. 
 
 Results of war. 
 
 General statistics of war, — number of men killed on each 
 side, expense, etc. 
 
 Death of Lincoln — when, by whom killed. (Fate of Booth). 
 
 Burial — final obsequies. 
 
 Character as a man and statesman. 
 
 Monument to his memory. 
 
 BENJAMIN FBANKLIN.—{TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Birth — when and where. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Period of apprenticeship. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Before entering on his public life. 
 
 O ccupation — Prin te r . 
 
 Editor of Poor Richard's Almanac — Maxims. 
 
 Character as a Philosopher. 
 
 Public life. 
 
 Postmaster at Philadelphia. 
 
 Member of general assembly of Pennsylvania. 
 
 Electric experiments — lightning rods. 
 
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158 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Deputy-general of Post-office department. 
 
 Agent ot several colonies to Europe. 
 
 Member of Continental Congress. 
 
 Signer of Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Minister to France during Revolution. 
 
 Service so rendered. 
 
 Return to America. 
 
 Character as statesman. 
 
 Connection with educational institutions. 
 
 Influence on literary world. 
 
 Death — when. 
 
 PATRICK HENBY,—{TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE- 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Early disposition and character. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 First occupation — business — result. 
 
 Final occupation — lawyer. 
 
 Character and rank as a lawyer. 
 
 Public life. 
 
 Member of House of Burgesses of Virginia. 
 
 Speeches on "Stamp Act," "Tax on Tea," "Boston Port 
 Bill" — effect of these speeches. 
 
 Member of Congress. 
 
 Affair with Dunmore of Virginia. 
 
 Governor of Virginia. 
 
 Position of Henry on the adoption of the Federal Con- 
 stitution. 
 
 Final acquiescence. 
 
 Death — when. 
 
 Character and rank as an American statesman. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 159 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 szE^vTEisriTiEi o-:R,-^nDS. 
 
 V 
 
 THE CABOTS—(ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Katicnality. 
 
 Time in which they lived. 
 First voyage — both father and son. 
 When made — under whose patronage. 
 Results. 
 
 Second voyage — son only. 
 When made, under whose patronage. 
 Results. 
 
 English claims on the ground of the discoveries of the 
 Cabots. 
 
 ^ MAGELLAN.— {ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 In whose service engaged while exploring in 'New World. 
 
 Voyage. 
 
 When made. 
 
 Results. 
 
 Straits of Magellan. 
 
 Naming of the Pacific Ocean. 
 
 Rank as an explorer. 
 
 Death — where — ^how. 
 
 First circumnavigation of the globe by one of his ships. 
 
160 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 i 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ^ CABTIEIt,—{ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 In what nation's service employed. 
 
 First voyage. 
 
 When made. 
 
 Discovery and naming of Bay of Chaleurs. 
 
 Second voyage. 
 
 When made. 
 
 Discovery of St. Lawrence river. 
 
 Exploration of its banks. 
 
 French claim to territory about the St. Lawrence. 
 
 DESOTO.—iOJSE WEEK.) 
 
 l^ationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 Short account of expedition with Pizarro. 
 
 Voyage of discovery. 
 
 Objects of voyage. 
 
 Success. 
 
 Discovery of Mississippi river. 
 
 Death and burial. 
 
 Return of his followers. 
 
 ^ BALEIiiH.—{ONE WEEK.) 
 
 E'ationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 During whose reign. 
 
 Services. 
 
 I. Two vessels sent out for explorations. 
 Explorations on coasts of the Carolinas, and Yirginia. 
 Name of Country — Virginia — why. 
 
 II. First attempt to settle the Carolinas. Results. 
 
 III. Second attempt to settle the Carolinas. Results. 
 
 CHAMP LAIN,— {ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 161 
 
 In what nation's service engaged. 
 
 His voyage. 
 
 When made. 
 
 Eesults. 
 
 Founding of Quebec. 
 
 Explorations on banks of St. Lawrence. 
 
 First permanent French settlement — Port Royal 
 
 Lake Champlain. 
 
 v^ 
 
 JOHN SMITH— {1 WO MONTHS. 
 
 "^ EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 Nationality. 
 Education. 
 Adventures of youth. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 First voyage to America. 
 
 When made. 
 
 Exploration on coast of Virginia. 
 
 Founding a Virginia colony. 
 
 Jamestown. 
 
 London Company — first charter. 
 
 Government of colony — two councils — ^governor. 
 
 John Smith as governor. 
 
 Standing among colonists. 
 
 Prosperity of colony under him. 
 
 His explorations. 
 
 Narrow escape. 
 
 Friendship of Indians while Smith remained. 
 
 The second charter. 
 
 Smith's return to England — cause. 
 
 Results. 
 
 Change of government. 
 
 SmiWs Second Voyage. 
 Third charter. 
 Introduction of slavery. 
 Indians — wars — results. 
 
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162 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Yirginia made a royal province. 
 Death of Smith — when, where. 
 Injustice of England toward Virginia. 
 Na vigaticmj^ts . 
 
 ^J^ HENBY HUnSON,-{TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Voyage to America. 
 
 Object. 
 
 In whose service. 
 
 Discovery of the Hudson river. 
 
 Dutch claims to l!^ew York, 
 
 Fate of Hudson. 
 
 Grant to Dutch West India company. 
 
 New Amsterdam (New York.) 
 
 Fort Orange — (Albany.) 
 
 Government. 
 
 Peter Minuit — first governor. 
 
 General progress. 
 
 Peter Stuyvesant — last governor of the Dutch. 
 
 Prosperity under him. 
 
 Conquest of New York by the English. 
 
 Brief sketch under English rule. 
 
 Charteir annulled. 
 
 ^ MILES STANDISH.—(TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 ^^ EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 His profession. 
 
 Circumstances which made him one of the Puritan band. 
 The Puritans — who were they — why so named. 
 Sailing of the Mayflower. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 163 
 
 Founding of Plymouth colpny. 
 When. 
 
 Under whose auspices. 
 Geography of the country. 
 The Plymouth company. 
 
 Government of the colony — governor and legislature. 
 Short account of progress of colony. 
 Difficulties. 
 Indian troubles. 
 
 Services of Standish as a soldier. 
 
 Founding of remaining colonies between 1620 and 1638. 
 Location of each. 
 Union in 1643. 
 Death of Standish. 
 Character of Standish. 
 Longfellow's poem. 
 
 Unjust treatment of colonies by the king of Eng^land. 
 Kesistance to the l^avigation Acts and to the authority of 
 the king. 
 
 Charters annulled. 
 Internal difficulties. 
 Religious discussions. 
 
 AT BOGEB WLLLIAMS.-{TWO WEEKS) 
 
 ^ EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Occupation. 
 
 Departure to America. 
 
 Cause. 
 
 Arrival at Salem. 
 
 Occupation there. 
 
 His character, views, and peculiar traits. 
 
 Banishment. 
 
 Purchase of land from the Indians. 
 
 Where located. 
 
164 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Providence colony. 
 
 His work for the welfare of the colony. 
 Ehode Island plantation, 1638. 
 
 Eeasons why these colonies did not join the New England 
 Confederacy. 
 
 William's journey to England. 
 
 Heturu with charter. 
 
 Union of Providence and Rhode Island. . . 
 
 Grove rnment. 
 
 Death of Williams — why so noted. 
 
 Charter annulled. 
 
 Charter resumed. 
 
 V 
 
 LOBD BALTIMOBE.-iOl^E WEEK.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Nationality. 
 
 Religion. 
 
 Time in which he lived. 
 
 MANHOOD.- 
 
 Grant from Charles I. 
 
 Maryland — location. 
 
 Object of obtaining this grant. 
 
 Settlement of St. Mary's. 
 
 By whom. When. 
 
 Government. 
 
 Governors — the Calverts. 
 
 Toleration act. 
 
 Overthrow of the government. 
 
 General prosperity. 
 
 Cause. 
 
 I. Fertile soil. 
 
 II. Mild seasons. 
 
 III. Ample privileges. 
 
 WILLIAM PENN. 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time — place. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Expulsion from home — cause. 
 

 BIOGRAPHY. 165 
 
 7> 
 
 \ MANHOOD. 
 
 Early manhood. 
 
 Religious views. 
 
 Voyage to America. 
 
 Grant of Pennsylvania. (Meaning of name), i? '"'>. ^ 
 
 Founding of Philadelphia. (Meaning of name)./ 4 o ^ 
 
 Treaty with Indians. 
 
 Continued friendship of Indians. 
 
 Return to England. 
 
 Release of 1,300 Quakers. 
 
 Return to America with a band of Quakers. 
 
 Government. 
 
 His work with the Indians. 
 
 Death. / y f 
 
 Character. 
 
 ^ 
 
 JAMES OGLETHORPE.— (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE- ^ 
 
 Birth. J Ic ^ o 
 
 Time in w^hich he lived. ' t.i^u i j^yi/iJ' 
 
 Parentage — pet of nobility.' ^ ^^fl./H»^4-^ 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Grant of Georgia. / ) ^ '^ 
 
 Object in obtaining the grant, o^^jw. M^ ^k/fV^ 
 
 Savannah founded. / 7 "^ 
 
 Government. 
 
 Prosperity. 
 
 Georgia became a Royal Province. ) ? 6 <i 
 
 Success. 
 
 Services of Oglethope in British army. 
 
 Death. 'Jh ^^, ^Qj^^L . 
 
 Character, y Ji^c>L lTuA^ ^V" / 
 
 SAMUEL ADAMS.— (ONE MONTH.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — ^time and place. 
 Parentage. 
 
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 166 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Education* 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 First occupation. 
 )^Member of the Massachusetts Assembly, y 
 , -^ His service as a member of this body 1766-1789. 
 
 (>)pposition to British king and officers sent by him. 
 
 Boston patriots — brief account of the causes which led 
 -to their actions. 
 
 Originator of the Colonial and Continental Congresses. 
 
 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. 
 
 Defender of the Declaration. 
 
 Death — when and where. 
 
 />/ 
 
 %^JOHN ADAMS.— (ONE MONTH.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth— time and place. 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Profession — rank as a lawyer. 
 
 Position among his countrymen. 
 
 Member of Massachusetts Assembly. 
 
 Member of first and second congresses. 
 
 His service in congress. 
 
 Secured the adoption of the Declaration of Independence— 
 (Outline of this document.) 
 
 Commissioner to decide on a treaty of peace and com- 
 merce at the close of the Revolution. 
 
 Terms of the treaty. 
 
 Minister of U. S. to the Court of St. James — the first one. 
 
 Vice-President for two terms. 
 
 President. 
 
 Principles of different parties. 
 
 French troubles. 
 
 Alien and Sedition Laws. 
 
 Party distinctions. 
 
 Death — when — where. 
 
 Character as man, lawyer and statesman. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 167 
 
 rsio-xziTxa: <3-i^-<^r5E. 
 
 ALEXANDER HAMILTON.— { ONE M ONTH.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Education. — kind and cause. 
 
 Early disposition and character. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 His early writings and discussions of popular questions. 
 Character of his writings. 
 Studied and practiced law. 
 His service in the Revolution. 
 
 Captain in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, and 
 Princeton. 
 
 Aide de Camp of Washington. 
 
 Secretary of Washington. 
 
 Character as a soldier. 
 
 His service as statesman. 
 
 One of the framers of the Constitution. 
 
 Party lines at this time, and points of controversy. 
 
 First Secretary ot the Treasury. 
 
 The debts of the nation and states at this time. 
 
 His measures for their payment. 
 
 Our finance — brief view. 
 
 ISTational mint and bank — the first. 
 
 Resignation — cause. 
 
 Character as a statesman. 
 
 Rank as financier. 
 
 Death — when — how — fate of Burr. 
 
 f A. / i^^^^BOBEBT FULTOJS.—{TWO WEEKS,) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 Parentage. 
 
168 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Early occupation — portrait painting. 
 
 Kesidence abroad. 
 
 Later occupation — civil engineering. 
 
 Life in France— studies and experiments. 
 
 First successful application of steam to navigation. 
 
 Navigation and navigable waters. 
 
 Influence of Fulton's invention on civilization. 
 
 Fulton's patent. 
 
 Death. ^^^ 
 
 GEORGE STEPHENSON.— {TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 Education. 
 Occupation as a boy. 
 Experiments of youth. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 The then existing railways. 
 
 The many attempts to apply steam to railway locomotion. 
 Stephenson's attention to the subject. 
 The first railway locomotive. 
 
 Effect of his inventions on civilization and commerce. 
 The multiplicity of railroads now — especially in our coun- 
 try — advantages arising therefrom. 
 Death of Stephenson. 
 
 JAMES MONROE.— { ONE MONTH) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth— time and'place. 
 Parentage. ^ 
 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Connection with Revolution. 
 
 Connection with Constitutional Convention. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 169 
 
 His position in regard to the Constitution — an advocate 
 of State Rights, 
 Minister to France. 
 Governor of Virginia. 
 His service in the Louisiana purchase. 
 President. 
 By what party elected. 
 
 I. Missouri Compromise. 
 
 II. Monroe Doctrine. 
 
 III. Treaty with Great Britain. 
 
 IV. Florida. 
 
 V. Admission of Illinois, with date. Name other states 
 then admitted. 
 
 Condition of parties. 
 
 Death. 
 
 Character. 
 
 BANIETj WEBSTER.— {THREE WEEKS.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Profession. 
 
 Rank and success in profession. 
 
 Hepresentative at the extra session of the Thirteenth Con- 
 gress. Ee-elected. 
 
 Points discussed at these sessions. 
 
 Parties in power. — Principles of parties. 
 
 Rank as an orator. 
 
 Selections from some of his debates. 
 
 Connection with the Dartmouth College case — points 
 involved — result. 
 
 Revision of Massachusetts State Constitution. 
 
 His services as Senator 1827-1841. 
 
 Condition of parties. 
 
 Contest between Webster and Hayne. 
 
 Extracts from speeches on both sides. 
 
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170 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Connection with Ashburton treaty. 
 
 Re-election to Senate. 
 
 The compromise act. 
 
 Effect of Webster's course on his reputation. 
 
 Secretary of State — under whom. 
 
 Death — cause. 
 
 Character. 
 
 J. C. CALnOUN.-{ONE WEEK.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Short account of early life. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Election to Congress. 
 
 Ability and rank as an orator. 
 
 His stand in regard to political questions. 
 
 Debates. 
 
 His views on Nullification. 
 
 Extracts from his speeches. 
 
 Offices held. 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Head of War Department. 
 
 Vice-President. 
 
 Character^ • , 
 
 ANDRE W J A CKS ON,— ONE MONTH. ) 
 
 , EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 Parentage — nationality. 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Profession. 
 
 Connection with the Revolution. 
 Appointment as solicitor. 
 Incidents connected therewith. 
 Life in Tennessee. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 171 
 
 Connection with Constitution of Tennessee. 
 
 War of 1812. 
 
 Causes. 
 
 His office in war. 
 
 Battle of 'New Orleans. 
 
 Results of war. 
 
 President. 
 
 Cause of election. 
 
 Principles of opposing parties. 
 
 Rotation in office. 
 
 Black Hawk War. 
 
 Tariff laws. 
 
 ^N^ullification act. 
 
 President's attitude to South Carolina. 
 
 His financial policy. 
 
 U. S. Banks — brief view. 
 
 Parties formed — their principles. 
 
 Death. 
 
 Character. , 
 
 FItEMONT.-{FOUB WEEKS) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Education. 
 
 Early occupation. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Occupation of early manhood. 
 Connection with railways and navy. 
 Surveyor and explorer. 
 
 Where and in whose service his explorations were made. 
 ]N^ew route to California. 
 
 His efforts in settling California and in having that terri- 
 tory admitted as a state. 
 
 The first Senator from California. 
 His nomination for the Presidency. 
 His political views. 
 Connection with Kebellion. 
 
172 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Character. 
 
 Benton (in connection with Fremont — half a week) 
 
 Relation to Fremont. 
 
 Service as Senator — time he served. 
 
 Literary work. 
 
 Death. 
 
 Character 
 
 WINFLELiy SCOTT.-iONE MONTH.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 
 Parentage. 
 
 Education. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Time of his first joining the army. 
 His suspension — cause. 
 Connection with the war of 1812. 
 Cause of war. 
 General statistics of war. 
 Close of war, and results. 
 His connection with the Mexican war. 
 His rank. 
 Cause of the war. 
 
 Battles of Monterey and Buena Yista. 
 Entrance into the city of Mexico. 
 Close of war — results. 
 
 Short account of after life including his short service in 
 the Kebellion. 
 Death, 
 Character, and rank as a soldier. 
 
 SAMUEL MOUSE.— (TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 Short account of early life,— nationality and educational 
 advantages. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Why noted. 
 
 His connection with telegraphy. 
 
 His invention — the magnitude of his service. 
 
 \ 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 173 
 
 Extent of telegraphy — lines of telegraph. 
 Effect of the telegraph on the nation's growth and 
 progress.. ^.^Z;;:. 
 
 "^ CTBUS FIELD.— (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Short account of early life— nationality, educational ad- 
 vantages. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 
 Why noted. 
 
 His studies and experiments. 
 When he first attracted attention. 
 The Atlantic Cable— its^history. 
 Improvements upon the first one — its value. 
 Its effect upon civilization and international communica- 
 tion and union. jf I ^^ 
 
 CHARLES SUMNER.— (ONE MONTH.) 
 
 EARLY LIFE. 
 
 Birth — time and place. 
 Parentage. 
 
 Character of parents. 
 Ed ucation— direction. 
 
 MANHOOD. 
 Profession. 
 
 Visit to Europe. 
 
 Condition of the country at the time. 
 
 Desire of the south for the annexation of Texas — cause. 
 
 Member of U. S. Senate. 
 
 Elected on what issue. 
 
 Kansas and IN'ebraska Bill. 
 
 Formation of new parties — Republican. 
 
 Assault on Mr. Sumner. 
 
 John Brown's raid. 
 
 Condition of parties in 1860 and principles of each party. 
 
 Stand taken by Sumner on the questions of the day. 
 
 Emancipation Proclamation. 
 
 Close of the war. 
 
 Formation of the Liberal Party. 
 
 Death — ^when, where. 
 
 Character — writings. 
 
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174 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 Classify the biographies already learned to get the four 
 periods of TJ. S. History;^ — 
 
 Discoveries. Revolution. 
 
 Settlements. The Administrations. 
 
 THIRD SERIES 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 1. Review the biographies belonging to the period of dis- 
 coveries, and classify them according to nationality : — 
 
 1. Spanish, 2. English, 3. French, 4. Dutch. 
 
 2. Review the biography of Columbus; then, in the 
 order enumerated, give brief biographies of the following 
 Spanish discoverers: — 
 
 1. DeLeon, 2. Balboa, 3. Cordova, 4. Cortez, 
 
 5. D'Ayllon, 6. I^arvaez^ 7. Pizarro, 8. Melendez. 
 
 Let each biography include only the nativity and general 
 character of the person, and the motives which led to his dis- 
 coveries. 
 
 Locate the countries discovered ; compare present and 
 original boundaries; give the time of each discovery ; 
 the result to the discoverer and to the world. 
 
 3. Review the biographies of the Cabots ; then, in the 
 order enumerated, give the following English discoverers : — 
 1. Sir Francis Drake. 2. Sir Humphrey Gilbert. 3. Bar- 
 tholomew Gosnold. 
 
 4. Review the biographies of Cartier and Champlain ; then, 
 in the order given below, give brief biographies of 
 
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 BIOGRAPHY. 175 
 
 Verazzani, Coli^ny, Sieur de Mont. 
 
 5. Eeview the biography of Hudson, and give in addition 
 the extent and result of discoveries and explorations in 
 America authorized by Holland. 
 
 Give French succession from 1492 to 1600. 
 
 CROSS SECTION WORK. 
 
 Review discoveries in chronological order. 
 
 Let pupils show, by aid of maps, the territory claimed by 
 each nation at the elose of the 16th century. 
 
 Have pupils read the following articles : 
 
 The first voyage of Columbus^ Joanna Eaillie. 
 
 The Landing of Coluwhus^ Robertson. 
 
 Maritime. Enterprise in the 15th century, Prescott. 
 
 The Discovery of Florida, Bancroft. 
 
 The Discovery of the Pacific^ Irving. 
 
 The Boldness of Cortez, Prescott. 
 
 The Expedition of DeSoto, Parkman. 
 [The Discovery of Lake Champlain, Parkman. 
 
 Have pupils learn the nationality of each of the above 
 named authors, and the titles of the works from which these 
 selections are taken. 
 
 6. Review the biographies belonging to the period of 
 settlements. 
 
 Give biographies of 
 
 Captain Mason, 
 John Winthrop, 
 Peter Minuits, 
 Lord Clarendon, 
 Let each biography include only the nativity and the 
 general character of the person; his object in founding a 
 colony ; from whom he obtained his grant ; and the character 
 of the government he established in the settlement. 
 
 Locate each settlement in time and place, and give char- 
 acter of settlers. 
 
 T. Classify the settlements according to the motives which 
 led to them : 
 
176 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 To escape religions persecution. 
 
 For commercial gain. 
 
 For territorial acquisition. 
 8. Compare the different forms of government found in 
 the thirteen original colonies, and classify the colonies ac- 
 cordingly : 
 
 Provincial. 
 
 Proprietary. 
 
 Charter. 
 Define each of these forms. 
 
 Give a brief biography of Oliver Cromwell, which shall 
 show how he became Lord Protector; when, why and by 
 whom the Navigation Acts were passed ; the result of the 
 interference of his Parliament in the government of Mary- 
 land ; how long his supremacy in England lasted ; and who 
 succeeded him as ruler. 
 
 Give brief sketch of Gov. Berkely, which shall include 
 only the character of the man ; the name of the monarch 
 under whom he served; the office he held in America; the 
 various measures by which he oppressed the colonists ; the 
 history of Bacon's Rebellion^ and the date and reason of 
 his recall by the king. 
 
 Give biography of Sir Edmund Andros, which shall include 
 only the following points: the nativity and general charac- 
 ter of the man ; the cause of his appointment as governor of 
 New England; the name of monarch appointing him ; the 
 incident of the "Charter Oak;" the duration of his adminis- 
 tration; and the cause of its termination. 
 
 Compare the colonies with regard to growth; give causes 
 for prosperity and reverses, and enumerate the various trou- 
 bles which beset the colonists : 
 
 Unwise Legislation. * 
 
 Dissolute character of settlers. 
 Indian wars. 
 Colonial wars. 
 
 Have pupils give duration and locality of the Pequod 
 War and of King Philip's War. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 177 
 
 Have pupils learn the causes, duration and result of each 
 of the colonial wars; also, the location of the cities at which 
 the first treaties were signed. 
 
 7. Give the sucicession to the English throne from 1600 to 
 1765, w^ith causes of the changes. 
 
 CROSS-SECTION WORK. 
 
 1. Review in chronological order the settlements, giving 
 location of each, from Jamestown, in 1607, to Savannah, 
 in 1733. 
 
 2. Review in chronological order, the principal events 
 from 1607 to 1765. 
 
 3. Review the noted men of the colonies, locating them 
 in time and place, and connecting them with the events that 
 made them famous. 
 
 Have pupils read the following articles: 
 'The Settlement of Jamestown^ Grahame. 
 
 The Settlement of Plymouth^ Palfrey. 
 
 Roger William^s^ Bancroft. 
 
 Conquest of the Nev) Netherlands hy the English^ Brod- 
 head. 
 
 Elliot, the Indian Missionary, Grahame. 
 
 Death and Character of King Philip, Irving. 
 
 Coinage in Massachusetts Everett. 
 
 Witchcraft in Massachusetts, Everett. 
 
 Character of Peter Stuyvesant, Irving. 
 
 Have pupils learn the nationality of each of the above- 
 named writers, and the titles of the works from which the 
 above articles are taken. 
 
 Have pupils learn selections from the following poems : — 
 
 Pocahontas, Mrs. Hemans. 
 
 Landing of the Pilgrims, Southey. 
 
 The Pilgrim Fathers, Pierpont. 
 
 The Indian Hunter, Longfellow. 
 
 (TWO MONTHS.) 
 
 Review the biographies belonging to the Revolutionary 
 period, and classify them as statesmen and military 
 characters. 
 
178 BIOGRAPHY. i 
 
 i 
 
 Review the biography of Patrick Henry, (Read his speech 
 in the House of Burgesses), giving especial attention to that 
 part of his life connected with the First Continental Congress. 
 By this review have pupils learn the events which led to the 
 assembling of Congress, as well as the important business 
 transacted by it. 
 
 Give biography of John Hancock. Let this biography 
 include ihe following points : nativity, character, whom he 
 succeeded as President of Congress ; the causes which led to 
 the assembling of this.congress ; the duration of this congress; 
 the important business transacted at each session. (Commit 
 The Declaration of Independence^ and Supposed Speech of 
 Mr. Adams.) State what office he held after the war; how 
 long he held this office, and the time of his death. 
 
 Review the biography of "Washington ; then give a brief 
 biography of each of the following Revolutionary officers : 
 Paul Jones, Gates, La Fayette, Greene, 
 
 D'Estaing, Morgan, DeGrasse, Marion, 
 
 Pulaski, Moultrie, Sullivan, Arnold, 
 
 Sumter. 
 
 Let each biography include only the nationality of the 
 officer; the time and place of his operations; the names of 
 noted officers assisting him; the names of opposing officers; 
 the location and result of the most important battles, and 
 the result of the campaigns in which he was engaged. 
 
 CROSS-SECTION WORK. 
 
 1. Review in chronological order the battles named in the 
 biographies, giving location of each and names of opposing 
 officers. 
 
 2. Classify the battles named, as victories and reverses for 
 the Americans. 
 
 3. Review in chronological order all the important events, 
 legislative and military, transpiring from 1765 to 1783. 
 
 Have the pupils learn selections from the following poems: 
 Paul Bevere's Ride^ Longfellow. 
 Battle of Lexington, Holmes. 
 Warren^s Address, Pierpont. 
 
BIOGRAPHY. 179 
 
 Andre's Request^ Willis. 
 Independence Bell, Anonymous. 
 Song of Marion's Men, Bryant. 
 
 Plave pupils read articles from Bancroft, Irving and 
 Headly, which have a bearing on the work. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Review the biography of Washington, giving especial at- 
 tention to that part of his life which is connected with the 
 foundation of the government; state the defects found in 
 the Articles of Confederation. Give in full the constitu- 
 tion of the United States. Give the departments represented 
 in Washington's Cabinet, with names of Secretaries, and 
 compare with present Cabinet. Give states admitted during 
 his administration. 
 
 Review John Adams's biography; then, in addition to 
 what has been learned, give brief history of the French 
 Revolution from 1790 to 1800; the history of Jay's treaty; 
 the various hostile acts commited by France and America, 
 and the termination of these hostilities. 
 
 Give brief biography of Aaron Burr. Show by means of 
 this biography the rise of political parties in the United 
 States. 
 
 Give the biography of each of the Presidents. Let each 
 biography include only the following points : 
 
 Nationality; character; politics; important state offices 
 held ; by what party elected president ; the particular point 
 at issue between the two parties ; duration of administration; 
 the principal events occurring, with causes and results ; the 
 names of the most prominent statesmen assisting and oppos- 
 ing the administration, and the time of retirement from 
 office. 
 
 CROSS-SECTION WORK. 
 
 1. Have pupils name the Presidents in order, giving dura- 
 tion of office in each case. 
 
 2. Review the different wars in which the Republic has 
 been engaged — stating causes and results of each. 
 
 3. Review the politics of the nation — showing the changes 
 
180 BIOGRAPHY. 
 
 in the different parties; the causes of these changes, and 
 the names of the political leaders. 
 
 4. Have pupils state what territory has been acquired 
 since thg formation ot the government. 
 
 5. Have pupils give the boundaries of the United States 
 at various periods since 1783. 
 
 Review in chronological order the important events of 
 this period, and classify them as Legislative, Scientific, and 
 Military. Give names of men connected with each event. 
 
 Have pupils read speeches made by the following 
 statesmen : 
 
 Webster, Calhoun, Clay, Sumner, Benton, 
 
 Everett, Seward, Douglas, Lincoln, Alex. Stephens. 
 
 Have pupils read and learn selections from the following 
 poems : 
 
 The Launching of the Ship^ Longfellow. 
 
 The Star-Spangled Banner, Key. 
 
 The Angels of Buena Vista, Whittier- 
 ' Barhara Frietchie, Whittier. 
 
 J^ot on the Battle Field, Pierpont. 
 
 Sheridan^ s Ride, Eead. 
 
 The Rebel Guard, Mrs. Beers. 
 
 Civil War, Anonymous. 
 
PLANTS. 181 
 
 m^LANTS. 
 
 FI RST SERI ES. 
 
 This work should not be taught without specimens, in 
 iUustration, on the desk of each pupil. One or two speci- 
 mens in the hands of the teacher is not enough. Facts are 
 to be obtained by discovery and experiments ; these depend 
 upon observation and experience. It will be better to omit 
 the. work altogether than to dictate it; more profitable em- 
 ployment can be found for both teacher and pupil. Defini- 
 tions are to be developed, after which the pupils should 
 commit them to memor^^ 
 
 (FIVE WEEKS.) 
 
 I. Parts. 
 
 1. Leaves. 2. Stems. 3. Roots. 
 
 II. Organs of Vegetation. 
 
 1. Leaves: — 
 
 (a) Parts — blade, footstalk or petiole ; 
 
 (b) S/iape — base, apex, margin; general form; 
 
 (Lead pupils to state differences of shapes without giving 
 scientific terms; also, that margins are entire or cut.) 
 
 (c) Com/position — woody material, pulpy matter; 
 {d) Uses — ornament, shade. 
 
182 PLANTS. 
 
 2. Stems: — (Two weeks.) 
 (a) Kinds, — 
 
 (1) Nature— woody, herbaceous, 
 
 (2) Growth — erect, running, climbing. 
 
 3. Roots : — (Three weeks, including a review.) 
 
 (a) Kinds, — 
 
 (1) Nature — fibrous, fleshy. 
 (Teach forms of fleshy roots without giving scientific terms.) 
 
 (b) Uses — to fasten plants firmly in the ground ; to 
 take in nourishment; for food. 
 
 III. Organs of Reproduction, 
 
 1. Flowers: — (Four weeks, including a review.) 
 {a\ Parts, — (See Plan IX, Appendix.) 
 
 (1) Calyx — sepals, 
 
 (2) ^Corolla — petals, 
 
 (3) Stamens, 
 
 (4) Pistil ovary. 
 
 (Call attention first to a monopetaloiis corolla, then to a 
 lobed monopetalous, and then to a polypetalous. Teach that 
 the parts are called petals. 
 
 Develop the idea and teach that the corolla is sometimes 
 wanting. 
 
 Follow the same plan with calyx. 
 
 Teach;..what is called the ovary, and what it contains.) 
 (b) Arrangement — solitary, clustered. 
 
 2. Fruit : -—(Four weeks.) 
 {a) Kinds, — 
 
 (1) Fleshy — berry, pepo, pome, 
 (Compare berries with gourd fruit. 
 
 Compare pome fruit with berry and gourd fruit. 
 Give the use of each.) 
 
 (2) Stone — drupe, 
 
 [Compare stone fruit with fleshy fruit. 
 Give use.) 
 
 (3) Dry — pods, nuts, grain. 
 
PLANTS. 183 
 
 (Develop the idea that some dry fruits when ripe split and 
 let the seeds fall out, others do not. 
 
 Give examples of each. Have pupils name the different 
 kinds of grain and nuts. 
 
 Compare dry fruit with stone and fleshy fruit. Lead 
 pupils to state differences.) 
 
 3. Seed: — (One week.) 
 
 [a) Parts, — (See Plan X, Appendix.} 
 
 (1) Coats — use, 
 
 (2) Kernel — embrj^o, albumen. 
 
 (Develop the idea that a little plant is like an infant and 
 cannot support itself. 
 
 Develop the idea that the food is stored in the kernel 
 to nourish the plantlet.) 
 
 (b) Uses, — 
 
 (1) Food, (2) Propagation of plants. 
 
 4. Buds: — (One week.) 
 
 {a) Kinds — flower-buds, stem-buds, leaf-buds. 
 (b) Uses,— 
 
 (1) Growth of plants, 
 
 (2) Propagation of plants — slips, grafts, layers, tubers, 
 bulbs. 
 
 (Call attention particularly to the potato. 
 Show that budless branches will not grow. 
 Teach what bulbs are.) 
 
 (TEN WEEKS, INCLUDING A REVIEW.) 
 
 IV. Nutrition. 
 
 1. Absorption: — 
 
 (a) How, (h) Why. 
 
 2. Circulation;— 
 
 {a) Of what] (b) Use. 
 
 V. Kinds. 
 
 1. Stkuctuke: — 
 
 (a) Herbs; (b) Shrubs; (c) Trees. 
 
184 PLANTS. 
 
 2. Duration: — 
 
 (a) A7inuals; (h) Biennials \ (c) Perennials. 
 
 VI. Uses. 
 
 1. Food: — 
 
 (]N"ame plants of which the roots are eaten ; also, those 
 of whi(;h the stern, the leaves, the seeds, the bark or the 
 flowers or bnds are eaten. 
 
 Give object lessons on the different garden vegetables and 
 fruits. Teach what parts are eaten and the kind of fruit 
 borne by each, and correct erroneous ideas in regard to 
 sweet and Irish potatoes. 
 
 Give lessons on the process of sugar and molasses making. 
 
 Give lessons on the process of starch making naming 
 kinds and brands. 
 
 Give object lessons on wheat and corn. Teach whether 
 planted or sown and how; how cultivated and their uses. 
 
 Give object lessons on the process of flour making naming 
 kinds and brands.) 
 
 2. Clothing. (Name plants used.) 
 
 (Give object lessons on cotton and flax, telling what they 
 are, where found, how used, and a general view of the pro- 
 cess of manufacture. 
 
 Give short object lessons on silk and wool in comparison 
 with the above.) 
 
 3. Medicine. (Name plants used.) 
 
 4. Building Material AND Utensils. (Name plants used.) 
 
 5. Fuel. (Name plants used.) 
 
 6. Ornamentation. (Name plants used.) 
 
 VII. Analysis. 
 
 1. Morning Glory. 
 
 2. Rose Family. 
 
 3. Spring Beauty. 
 
 4. Marsh Marigold. 
 
 5. Mustard. 
 
 Teach pupils to recognize and name plants and describe 
 as far as their knowledge will allow. 
 - Form suggested. 
 
PLANTS. 185 
 
 Morning Glory — Annual; hairy steins; entire leaves; 
 flowers three to five ; flowers pink, purple or white, opening 
 in the morning and closing in bright sunshine. 
 
 SECON D SERI ES 
 
 (THREE MONTHS). 
 
 1. Organs of Vegetation. 
 
 7. Leaves: — 
 
 (a) Kinds according to Yenation — net-veined, parallel- 
 veined ; 
 
 (b) Kinds according to form : — 
 
 (1) Entire leaf — linear, lanceolate, oblong, oval, 
 round, oblanceolate, spatulate, wedge-shaped, — 
 
 (2) Base — cordate, reniform, auriculate, peltate, — 
 
 (3) Apex — pointed, acute, obtuse, truncate, retuse, 
 notched, — 
 
 (4) Margin — (a) entire, (b) toothed — serrate, dentate, 
 crenate, — (c) wavy, (d) sinuate, (e) jagged; 
 
 (c) Kinds according to nature ; — 
 
 (1) Compound — pinnately, palmately,— 
 
 (2) Simple — whole, cleft; 
 
 (d) Arrangement — ^alternate, opposite, whorled; 
 
 (e) Composition — (Review First Series — give ideas, defi- 
 
 nitions and terms); 
 {f) Use — absorption. 
 
186 PLANTS. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS). 
 
 2. Stems: — 
 
 {a) Kinds according to nature — herbaceous, shrubby ; 
 {b) Kinds according to growth — (Eeview First Series) ; 
 {c) Kinds according to structure — exogenous, en- 
 dogenous ; 
 
 (d) Forms — round, square, triangular ; 
 
 (e) Different Developments — spine tendril, peduncle, 
 stolon, runner, sucker, offset, root, stalk ; 
 
 (f) Composition — cellular tissue, woody material ; 
 {g) Arrangement — alternate, opposite, whorled. 
 
 3. EooTs: — 
 
 {a) Kinds: — 
 
 (1) Fleshy, — (a) single — tap, conical, turnip-shaped, 
 spindle-shaped, — (b) clustered, — 
 
 (2) Fibrous : 
 
 Q)) Uses of both fleshy and fibrous roots ; 
 (c) Hank — primary, secondary. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS). 
 
 li. Organs of Reproduction. 
 
 1. Flowers : — 
 
 {a) Parts \ — (1) essential— stamens, pistils, — (2) non- 
 essential— calyx (sepals), corolla (petals) ; 
 Q)) Ki/nds according to essential parts — perfect, im- 
 perfect; 
 (g) Kinds according to all parts— complete, incomplete ; 
 {d) Kinds according to number of parts — symmetrical, 
 
 unsymmetrical ; 
 (e) Condition of floral envelopes '^ — 
 
 (1) Corolla, — (a) monopetalous — trumpet-shaped, fun- 
 nel-shaped, rotate, labiate,— {h) polype talous — 
 petals ; 
 
PLANTS. 187 
 
 (2) Calyx, (a) monosepalous, (h) polysepalous ; 
 (y*) Condition of essential parts \— 
 
 (1) Stamens, — {a) parts — filament, anther, — (b) ar- 
 rangement of parts — filaments united, anthers 
 united, — 
 
 (2) Pistils,— (a) parts— ovary, style, stigma, — (h) ar- 
 rangement of parts — ovaries united, styles united, 
 stigmas united ; 
 
 {g) Arrangement ; — 
 
 (1) Solitary, — 
 
 (2) Clustered, — raceme, corymb, umbel, head, spike, 
 panicle, fascicle. 
 
 Give terms alternate and opposite as applied to flowers. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 2. Seeds: — 
 
 {a) Parts, — (1) coats, (2) kernel, — {aa) embryo — radical, 
 
 seed-leaves, — (bh) albumen ; 
 (b) Location— in ovary; 
 ic) ^56— reproduction of plant. 
 
 3. Buds — (Review First Series.) 
 
 4. Fruit:— 
 
 (a) Sim^ple, — (1) fleshy fruit — berry, pepo, pome, — (2) 
 stone fruit — drupe, — (3) dry fruit— («^<^) dehiscent,— 
 {aaa) simple — follicle, legume, — (bhb) compound — 
 capsule, silique, pyxie,— (5J) indehiscent. 
 (h) Compound — aggregate, accessory, multiple. 
 Analyze the flowers named in the orders enumerated 
 below. Drill upon each order until the pupils are able to 
 recognize plants of that order at sight. 
 
 CROWFOOT. ( Ranunculaceae. ) 
 
 Anemone, Crowfoot, Buttercup, Larkspur, Peony, Mead- 
 ow-Rue, Columbine, Monkshood. 
 
 ROSE. (Rosaceae), 
 
 Peach, Pear, Apple, Cherry, Strawberry, Raspberry, 
 Rose. 
 
188 PLANTS. 
 
 GOURD. (Cucurbitaceae.) 
 
 Squashy Pumpkin^ Cucumber^ Water-melon. 
 
 CRESS. ( Cruciferae. ) 
 
 Radish^ Turnips Mustard^ Water-cres^, 
 
 LI L Y . ( Liliaceae . ) 
 
 Zily, Tulip J Onion, Hyacinth. Lily of the Valley, Solo- 
 mon's Seal. 
 
 PULSE. (Leguminoseae.) 
 
 Locust-tree, Clover, Bean, Pea. 
 
 BELL-FLOWER. (Campanulaceae.) 
 VIOLET. (Violaceae.) 
 
 Violet, Pansy. 
 
 PRIMROSE. (Primulaceae.) 
 
 Cowslip^ Primrose. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 CONVOLVULUS. ( Convolvulaceae. ) 
 
 Morning Glory, Potato, Tomato. 
 
 POLEMONIUM. {Polemoniaceae.) 
 
 Phlox. 
 
 VERVAIN. {Verbenaceae.) 
 
 Verbena. 
 
 CURRANT. {Glossulaceae.) 
 
 Currant. Gooseberry. 
 
 COMPOSITE. {Compositae.) 
 
 Dandelion, Lettuce, Sunflower, Aster, 
 
 III. Nutrition. 
 
 1. Absorption ; — («) by what. • (b) of what. 
 
 2. Circulation: — (^) of what, (b) where. 
 
 IV. Kinds. 
 
 1. According to Structure — herbs, shrubs, trees. 
 
 2. According to DURATION — annuals, biennials, perennials. 
 
 V. Classes. 
 
 1. Ph^nogamous: — 
 (a) Exogens;— 
 
 (1) Angiospermous — polypetalous, monopetalous, 
 apetalous, — (2) Gymnospermous. 
 (J) Endogens. 
 
 2. Crtptogamous. 
 
PLANTS. 189 
 
 VI. Uses. 
 
 (Eeview uses given in first series.) 
 
 1. To TAKE IN CARBONIC ACID. 
 
 2. To PEODtJCE OXYGEN. 
 
 a^ia^Tn (3-x^-^IDE. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Classify according to growth the plants previously studied. 
 
 Teach pupils to recognize and classify the following forest 
 trees, also teach their general contour, description of their 
 leaves and flowers, their geographical distribution and kinds 
 and uses of woods. 
 
 Oak^ Maple, Cottonvwod, Basswood, Hichory, Arhor- 
 Vitae, Pine, Chestnut, Willow, Butternut, Elm, Walnut, 
 Poplar. 
 
 GR ASSES..'|i( Graminae.) 
 
 Teach the general characteristics of this order. 
 
 Teach the pupils to recognize and classify the following 
 plants, giving as much general information as possible, as 
 commercial value and geographical distribution. 
 
 Wheat, Bye, Oats, Barley, Corn, Sugar Cane. 
 
 By comparing, distinguish grasses from canes; grasses 
 proper from cereals; the different cereals from each other. 
 
 Teach pupils what mosses, ferns and lichens are. 
 
 Have pupils classify them. 
 
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190 
 
 PLANTS. 
 
 THIRD SERI ES 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Review second series. 
 
 Teach anatomy of plants, exhausting the structure of 
 each part. 
 
 Teach physiology of plant life, dwelling at length upon 
 fertilization^ ahsorption, circulation and respiration. 
 
 Give uses and commercial value of plants. 
 
 Teach reason for rotation of crops. 
 
 Teach use of the key. 
 
 Have pupils analyze many plants. 
 
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ANIMALS. 191 
 
 ^M^ N I M A L S 
 
 FIRST SERI ES. 
 
 i^re.si' c3-:k,.^ide. 
 
 RUMINANTS. 
 
 Whenever it is possible, as it is in most cases present the 
 animal to the pupils for study. When this is not possible or 
 practicable, a good picture of the animal to be studied should 
 be procured, and when possible, such parts of the animal as 
 are interesting and necessary to a proper classification, such 
 as hoofs, horns, teeth, vertebrae^ etc. Without some or all of 
 these, no lesson should be attempted. Mere dictation work 
 is profitless. 
 
 Principals will make requisitions upon the high school 
 cabinet and furnish teachers with all needful appliances. 
 
 THE COW. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Parts : — [See Plan XI, Appendix.] 
 
 Large, broad head ; large body covered with hair ; short 
 legs; feet divided or cloven; short, thick neck from which 
 hangs a broad piece of skin called a dewlap. 
 Hollow horns; broad, naked muzzle; no front teeth in the 
 upper jaw; large front teeth in the lower jaw; back teeth 
 in both jaws, large and broad; long, rough tongue. 
 (Pupils should be able to name any part not mentioned 
 
 above.) 
 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats corn, hay, grass, roots, etc., (vegetable food.) 
 Uses its- long tongue in obtaining food. 
 Is slow in movement and kind in disposition. Chews 
 the cud. 
 
 Uses : — 
 Alive — Work; milk (butter and cheese.) 
 Dead — Flesh (beef); skin (leather); hair (mortar). 
 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Name of male, female, young. 
 Name of flesh of young. 
 
192 ANIMALS. 
 
 THE SHEEP. (FOUR LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Small head; small body covered with wool; slender legs; 
 pointed muzzle. 
 
 For horns, teeth, tongue and feet, see Parts of the cow. 
 Habits; — 
 
 See Habits of the cow. Quick in movement. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Alive — Wool (clothing.) 
 
 Dead— Flesh (mutton); skin (leather). 
 Miscellaneous; — 
 
 See work on cow. 
 
 THE GOAT- (FOUR LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Long, narrow head; slender body covered with hair; long 
 hair on chin, called beard. 
 
 For horns, teeth, tongue, legs and feet, see work on cow. 
 Habits: — 
 
 See Habits of sheep. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Alive — Hair (clothing); milk (food). 
 
 Dead— Flesh (food); skin (leather). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 See work on cow. 
 
 \ 
 
 THE DEER. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Small, pointed head ; slender body covered with hair; long, 
 slender legs; solid horns ; naked, pointed muzzle. 
 
 See Parts of cow for teeth and feet. 
 Habits : — 
 
 See work on cow. Moves by leaps or jumps. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Alive — Labor (sometimes); milk (sometimes). 
 
 Dead — Flesh (food); skin (leather). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 See work on cow. Kame of flesh.- Is found wild and 
 is easily tamed. 
 
ANIMALS. 193 
 
 THE CAMEL. (FOUR LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Small head; large, ill-shaped body; one or two humps on 
 back; long legs ; feet broad and padded, each having 
 two large nails (cloven feet). No horns ; naked muzzle; 
 front teeth in both jaws ; for back teeth and tongue, see 
 Parts of the cow. 
 Habits : — 
 
 See work on cow. Can do without water many days. 
 Uses: — 
 Alive — Carrying merchandise in desert countries. Hair 
 for clothing. 
 
 COMPARISONS. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 All have naked muzzles ; broad back teeth in both jaws ; 
 
 long, rough tongues; cloven feet. 
 The cow, sheep, and goat have hollow horns. 
 The deer has solid horns. The camel has no horns. 
 The cow, sheep, goat, and deer have no front teeth in the 
 
 upper jaw. 
 The camel has front teeth in the upper jaw. 
 The cow, goat, deer and camel are covered with hair. 
 The sheep is covered with wool. 
 Habits: — 
 
 All eat vegetable food. 
 All chew the cud. 
 Uses: — 
 All are useful. 
 
 Skins of all are used for leather. 
 Cow and goat furnish milk. 
 Cow, deer and sheep furnish flesh for food. 
 Sheep, goat and camel furnish material for clothing. 
 
 NON-RUMINANTS. 
 
 THE HORSE. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Long, slim head ; slender neck ; slender body covered with 
 hair; long, slender legs cpvered with hair. 
 
194 ANIMALS. 
 
 Front teeth in both jaws ; large, broad back teeth ; slender 
 lips; long hair on neck called a mane. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Eats vegetable food ; does not chew the cud ; quick and 
 active. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Alive — Work ; pleasure. 
 
 Dead — Skin (leather). 
 Miscellaneous: — 
 
 Names of male, female and young. 
 
 The horse is beautiful and graceful. 
 
 Smallest horses called Shetland ponies. 
 
 THE HOG. ONE WEEK. 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Large, pointed head ; short, thick neck; heavy body covered 
 with hair called bristles , short, slender legs and cloven 
 feet. 
 Truncated snout; front teeth in both jaws; lower front 
 teeth incline forward ; broad back teeth ; hind toe 
 present and elevated. 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats vegetable food; does not chew the cud; wallows in 
 the mud ; is dirty. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Flesh (food) ; fat (lard) ; hair. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Names of male, female and young. Name of flesh. 
 The wild hog is very fierce. 
 
 THE ELEPHANT. ONE WEEK. 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Short head; short, thick neck; heavy, awkward body cov- 
 ered with a thick and nearly naked skin ; feet divided 
 into toes. 
 
 Long snout called the trunk ; long, heavy tusks ; no front 
 teeth in lower jaw; large, broad back teeth; thick, 
 clumsy lips. 
 
 Habits :— 
 
 Eats vegetable food ; does not chew the cud ; gets its food 
 with its trunk. 
 
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 Uses : — 
 
 Labor ; pleasure ; tusks (ivory). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 The elephant is found wild ; can be tamed ; is interesting, 
 
 wise and cunning. 
 Name of yonng. Largest land animal. 
 
 COMPARISONS. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 All have large, broad back teeth. 
 
 The horse has a long, slim head, the hog a large, pointed 
 head and the elephant a large, short head. 
 
 The horse and hog have front teeth in both jaws, the ele- 
 phant has no front teeth in the lower jaw. 
 
 The horse has entire feet; the hog has cloven feet and the 
 elephant's feet are divided into toes. 
 
 The horse and the hog are covered with hair. The skin 
 of the elephant is nearly naked. 
 
 All eat vegetable food. (How obtained.) " 
 
 CARNIVORA. 
 
 THE CAT. (SEVEN LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Broad head; short neck; well-shaped body covered with 
 soft hair called fur; short legs ; five toes on each fore 
 foot; four toes on each hind foot; 
 Front teeth in both jaws, sharp and long, fitted for tearing; 
 sharp, uneven, back teeth fitted for cutting; long, rough 
 tongue; long, sharp, curved, retractile claw on each 
 toe ; a soft pad under the middle of each foot, and one 
 under each toe. 
 Habits : — 
 
 81y, quick, sees at night; eats animal food; gets food by 
 watching for and springing upon it. 
 
 Catching mice ; f nr ; skin. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Domestic. Ferocious and dangerous when found wild. 
 Name of young. Story of kittens. 
 
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 THE DOG. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Head not large; well-shaped body covered with hair; long 
 
 legs ; four toes on each foot. 
 (For teeth, see Parts of the cat) ; soft tongue ; long, sharp, 
 curved claw on each toe, not retractile ; thumb or small 
 toe on each fore foot, elevated. 
 Habits : -■ 
 
 Eats animal food ; gets food by chasing or running it 
 
 down. 
 Hearing and smell acute; kind and teachable. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Watching, hunting; work (sometimes); far; skin. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Name of old and young. 
 
 Names of different kinds ot dogs commonly known. 
 
 THE BEAR. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Large, broad head ; strong neck ; large, clumsy body cov- 
 ered with hair ; short, strong legs ; five toes on each 
 foot, pointing forward. 
 Pointed muzzle; front teeth in both jaws, sharp and long 
 fitted for tearing ; back teeth flat and broad ; long 
 tongue ; long, sharp, curved claw on each toe, not re- 
 tractile. 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats animal and vegetable food. 
 Nocturnal ; climbs. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Flesh (food); fat ; skin. 
 Miscellaneotcs : — 
 
 Called bruin. Why. Name of young. Defends itself 
 with its fore paws. 
 
 COMPARISONS. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 All have sharp, pointed front teeth in both jaws fittted 
 
 for tearing. 
 Cat and dog have sharp, uneven, back teeth fitted for cut- 
 
 ;ting ; bear has broad, flat, back teeth. 
 
ANIMALS. 197 
 
 The cat has five toes in front and four behind. The dog 
 has four toes on each foot. The bear has five toes on each foot. 
 
 The cat has retractile claws ; the dog and bear have non-re- 
 tractile claws. 
 
 All eat animal food. The bear eats vegetable food also. 
 
 RODENTS. 
 
 THE SQUIRREL. fcSIX LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Round head; slim, beautiful body covered with fur; long, 
 , bushy tail ; slim legs ; four toes on each fore foot ; five 
 toes on each hind foot. 
 
 Divided lip ; two long, sharp, chisel-shaped front teeth in 
 each jaw; broad, rough, back teeth; a long, sharp, 
 curved claw on each toe. 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats vegetable food ; gnaws ; lives in trees or burrows in 
 the ground ; makes nests of leaves and sticks ; sits on 
 its haunches; holds its food with its fore paws — inner 
 toe serving as a thumb. 
 Usesv — 
 
 Flesh (food) ; fur. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Easily tamed; cunning. Look up meaning of wovdi Squirrel. 
 THE RABBIT. (^FOUR LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Small, pointed head; slim body; short tail; fore legs 
 shorter than hind legs ; ^yq toes on each fore foot ; four 
 toes on each hind foot. 
 Long, pointed ears ; (for teeth, see Parts of the squirrel); 
 soles covered with hair. 
 Habits'. — 
 
 Eats vegetable food ; gnaws ; burrows in the ground; 
 moves by leaps or jumps; is timid ; quick. 
 
 Uses : — 
 
 Fur; flesh. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Swift ; graceful ; sometimes tamed. 
 
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ANIMAT.S. 
 
 THE BEAVER. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts :— 
 
 Flat head ; long, heavy body; broad, flat, scaly tail ; fore 
 legs shorter than hind legs; five toes on each foot; toes 
 on hind feet webbed. 
 Ears small; (for teeth, see Parts of the squirrel). 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats vegetable food ; gnaws ; frequents water ; is cunning ; 
 intelligent. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Fur. 
 Miscellaneo us: — 
 
 Builds dams; gnaws down trees; makes, t^jjo, story houses 
 with lower story under water. 
 
 THE RAT. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Pointed head ;loiig body; long, slim, naked tail; medium- 
 sized legs ; four toes on each fore foot; five toes on 
 each hind foot. 
 Short, round ears; (for teeth, see Parts of the squiriel). 
 Habits : — 
 
 Eats vegetable and animal food; gnaws; burrows in the 
 o^round ; climbs. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Skin (gloves). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Ferocious ; troublesome ; inhabits the home of man. 
 
 COMPARISONS. (FOUR LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 All have long, sharp, chisel-shaped front teeth ; broad, 
 rough, back teeth ; long bodies. 
 
 The squirrel, beaver and rat have long tails. The tail of 
 the first is bushy ; that of the second is flat and scaly ; 
 that of the third is long, slim and naked. The rabbit has a 
 short tail. 
 
 The beaver and rabbit have shorter legs in front than 
 behind. 
 
ANIMALS. 199 
 
 The squirrel and rat have four toes on each fore foot and 
 five on each liind foot. The rabbit has five toes in front and 
 four behind. The beaver has five toes on each foot — hind 
 toes webbed. 
 
 All eat vegetable food. Eats eat animal food. All gnaw; 
 all burrow. 
 
 BIRDS. 
 
 THE DUCK OR GOOSE. (EIGHT LESSONS). 
 
 Part^: — 
 
 Narrow head ; short, slender neck ; boat-shaped body cov- 
 ered with soft, downy feathers ; two short legs placed 
 far back "'and far apart; three toes in front and one be- 
 hind — front toes webbed. 
 
 Broad, flat bill covered with a skin (note the edges); me- 
 dium-sized wings; short tail. 
 
 Teach names of the different parts — nape, crown, forehead, 
 nostrils, mandibles, gape, throat; primaries, seconda- 
 ries, coverts (wing and tail); tibia, tarsi, inner toe, outer 
 toe (exterior), middle toe, thumb. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Eats grain, grass, and small animals which it obtains from 
 the water and mud with its long, broad bill; swims and 
 dives ; is awkward in walking (why) ; does not fly well ; 
 lays eggs; is a swimmer. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Flesh; eggs; feathers; quills. 
 Miscellaneous: — 
 
 Names of old and young. 
 
 Wild a6d domestic. 
 
 THE HERON, CRANE OR SNIPE. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Small head ; slender neck ; slender body covered with feath- 
 ers; two long, slim legs; slim toes united at base; long 
 claws. 
 
 Long, slender bill ; small wings ; short tail; tarsi naked. 
 
200 ANIMALS. 
 
 Habits : — 
 
 Frequents wet places; loves water; feeds on insects, fish 
 and grain; uses its bill in obtaining fish from the water; 
 lays eggs; is a wader. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Flesh (food). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 Wild. 
 
 THE TURKEY OR PRAIRIE CHICKEN. (FOUR LESSONS). 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Small head; strong neck; large, heavy body covered with 
 feathers; two medium-sized legs; three toes in front and 
 one behind slightly elevated. 
 Short, thick bill, stout and curved; short, weak wings; 
 broad, round tail; strong, curved claws on each toe. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Frequents dry localities ; seeks food on the ground ; eats 
 grain and insects; scratches; seldom flies; lays eggs. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Flesh ; eggs (food) ; feathers. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 Wild and domestic. 
 Name of young, 
 
 THE EAGLE. (FOUR LESSONS). 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Large, flat head ; short, thick neck ; stout body covered 
 with feathers ; two short, strong legs ; three toes in 
 front, one behind, all on a level. 
 Strong, thick, hooked bill; strong, broad, long wings; 
 broad, heavy tail ; tarsi frequently covered ; strong, thick, 
 hooked claws. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Lives in mountainous districts ; feeds on rats, rabbits and 
 
 other small animals. 
 Seizes its prey with its strong claws and tears it with its 
 bill; flies easily very high; lays eggs. 
 Miscellaneous: — 
 
 Name of young. Lives many years ; Country's emblem. 
 
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 THE ROBIN. (TWO LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Medium-sized head ; short neck ; medium-sized body; two 
 slender legs; toes long, slim, and on a level — three in 
 front and one behind. 
 Strong, conical bill ; short wings ; broad tail ; long, slim, 
 curved claws. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Lives mostly in trees; eats insects, fruits and grains; 
 perches; lays eggs. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Destroying insects ; pleasure. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 First bird in Spring. Builds nests in trees near the habi- 
 tation of man. 
 
 COMPARISONS. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 All have mouths prolonged into a hard beak or bill, 
 the bodies of all are covered with feathers. All have wings, 
 and tails. 
 
 All lay eggs. 
 
 The duck, heron and turkey live most of the time upon 
 the ground. 
 
 The duck and heron are frequently found in the water. 
 
 The eagle and the robin live most of the time among 
 trees. 
 
 The duck swims and hunts in the water for food, and is 
 called a swimmer. 
 
 The heron wades in search of food, and is called a wader. 
 
 The turkey scratches on the ground in search of food, and 
 is called a scratcher. 
 
 The eagle seizes his food with his stnmg claws and tears 
 it with his powerful bill, and is called a bird of prey. 
 
 The robin is found perching upon trees, and is called 
 a percher. 
 
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 REPTILES. 
 
 THE TURTLE. (FIVE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Broad, flat head ; body protected on upper and 
 lower sides by horny plates, upper one rounded, called 
 carajpace^ lower one flat, called plastron ; short, conical, 
 retractile tail ; short, thick, retractile legs , five toes on 
 fore feet and four on hind, armed with sharp, curved, 
 bony claws directed forward. 
 Large eyes ; thick, retractile neck. 
 Habits : — 
 
 Found in water and marshy places ; eats insects, worms 
 
 and small fishes. 
 Swims and dives; moves slowly and awkwardly on the 
 ground ; lays eggs. 
 Uses : — 
 
 Food (sometimes); shells are useful. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Eggs are hatched by the heat of the sun. Let pupils name 
 the kinds of turtles they have seen. 
 
 THE SNAKE. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Small, flat head covered with scales; long, round, taper- 
 ing, flexible body covered with scales above and plates 
 below ; pointed tail ; no legs or feet. 
 Small eyes; broad mouth; no neck. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Found on ground in dry or wet places ; feeds on insects 
 
 and other small animals. 
 Lays eggs ; creeps ; can swim ; sheds its covering an- 
 nually. 
 Uses: — 
 
 Flesh (sometimes). 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Very numerous. Eggs are hatched by the heat of the 
 sun. Few snakes are dangerous. Let pupils name dif- 
 ferent snakes known to them. 
 
ANIMALS. 203 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 Both have flat heads and broad mouths. The snake is 
 covered with scales; the turtle is covered with plates. The 
 turtle has four legs and feet ; the snake has no legs or feet. 
 
 AMPHIBIANS. 
 
 THE FROG. (THREE LESSONS.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Large, flat head ; short, thick neck ; broad, short, ill-shaped 
 body covered with a loose, smooth skin; four legs ; hind 
 legs longer and stronger than fore legs ; four toes on 
 each fore foot ; five toes on each hind foot, armed with 
 claws and partially webbed. 
 Large prominent eyes ; wide mouth ; movable lips ; no 
 tail. 
 Habits : — 
 
 Frequents wet, marshy places ; eats worms, shell fish and 
 insects ; lays eggs in water ; swims ; leaps. 
 Uses: — 
 The flesh is used for food. 
 Useful in destroying injurious insects. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Name of young. Found in all countries. 
 
 Tim^ID 0-I^-A-3DE, 
 
 FISHES. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Large head ; long body tapering to the tail and covered 
 
 with scales; flat tail; fins. 
 Fixed, bright eyes ; large mouth furnished with teeth ; no 
 neck; gills; fins — pectoral, ventral, dorsal, and caudal. 
 Teach names and position of each. 
 Habits: — 
 
 Lives in the water ; feeds on small fishes and other small 
 
204: ANIMALS. 
 
 animals ; lays eggs ; uses fins to aid in swimming ; uses 
 tail to guide itself (rudder). 
 Uses : — 
 
 Food; pleasure. 
 Miscellaneous : — 
 
 Let pupils name different kinds of fishes, and different 
 ways of catching them. 
 
 ARTICULATES. 
 
 THE BUTTERFLY. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 Parts: — 
 
 Head ; thorax ; abdomen ; body made up of rings ; six 
 legs attached to thorax. 
 
 Antennae ; beautiful wings. 
 Habits :— 
 
 Flies ; feeds upon honey found in flowers ; lays eggs. 
 
 THE LOBSTER OR CRAB. 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Head small ; thorax hard ; abdomen long; body made up 
 of rings; limbs long; fore limbs armed with claws. 
 
 Eyes protrude. 
 Habits', — 
 
 Lives in water; lays eggs. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 Both have bodies made up of rings. 
 
 The lobster's fore limbs are armed with claws ; the butter- 
 fly's are not. 
 
 Both lay eggs. 
 
 Young of both are unlike the old. 
 
 The butterfly is found among flowers ; the lobster lives in 
 the water. 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Soft, pulpy body. 
 Lives in shelly covering. 
 
 MOLLUSKS. 
 
 THE SNAIL. (TWO LESSONS.) 
 
ANIMALS. 205 
 
 • The shell is composed of whorls that form a spire. The 
 point at the top is called the apex. The opening- at the 
 bottom is called the aperture. 
 
 THE OYSTER OR CLAM. 
 
 Parts : — 
 
 Body soft and pulpy. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 Both have soft, pulpy bodies. 
 Both live in shells. 
 
 THE ENTIRE SERIES REVIEWED. (ONE WEEK.) 
 
 1. Some of these animals lay eggs ; some do not. 
 
 2. Some are hatched from eggs, and some are born alive. 
 
 3. Show that, of the animals born alive, some eat vege- 
 table food, others eat animal food, and all have 
 warm blood. 
 
 4. Show that some of the animals hatched from eggs, 
 as soon as hatched, resemble the old; that others do not. 
 
 5. Show that some have warm blood, others have cold 
 blood.. 
 
 6. Some are covered with feathers, some with scales, some 
 with shells, and some with hair, while some have naked 
 skins. 
 
 7. Som3 live in the water, others live on land ; others 
 live })oth on land and in water. 
 
 8. Some have an internal skeleton and back bone; some 
 liave not. 
 
 SECON D SERIES 
 
 Pupils should be required, at first, to study type animals 
 only. After the type has been studied, kindred animals 
 should be associated and reasons given for such association. 
 
 Teachers must not be satisfied to have pupils get such 
 facts only as will lead to scientific classifications. A large 
 
206 ANIMALS 
 
 share of attention must be given to studying the uses of ani- 
 mals and their relations to man; the relative economical and 
 commercial values of animals. This will make it neces sary 
 to obtain information concerning the different form s and 
 conditions in which animal products appear in the social 
 and commercial world, and the processes by which these forms 
 and conditions are brought about. 
 
 ORDER OF STUDY, 
 
 Each animal should be studied in the following order : 
 
 1. Parts. 
 
 2. Habits. 
 
 3. Uses. 
 
 4. Adaptation of parts to habits and uses. 
 
 5. Miscellaneous information. 
 
 After the type animals representing the various divis- 
 ions of the group under consideration have been 
 studied as above, study 
 
 6. Likenesses, and obtain the name of the group studied, 
 then study 
 
 7. Differences, and obtain names tor the different divisions. 
 
 8. Make outline. 
 
 9. Make Record of each animal studied. 
 
 10. Miscellaneous review — cross-section work. 
 
 RUMINANTIA. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Study, according to plan given, the cow, the sheep, the 
 deer, the camel and the llama. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences get Hollow-horned Group, 
 or Camcornia, Solid-horned Group, or Solidicornia^ 
 Hornless Group, or Sinecornia. 
 
ANIMALS. 
 
 207 
 
 Make the following outline: 
 
 ' Hollow-horned Group. 
 ( Cavicornia.) 
 Cud Chewers . Solid-horned Group. 
 {Ruminantia) \ {SoUdicornia.) 
 I Hornless Group. 
 (^ {Sinecornia.) 
 Make a Record of each animal studied according to the 
 following plan: 
 
 THE cow. 
 
 Facts. Conclusions 
 
 Parts. 
 
 Cloven hoofs; no front teeth in upper jaw; com- 
 pound stomach. 
 
 u 
 
 ■E 
 O 
 
 Cud-chewers. 
 
 Habits. 
 
 Chews the cud. 
 
 Ruminantia. 
 
 Parts. 
 
 Hollow, permanent horns. 
 
 1 
 
 Hollow-horned 
 Family. 
 
 Habits. 
 
 
 Cavicornia. 
 
 ^^OTJi^'m <3-i^.-^xde:. 
 
 NON-RUMINANTIA. (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Review Ruminantia. 
 
 Study the horse, the hog, the elephant, the rhinoceros. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 / 
 
 By the study of likenesses get non cud-chewers, or N'oh- 
 Ruminantia. 
 
 By the study of differences get the Horse Family, or Equi- 
 dae, the Hog Family, or Suidae, the Elephant Fainily, or 
 Elephantidae^ the Rhinoceros Family, or Rhinoceridae. 
 
 Make outline of B'on- Ruminantia. 
 
 Compare this group of animals with the group previously 
 studied, and obtain for a result the term Hoofed Animals, or 
 Ungulata^ to apply to the whole group including ruminants 
 aud non-ruminants. 
 
 Make outline of Ungulata. 
 
 Make a Record of each animal studied. 
 
208 ANIMALS. 
 
 KoTE. — Under the head of miscellaneous information 
 pupils should be lead to talk of the various kinds of animals 
 belonging to the different groups, which they may know, 
 and while talking, they should be required to place each 
 animal in its appropriate group. The various kinds of cat- 
 tle, sheep, goats, horses, hogs, etc., afford abundant material 
 for profitable miscellaneous reviews. Such reviews will 
 serve not only to fasten in the minds of the pupils the tech- 
 nically scholastic parts of the lessons, but will induce orig- 
 inal investigation and habitual classification of information. 
 
 :^T^n:^=L cs-i^-a-idze. 
 
 CARNIVORA. (FIVE WEEKS.) 
 
 Review Ungulata briefly. 
 
 Study the cat;, t^® <i<>gj ^^ bear, the seal. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of likenesses get Flesh-eaters, or Carnivora. 
 
 By the study of differences get the Cat Family, or Felidae, 
 the Dog Family, or Canidae, the Bear Family, or Ursidae, .j^. 
 the Seal Family, or Phocidae. M> i^^iUUaCM. . L y^a^^j 
 
 M.2ikQ ovitMwQ oi Carrdvora. '' ' ''^ ■ ''.' \^-m^ «*' 
 
 Make Becord of each animal studied. 
 
 lN"ame other animals, and place each in its appropriate 
 groiip. 
 
 INSECTIVORA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the mole in full, according to plan. Study the shrew 
 and hedgehog less in detail, and establish the Order Insect- 
 eaters, or Inseotivora. Unite with outlines previously made, 
 and make Becord of animals studied. 
 
 RODENTIA. (FIVE WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the squirrel, the rabbit, the beaver, the rat. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of likenesses get Gnawers, or Rodentia. 
 
 By the study of differences get the Squirrel Family, or 
 
ANIMALS. 209 
 
 Sciuridae^ the Kabbit Family, or Leporidae, the Beaver 
 Family or Castoridae, the Rat Family, or Muridae, 
 
 Make outline of Rodentia and a Record of each animal 
 studied. 
 
 Name and locate other animals of this group. 
 
 Unite the outline with the outlines previously made. 
 
 sisszTia: o-ir-a-ide;. 
 
 MARSUPIALIA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the kangaroo in full and the opossum and wombat 
 less in details, and establish the group Pouched Animals, or 
 Marsupialia. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 Unite with outlines previously made. 
 
 EDENTATA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the sloth in full and the armadillo less in details, 
 and establish the Order Toothless Animals, or Edentata. 
 Make Records. 
 Unite with outlines previously made. 
 
 CETACEA. CfiOafR WEEKS. 1 
 
 Study the common whale in full and the spermwhale and 
 the dolphin less in details, and establish the Order Whales, or 
 Cetacea. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 Name other animals associated. 
 
 Unite outline with those previously made. 
 
 CHEIROPTERA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the bat in full; name the various kinds of bats, and 
 establish the Order Hand-winged Animals, or Cheiroptera. 
 Make Records. 
 Unite with outlines previously made. 
 
210 ANIMALS. 
 
 ;; QUADRUMANA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the monkey in full, and the chimpanzee, gorilla, 
 orang-outang less in details, and establish the Order Four- 
 handed Animals, or Quadrumana. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 Unite with outlines previously made. 
 
 BIRDS. 
 
 (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study a bird for the purpose of learning those character- 
 istics which make it a bird, and the names and locations of 
 its various parts. 
 
 Establish the group Birds, or Aves. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 Compare birds with other animals studied and obtain the 
 terms Oviparous and Viviparous. 
 
 Unite all outlines previously learned under the term 
 Viviparous Animals, or Vivipara. 
 
 SE^^EiSTrrxa: o-i^-^ide. 
 
 BIRDS CONTINUED. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 ^tudy the duck, the turkey and the robin. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences establish the Sub-Classes, 
 Water Birds, or Aves Aquatioae, Land Birds, or Aves 
 Terrestres, Air Birds, or Aeriae. 
 
 Outline Birds as far as studied. 
 
 Name many other birds, and assign each to its appropriate 
 Sub-Class. 
 
 AVES AQUATICAE. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the goose, the cormorant, the loon, and the gull. 
 
ANIMALS. 211 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Orders, Water Birds 
 with Lamellated Beaks, or Lamellirostres, Water Birds with 
 Entire Pahns, or Steganopodes, Rump-footed Water Birds, or 
 Pygopodes, and Long-whiged Water Birds, or Longipennes. 
 
 Make outline and unite with outline previously made. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 I^ame many other water birds and assign each to its 
 proper Order. 
 
 AVES TERRESTRES. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 Study the common hen, the heron, and the ostrich. 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain th'3 Orders, Scratchers, 
 or Gallinae, Waders, or Grallatores^ and Runners, or 
 Cursores. 
 
 Outline and unite with former outlines. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 Name many other land birds and assign each to its proper 
 Order. 
 
 AVES AERIAE. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the eagle, the parrot, the pigeon, the sparrow, the 
 woodpecker, the humming bird, and the nighthawk. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Orders, Birds of 
 Prey, or Raptores, Parrots, or Psittaoi, Pigeons or Golum- 
 bae^ Sparrows, or Passeres, and a miscellaneous Group 
 called Picariae. 
 
 Unite with outlines previously made. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 Name many other air birds and assign each to its proper 
 Order. 
 
 Pupils should be required to assign to its pr,)per Sub- 
 Class and Order every bird with which they are a.:;quainted, 
 or which they can name. 
 
 *REPTILIA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the snake, the turtle, and the lizard, for the pur- 
 pose of obtaining general common characteristics. Compare 
 
212 ANIMALS. 
 
 with birds and establish the Class Reptiles, or ReptUia. 
 Study the same animals in full. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Orders, Serpents, 
 01* Ophidia, Turtles, or Chelonia, and Lizards, or Sauria. 
 
 Compare with Birds and make outline of Reptilia under 
 Oviparous Animals. 
 
 Make Eecords. 
 
 Name other animals belonging to Reptilia and assign each 
 to its proper Order. 
 
 BATRACHIA. (^TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the frog, the salamander and the caecilia for the pur- 
 pose of obtaining general characteristics. Compare with 
 birds and reptiles in young, and in mature stages of life. Es- 
 tablish the Class Batrachia. 
 
 Study the same animals in full. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Orders, Tailless 
 Batrachians, or Anoura, Tailed Batrachians, or Urodela, 
 Footless Batrachians, or Apoda. 
 
 Unite with outline under Ovipara. 
 
 Make Records. 
 
 ZEica-xzorxz o-:E^.i^iDE. 
 
 PISCES. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the mackerel and the sturgeon for the purpose of 
 obtaining the general common characteristics. Compare 
 with Birds, Reptiles and Batrachians, and establish the Class 
 Fishes, or • Pisces. 
 
 Study the mackerel and sturgeon in full. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Suh- Classes, Bony 
 Fishes and Cartilaginous Fishes. 
 
ANIMALS. 213 
 
 Assign to its proper sub-class every fish with which the 
 pupils are acquainted. 
 
 Unite with outline under Ovipara, Make Records, 
 
 Compare in review all animals studied and obtain the 
 Branch Yertehrata. 
 
 Outline Yertehrata in full. 
 
 By way of review and cToss-section woik have pupils 
 assign to each vertebrate animal known to them the })ranch, 
 sub-branch, class, sub-class, order, super-order, and family, 
 when possible. 
 
 Make liecords to include all of the foregoing points. 
 The Records should be made uniform in size. They should 
 be kept neat and clean, and should, be preserved by the pupils. 
 
 ARTICULATA. (TEN WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the wasp, the crab, and the common earth worm, to 
 obtain the general common characteristics. Establish the 
 Branch Arti«;ulates, or Artieulata. 
 
 Compare with animals previously studied and establish 
 the Sub- Kingdom Invertebrates, or Invertehrata. 
 
 Study the same animals in full. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Classes Insects, or 
 InseGta\ Crustaceans, or Crustacea^ and Worms, or Yermes. 
 
 Make Records. Make outline of Articulates as far as 
 learned. 
 
 INSECTA. 
 
 Study the wasp, the spider and the myriapod. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Super- Orders 
 Six-footed Insects, or Ifexapoda; Many-footed Insects, or 
 Myriapoda; and Spiders or Arachnida. 
 
 Make Records. Unite outline with Artieulata. 
 
 HEXAPODA. 
 
 Study the wasp, the butterfly, the common housefly, the 
 cicada, the dragon fly, the grasshopper, and the beetle. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Orders Membra- 
 nous-winged Insects, or Hytnenoptera ; Scale-winged Insects, 
 
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214 ANIMALS. 
 
 or Lejndojptera^ Two-winged Insects, or Diptera\ Half- 
 winged Insects, or IIemijptera\ Nerve-winged insects, or 
 I^eurojptera\ Straight- winged Insects, or Orthoptera\ Sheath- 
 winged Insects, or Coleojptera. 
 
 Make Records. Unite outlines with Articulata. 
 
 Kame all insects known to the pupils, and assign each to 
 its proper order. 
 
 CRUSTACEA. 
 
 Stndy the crab and the lobster, and establish the Super- 
 Order Ten-footed Crustaceans, or Decapoda. 
 
 ISriliT'T'XZ C3-:E^.i^IDE. 
 
 MOLLUSCA. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 Stndy the cuttlefish, the snail and the oyster, for the pur- 
 pose of obtaining their general common characteristics. 
 Compare with Articulata and establish the Branch Mpllusks, 
 or Mollusca. 
 
 Study the same animals in full. 
 
 COMPARISONS. 
 
 By the study of differences obtain the Classes Head- 
 footed Mollusks, or Cephalopoda; Belly-footed Mollusks, or 
 Gasteropoda-, Headless Mollusks, or Acephala. 
 
 Unite with outline under Invertehrata. 
 
 Make Kecord of each animal studied. 
 
 RADIATA. (TEN WEEKS.) 
 
 Study the starfish, the jelly fish, and the coral, for the 
 purpose of obtaining the general common characteristics. 
 Compare with animals previously studied, and establish the 
 Branch Radiates, or Badiata: 
 
 Unite with previous outline. Make Records. 
 
 Study likenesses of all groups of animals learned, and 
 obtain Animal Kingdom. 
 
 Review and outline the entire work. 
 
HUMAN BODY. 'Jl5 
 
 iMuMAN iMoDY 
 
 FIRST SERIES. 
 
 I^J]E^ST (3-:E^^a^X)E. 
 
 Lead pupils to see that the principal parts of the body are 
 the head, the trunk, the upper extremities and the lower ex- 
 tremities. Let them give position in each instance. 
 
 I Hgad. <SI^ WEEKS,) 
 
 Parts: — Top or crown^ front or face^sidss, bach. 
 
 1. Teach that the top and back parts of the head are 
 
 covered with hair. 
 Give use and care of the liair. 
 
 2. On the sides of the head are found the ears. 
 
 Give use of the ears; give care of the ears, as follows: 
 Keep clean ; cleanse with warm water; do not put 
 objects in the ears; do not pick the ears with pins. 
 B. On the front or face are found the forehead, eyes, 
 nose, cheeks, lips and chin. 
 {a) Give position of the forehead. 
 
 (b) Give the parts of the eyes, as follows: brows, lids, 
 lashes, balls. 
 
216 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 Give the position of each part. 
 
 Give the use of each part. 
 
 Give the care of each part, as follows : 
 
 Keep clean ; do not rub the eyes with the hands ; do 
 not rub the eyes to- get out dust or cinders ; do not 
 strain the eyes by looking at the sun, reading by twi- 
 light or by poor light, or by looking cross-eyed. 
 (g) Give position and uses of the nose. 
 
 Give care of the nose, as follows: 
 
 Keep clean — proper time — manner; do not push sub- 
 stances up the nose. 
 
 (d) Give position of the cheeks — right, left. 
 
 (e) Give position and use of the lips — upper, lower. 
 {/) Give position of the chin. 
 
 II. Trunk. 
 
 Give general use of the trunk. 
 
 III. Upper Extremities, (three weeks.) 
 
 Parts: — A?'m, forearm, wrist, hand. 
 Give the position of each part. 
 Give connection of parts — ^joints. 
 Give parts and position of parts of the hand, as follows : 
 
 back, palm, lingers, thumb, nails. 
 Give connection of parts — joints. 
 Give uses of the hand — for carrying food to the mouth; 
 
 for work; for protection. 
 Give care of the hands : 
 Keep clean and dry; keep the nails clean and short 
 
 (when and how); do not strain the joints by pulling 
 
 the parts to make them crack. 
 
 IV. Lower Extremities. (three weeks, including a Review.) 
 
 Pakts: — Thigh, leg. anhle, foot. 
 Give the" position of each part. 
 Give connection of parts — joints. 
 
 Give parts of the foot, as follows : heel, instep, sole, toes. 
 Give the position of each part. 
 Give uses of the foot — running, walking, jumping. 
 
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 Give care of the feet : 
 
 Keep clean ; when sitting let the feet rest upon the floor; 
 do not twist the feet when walking; do not stand 
 upon the sides of the feet ; avoid wearing tight shoes. 
 
 V. Skin. 
 
 The covering- of the body is called skin. 
 The skin should be kept clean by bathing as often as once 
 or twice a week. 
 
 SECOISTHD O-IE^-^IDE. 
 
 DIGESTION. (SIX WEEKS.) 
 
 I. Food. 
 
 Lead pupils to state why we eat, where the food is first 
 received, what process it undergoes there, and by w^hat 
 means this is accomplished. 
 
 II. Teeth. 
 
 1. Location. 2. Covering. 3. Kinds — incisors, molars, 
 canines. 
 Give the form and use of each kind, and tell where 
 
 situated. 
 Give the care of the teeth, as follows : 
 Keep clean (manner of cleaning); do not pick the teeth 
 
 with hard substances ; do not crack nuts with the 
 
 teeth (show why). 
 
 III. Tongue. 
 
 1. Location. 2. Uses, 
 
 IV. Saliva. 
 
 Lead pupils to state the effect of chewing (food is moist- 
 ened) and discover whence the moisture comes and 
 what it is called. 
 Give care of sacs. 
 
 Do not chew gum ; do not chew tobacco. 
 Teach that in chewing gum the saliva is wasted (show 
 
 why it should not be wasted). 
 Teach that in chewing tobacco the saliva is poisoned 
 
 (show w^hy it should not be poisoned). 
 
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218 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 When the food is swallowed it goes through a tube into 
 a sac called the stomach. 
 
 V. stomach. 
 
 1. Location. 2. Use. 3. Care. 
 
 Give uses of the stomach — to receive food ; to soften 
 
 and mix the food. Give name of the fluid found in 
 
 the stomach. 
 Give care of the stomach: 
 
 (a) Time of taking food — stated times; do not eat between 
 
 meals. 
 
 (b) Manner of eating — eat slowly; masticate thoroughly; 
 
 do not drink while eating. 
 
 (c) Quantity of food — do not eat too much ; stop eating 
 
 before fully satisfied. 
 
 (d) Condition of food — do not take food very hot nor very 
 
 cold ; hot food more healthful than cold. 
 The food passes from the stomach in^o the intestines. 
 All that part of the food that can be used to make 
 blood is taken by many little vessels and goes to 
 another sac called the heart. 
 
 CIRCULATION. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 I. Heart. 
 
 1. Location. 
 
 2. Use. 
 
 Acts as a force pump to drive the blood through tubes 
 
 to all parts of the body. 
 This action is shown by the beating of the heart. 
 The effect of this action is shown by the flowing of 
 
 blood when the flesh is cut. 
 When the heart stops beating we die. 
 Kemarks: 1. The tubes through which the blood flows are 
 called veins. 
 
 2. "When the flesh is cut, one or more veins are cut 
 and the blood flows out. 
 
 3. As the blood passes through the tubes, portions 
 of it are left to nourish the different parts of 
 the body. 
 
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 rr:ET.XTiiD o-ie^^^zdie:. 
 
 RESPIRATION. (TWO WEEKS.) 
 
 By observing very closely, a movement of the upper part 
 of the body, called the chest, may be seen. 
 
 This movement takes place when we breathe. 
 
 Air passes through the mouth and nose, thence through a 
 tube called the windpipe into the body. 
 
 Air is received by two sponge-like sacs called lungs. 
 
 Air passes out again through the same tube. 
 
 I. Lungs. 
 
 Location. 
 
 II. Passages. 
 
 1. Trachea (windpipe). 2. (Esophagus. 
 
 Give use of each ; give cause of «hoking ; teach care in 
 swallowing. 
 
 SENSATION. (SIX WEEKS, irxluding a Review.) 
 
 Teach the fifth sense, that of feeling, reviewing each 
 of the other four. 
 
 Give the location of each of the five senses. 
 
 Give the location of the knowledge of the effect of these- 
 senses. 
 
 Give the term organ, and the definition of each organ. 
 
 Teach how knowledge is carried to the brain. 
 
 I. Nerves. 
 
 Distribution. 
 
 SECOND SERIES. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 BONES. 
 
 Structure. 
 
 1. Hollow. 2. Cylindrical. S. Filled with a soft 
 
 SUBSTANCE CALLED MARROW. 4, EnDS ENLARGED: 
 
220 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 II. Qualities. 
 
 1. Lightness. 2. Hardness. 3. Elasticity. 4. Strength. 
 
 III. Distribution. 
 
 1. Head. 
 
 (a) Skull, — (1) location, (2) number, (3) form, (4) use, (5) 
 care; avoid concussions; treatment of bruises, — 
 
 (b) Ear, — (1) location, (2) number, (3) form, (4) use, — 
 (<?) Face, — (1) names of principal bcmes, (2) number, (3) 
 
 location of principal bones, (4) attention to differ- 
 ences in form. 
 
 2. Trunk: — 
 
 {a) Thorax, — (1) Spinal Cohtmn, — {aa) location, {bh) 
 structure, {ee) number, {dd) use , (ee) care — manner of 
 sitting and standing; do not strain by lifting too heavy 
 weights; (2) Bibs, — {aa) location, (bb) shape, (6^*) use, 
 {dd) care ; do not compress with clothing or belts ; 
 (3) Breast-bone, — {aa) location, {bb) use, {cc) name — 
 sternum, — 
 
 (b) Pelvis, — (1) location, (2) number, (3) use. 
 
 3. Upper Extremities : — 
 
 {a) Shoulder, — (1) location, (2) number, (3) names — clavi- 
 cle, scapula, — (4)form, — 
 
 {b) Arm, — (1) location, (2) size, (3) form, (4) name — 
 humerus, — 
 
 {e) Forearm, — (1) location, (2) relative size, (3) names — 
 ulna, radius, — 
 
 {d) Wrists — (1) location, (2) number, (3) use, — 
 
 {e) Hand,—{\) location, (2) number, (3) parts — palm, fin- 
 gers, thumb. 
 
 4. Lower Extremities:— 
 
 {a) Thigh, — (1) location, (2) size, (3) form, (4) name — 
 femur, — ( Compare. ) 
 
 (5) Knee, — (1) location, (2) size, (3) form, (4) use, (6) 
 name — patella, — 
 
 {c)Leg, — (1) location, (2) size, (3) form, (4) use, (5) rela- 
 tive size, (6) comparison with corresponding bones in 
 upper extremities, (7). names — tibia, fibula, — 
 
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 {d) AiiMe, — (1) Ic^catiou, (2) number, (3) comparison with 
 corresponding part in upper extremities, (4) why easily 
 sprained, — 
 
 {e) Foot, — (1) location, (2) number, (3) comparison with 
 corresponding parts of hand in respect to size 
 and shape, (4) care ; do not wear tight boots or shoes; 
 keep warm and dry. 
 Review work on teeth. 
 Review work on joints. 
 
 IV. Connections. 
 
 1. Locations. 2. Kinds — liinge^ hall and socket. 3. Ef- 
 
 I FECT OF exercise. 
 
 LIGAMENTS (GENERAL IDEA.) 
 
 I. Location. 
 
 II. Form. 
 
 III. General Properties. 
 
 1 . Flexibility. 1. Elasticity. 3. Smoothness. 
 
 IV. Uses. 
 
 V. Care. 
 
 1. Sit and stand erect. 
 
 2. Do NOT strain by lifting. 
 Remark: Teach what a sprain is. 
 
 MUSCLES. (GENERAL IDEA.) 
 
 I. Location. 
 
 II. Structure. 
 
 1. Parts. 2. Arrangement. 
 
 III. Properties. 
 
 2. Contraction. 2, Relaxation. 
 
 IV. Attachment. 
 
 1. Tendons (inelastic): — 
 {a) location, (h) color, 
 
 V. Uses. 
 
 1. Motions: — 
 
 (a) of parts of body, {h) of air from lungs, (G) of 
 blood from the heart. (Review circulation and res- 
 piration as given before). 
 
 2. To KEEP BODY IN ERECT POSITION. 
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222 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 VI. Kinds. 
 
 1. Flexors. 2. Extensors. 
 
 VII. Care. 
 
 1. Proper Exercise. 2. Proper rest. 
 Pemarks : 
 
 1. Sleep is the best rest. 
 
 2. Children require more sleep than grown persons. 
 
 3. The blacksmith's and gymnast's arms are strong because 
 they are much used. 
 
 T^XT^rD^H O-IE^-^IDE. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 SKIN. (GENERAL IDEA.) 
 
 I. Structure. 
 
 1. Epidermis, — (a) hair, (b) nails. 
 
 2. Cutis Yera, — (a) nerves, (h) blood vessels, (c) glands — 
 oil, sweat. 
 
 II. Use. 
 
 1. Protection. 2. Absorption. 
 Pemarks : 
 
 1. Teach wh3^ liniments are used. 
 
 2. Teach how we are poisoned. 
 
 3. Teach that all material is not used, but some is thrown 
 off ; also that the parts of the body are wasted by use, 
 and that the waste particles are thrown off bv the skin. 
 
 III. Care. 
 
 1. Bathing, — manner, time, frequency. 
 
 2. Clothing, — quality, quantity, manner of wearing, 
 changes. 
 
 3. Light. 4. Air. 
 
 Remarks: — Cause of calluses, blisters, scars, colds. 
 
 BLOOD. (GENERAL IDEA.) 
 
 I. Composition. 
 
 1. Water. 2. Coloring matter. 3. Salt. 4. Lime. 
 
 II. Properties. 
 
 1. Coagulation, — (a) result, (b) use. 
 
 2. Fluidity. 
 
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 III. Kinds. 
 
 1. Arterial, — (a) orii::in of name, (b) color, (c) use. 
 
 2. Venous, — (a) orio^iii of name, (b) color, (c) use. 
 
 IV. Care. 
 
 1. Puke Air. 2. Exercise. 3. Food — quantity, quality. 
 
 DIGESTION. 
 
 I. Operations. 
 
 1. Mastication: — 
 
 (a) Or(/:i?is, — (1) Mouth — (aa) location, (bb) action, {co} 
 use, — (2) Teeth — (aa) location, (bb) action, (cg) use, 
 (eld) kinds — shape, use, (ee) care — (See First Series), — 
 (3) Tongue — (aa) location, (bb) acticm, (cc) use, — (4) 
 Salivary Glands — (aa) kinds, (bb) location, (cc) action? 
 (dd) use, (ee) care. 
 
 (b) Objects: — (1) To crush food, — (2) To moisten food. 
 
 2. Deglutition: — 
 
 (a) Organs^ — (1) Pharynx, — (aa) location, (bb) use, (cc) 
 care, (2) Oesophagus, — (aa) location, (bb) use. 
 
 {b) Object. — (1) To carry food from the mouth to the 
 stomach. 
 
 3. Digestion Proper: — 
 
 (a) Organs, — (1) Stomach — (cccc) location, (bb) parts, 
 (gg) name and use of each part, (dd) use, (ee) care, — 
 (2) Intestines- — (aa) name and relative size, (bb) location, 
 
 (gg) use. 
 
 (b) Object, — (1) To change food into blood material. 
 
 FOOD. 
 
 I. Composition. 
 
 1. Lime. 2. Starch. 3. Albumen. 4. Water. 5. Salt. 
 6. Fat. 
 
 II. Use. 
 
 1. Bones are chiefly made from the lime we eat in or.r food. 
 
 2. Fat is made from the fat and starch we eat in our food. 
 
 3. Muscle is made from the albumen which our food 
 contains. 
 
 4. A large portion of the body consists of water which our 
 food contains. 
 
224 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 5. The teais, perspiration and blood contain salt that is 
 taken in our food. 
 
 6. The fatty and fat-prodneing substances which we eat 
 produce heat. 
 
 III. Selection. 
 
 1. Wheat, corn, oats, rye contain mostly albumen, and 
 these substances are taken to make muscle and fat. 
 
 2. Lean meat contains albumen and makes muscle. 
 
 3. Fat meat produces heat. 
 
 4. Milk contains albumen and oil, and makes muscle and 
 
 heat. 
 
 5. Eggs contain albumen and make muscle. 
 
 6. Vegetables contain starch and water. 
 
 7. Fruits contain sugar and water. 
 
 8. From starch and sugar fat is made. 
 Remarks: 
 
 1. The Laplanders and Esquimaux eat a great deal of fat 
 because they liye in very cold countries*. 
 
 2. The inhabitants of the torrid zones eat much fruit be- 
 cause fruit produces no heat. 
 
 Conclusions : 
 
 1. In the summer time we should eat fruits and vegetables, 
 unless we work hard, in which case we should eat 
 some meat. 
 
 2. In the winter we should eat hearty food, as grains and 
 meat. We should avoid eating fat unless working hard 
 or exposed to the cold. 
 
 3. Too much hearty food is injurious. 
 
 4. Food taken late at night is injurious. 
 Re vie ^^ First Series. 
 
 CIRCULATION (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. Organs. 
 
 1. Heart, — {a) location, (h) parts, (c) number and names 
 of parts, {d) form, (e) composition, (/*) properties — 
 contraction, relaxation, {g) covering, (A) action, (i) use. 
 
HUMAN BODY. 225 
 
 2. Arteries, — («) distributioi), (b) structure, (c) form, 
 (d) action, (/) properties — contraction, relaxation. 
 
 3. Capillary Yeins. (See Arteries for topics.) 
 
 4. Veins. (See Arteries for topics.) 
 
 II. Object. 
 
 1. To furnish nutriment for the tissues. 
 
 2. To carry decomposed material, in the form of carbon, 
 back to the lungs for exhalation. 
 
 3. To carry substances back to the lungs for renovation. 
 Remarks : 
 
 1. When a slight cut is made the capillaries are severed. 
 
 2. When a deeper cut is made veins or arteries are 
 severed. 
 
 3. When arteries are cut the flow of blood should be 
 stopped by cording tightly the part above the wound. 
 
 4. In ail cases of bleeding keep the wound clean. 
 
 5. Do not allow any foreign substance to come in contact 
 with the wound, for fear of poisoning. 
 
 6. The venom of a snake is poisonous only when it gets 
 into the blood. 
 
 7. If the poison be immediately sucked from the wound, 
 the danger may be averted. 
 
 8. In case the poison cannot be withdrawn the part should 
 be l)ound tightly above the wound to prevent circu- 
 lation. 
 
 9. Blood flows more freely to parts in action than to other 
 parts. 
 
 10. After we have eaten, more blood is needed and, if 
 not prevented, will flow to the stomach to assist in 
 digesting the food. 
 
 11. For at least an hour after eating we should not indulge 
 in violent exercise — running, jumping, or hard work. 
 
 12. Lessons should not be studied immediately after eating. 
 
 13. Headaches are caused by too much blood in the head. 
 
 14. Hot foot-baths relieve the head by drawing from it 
 part of the blood. 
 
 15. Blisters are sometimes placed on the head to draw the 
 blood from the brain to the surface. 
 
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226 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 RESPIRATION. 
 
 I. Movements. 
 
 1. Inspiration. 2. Expiration. 
 
 II. Organs. 
 
 1. Lungs, — (a) location, {h) texture, (e) structure, (^) prop- 
 erties — expansion, contraction, (e) parts — bronchial 
 tubes, lobules, air-vessels, (f) air. 
 
 2. Diaphragm, — (a) location, (b) structure, (o) composi- 
 tion, {d) movements, (e) use. 
 
 3. Intercostal Muscles, — (a) location, (h) properties. 
 
 III. Avenues. 
 
 1. Nose. 2. Mouth. 3. Pharynx. 4. Larynx. 5. Trachea. 
 6. Bronchi. 
 
 IV. Object. 
 
 1. To purify the blood and fit it for use, by freeing the 
 impure blood of the waste matter which it contains. 
 
 2. To change the digested food into blood. 
 Remarks : 
 
 1. Air is made impure by the waste material of the body, 
 
 which is thrown from the lungs. 
 
 2. Impure air is poisonous. 
 
 (Refer to foul air in wells, mines, etc., and explain 
 in full.) 
 
 3. Impure air in .sleeping and dwelling rooms is of the 
 same kind. 
 
 4. It is injurious to sit in crowded rooms. 
 
 5. Impure air is heavier than pure air; therefore is at 
 the bottom of the room. 
 
 6. It is unwholesome to sleep in small and poorly-venti- 
 lated rooms. 
 
 7. It is unwholesome to breathe air that contains gas from 
 a pipe or a stove. 
 
 8. It is unwholesome to breathe air that contains dust. 
 
 9. Persons who work in dusty factories are short-lived. 
 
 10. Persons who work at grindstones or emery wheels are 
 short-lived. 
 
 11. Air which contains iron filings is unhealthful. 
 
HUMAN BODY. 227 
 
 12. The dust in grain ware-houses, fl »uring mills and plan- 
 ing mills is unhealthful. 
 
 13. Respirators are used by many who work in such places. 
 
 14. Air shoald be taken through the nose and not through 
 the mouth. The hair in the nose acts as a respirator 
 and should not be removed. (Show how a respir- 
 ator acts.) 
 
 15. Too rapid breathing, caused by running and jumping, 
 is injurious. 
 
 16. Do not run up nor down stairs. 
 
 17. When breathing, air should be taken into all parts of 
 the lungs; breathing, therefore, should be deep. 
 
 18. The lungs should not be compressed in any way. 
 
 THIRD SERIES. 
 
 SE^VEi^i'ia: o-iE^-^ZDE. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 BONES. 
 
 Review the subject Bones and teach composition of bones, 
 calling attention of pupils to the differences in bones of 
 young and old. 
 
 1. Review bones of t]iQhead. Call attention to the struc- 
 ture of the skull, the location of the bones, and the pe- 
 culiar adaptation of form and structure to use. Call 
 attention to the bones of the ear and associate names 
 with shapes. 
 
 2. Review bones of the trunk. Call attention to the loca- 
 tion and structure of spinal column, ribs, sternum 
 and pelvis, dwelling at length on the adaptation of 
 the parts to the wants and uses of man. Show the 
 effect of injuries, the causes of round shoulders, etc. 
 
 3. Review bones of upjper extremities and give scientific 
 names. Call attention to the formation of the hand, 
 
228 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 dwelling at length on the parts and their adaptation 
 to use. 
 
 4. Eeview bones of lower extremities and give scientific 
 names. Call attention to the foot, dwelling at length 
 on the structure and the adaptation of structure to use. 
 
 5. Expand Care of Bones, and draw from pupils the 
 reason that bones of the old are broken more easily 
 than those of the young. 
 
 6. Outline the subject Bones. 
 
 LIGAMENTS. 
 
 1. Review entire subject. 
 
 2. Outline the subject Ligaments. 
 
 CARTILAGE. 
 
 I. Location. 
 
 II. Properties, 
 
 1. Elasticity. 2. Compressibility. 
 
 III. Composition. 
 
 IV. Use. 
 
 1. To protect the bones from injury. 2. To connect. 
 
 V. Outline Cartilage. 
 
 MUSCLES. 
 
 Review the subject Muscles, and teach forms of muscles. 
 Call attention to adaptation of form to situation. 
 
 Explain the action of the muscles in running, jumping, etc. 
 Outline the subject Muscles. 
 
 CELLULAR TISSUE. 
 
 I. Location. 
 
 II. Composition. 
 
 III. Structure. 
 
 1. Fibres. 2. Cells. 
 
 IV. Property. 
 
 1 Elasticity. 
 
 V. Use. 
 
 1. To CONNECT organs. 
 
 2. To PROTECT NERVES AND BLOOD-VESSELS AND ENCLOSE 
 MUSCULAR fibres. 
 
 Outline the subject Cellular Tissue. 
 
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 ADIPOSE TISSUE. 
 
 I. Location. 
 
 1. Beneath the skin. 
 
 2. About the diffeeent organs. 
 
 II. Composition. 
 
 1. Cellular Tissue. 2. Fatty substance. 
 
 III. Use. 
 
 1. To retain heat. 2. For protection. 
 Outline the subject Adipose Tissue. 
 
 skin. 
 
 Review the subject Skin, dwelling more fully on struc- 
 ture. Give names of glands. 
 
 Call attention to the size and number of the glands, and 
 the necessity of keeping them open. 
 
 Review the subject Care. Outline the subject Shin. 
 
 BLOOD. 
 
 Review the subject Blood, and expand. 
 Outline the subject Blood. 
 
 digestion. 
 
 Review the subject Digestion. 
 
 1. Give more about the gastric juice and its action on the 
 ingredients of the food. 
 
 2. Give the peristaltic action of the oesophagus and 
 stomach and the effect of this action. 
 
 3. Explain how the food is retained in the stomach, 
 (valves, bands.) 
 
 4. Give changes which the food undergoes in the intes- 
 tines, and how these changes take place. 
 
 5. Give names of juices and tell where they are secreted; 
 also, give names and descriptions of organs — Pancreas, 
 Liver, Follicles of small Intestine. 
 
 6. Give appearance and name of food in small intestine. 
 
 7. Give an exhaustive review of Food, — composition, kinds, 
 time required for digesting different kinds. 
 
 Outline the subjects Food and Digestion. 
 
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230 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 ABSORPTION. 
 
 I. Organs. 
 
 1. Lining membrane of intestines: — 
 
 (a) extent, {b) nature — thin, flexible, soft, (c) action, 
 (d) use. 
 
 2. Blood vessels of small intestine : — 
 {a) location, {h) action, (c) use. 
 
 3. Lymphatic vessels : — 
 
 Kinds, — (1) lacteals — {aa) location, (bb) action, ((?6') color, 
 {dd) use, (2) b^mphatics — (See lacteals.) 
 
 4. Walls of capillaries: — 
 (a) action, {h) use. 
 
 II. Object. 
 
 1. To remove nutriment from intestines to circulatory 
 vessels. 
 
 2. To remove nutriment for the formation of tissue. 
 
 3. To remove matter which requires renovation. 
 
 4. To remove matter which has become useless. 
 Outline the subject Absorption. 
 
 CIRCULATION. 
 
 Review entire subject. Dwell at length upon tha mechan- 
 ism of heart. Outline the subject Circulation. 
 
 RESPIRATION. 
 
 Give an exhaustive review of organs, avenues and mech- 
 anism. 
 
 1. Action of blood-globules. (Lessons on combustion 
 must precede this topic.) 
 
 2. Exhaust Care, giving reasons for all information before 
 given. 
 
 3. Describe modes of ventilation ; decide which is prefer- 
 able, and give reasons. 
 
 Outline the subject Respiration. 
 
 NUTRITION. 
 
 I. Assimilation. 
 
 1. Organs: — 
 Tissues, — (1) kinds — cellular, osseous, muscular, mucous, 
 nervous, (2) location, (3) structure, (4) action — regular, 
 irregular. 
 
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 2. Nutritive element: — 
 Blood — (See Outline.) 
 
 3. Ob.ject: — 
 
 To produce tissue element from the blood. 
 
 IL Secretion. 
 
 1. Organs: — 
 
 (a) Glands^ — (1) structure, (2) kinds, — (aa) liver — loca- 
 tion, substance formed, use, — (bb) pancreas — location, 
 substance formed, use, — (cc) salivary glands (See liver 
 for topics, — {dd-} milk glands (See liver for topics). 
 
 (b) Membranes^ — (1) structure, (2) kinds — mucous, lin- 
 ing, (3) use. 
 
 2. Object: — 
 
 To produce certain substances necessary in the animal 
 economy. 
 
 III. Excretion. 
 
 1. Organs: — 
 
 Glands^ — (1) kidneys — {aa) location, (bb) form, {cc) 
 structure, {dd) substances excreted — creatine, creat- 
 inine, urea, urate of soda, (2) lungs — {aa) (See respi- 
 ration), ijbb) substances thrown off — carbonic acid gas, 
 animal matter, vapor, (3) sebaceous glands — {aa) loca- 
 tion, (65) structure, (cc) substance thrown out, (4) sweat 
 glands — {aa) location, {bb) structure, {cc) substances 
 thrown out — animal matter, water, minerals. 
 
 2. Object: — 
 
 To rid the system of waste material. 
 Outline Nutrition. 
 
 Ei3-:E3:a?E3: o-2^-^i:>e!. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 NERVOUS SYSTEM. 
 
 General idea of Cerebro-Spinal System. 
 
 I. Nerves. 
 
 1. Composition: — 
 {a) White matter, (J) gray matter, {c) membranb. 
 
232 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 2. Stkuctuke; — 
 
 (a) Filaments, (b) sheath. 
 
 3. Kinds as to origin: — 
 
 (a) Spinal, — (1) arrangement, (2) distribution, (3) combi- 
 nation — (aa) spinal cord — (aaa) location, (bhb) compo- 
 sition, (ecc) structure — anterior, posterior, {ddd) ter- 
 mination, (eee) use, (4) decussation, — 
 
 (b) Cranial, — (1) general use, (2) composition, (3) struc- 
 ture, (4) arrangement, — ^pairs — number, origin, distri- 
 bution, use. 
 
 4. Kinds as to function: — 
 (a) Sensation, (b) motor. 
 
 II. Brain. 
 
 1. Location. 
 
 2. Parts: — 
 
 (a) Medulla oblongata, — (1) location, (2) composition, (3) 
 structure, (4) form, (5) functions — respiration, — 
 
 {b) Cerebellum, — (See medullcb oblongata for topics.) 
 Function unknown, — 
 
 (c) Tuber annulare, — (See medulla oblongata for topics.) 
 Functions — sensation, volition, — 
 
 {d) Cerebrum, — (See medulla oblongata for topics.) 
 Functions — memory, reason, judgment. 
 
 3. Care. 
 
 General idea of sympathetic system. 
 
 I. Ganglia. 
 
 1. Location. 
 
 2. Composition, — gray matter. 
 
 3. Connections, — {a) with each other, (b) with spinal cord. 
 
 4. Use, — control of internal organs. 
 
 II. Nerves. 
 
 1. Composition. 
 
 2. Distribution, — (a) internal organs, ib) arteries and 
 veins. 
 
 3. Action, — {a) slow, (J) reflex. 
 
 4. Use, — to receive impressions and to communicate them 
 to the ganglia. 
 
HUMAN BODY. 233 
 
 SPECIAL SENSES. 
 
 I. Sight. 
 
 1. Okgans: — 
 
 (a) Oj^tio Nerve ^ — (1) origin, (2) decussation, (3) termi- 
 nation, (4) use — {aa) to receive impressions caused by 
 light and convey them to the brain, — 
 
 {h) Eyeball, — (1) location, (2) form, (3) parts — {aa) coats — 
 sclerotic, cornea, choroid, iris, retina, {bh) humors — 
 aqueous, vitreous, crystalline lens, (4) movements — 
 iaa) kinds — upward, downward, inward, outw^ard, ro- 
 tary, (bb) mechanism — {aaa) motor nerves — third, fourth 
 and sixth pairs, (bbb) muscles — straight, oblique, (5) 
 protection — {aa) orbit, (bb )eyebrow^s, {cc) eyelids — (aaa) 
 location, (bbb) number, (ccc) parts — lashes, skin, plates, 
 conjunctiva, — (dd) glands — lachrymal, oil. 
 
 2. Object: — 
 
 Perception of impressions caused by sight. 
 
 3. Care: — 
 
 (a) The eye should not be used too long at a time. 
 
 (b) The eye should not be exposed to a too brilliant light. 
 
 (c) Reading in a flickering or uncertain light is in- 
 jurious. 
 
 {d) The eye should not be used in light not sufiiciently 
 strong. 
 
 (e) Sudden transitions of light are injurious. 
 
 (f) Long continued examinations of small objects are 
 injurious. 
 
 (g) Objects should not be held too near the eye. 
 
 (h) The eye should be bathed in cold water every morning. 
 (i) Teach how to remove objects from the eye. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 I. Hearing. 
 
 1. Organs: — 
 
 (a) Auditory Nerve^ — (1) location, (2) origin, (3) termi- 
 nation, (4) use, — 
 
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234 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 (h) External ear, — (1) location, (2) parts — {aa) auditory 
 meatus, {bh) pinna — iaaa) location, {bhb) parts — helis, 
 antehelis, tragus, antetragus, concha, (ggg) use — to re- 
 ceive vibrations and conduct them to the middle ear, — 
 
 (g) Middle ear, — (1) location, (2) bones — iaa) location, 
 (bb) size, {gg) form, (dd) names — anvil, stirrup, mallet, 
 {ee) use — to increase the tension of the tympanum and 
 to conduct impressions, (3) openings — {aa) location, 
 {bb) number, {gg) names — auditory meatus, fenestra 
 ovalis, fenestra rotunda, mastoid cells, eustachian tube, - 
 
 {d) Internal ear, — (I) location, (2) form, (3) parts — {aa) 
 vestibule — location, form, use, {bb) semi-circular canal 
 — location, form, use, {gg) cochlea — location, form, 
 use, (4) contents — lymph, sheath. 
 2. Object : — 
 
 Perception of impressions caused by sound. 
 
 III. Smell. 
 
 2. Organs : — 
 {a) OlfaGtory Nei've, — (I) location, (2) origin, (3) termi- 
 nation, (4) use, — 
 (J) Wose, — (1) location, (2) form, (3) parts — (<2«^) bones — 
 sphenoid, ethnoid, (bb) fibro-cartilages— general idea, 
 {gg) mucous membrane^ location, appendages, use, 
 (4) cavities — nasal fossae — location, number, use. 
 2. Object: — 
 Perception of odors. 
 
 IV. Taste. 
 
 1. Organs: — 
 
 {a )Sj>eGial,—{\) gustatory neYYe—{aa) location, {bb) origin, 
 {cc) termination, {dd) use, (2) tongue — {aa) location, 
 (bb) form, {gg) parts — muscular fibres, lining membrane, 
 papillae, — 
 
 (b) Auxiliaries, — ^lips, palate, internal surface of cheeks, 
 upper part of the oesophagus. 
 
 2. Object: — 
 
 Perception of impi'essions caused by food. 
 Object of nervous system — control. 
 Outline Nervous System, 
 
HUMAN BODY. 'jS6 
 
 FORMATION OF VOICE. 
 
 I. Organs. 
 
 1. YocAL Chords: — 
 
 (a) location, (h) number, (c) action. 
 
 2. Larynx : — 
 
 (a) location, (b) form, (e) structure, (d) action. 
 
 II. Action Involved. 
 
 1. Expiration — (how involved.) 
 
 ni. Object. 
 
 To communicate thoughts and feelings. 
 
 IV. Care. 
 
 1. The head should be held erect. 
 
 2. The muscles of the neck should not be compressed. 
 
 3. Impure air is injurious to voice. 
 
 4. Elementary sounds should be practiced to develop and 
 protect the organs. 
 
 5. The voice should not be unduly exercised, especially in 
 young persons. 
 
 Outline Voice, 
 
 MOTION. 
 
 I. Organs. 
 
 1. Muscles. 2. Motor-nerves. 3. Sympathetic nerves. 
 
 II. Kinds. 
 
 1. Voluntary: — 
 
 (a) Organs involved — muscles, motor-nerves, spinal 
 cord, brain, — 
 
 (b) How performed, — 
 
 {c) Parts moved voluntarily — head, trunk and extrem- 
 ities. 
 
 2. Involuntary: — 
 
 {a) Organs involved— nm&QX.^'^, sympathetic nerves and 
 ganglia, certain motor nerves, — 
 
 (b) How performed, — 
 
 (c) Actions involved — respiration, absorption, circulation, 
 deglutition, secretion, excretion, assimilation. 
 
 III. Object. 
 
 To sustain life and to enable man to fulfill the condi- 
 tions of his existence. 
 Outline Motion, 
 
236 HUMAN BODY. 
 
 SUPPORT. 
 
 I. Instruments. 
 
 1. Bones. 2. Muscles. 3. Ligaments. 
 
 II. Mechanism. 
 
 III. Object. 
 
 To preserve the equilibrium of the body. 
 Outline Support. 
 
 I'ROTECTION. 
 
 I. Instruments. 
 
 1. Bones. 2. Muscles. 3. Cartilage. 4. Adipose Tis- 
 sue. 5. bKIN. 
 
 II. Object. 
 
 To preserve the body. 
 Outline the subject Protection. 
 Outline the entire subject Human Body. 
 
FORM. 
 
 237 
 
 
 i^ii^ST o-:ex,-^ide:. 
 
 MATERIAL. 
 
 Pupils should be supplied with slates and long, sharp 
 pencils ; also, with two sets of measures made of stiff paper, 
 or wood, and divided by lines as shown below. In the first 
 lessons the measures used should be one inch wide and two 
 inches long; but after some progress has been made, these 
 should be replaced by measures four inches long. 
 
 The teacher should take charge of pencils and measures, 
 and should appoint pupils to distribute them at the begin- 
 ning, and to collect them at the close, of each -lesson. 
 
 POSITION. 
 
 Pupils should assume a front position, and the body 
 should be kept as nearly upright as possible.^, For drawing- 
 vertical lines, the slate should be placed in front of the 
 pupil and parallel with the edge of the desk. 
 
 For drawing horizontal lines the slate should be placed 
 slightly to the right of a front position, and it should be 
 
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238 FORM. 
 
 slightly inclined so that the pupil may have free movement 
 of the arm and body. 
 
 For drawing horizontal lines, the pencil should be held in 
 the same position as for writing. 
 
 For drawing light vertical lines, the pencil should be held 
 in tlie same way as for writing, then the hand should be 
 turned to the right so that the pencil shall form a right angle 
 with the line to be drawn. 
 
 For drawing heavy vertical lines, the hand should be turned 
 toward the right so that it will rest npon the backs of the 
 second, third and fourth fingers, bringing the pencil at 
 right angles with the line to be drawn. 
 
 RIGHT LINES, SPACES. (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 I.-/1. Teach the definitions of a line\ a straight line\ a 
 \ curve line ; a vertical line. 
 
 2. Give pupils practice in drawing lines without reference 
 to length. 
 
 3. Give pupils the idea of an inch and application of the 
 same. 
 
 4. Teach the terms, right, left, front, back, centre, top, 
 bottom, above, below, beneath, between, in, on and 
 
 under. 
 
 6. Draw vertical lines two inches long. 
 (Require pupils to draw from top downward.) 
 
 6. /Teach the definition oi parallel lines. 
 
 7. JDraw three vertical lines two inches long and one-half 
 inch apart. 
 
 8. One inch to the right of the first group draw a second 
 group. 
 
 9. One inch to the right of the second group a third 
 group. 
 
 PLAN. 
 
 1. At given signals pupils place slates in position for 
 drawing vertical lines. 
 
 2. Pupils sit in proper position. 
 
 W^. Take pencils and turn the hand in the required posi- 
 tion for drawing vertical lines. 
 
FOHM. 239 
 
 The pupils are required to give close attention and the 
 teacher dictates as follows: 
 
 1. One inch below the top of the slate make a point. The 
 teacher counts one^ and each member of the class fol- 
 lows his dictation. 
 
 2. Two inches below this point make another point. The 
 teacher counts two. 
 
 3. Connect these points, three. 
 
 Require pupils to draw, commencing at the first point with 
 downward movement to the second. 
 
 At a given signal pupils takes measures and measure, 
 
 {a) the distance from the top of the slate to the first point, 
 
 (h) the length of the lines, 
 
 The teacher calls for hands of those who find lines, 
 
 {a) two inches long, 
 
 (h) more than two inches long, 
 
 ic) less than two inches long. 
 
 Measures should be left upon the slates while the teacher 
 passes among the pupils and examines the work, criticising 
 the slightest variations in length or direction. 
 
 After an examination of slates, measures are placed upon 
 the^desks and lines erased. The teacher dictates, giving 
 signals, and counting one^ two, three, as before. Pupils 
 draw, and criticisms follow. These exercises should be 
 continued until children are all able to draw vertical lines 
 two inches in length. The teacher should insist, during the 
 entire lesson, upon correct positions, simultaneous move- 
 ments, and accuracy in the work. 
 
 Teach the definition oi jparallel lines. 
 
 To draw a group of vertical lines, the pupils draw one line 
 as in previous lessons. Measures are applied as before, and 
 if the line is too long the pupil is allowed to make it shorter, 
 or if too short, to make it longer. 
 
 The teacher then dictates as follows: 
 
 1. One-half inch to the right of the first point make a 
 point. Teacher counts one. 
 
 2. Two inches below this point make another point, two. 
 
 3. Connect these points, three. 
 
240 FOHM. 
 
 4. Take measures and see that the lines drawn are one- 
 half inch apart. 
 
 The teacher examines the work. 
 
 (Keqiiire the pupils to saj, These lines are vertical and 
 parallel. Tell why the lines are said to be vertical and why 
 parallel. If necessary, the pupils should be allowed to erase 
 this line and try again.) 
 
 5. One-half inch to the right of the second line draw 
 another vertical line, one, two, three. 
 
 6. One inch to the right of this gnnip and one inch from 
 the top of the slate make a point, one. 
 
 7. Two inches below this point make another point, two. 
 
 8. Connect these j)(»ints, tkree. 
 (Measures are applied.) 
 
 9. One-half inch to the right draw a vertical line, 07ie, 
 two, three. 
 
 10. One-half inch to the right of the last line drawn draw 
 a vertical line, one, two, three. 
 
 11. One inch to the right of the second group draw a third 
 group. 
 
 (The teacher dictates and counts.) 
 
 FORM. 
 
 II. — 1 . Do work corresponding to I, using horizontal lines. 
 
 Require pupils to draw from left to right. 
 
 Fellow the plan given for vertical lines. 
 
 2.J Teach the definition of a horizontal line. 
 III. — 1. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and one 
 inch apart. 
 
 2. Divide and sub-divide the space between these two lines 
 by drawing vertical lines. 
 
 3. Do corresponding work with lines two inches long and 
 .two inches apart. 
 
 IV. — Do work corresponding to III, using horizontal lines. 
 Y. — 1. Draw a vertical line two inches long ^nd bisect it. 
 
 2.f Teach the definition of Msect. 
 
 3. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and one inch 
 apart, bisect each, and connect the bisecting points. 
 YI. — Do work corresponding to Y, using horizontal lines. 
 
FORM. 241 
 
 YJl. — 1. Draw a verti(;al line two inches long and bisect it. 
 2. One inch to the left and right of the bisecting point 
 make points and connect, forming a cross. 
 VIII. — Do work corresponding to YII, drawing the horizon- 
 tal line first. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 IX. — Do work corresponding to I, using four-inch lines. 
 X. — Do work corresponding to II, using four-inch lines. 
 XI. — Do work corresponding to III, using four-inch lines. 
 XII. — Do work corresponding to lY, using fonr-inch lines. 
 XIII. — Do work corresponding to V, using four-inch lines. 
 XIY. — Do work corresponding to YI, using four-inch lines. 
 XY. — Do work corresponding to YII, using four-inch lines. 
 XYI. — Do work corresponding to YIII, using four-inch lines. 
 XYII. — 1. Draw one vertical line two inches long; bisect; 
 bisect the parts. 
 
 2. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and one inch 
 apart; bisect each line; bisect the parts, connect cor- 
 responding opposite bisecting points. 
 
 3. Do corresponding work, using four inch lines. 
 XYIII. — Do work corresponding to XYII, using horizon- 
 tal lines. 
 
 XIX. — 1. Draw a vertical line two inches long ; bisect ; 
 bisect the parts. 
 
 2. One inch to the left and right of each bisecting point 
 make points and connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 3. Do corresponding work, using four inch lines. 
 
 XX. — Do work corresponding to XIX, using horizontal lines. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XXL — L. Draw a vertical line two inches long and trisect it. 
 
 2. rTeach the definition of trisect. 
 
 3. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and one inch 
 apart; trisect each line; connect corresponding oppo- 
 site trisecting points. 
 
 4. Do corresponding work, using four-inch lines. 
 XXII. — Do work corresponding to XXI, using horizontal 
 
 lines. 
 
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242 FORM. 
 
 XXIII. — 1. Draw a vertical line two inches long and tri- 
 sect it. 
 
 2. One inch to the left and right of each trisecting pcnnt 
 make points,and connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 3. Do corresponding work, nsing four inch lines. 
 XXIY. — 1. Do work corresponding to XXIII, nsing hori- 
 zontal lines. 
 
 2. Review the work in Form. 
 f Z. Teach the definitions of an oblique line; converging 
 I lines /SiTi angle; aright angle ^ an axute angle; an obtuse angle. 
 
 4. Teach the relative size of angles. 
 
 5. Give pnpils practice in drawing angles withont refer- 
 ence to length or direction of lines. 
 
 XXV. — 1. Draw a vertical line two inches long and bisect it. 
 
 2. One inch to the right of the bisecting point make a 
 point, and connect the two. 
 
 3. Make a point one inch below the last point, and connect 
 the two. 
 
 4. Make a point in each vertical line one-half inch below 
 the horizontal line, and connect. 
 
 SECOliTID O-IE^-A-IDE. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 XXYI. — Give pupils practice in drawing half-inch, inch, 
 
 two-inch, three-inch and four-inch lines. 
 XXYII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one-half inch long, and 
 
 trisect it. 
 2. From each trisecting point draw a vertical line two 
 
 inches long, and finish the lower part of the figure with 
 
 a horizontal line corresponding to the one above. 
 XXYIII. — 1. Construct ligui-e XXYI, and bisect the right' 
 
 vertical line. 
 
 2. One inch to the right of the bisecting point make a 
 point, and connect the two. 
 
 3. One inch above and one inch below the right end of 
 this horizontal line make points, and connect the two. 
 
FORM. '2^S 
 
 4. Finish the part of the figure on the right of the hori- 
 zontal line to correspond with that on the left. 
 XXIX. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one-half inch long, 
 trisect it, and make a point two inches below the left end. 
 
 2. One inch and a half to the right of the last point make 
 a point, and connect the two. 
 
 3. Make points in the lower horizontal line directly below 
 the trisecting points in the upper horizontal line, and 
 connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 4. One-half inch above the right end of the lower horizon- 
 tal line make a point, and connect with the line below. 
 
 XXX. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch and a half long, 
 and make a point two inches below the left end. 
 
 2. One-half inch to the right of ihis point make a point; 
 connect the two, and trisect the line. 
 
 3. Make points in the first horizontal line directly above 
 the trisecting points in the lower horizontal line, and 
 connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 ~4. Bisect the right vertical line. 
 
 5. One-half inch to the right and opposite the bisecting 
 point, make a point and connect the two. 
 
 6. One-fourth inch above and below the right end of the 
 horizontal line, make points and connect the two. 
 
 7. One-half inch below the right end of the npper hori- 
 tal line, make a point and connect with the line. 
 
 XXXI.— 1. Construct the letter F. 
 
 2. Extend the lower horizontal line one inch to the right, 
 
 and finish to correspond to the upper part of the figure. 
 XXXII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one-half inch long and 
 
 trisect it. 
 
 2. Two inches above each trisecting point make points, and 
 connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 3. Make a point half-way between the upper ends of the 
 vertical lines. 
 
 4. One inch to the right and left of this point make points 
 and connect the two. 
 
 5. One-half inch below each end of the upper horizontal 
 line make points, and connect each with the line. 
 
244 FORM. 
 
 As a review, pupils should be required to name the kinds 
 of lines and angles in the figures drawn. 
 XXXIII. — 1. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and 
 two inches apart. 
 
 2. Connect the upper and lower ends. 
 
 3. Teach the definition of a square. 
 
 XXXIY. — 1. Make points for a vertical line two inches long. 
 
 2. Two inches to the right of the first point make a point. 
 
 3. Two inches to the right of the second point make a 
 point. 
 
 4. Connect the first two points. 
 
 5. Connect the last two points. 
 
 6. Connect the ends of the lines forming a square. 
 
 7. Bisect each line and connect corresponding bisecting 
 points in parallel lines. 
 
 XXXY. — 1. Construct a two inch square. 
 
 2. Bise(;t each line ; bisect the parts. 
 
 3. Connect the corresponding bisecting points in parallel 
 lines. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XXXYI. — 1. Construct a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Trisect each line and connect corresponding opposite 
 trisecting points in parallel lines. 
 XXXYII. — 1. Construct figure XXXYI, and erase that part 
 of each outside line between the trisecting points. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 XXXYIII.— 1. Construct the figure given in XXXYII. 
 
 2. Bisect each line in the upper right hand square. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding bisecting points in parallel lines. 
 
 4. In like manner divide the four remaining squares. 
 XXXIX. — 1. Draw a two-inch square and trisect each line. 
 
 2. Connect corresponding opposite trisecting points in 
 parallel lines. 
 
 3. Erase the centre square and the outside right angle of 
 each corner square. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 XL. — 1. Draw a two-inch square and trisect each line. 
 
FORM. 245 
 
 2. Connect corresponding opposite trisecting points in 
 parallel lines, and erase the outside angle of each corner 
 square. 
 
 3. Bisect each line of each outside square, and connect 
 corresponding points in parallel lines. 
 
 XLI — 1. Draw a two inch square and bisect each line ; 
 lisect the parts, and connect corresponding bisecting 
 ]ioints in parallel lines. 
 
 2. Erase tne right three-fourths of the upper horizontal 
 line, the right half of the second, the right 
 fourth of the third, the upper three-fourths of the 
 right vertical line, the upper half of the second, and 
 the upper fourth of the third. 
 
 3. Erase the lines inside the figure. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 XLII. — 1. Draw an inch square. 
 
 2. One-half inch to the left of the upper horizontal line 
 make a point. 
 
 3. One-half inch above the point just made make a point. 
 
 4. Two inches below the last point make a point and con- 
 nect the two. 
 
 5. Two inches to the right of the extremities of this line 
 make points and connect, forming a square. 
 
 6. Draw a two-inch square and inside the two-inch square 
 draw the inch square. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XLIII. — 1. Draw an oblong, making vertical lines one inch, 
 and horizontal lines two inches long. 
 2/^each the definition of an oblong^ a rectangle^ and a 
 \jparallelogTam. 
 XLIV. — 1. Construct an oblong, making vertical lines one- 
 half inch and horizontal lines two inches long. 
 
 2. Bisect each horizontal line ; bisect the parts. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding bisecting points. 
 
 4. Divide, each square into four equal parts. 
 
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246 FORM. 
 
 5. Bisect the parts of the centre horizontal line in the left 
 hand square. 
 
 6. One-eighth inch above and below each bisectini^: point 
 make points and connect, forming a square. 
 
 7. Erase the lines found inside the square last drawn. 
 
 8. In like manner draw squares inside the remaining half- 
 inch squares. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to, and changes in, this "figure. 
 
 XLV. — 1. Draw a vertical line one inch and a half long:. 
 
 2. Two inches to the right of the upper end of this line 
 make a point, and connect with the vertical line. 
 
 3. One-half inch below the horizontal line just drawn, 
 draw another of the same length. 
 
 4. Connect the right ends of the horizontal lines. 
 
 5. Make a point in the first vertical line one-eighth of an 
 inch below the upper horizontal line. 
 
 6. One-half inch to the right of this point make a point, 
 and connect the two. 
 
 7. Make a point one-half inch to the right of the lower 
 end of the vertical line and connect. 
 
 8. Connect the right ends of the short horizontal lines. 
 
 9. One-fourth inch to the right of the left vertical line, 
 and one-fourth inch below the upper horizontal line 
 make a large dot. 
 
 XLYI. — 1. Construct an oblong, making vertical lines one 
 inch and a half, and horizontal lines two inches, long. 
 
 2. Make a point in each line one-eighth of an inch from 
 each right angle. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding points in parallel lines. 
 
 4. Mark the center of each small square with a point. 
 
 XLYII. — 1. Draw two vertical lines two inches long and one 
 inch and a quarter apart, and connect the upper ends. 
 
 2. Make points in the horizontal and each vertical line 
 one-half of one-eighth of an inch from each right angle ^ 
 
 3. One-half of one-eighth of an inch to the right of the 
 lower end of the left, and to the left of the lower end 
 of the right vertical line, make points. 
 
FORM. 247 
 
 4. Connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 5. Connect the lower ends of the left vertical lines. 
 
 6. Connect the lower ends of the right vertical lines. 
 
 7. Make points in the inner vertical lines one-half inch 
 below the npper horizontal line and one-half inch 
 above the lower ends, and connect the opposite points. 
 
 8. Bisect the vertical lines between the horizontal lines 
 last drawn; bisect the parts; bisect the parts again. 
 
 10. Connect corresponding points in vertical lines. 
 
 11. Make a point in the center of each small square. 
 
 XLYIII. — 1. Make points and draw two horizontal lines 
 three inches long and one-eighth of an inch apart, and 
 connect the ends. 
 
 2. Make a point in the lower horizontal line one-fourth 
 inch to the right of the left end of the oblong. 
 
 3. Two inches below this point make a point, and connect 
 the two. 
 
 4. One-eighth of an inch to the right draw a vertical line 
 corresponding to the one just drawn, and connect the 
 lower ends of the vertical lines. 
 
 5. Draw an oblong corresponding to the one just drawn, 
 one-fourth inch to the left of the right end of the first 
 oblong. 
 
 6. One-half inch below the lower horizontal line make 
 points in the inner vertical lines, and connect the two. 
 
 7. Make points in the second horizontal line one-fourth 
 inch from the inner vertical lines. 
 
 8. Directly below these points, and one-eighth of an inch 
 above the lowest horizontal line, make points. Con- 
 nect these points with points in the horizontal line. 
 
 9. Connect the lower ends of the short vertical line. 
 
 10. Half-way between the short vertical lines and one- 
 eighth of an inch below the second horizontal line, 
 make a large dot. 
 XLIX. — 1. Draw a horizontal line half an inch long, and 
 trisect it. 
 2. Two inches above each trisecting point make points and 
 connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
248 FORM. 
 
 3. Connect the upper ends of the vertical lines, 
 
 4. Four inches to the right of this figure, construct a simi- 
 lar figure. 
 
 5. Bisect the inside vertical lines; bisect the upper half 
 of each vertical line. 
 
 6. Connect the last bisecting points. 
 
 7. Bisect the lower half of each inner vertical line ; bisect 
 the parts. 
 
 8. Connect the lowest bisecting points. 
 
 9. Bisect each horizontal line ; bisect the parts ; bisect 
 the parts ; bisect the parts. 
 
 10. Make points one-fourth inch above each bisecting point 
 in the upper horizontal line. 
 
 11. Make points one-eighth inch below each bisecting point 
 in the lower horizontal line. 
 
 12. Connect the corresponding points made above and 
 below the horizontal lines. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 L. — 1. Draw two horizontal lines four inches and a quarter 
 long, and two inches and a quarter apart. 
 
 2. On these lines one-eighth inch from each end, make 
 points, and connect corresponding opposite points with 
 heavy lines. 
 
 3. On the vertical lines one inch above the lower, and 
 one inch below the upper, horizontal lines, make points 
 and connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 4. Bisect the second and third horizontal lines, and bisect 
 the parts. 
 
 5. Make points one-fourth inch to the right and left of 
 each bisecting point, and erase the first bisecting points. 
 
 6. Make points seven-eighths inch above and opposite the 
 points in the third horizontal line from the bottom, 
 and connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 7. Connect the upper ends of the first and second, the 
 third and fourth, the fifth and sixth vertical lines. 
 
 8. Make points seven-eighths inch below and opposite 
 the points in the second horizontal line from the bottom, 
 and connect corresponding points. 
 
FORM. 249 
 
 9. Connect the lower ends of the first and second, the fifth 
 and sixth, vertical lines, and extend the third and fourth 
 to the first horizontal line. 
 
 10. Erase the parts of the second and third horizontal lines 
 found outside the windows and doors. 
 
 11. One inch above each end of the upper part of the 
 figure, make points and connect. 
 
 12. Connect the ends of the horizontal lines. 
 
 13. Bisect the upper hoiizontal line. 
 
 14. One-eighth of an inch to the right and left of the 
 bisecting point, make points and erase the bisecting 
 point. 
 
 15. Make points one-half inch above these points and con- 
 nect with the points below. 
 
 16. Connect the upper ends of the lines. 
 
 LI. — 1. Draw two vertical lines three inches and a half long 
 and one-half of one-eighth of an inch apart. 
 2. Make a point in the right vertical line one-eighth of 
 
 an inch below the upper end. 
 8. Three inches to the right of this point make a point, 
 and connect the two. 
 
 4. Make a point in the right vertical line two inches be- 
 low the upper end. 
 
 5. Three inches to the right of this point make a point, 
 and connect the two. 
 
 6. Conneci the right ends of the horizontal lines. 
 
 7. Bisect the vertical lines in the oblong, and connect the 
 bisecting points. 
 
 8. Trisect the parts, and connect the trisecting points. 
 
 9. Bisect the parts, and connect corresponding opposite 
 points. 
 
 10. Add one horizontal line to the lower part of this oblong, 
 making the space the same as the space between lines 
 above. 
 
 11. Extend the right vertical line to the horizontal line 
 just drawn. 
 
 12. Make points in the first and seventh horizontal lines 
 one inch to the right of the second vertical line, and 
 connect the two. 
 
250 FORM. 
 
 13. Erase the lines found inside the small figure, and make 
 as many dots as there are States in the Union. 
 
 14. Connect the ends of the lines that join the staff. (Pu- 
 pils have not yet had sixteenths in their number work.) 
 
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 RIGHT LINES RELIEVED BY OBLIQUE LINES. 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 '/LII. — 1. Construct a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Bisect each line ; bisect the parts. 
 
 3. Comiect corresponding points in the upper horizontal, 
 and the left vertical, lines; in the right vertical, and the 
 lower horizontal, lines ; in the upper horizontal, and 
 right vertical, lines ; in the left vertical, and lower hor- 
 izontal, lines. 
 
 4. Review the definition of an oblique line. 
 LIII. — I. Construct a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Bisect each line ; trisect the parts. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding points in the upper horizontal, 
 and the left vertical, lines ; in the right vertical, and 
 lower horizontal, lines ; in the upper horizontal, and the 
 right vertical, lines ; in the left vertical, and the lower 
 horizontal, lines. 
 
 j^LIY. — 1. Construct a two inch square, and trisect the sides. 
 2. Connect corresponding points in the left vertical, and 
 lower horizontal, lines ; in the upper horizontal, and 
 right vertical, lines ; in the upper horizontal, and left 
 vertical, lines; in the right vertical, and lower horizon- 
 tal, lines. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 NyLV. — 1. Reproduce figure LIY. 
 
 2. Bisect the parts outside the trisecting points. 
 
 3. Bisect each short oblique line. 
 
 4. Connect bisecting points with corresponding opposite 
 4)oint8 in the square. 
 
 5. Bisect each side of the inner square. 
 
FORM. 'j551 
 
 6. Connect bisecting points with corresponding trisecting 
 
 points in the outer square. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LYI. — 1. Construct a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Bisect each line ; bisect the parts and erase the first 
 ^ bisecting points. 
 
 V 3. Connect corresponding points in upper horizontal, and 
 left vertical, lines ; in right vertical, and lower horizon- 
 tal, lines; in upper horizontal, and right vertical, lines; 
 in left vertical, and lower horizontal, lines. 
 4. Erase the vertical and horizontal lines. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LYII. — 1. Construct a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Connect the upper right hand corner and the lower left 
 hand corner; the upper left hand corner and the lower 
 right hand corner. 
 
 3. Develop the idea of, and give the term, diagonal. 
 
 4. Bisect each line forming the square, and connect cor- 
 responding opposite points in parallel lines. 
 
 5. Review the work on angles. 
 
 6. Erase the right half of the upper horizontal line ; the 
 lower half of the right vertical line ; the left half of the 
 lower horizontal line, and the upper half of the left 
 vertical line. 
 
 7. Teach the definition of a triangle. 
 
 8. Teach the definition of a right-angled triangle. 
 LYIII. — 1. Draw a two-inch square and trisect each line. 
 
 2. Connect the left trisecting point in the upper line and 
 the right trisecting point in the lower line ; the right 
 
 \r trisecting point in the upper line and the left trisecting 
 point in the lower line. 
 
 3. In the same manner connect the trisecting points in the 
 vertical lines. 
 
 4. Connect the left trisecting point in the upper line and 
 the upper trisecting point in the left vertical line ; the 
 right trisecting point in the upper line and the upper 
 trisecting point in the right vertical line. 
 
252 FORM. 
 
 5. Ill the same way connect the lower trise(;ting points in 
 the vertical lines and the trisecting points in the 
 lower line. 
 
 6. Erase the lines forming the square. 
 
 7. Teach the definition of an acute-angled triangle. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LIX. — 1. Draw a two-inch square. 
 
 2. Bisect each line; bisect the parts. 
 
 3. Connect tlie left point in the upper line and the right 
 point in the lower line; the right point in the upper 
 line and the left point in the lower line. 
 
 4. Connect the points in the vertical lines in a similar way. 
 
 5. Connect the ends of the oblique lines as in LYIII. 
 
 6. Bisect each half of each long oblique line. 
 
 7. Connect the bisecting points in the oblique lines and 
 the opposite bisecting points in the square. 
 
 8. Erase the lines forming the square. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LX. — 1. Reproduce figure XXXY, and erase the corners. 
 
 2. Bisect each line. 
 
 3. Connect the bisecting points in the first and second hori- 
 zontal lines ; the bisecting points in the third and fourth 
 horizontal lines. 
 
 4. Connect the bisecting points in the first and second, 
 the third and fourth, vertical lines. 
 
 5. Bisect the lines which bisect the small squares. 
 
 6. Connect bisecting points with corresponding opposite 
 trisecting points. 
 
 i7. Bisect each oblique line and connect with corresponding 
 opposite bisecting points in the outside lines. 
 
 8. Erase the lines inside the small squares. 
 
 9. Trisect each side of the centre square. 
 
 10. Connect trisecting points in vertical lines and trisect- 
 ing points in horizontal lines, as in LVIII. 
 
 11. Connect the bisecting points in the upper square with 
 the opposite bisecting points in the right and left 
 squares. 
 
 12. Connect the bisecting points in the lower square with 
 
FORM. 253 
 
 the opposite bisecting points in the right and left hand 
 squares. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LXI. — 1. Draw a two-inch square, and bisect the horizontal 
 lines. 
 
 2. Bisect the vertical lines ; bisect the parts, and erase 
 first bisecting points. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding opposite bisecting points in 
 vertical lines; the upper bisecting point in the left 
 vertical line with the lower bisecting point in the right 
 vertical line; the upper bisecting point in the right 
 vertical line with the lower bisecting point in the 
 left vertical line; the bisecting point in the upper hor- 
 izontal line with the upper bisecting points in vertical 
 lines; the bisecting point in the lower horizontal line 
 with the lower bisecting points in the vertical lines. 
 
 4. Erase the lines forming the square. 
 
 5. Teach the definition of an obtuse-angled triangle. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 LXII. — 1. Construct a two-inch square, and bisect each side. 
 
 2. Draw the diagonals of the square. 
 
 3. Make points in the oblique lines one inch from the 
 centre of the figure. 
 
 4. Connect the points in the oblique lines with the bisect- 
 ing points in the square. 
 
 5. Erase the diagonals and the lines forming the square. 
 
 6. Teach the definition of an octagon, 
 
 LXIII. — 1. Construct the octagon. 
 
 2. Connect the angles so as to form four oblongs within 
 
 the octagon. 
 5. Erase the lines which connect the right angles with the 
 
 inner octagon. 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 
 LXiy. — Construct the octagon. Dictate for eight includ- 
 ed, interlaced squares. 
 
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254 FORM. 
 
 Dictate for Ex. 350 (1), Smith's Manual. 
 Let pupils invent many figures with the octagon for 
 a base. 
 
 LXY. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long, and bisect, i 
 
 2. One inch and three-fourths above the bisecting point ! 
 make a point. I 
 
 3. Connect this point with the ends of the horizontal line. 
 
 4. Trisect each line. 
 
 5. Make a point half-way between the upper trisecting 
 points in the oblique lines. 
 
 6. One inch to the right and left of this point make 
 points, and connect the two. 
 
 7. One inch and three-fourths below the bisecting point 
 in the upper horizontal line, make a point. 
 
 8. Connect this point with the ends of the lower horizon- 
 tal line. 
 
 9. Connect the ends of the horizontal lines. 
 
 10. Connect the upper part of the figure and the ends of 
 the upper horizontal line. 
 
 11. Erase the lines inside the figure. 
 
 12. Teach the definition of a hexagon. 
 
 LXVI. — Dictate for figures in Ex. 356, Smiths Manual. 
 Lead pupils to invent new figures based on the hexagon. 
 
 LXVII. — 1. Draw a three-inch square. 
 
 2. In each line, one-half inch from each right angle, 
 make a point. 
 
 3. Connect the right point in the upper horizontal line 
 and the lower point in the left vertical line ; the upper 
 point in the right vertical, and the left point in the 
 lower horizontal, line ; the upper point in the left ver- 
 tical, and the right point in the lower horizontal, line ; 
 the left point in the upper horizontal, and lower point 
 in the right vertical, line. 
 
 4. Erase the right angles. 
 
 5. Bisect the outer lines, and place points outside the 
 figure three-eighths of an inch from each bisecting 
 point. 
 
FORM. 255 
 
 6. Trisect the outer lines of the figure, and erase the parts 
 between trisecting points. 
 
 7. Conne(tt the trisecting points and the opposite points 
 outside the figure. 
 
 8. In each oblique line one inch from the outer lines, 
 make points. 
 
 9. Bisect the centre square, and connect with correspond- 
 ing opposite points in oblique lines. 
 
 10. Erase the parts of the oblique lines between points. 
 
 LXYIII. — Dictate for figures in Exercises 38, 40, 41 and 354 
 (3 and 4), S?niWs Manual. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 LXIX. — 1. Draw an oblong making vertical lines three 
 inches and a half long, and horizontal lines one inch 
 and a half long. 
 
 2. On each vertical line, one-fourth inch below the upper 
 horizontal line, and one-half inch above the lower hor- 
 izontal line, make points, and connect corresponding 
 opposite points. 
 
 3. On the inner horizontal lines, one-fourth inch from 
 each vertical line, make points, and connect corres- 
 ponding opposite points. 
 
 4. Erase the parts of the horizontal lines outside of, and 
 connected with, the oblong just formed. 
 
 5. Bisect the horizontal lines of the inner oblong. 
 
 6. One-eighth of an inch to the right and left of each 
 bisecting point, make points, and erase bisecting points. 
 
 7. Connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 8. Bisect the second and fifth vertical lines. 
 
 9. Bisect the lower halves, and connect the two. 
 
 10. Bisect the vertical lines between the line just drawn 
 and the bisecting points above. 
 
 11. Erase the parts of the second, third, fourth and fifth 
 horizontal lines between the third and fourth vertical 
 lines; the second, third, fourth and fifth vertical lines 
 between the third and fourth horizontal lines. 
 
256 FORM. 
 
 12. In the upper left hand panel, one-half of one-eighth of 
 an inch from each ri^ht angle, make points, and con- 
 nect corresponding opposite points, forming an oblong. 
 
 13. Finish the remaining panels to correspond with the 
 first. 
 
 14. One inch and three-eighths above the lower horizontal 
 line, and one-eighth inch to the left of the right verti- 
 cal line, make a large dot. 
 
 15. One-fourth inch above the extremities of the outer ver- 
 tical lines make points. 
 
 16. One-fourth inch to the left of the left point, and to the 
 right of the right point, make points, and connect 
 the two. 
 
 17. One-fourth inch from the extremities of the lower hori- 
 zontal line make points, and connect with the line above. 
 
 18. One-half of one-eighth of an inch from the vertical and 
 horizontal lines last drawn, draw corresponding 
 lines. 
 
 LXX. — 1. Draw an oblong, making vertical lines four inches 
 long and horizontal lines two inches long. 
 
 2. In each line, one-fourth inch from each right angle, 
 make points. 
 
 3. Connect corresponding opposite points in parallel lines. 
 Extend the lower horizontal line one-eighth of an inch 
 from each vertical line. 
 
 4. Trisect the parts of the horizontal lines between the 
 vertical lines, and connect the outer trisecting points. 
 
 5. Trisect the parts of the inner vertical lines between 
 the upper horizontal lines, and connect the upper tri- 
 secting points. 
 
 6. In the lower part of the figure, one-half of one-eighth 
 of an inch above the extremities of the second horizon- 
 tal line, make points, and connect the two. Connect 
 the ends of the horizontal lines. 
 
 7. Erase the parts of the third and fourth vertical lines 
 between the first and third, the fourth and sixth, hori- 
 zontal lines. • 
 
 8. Bisect the inner vertical lines, and connect the bisect- 
 ing points. 
 
FORM. 257 
 
 9. One-eighth inch above bisecting points make points 
 and connect. 
 
 10. One-eighth inch below the third horizontal line in the 
 inner vertical lines, make points and connect the two. 
 
 11. One-eighth inch above the third horizontal line in the 
 lower part of the figure, make points in the inner verti- 
 tical lines and connect the two. 
 
 12. Bisect the fourth and seventh horizontal lines. 
 
 13. To the right and left of the bisecting points make 
 points, and draw vertical lines one-half of one-eis^hth 
 of an inch apart. 
 
 14. One-half of one-eighth of an inch to the right of the 
 third vertical line, and to the left of the fourth vertical 
 line, make points in the fourth and seventh horizontal 
 lines and connect corresponding points. 
 
 15. Erase the vertical lines between the fifth and sixth hor- 
 izontal lines. 
 
 LXXL— -1. Draw figure LXX. 
 
 2. In the upper part of the figure bisect the parts of the 
 third horizontal line between the second and third, and 
 the eighth and ninth, horizontal lines. 
 
 3. One inch and a half below each point make points and 
 connect corresponding opposite points. 
 
 4. Connect the lower ends of the vertical lines and draw 
 a line parallel to the one just drawn, one-half of one- 
 eighth of an inch above it. 
 
 5. Erase all the lines inside the oblong just made. 
 
 6. Trisect the space between the second and third hori- 
 zontal lines, placing the points directly above the 
 inch and a half vertical lines. 
 
 7. Connect corresponding opposite trisecting points, and 
 extend the inch and a half vertical lines to the upper 
 horizontal line. 
 
 Review the work of the entire grade. 
 Let pupils invent additions to the figures when prac- 
 ticable.. 
 
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258 FORM. 
 
 r^OTJZR-T'xi o■I^-A.:oE. 
 
 STRAIGHT LINES RELIEVED BY CURVE LINES. 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 LXXII. — I. Draw a horizontal line one inch lon^ and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. One-fourth inch above the bisecting point make a point. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the horizontal line bj' a curve line 
 passing through the point above the line. 
 
 4. He view definition of a curve line. 
 
 5. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
 LXXIII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. One-half inch above the bisecting point make a point. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the horizontal line by a curve line 
 passing through the point above the line. 
 
 4. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
 LXXIV. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch lon;^ ; bisect. 
 
 2. One-half inch above the bisecting point make a point. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the horizontal line by a (jurve line 
 passing through the point above the line. 
 
 4. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
 LXXY. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. One inch above the bisecting point make a point. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the horizontal line by a curve line 
 passing through the point above the line. 
 
 4. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
 LXXVI. — 1. Draw a horizontal line four inches long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. Make points one-half inch, one inch, one inch and a 
 half, and two inches, respectively, above the bisecting 
 point. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the horizontal line by curve lines 
 passing through the points above the line, 
 
 4. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
FORM. <269 
 
 LXXYII. — Follow the directions given in LXXII, substi- 
 tuting vertical for horizontal, and left for above. 
 
 LXXYIII. — Follow the directions given in LXXIII, substi- 
 tuting vertical for horizontal, and left for above. 
 
 LXXIX. — Follow the directions given in LXXIY, substi- 
 tuting vertical for horizontal, and left for above. 
 
 LXXX. — Follow the directions given in LXXV, substituting 
 vertical for horizontal, and left for above. 
 
 LXXXI. — Follow the directions given in LXXVI, substi- 
 tuting vertical for horizontal, and left for above. 
 
 LXXXII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. One-half inch above and below the bisecting point, 
 make points. 
 
 3. Begin at the left end of the horizontal line and draw a 
 curve line passing through the points above and be- 
 low the line and touching each end of the line. 
 
 4. Teach definition of a circle. 
 
 5. Teach definitions of circumference and diameter. 
 LXXXIII. — Draw a circle two inches in diameter. 
 LXXX I Y. — Draw a circle four inches in diameter. 
 LXXXY. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch long and bi- 
 sect it. 
 
 2. One-fourth inch above and below the bisecting point, 
 make points. 
 
 3. Begin at the left end of the horizontal line and draw a 
 curve line passing through the points above and below 
 the line and touching each end of the line. 
 
 4. Teach the definition of an ellipse. 
 
 5. Draw a corresponding figure on a vertical line. 
 LXXXYI. — Repeat LXXXY, making lines two inches long 
 
 and placing points one-half inch above and below 
 bisecting points. 
 Draw a corresponding figure on a vertical line. 
 LXXXYII. — Repeat LXXXY, making lines four inches 
 long and placing points one inch above and below the 
 bisecting point. 
 
260 FORM. 
 
 Draw a corresponding figure on a vertical line. 
 LXXXVIII. — 1. Draw a vertical line one inch long and 
 trisect it. 
 
 2. One-ihird inch to the right and left of the upper tri- 
 secting point make points. 
 
 3. Begin at the upper end of the vertical line and draw a 
 curve line passing through the points at the right and 
 left of the vertical line and touching each end of 
 the line. 
 
 4. Teach the definition of an oval. 
 
 5. Draw a corresponding figure on a horizontal line. 
 LXXXIX. — Repeat LXXXVIII, making lines two inches 
 
 long, and placing points two-thirds of an inch to the 
 right and left of the upper trisecting point. 
 Draw a corresponding figure on a horizontal line. 
 XC. — Repeat LXXXYIII, making lines four inches long 
 and placing points one inch and one-third to the right 
 and left of the upper trisecting point. 
 Draw a corresponding figure on a horizontal line. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XCI. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch long and bisect it. 
 
 2. One-fourth inch above the right and left ends of the 
 line make points. 
 
 3. Connect the points by a curve line passing through the 
 bisecting point. 
 
 4. Draw a corresponding curve below a horizontal line. 
 
 5. Draw corresponding curves above and below a line. 
 
 XCII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. One-half inch above the right and l6ft ends of the line 
 make points. 
 
 3. Connect the points by a curve ""line passing through the 
 bisecting point. 
 
 4. Draw a corresponding curve below a horizontal line. 
 
 5. Draw corresponding curves above and below horizontal 
 lines. 
 
FORM. 261 
 
 XCIII. — Follow the directions given in XCI, placing points 
 
 one-half inch from the extremities of the line. 
 Teach the definitions of right curve, left curve. 
 XCIV. — Follow the directions given in XCII, placing points 
 
 one inch from the extremities of the line. 
 XCV. — B^oUow the directions given in XCI, substituting 
 
 vertical for horizontal. 
 XCYI. — Use vertical lines and give work corresponding 
 
 to XCIII. 
 XCVII. — Use vertical lines and give work corresponding 
 
 to XCII. 
 XCVIII. — Use vertical lines and give work corresponding 
 
 toXCIY. 
 XCIX. — 1. Draw a horizontal line one inch long. 
 
 2. One-half inch above and below the ends of the hori- 
 zontal line make points. 
 
 3. Connect the right end of the horizontal line and the 
 upper left hand point by a line curving toward the 
 horizontal line. 
 
 4. Connect the right end of the horizontal line and the 
 lower left hand point by a line curving toward the 
 horizontal line. 
 
 5. Teach the detinition of a convex angle. 
 
 6. In the same way connect the left end of the line and the 
 points at the right, forming a convex angle. 
 
 7. Teach the definition of a concave angle. 
 
 C. — Use vertical lines and give work corresponding to XCIX. 
 CI. — I. Draw a horizontal line one inch long. 
 
 2. Place points one-half inch above and below the extrem- 
 ities of the line. 
 
 3. Connect the right end of the line and the left hand 
 points by lines curving from the horizontal lines, form- 
 ing a concave angle. 
 
 4. Connect the left end of the line and the right hand 
 points, forming a concave angle. 
 
 CII. — Use vertical lines and give work corresponding to CI. 
 cm. — 1. Draw a two-inch square. 
 
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262 FORM. 
 
 2. Bisect the vertical lines and connect the bisecting 
 
 points, and the horizontal lines a^ b and c. 
 8. Bisect a and c ; bisect the parts and connect corres- 
 ponding bisecting points. 
 4. Connect the points found on h by curve lines with the 
 points diagonally opposite on a and c, respectively, 
 forming concave angles at h and convex angles at 
 a and c. 
 CIY. — Let pupils invent additions to, and changes in, CIII. 
 CV. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long, bisect it, 
 and bisect the parts. 
 
 2. One-eighth inch above the left bisecting point and 
 one-eighth inch below the right bisecting point make 
 points. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the line by a curve line passing 
 through the points above and below the line and cross- 
 ing the centre point. 
 
 4. Draw a figure like the last inverted. 
 
 5. Teach the definition of a compourid curve. 
 
 6. Draw compound curves above and below the same line. 
 CYI. — Follow the directions given in CV, placing points 
 
 one-fourth inch above and below the bisecting points. 
 CVII. — Follow the directions given in CY, placing points 
 
 one-half inch above and below bisecting points. 
 CYIII. — Do work corresponding to CY, using vertical lines. 
 CIX. — Do work corresponding to CYI, using vertical lines. 
 ex. — Do work corresponding to CYII, using vertical lines. 
 CXI — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long; bisect; 
 
 bisect the parts ; bisect the parts. 
 
 2. One-eighth inch above the first and fifth bisecting 
 points, and one-eighth inch below the third and seventh 
 bisecting points, make points. 
 
 3. Connect the ends of the line by a double compound 
 curve crossing the second, fourth and sixth bisecting 
 points and passing through the points above and be- 
 low the line. 
 
 4. Draw the figure, placing points below the first and 
 fifth bisecting points and above the third and seventh. 
 
FORM. 263 
 
 5. Draw the double compound curve as given above on 
 the same line. 
 CXII. — 1. Draw a vertical cross, using four inch lines. 
 2. Draw double compound curves each side of the line 
 as in CXI. 
 CXIII. — 1. Draw a horizontal line two inches long and 
 bisect it. 
 
 2. Bisect the left half and trisect the right half of the line. 
 
 3. One-fourth inch above the left bisecting point, and 
 one-eighth inch below the left trisecting point, make 
 points. 
 
 4. Connect the ends of the line by a line crossing the hor- 
 izontal line at the centre bisecting and right trisecting 
 points, and passing through the points above and be- 
 low the line. 
 
 5. Draw the above figure, placing points below the left 
 bisecting and above the left trisecting points. 
 
 6. Draw lines above and below the same straight line cor- 
 responding to those just drawn. 
 
 CXiy. — Do work corresponding to CXI, using vertical lines. 
 CXY. — Do work corresponding to CXIII, using vertical 
 
 lines. 
 CXVI.— 1. Construct figure YII. 
 
 2. Divide the angles into two equal parts by oblique lines 
 the same length as the other lines. 
 
 3. Draw compound curves as in CV and CYI. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 APPLICATIOMS OF CURVE LINES. 
 
 CXVII.— 1. Construct figure XXXIY. 
 
 2. Connect the outer bisecting points in the upper hori- 
 zontal line by a curve line passing through the point 
 below the bisecting point, forming a half circle. 
 
 3. In a similar way draw half circles upon the re- 
 maining sides of the square. 
 
 4. Connect the extremities of the curves by lines curving 
 toward the centre* of the figure. 
 
264 FORM. 
 
 5. Inscribe a circle within the four central squares. 
 
 Let pupils invent many additions to this ligure. 
 CXYIII. — 1. Construct figure YII and connect the extrem- 
 ities of the lines, forming a square. 
 
 3. Bisect each side and make points within the figure one- 
 fourth inch from each bisecting point. 
 
 3. Bisect the parts and erase that part of each line be- 
 tween bisecting points. 
 
 4. Connect the lines by curve lines passing through the 
 points within the figure. 
 
 5. One-fourth inch from the centre of the figure make 
 points in each line and c(mnect points by lines curving 
 toward the centre of the figure. 
 
 Let pupils invent many additions to this figure. 
 CXIX.— 1. Construct figure XXXY. 
 
 2. Draw the diagonals in each corner square. 
 
 3. Draw a compound curve each side of each diagonal. 
 
 4. Bisect each side of the remaining squares ; connect cor- 
 responding opposite points in parallel lines in the out- 
 side squares and draw a compound curve each side of 
 each line. 
 
 5. Make points within the centre square one-eighth of an 
 inch from each bisecting point and connect the angles 
 by curve lines passing through the points within the 
 square. 
 
 Let pupils invent many additions to this figure. 
 CXX. — 1. Draw an oblong, making horizontal lines four 
 inches long and vertical lines one inch and a half long. 
 
 2. Bisect the horizontal lines ; bisect the parts ; bisect the 
 parts and connect corresponding opposite bisecting 
 points. 
 
 3. On each vertical line one fourth inch from each angle 
 make points; connect corresponding opposite points 
 and erase the outside horizontal line in the lower part 
 of the figure. 
 
 4. One-half inch above each vertical line make points. 
 
 5. Connect the first and third vertical lines by a curve 
 line passing through the point above the second vertical 
 
FORM. 265 
 
 line; the second and fourth by a curve line passing 
 through the point above the third ; the third and fifth 
 by a curve line passing through the point above the 
 fourth vertical line, etc. 
 Let pupils make many additions to this figure. 
 
 CXXI. — 1. Draw an octagon and allow the construction 
 lines within the figure to remain. 
 
 2. Bisect each semi-diameter, and draw a double com- 
 pound curve as in CXI. 
 
 3. Draw a circle having the circumference pass through 
 the points of bisection. 
 
 4. Bisect each side of the octagon and make points within 
 the figure one-eighth inch from each bisecting point. 
 
 5. Connect the angles by curve lines passing through the 
 points placed opposite the bisecting points in the sides 
 of the figure. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to, and changes in, this figure. 
 CXXII. — 1. Draw an octagon and bisect each semi- 
 diameter. 
 
 2. On the vertical line begin at the top and place points 
 for the double compound curve first at the left, then at 
 the right, etc. 
 
 3. For the double compound curve on the horizontal line 
 begin at the left and place points first below and then 
 above the line, etc. 
 
 4. For the double compound curves on the oblique lines 
 place points at the right, then at the left. Draw the 
 double compound curves. 
 
 5. Bisect each side of the octagon and make points within 
 the figure one-half inch from each bisecting point. 
 
 6. Connect the points and corresponding opposite angles 
 by curve lines, forming convex angles. 
 
 7. Bisect each side of the convex angles and connect the 
 bisecting points with corresponding opposite points in 
 the octagon, forming convex angles. 
 
 Let pupils make changes in, and additions to, this figure. 
 CXXIII. — 1. Construct the figure given in LXIII. 
 
266 FORM. 
 
 2. Bisect the sides of the triangles which form the right 
 angles, and place points within the triangles one-eighth 
 inch from each bisecting point. 
 
 3. Connect each right angle with the opposite acute angles 
 by curve lines passing through the points within the 
 triangles. 
 
 4. Inscribe a circle within the figure the circumference 
 of which shall touch each right angle. 
 
 5. Bisect each side of the inner octagon; place points 
 within the octagon one-sixteenth inch from each bisect- 
 ing point, and connect the angles by curve lines pass- 
 ing through the points within the figure. 
 
 Let pupils invent changes in this figure. 
 CXXIV. — 1. Construct a hexao^on and throuo^h the centre 
 draw lines connecting the opposite angles. 
 
 2. Bisect each semi-diameter and connect the bisecting 
 points, forming a hexagon. 
 
 3. Circumscribe each hexagon. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to this figure. 
 CXXy. — 1. Construct a hexagon, complete the included 
 
 double equilateral triangle, and allow the construction 
 
 lines within the figure to remain. 
 Teach the definition of an equilateral triangle. 
 
 2. Connect the angles of the outer hexagon by curve lines 
 passing through the angles of the inner hexagon. 
 
 3. Bisect each side of the inner hexagon and make points 
 within the hexagon one-eighth inch from each bisect- 
 ing point. 
 
 4. Connect the angles by curve lines passing through the 
 points within the figure. 
 
 5. Connect the angles of the inner hexagon, as in CXXIV, 
 and bisect each semi-diameter. 
 
 6. Inscribe a circle having the circumference pass through 
 the bisecting points. 
 
 7. Draw a line circumscribing the figure. 
 Let pupils make additions to this figure. 
 
 CXXYI. — 1. Construct a circle whose diameter is four 
 inches. 
 2. Draw the diameter of the circle and bisect. 
 
FORM. 267 
 
 3. Trisect each semi-circumference and connieet corre- 
 sponding opposite trisecting points by lines passing 
 through the centre of the figure. 
 
 4. Bisect ea(;h semi-diameter and place points one-fourth 
 inch each side of each bisecting point. 
 
 5- Draw a compound curve on each side of each line, 
 passing through the points opposite the bisecting points. 
 Let pupils make additions to this figure. 
 
 CXXYII. — 1. Construct figure CXXVI and connect the ex- 
 tremities of the diameters, forming a hexagon. 
 
 2. Bisect each side of the hexagon and place points within 
 the figure one-fourth inch from each bisecting point ; 
 connect the extremities of the diameters by curve lines 
 passing through the points within the figure. 
 
 3. Erase all the straight lines within the figure. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions to^ and changes in, this figure. 
 OXXVIII. — I. Draw two horizontal lines one inch and 
 three-fourths long and one-fourth inch apart; connect 
 the ends. 
 
 2. On the upper horizontal line one -eighth inch from each 
 extremity make points. 
 
 3. Two inches above each of these points make other 
 points and connect with the points below. 
 
 4. On the vertical lines one-half inch from the lower ex- 
 tremities make points and connect. 
 
 5. Bisect each side of the square. 
 
 6. Within the figure one-eighth inch from each point 
 make a point; connect the paints within the figure, 
 forming an octagon. 
 
 7. Connect the right trisecting point in the upper horizon- 
 tal line with the upper trisecting point in the right 
 vertical line ; the left trisecting point in the upper hor- 
 izontal, and the upper trisecting point in the left verti- 
 cal, line and erase the corner lines. 
 
 8. Mark the centre of the octagon and extend the vertical 
 lines to the horizontal line first drawn. 
 
 9. Extend the lower horizontal line of the octagon, each 
 way to meet the vertical lines just drawn. 
 
268 FORM. 
 
 10. Erase the parts of the third horizontal line between the 
 outer and inner vertical lines. 
 
 11. On the same line one-eighth inch from each end make 
 points ; one-eighth inch below these points make points 
 and connect the two. 
 
 12. One-fourth inch below this line draw a line the same 
 length and connect the ends, forming an oblong. 
 
 13. One-half inch to the right and left, above and below 
 the point in the centre of the octagon, make points and 
 draw a circle. 
 
 14. Inside of this circle draw another one-eighth inch from 
 the first. 
 
 15. Bisect the inner circle ; bisect the parts, and place the 
 numbers XII, III, VI and IX, within the circle and 
 opposite the bisecting points. 
 
 16. Trisect the parts between bisecting points and place 
 the remaining numbers. 
 
 IT. One-fourth inch from the centre, and in the direction 
 
 of the number YI, make a point and connect with the 
 
 centre. 
 18. Three-eighths inch from the centre, and in the direction 
 
 of a point half-way between land II, make a point and 
 
 connect with the centre. 
 Let pupils invent many additions and changes. 
 
 O-X^-AJDB. 
 
 CURVE LINES APPLIED,— CONTINUED. 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXIX. — Dictate Exercise 54, SmiWs Manual. 
 
 Let pupils invent additions and changes. 
 CXXX.— Dictate Exercises 57, 58, 64, 69, 86, 87, 88, 89, 94, 
 95, 96, Smithes Manual. 
 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXXL— Dictate Exercises 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 107, 108, 
 109, 110. Ill, 112, 113, 117, 124, 123, 119, 121, 
 Smithes Manual. 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
FORM. 269 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXXIL— Dictate Exercises 181, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 
 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 156, 157, 158, Smith's 
 Manual. 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
 sis^rrxa: o-ie^-^hde. 
 
 CURVE LINES APPLIED.— CONTINUED. 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXXIII.— Dictate Exercises 159, 160, 167, 168, 169, 170, 
 171, 172, 175, 177, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 211, 
 213, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, Smith's Manual. 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXXIY.— Dictate Exercises 221, 222, 223, 224, 227, 229, 
 228, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, Smith's Maiiual. 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 CXXXV.— Dictate Exercises 242, 240, 239, 244, 245, 246, 
 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, Smith's 
 Manual. 
 Let pupils invent changes and additions. 
 
 SE^v^EIiTTXI O-I^-^HDE. 
 
 PERSPECTIVE. 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 Have pupils do the work suggested in Kr'usi's Iland- 
 Booh of Perspective Drawing, page 15 to page 21. 
 
 Have definitions of the following given as required: a 
 solid, a surface, a plane, perspective. 
 
 I. — 1. Draw a horizontal line the length of the paper and 
 bisect it. 
 
 —68 I 
 
270 FORM. 
 
 2. Two inches and a half below the point make a point 
 and connect the two. 
 
 3. One im^h and a half to the left of the vertical line draw 
 an inch and a half square, the lower side to be two 
 inches and a half below the first line. 
 
 4. Connect the angles of the square with the upper ex- 
 tremity of the vertical line at the right. 
 
 5. One-half inch above the lower extremity of the right 
 vertical line in the square make a point. On the line 
 at the right and opposite the point jnst made make a 
 point. 
 
 6. From this point draw a vertical line to meet the line 
 above. 
 
 7. From the upper extremity of this line draw a horizon- 
 tal line to meet the line at the left. 
 
 8. Erase the lines which connect the vertical and horizon- 
 tal lines last drawn with the right vertical line. 
 
 Show pupils a cube; let them compare it with the 
 representation and notice the position. 
 Teach the definition of a cube. 
 
 II. — Have pupils draw cubes representing the object at 
 
 the right and below the centre of vision. 
 III. — Have pupils draw cubes representing the object in 
 
 front and below the centre of vision. 
 IV. — Have pupils draw cubes representing the object at the 
 
 left and above the centre of vision. 
 V. — Have pupils draw cubes representing the object at the 
 
 right and above the centre of vision. 
 YI. — ^Have pupils draw cubes representing the object in 
 
 front and above the centre of vision. 
 Show pupils what is meant by the Vanishing Point. 
 Pupils will discover that a change in the position of the 
 object or in the point of view involves a change in the direc- 
 tion of the lines uniting in the vanishing-point, and in the 
 distance of the vanishing-point. Pupils will also discover 
 that the receding lines of figures drawn will converge in the 
 vanishing-point. 
 
FOHM. 271 
 
 YII. — Dictate Exercise 7, SmiWs Perspective Drawing, 
 No. 1, and have pupils learn definitions of the follow- 
 ing: T/ie Horizontal Line; The Centre of Vision; 
 The Station Point; The Line of Direction; The Pic- 
 ture Line; The Field of Vision; the Measuring, or 
 Distance, Points. 
 
 VIII. — Dictate Exercise 8, Smith\s Perspective Drawing, 
 ISTo. 1. 
 
 IX. — Dictate Exercise 18, Smith'' s Perspective Drawing, 
 No. 1. Many similar lists should be given. 
 
 X. — Dictate Exercise 22, Smithes Perspective Dravnng, 
 No. 1, and have pnpils learn definitions of the follow- 
 ing: The Grou7id Plane; the Picture Plane, Hori- 
 zo7ital Plane; Vertical Plane. 
 
 XI. — Dictate Exercise 9, SmitJOs Perspective Drawing, 
 No. I. 
 
 XII.— Dictate Exercise 17, Smith'' s Perspective Drawing, 
 No. 1. Many similar tests should be given. 
 
 XIII. — Dictate Exercise 11, Smith'' s Perspective Draw- 
 ing, No. 1. 
 
 XIY. — Dictate Exercise 20, Smith'^s Perspective Drawing, 
 No. 1. Many similar tests should be given. 
 
 XY. — Draw H. L., and fix the point C. Y. ; draw L. of D. 
 and P. L., as in Exercise 23, Smith'' s Perspective Draw- 
 ing, No. 1. Find Y. P.'s and M. P.'s of Y. P.'s. On 
 L. of D. one inch above point a on P. L. make point h. 
 Connect extremities of line a h with Y. P.'s. From 
 point a measure one inch to right on P. L. to point c, 
 and one inch to left to point d. Connect point d with 
 M. P. on right of C. Y., and point c with M. P. on left 
 of C. Y. Designate point of instersection of d M. P. 
 with a Y. P. as e, and point of intersection of c M. P. 
 with a Y. P. as f. From points e and f draw vertical 
 lines to the lines h Y. P. Connect the upper extremity 
 of the left vertical line with Y. P. on the right of C. Y. 
 and the upper extremity of the right vertical line with 
 Y. P. on left of C. Y. Erase all lines not forming out- 
 line of cube. 
 
272 FORM. 
 
 Place a cube in corresponding position and have pupils 
 compare with figure drawn. 
 
 Teach definition of Parallel Perspective-^ of Angular 
 Perspective. 
 
 Have pupils practice drawing, in parallel and angular 
 perspective, cubes of different sizes and in different positions, 
 till they can do so readily and accurately without using con- 
 struction lines. 
 
 XYI. — 1. Construct figure I, and bisect the vertical lines of 
 the square not in perspective. 
 
 2. Connect the bisecting points. 
 
 3. Connect the right end of horizontal line wdth vanishing 
 point. 
 
 4. Erase the lower half of figure and the part of line just 
 drawn between vanishing point and right vertical line. 
 
 Teach the definitions of hase, prisrn, and rectangular 
 prism. 
 
 XYII. — Dictate directions for drawing the prisms in Exer- 
 cises 24, 25, and 26, Smith's Perspective Drawing, 
 
 1^0. 1. 
 XVIII. — Dictate directions for drawing a dictionary. 
 Dictate directions for drawing a table. 
 Let pupils draw other books and tables from memory or 
 imagination. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XIX. — Dictate Exercises 29 and 30, Smiths Perspective 
 
 Drawing. Ko. 2. Many tests should be given. 
 
 XX. — Dictate directions for drawing a triangular prism. 
 
 Teach the definition of a triangular prism. 
 
 Have triangular prisms drawn in different positions and of 
 different sizes. 
 XXI. — Dictate directions for drawing a hexagonal prism. 
 
 Teach the definition of a hexagonal prism. 
 
 Have hexagonal prisms drawn in different positions and 
 of different sizes. 
 
 XXII. — Dictate directions for drawing pyramids in Exer- 
 cise 24, Sm^iths Perspective Drawing, I^o. 1, and in 
 Exercise 31, Sm^iths Perspective Drawing, ^o. 2. 
 
FORM. 273 
 
 Teach the definition of apex\ oi pyramid; oi rectangular 
 
 pyramid. 
 
 XXIII. — Dictate directions for drawing a triangular pyr- 
 amid- 
 Teach the definition of a triangular pyramid. Have 
 
 pupils draw triangular pyramids in different positions and of 
 
 various sizes. 
 
 XXIY. — Dictate directions for drawing a hexagonal pyr- 
 amid. 
 
 Teach definition of a hexagonal pyramid. 
 
 Have hexagonal pyramids drawn in various positions and 
 of varying sizes. 
 
 XXV. — Dictate Exercise 33, SmitlCs Perspective Draw- 
 ing^ INo. 2; 
 
 XXVI. — Dictate Exercise 28, Smithes Perspective Draw- 
 ing. No. 1. 
 
 XXYII. — Dictate Exercise 34, SmitKs Perspective Draw- 
 ing^ No. 2. 
 
 Teach definition of a cone. 
 
 Have pupils draw cones in different positions and of 
 varying sizes. 
 
 Grive pupils much practice in drawing pails, tubs, and 
 other articles having the form of truncated cones. 
 
 XXYIII. — Dictate directions for drawing a cylinder. 
 
 Teach definition of a cylindm^. 
 
 Have pupils draw cylinders in different positions and of 
 different sizes. 
 
 Give pupils much practice in drawing boxes, measures, as 
 peck-measures, half-bushel-measures, etc., and other articles 
 having the form of cylinders. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 XXIX.— Dictate Exercises 35, 37, 38, 40 and 41, Smith's 
 Perspective Drawing, No. 2. 
 Review the work of the Grade. 
 
274 FORM. 
 
 Eia-umi (3-i^-^x:>:e. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 
 In the following work the directions for drawing are to be 
 developed after the pupils have studied the objects. 
 XXX. — Draw twelve pictures from objects placed before 
 the pupils; as, lamps and chimneys, vases, urns, coal- 
 hods, pitchers and goblets. 
 Let pupils invent ornamentations to embellish these 
 figures. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Have pupils decide upon the directions for drawing in 
 each case before the work is begun. 
 
 XXXI. — Draw twelve pictures from objects placed before 
 the pupils; as, barrels, tubs, measures, tables, chairs, 
 urns, wash-bowls and pitchers. 
 Let pupils invent ornamentations to embellish these. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Let pupils draw groups of objects; as, a pitcher and gob- 
 lets, a pile :(x|, books, etc. At least six such pictures must be 
 made this term. 
 
 (FOUR MONTHS.) 
 • In* the following work the teacher is not expected to dic- 
 tate as minutely as heretofore, but will illustrate on the board. 
 Dictate Exercises 270, 271, 272, 273, Smith's Manual. 
 Let pupils invent additions to the above figures and other 
 similar figures. 
 
 Dictate Exercises 274, 275, 276, Smith's Manual, 
 Require pupils to observe patterns of carpets and wall- 
 paper, and invent at least Jive designs. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Dictate Exercises 285, 286, 293, 296, 299. 301, 302, 304, 
 306, 340, 341, Smith's Manual 
 
FORM. 
 
 275 
 
 Let pupils draw pictures of leaves of many kinds. The 
 objects should be well studied and the proportions of the 
 pictures determined before work with the pencil is begun. 
 
 (THREE MONTHS.) 
 
 Let pupils draw an original plan for a gate, a fence, a 
 vase, a chandelier, a cornice, an urn, a group of measures, 
 a pile of books. 
 
276 
 
 COURSE OF STUDY. 
 
 COURSE OF STUDY 
 
 IN THE 
 
 t 
 
 
 FIRST YEAH. 
 
 
 FIE8T TERM. 
 
 SECOND TERM. 
 
 THIRD TERM. 
 
 Algebra, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 Algebra, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 German — Optional. 
 
 Algebra, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 SECOND YEAR. 
 
 Algebra, 
 
 Algebra, 
 
 Geometry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Botany — 3 mos.. 
 
 Arithmetic, 
 
 Mod.Europ'n Hist'y , 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 German — Optional . 
 
 THIRD YEAR. 
 
 Geometry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Natural Philosophy, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 Geometry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Natural Philosophy, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 Trigonometry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 Praxis, 
 
 Spelling, 
 
 Middle-Age History 
 
 German — Optional. I 
 
 Trigonometry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 English Literature, 
 
 Ancient History, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 FOURTH YEAR. 
 
 Chemistry, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 English Literature, 
 
 Science of Govern't, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 Geology, 
 
 Latin, 
 
 English Literature, 
 
 German — Optional. 
 
 jRhetorical Exercises. — Declamations original and select, 
 discussions, recitations and essays — three Friday afternoons, 
 every month. 
 
 Vocal Music. — Three half-hour exercises weekly. 
 
APPENDIX. 277 
 
 N D I X. 
 
 SCHEDULE OF TIME FOR GENERAL LESSONS. 
 
 One week. — Show pupils how to use slates and pencils. 
 Assist them in learning to write. 
 
 Five weeks. — Plants — leaves. 
 
 Six weeks. — Human body — head, trunk. 
 
 Ten weeks. — Animals — Ungulata. 
 
 Three weeks. — General review. 
 
 Six weeks. — Human Body — upper extremities, lower ex- 
 tremities, and I'eview of first grade work. 
 
 Four weeks. — Animals — Carnivora. 
 
 Five weeks. — Plants — stems, roots, review of first-grade 
 work. 
 
 Eight weeks. — Plants — review of first grade work, flowers, 
 fruit. 
 
 Two weeks. — Human Body — review of first grade work. 
 
 Six weeks. — Human Body— digestion. 
 
 Four weeks. — Animals — Kodentia. 
 
 Three weeks. — Animals — review of Ungulata and Car- 
 nivora. 
 
 Two weeks. — General review. 
 
 Seven weeks.— Animals — Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians. 
 
 Two weeks. — Human body — circulation. 
 
 Two weeks. — Human Body — review of first and second 
 grade work. 
 
 Two weeks. — Plants — seeds, buds. 
 
 Two weeks. — Plants — review of flrst and second grade 
 work. 
 
 -70- 
 
278 APPENDIX. 
 
 Six weeks. — Plants — Nutrition, kind as to structure and 
 duration, uses, review of first and second grade work. 
 
 Eight weeks. — Human Body — First Series completed and 
 reviewed. 
 
 Four weeks. — Animals — Fishes, Articulates, Mollusks, re- 
 view of First Series. 
 
 Six weeks. — Place, A Journey to Montgomery. (See 
 page 119.) 
 
 Twelve weeks. — Animals — Second Series Ruminantia. 
 
 Four weeks. — Plants — First Series completed and re- 
 viewed. 
 
 In the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh eighth and ninth grades 
 the general work is done as indicated below: 
 
 September and October, — Plants. 
 
 ISTovember, December, and January, — Human Body. 
 
 February, — General review of year's work. 
 
 March, April and May, — Animals. 
 
 June, — Plants. 
 
 PLAN I. 
 
 LANGUAGE.-First Series. 
 
 SINGULAR AND PLURAL FORMS. 
 
 Lead pupils to form sentences containing the singular 
 form of the noun. 
 
 This may be done, by asking pupils to tell what animal 
 runs, plays or jumps. 
 
 Several sentences will be given similar to the following: 
 
 A dog runs. A squirrel runs. A cat plays. A lamb 
 plays. A horse jumps. A cow jumps. 
 
 Have pupils talk about the color of different animals they 
 have seen; as. My cat is white. John's dog is black. A red 
 cow is in the lot. A black horse ran a^ay. 
 
APPENDIX. 279 
 
 In a similar way require pupils to name parts of animals 
 and objects. 
 
 Lead pupils to form sentences containing the plural form 
 of the nouns, by asking them to tell of more animals than 
 one that run, jump or play. 
 
 Sentences like the following will be given: Horses run. 
 Cows run. Cats play. Dogs play. 
 
 The teacher may then ask pupils to tell the color of cats 
 and other animals; as. Cats are gray. Cats are black. Cats 
 are white. Cats are black and white. 
 
 ' Pupils should be led to correct all mistakes in the use of 
 the verb; as, He said. The boys is playing, for The boys are 
 playing. 
 
 Train the pupils, so that when the teacher gives a sen- 
 tence containing a noun and a verb in the sins^ular, they will 
 give a sentence containing the same noun and verb in the 
 plural forms, and vice versa. The teacher says, I will say 
 something about one and you may say the same about more 
 than one. 
 
 Teacher. Pupil. 
 
 A horse jumps. Horses jump. 
 
 A boy worki.^ Boys work. 
 
 A girl studies. Girls study. 
 
 A girl is playing. Girls are playing. 
 
 A horse has a mane. Horses have manes. 
 Now I w^ill say something about more than one, and you 
 may say the same about one. 
 
 Teacher. Pupils. 
 
 Dogs bark. A dog barks. 
 
 Squirrels are quick. A squirrel is quick. 
 
 Horses have manes. A horse has a mane. 
 
 Cows have horns. A cow has horns. 
 
 If I talk about one, you may say the same about more than 
 one; or, if I speak of more than one, you may make the same* 
 statement about one. 
 
 Teacher. Pupil. 
 
 A boy is in the room. Boys are in the room. 
 
 Good boys study. A good boy studies. 
 
 Cats have claws. A cat has claws. 
 
 A book has leaves. Books have leaves. 
 
280 APPENDIX. 
 
 Continue this drill until pupils answer correctly and 
 promptly. 
 
 Lead pupils to give sentences containing a series of nouns 
 in the singular; as, A boy, a girl, a cat and a dog run. 
 Mary, John and Willie are good. 
 
 Lead pupils to form sentences containing a series of nouns 
 in the plural; as, Squirrels, rabbits, cats and dogs play. 
 
 Lead pupils to combine sentences by having them tell one 
 thing about a boy and another about a girl ; as, A boy works 
 and a girl plays. Boys study and girls work. The boy is 
 writing and the girl is reading. 
 
 Conversational lessons of iifteen minutes in length, em- 
 bodying the points in the foregoing plan, msij be given for a 
 period of two weeks, provided they are made in practice 
 what they are called in theory, viz., conversational lessons. 
 
 PLAN II. 
 
 LANGUAGE.— First Series. 
 
 THE USE OF A AND AN. 
 In this lesson the teacher should have many objects to 
 present to the pupils. 
 
 1. Lead pupils to form sentences in which a is used to 
 limit a single noun. 
 
 The teacher places on a desk several objects whose names 
 begin with consonants. Many pupils are required to take 
 different objects and tell what they have. Sentences similar 
 to the following may be obtained : I have a book. This is 
 a slate. This is a cup. A pencil is on the desk, etc. 
 
 2. Lead pupils to form sentences in which a is used to limit 
 several nouns combined. 
 
 The teacher requires a child to take several objects from 
 the desk and tell what he has. In this way the teacher 
 may obtain many sentences similar to the following: 
 I have a book, a pencil, a slate, a knife and a vase. 
 Frank gave me a cup, a cap, a bottle and a ruler. 
 
APPENDIX. 281 
 
 Name four things that you saw on your way to school this 
 morning. 
 
 I saw a horse, a cow, a cat and a dog. 
 Pupils should be led to correct all mistakes. 
 
 3. Lead pupils to form senten(;es in which an is used to 
 limit a single noun. 
 
 This may be done by having pupils take objects whose 
 names begin, with vowels. 
 
 In this way a variety of sentences may be obtained; as, 
 You have an apple. Ella has an orange. Mother gave me 
 an ivy. The man cuts wood with an ax. 
 
 In the use of the word an^ pupils make mistakes similar 
 to the following: I saw a ox draw a load. John gave a 
 apple to Frank. 
 
 4. Lead pupils to form sentences in which an is used to 
 limit several nouns combined. 
 
 The teacher has pupils take certain objects and tell what 
 they have ; as, I have an apple, an ivy, an overshoe and an 
 apron. Mary has an arm, an ear and an eye. An inkstand, 
 an ivy, an overcoat and an orange are on the table. 
 
 Pupils correct as follows: I said a for an^ or, I said a 
 when I should have said an. 
 
 5. Lead pupils to form sentences in which a and an are 
 used to limit nouns in the same sentence. 
 
 At first the teacher may show the objects and require pu- 
 pils to tell what she has. 
 
 Man}^ sentences should be obtained similar to the fol- 
 lowing: You have an apple, a book, an ax, a slate, an ivy 
 and an inkstand. A knife, an apple, an orange, a pencil, a 
 ruler, and an iron are on the table. 
 
 6. Lead pupils to give sentences rapidly. Eequire them 
 to form sentences using a and an alternately, as follows: I 
 have a book. He has an overcoat. That is a slate. This is 
 an Qg^. A fish swims. An oyster lives in the water. There 
 is an organ in the Higli School; the one who plays it is 
 an organist. 
 
 Present objects and have pupils give names of them, as 
 follows : 
 
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282 APPENDIX. 
 
 An apple, An oil-can, An orange, A slate. 
 An aw], A duck. An egg, An apron, 
 
 An acorn, A pencil, A stick, An ink-stand. 
 
 7. In a similar way cause pupils to form sentences involv- 
 ing the use of tiie articles a and an before nouns limited by 
 adjectives ; as, John is a good boy. T saw an old man. I 
 see an open box, an iron ring, an old book, and an oval frame. 
 
 Pupils make many mistakes in the use of the articles a and 
 an in giving sentences and in writing them. 
 
 PLAN III. 
 
 LANGUAiiE.— First Series. 
 
 THE USE OF THE ADJECTIVES GOOD, BETTER, BEST. 
 
 1. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the positive 
 form good. 
 
 Show an apple and obtain a sentence similar to the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 You have a good apple. 
 
 2. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the compara- 
 tive form hetter. 
 
 Show another apple larger and better looking than the 
 one just shown. Let pupils compare. 
 
 Have a pupil select the apple he prefers and tell the class 
 which one he has taken. 
 
 A sentence similar to the following will be given : 
 
 I have taken the l)est apple. 
 
 Call upon others. If pupils fail to give the comparative 
 form, the teacher must tell them what to say. 
 
 Question to obtain many sentences similar to the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 I gave the better apple to Ella. Ellen is the better girl. 
 This is the better book. I have the better pencil. 
 
 3. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the positive 
 and comparative forms. 
 
APPENDIX. 283 
 
 Have pupils take both objects and talk about them; as, 
 
 This is a good apple, but that is the better one. 
 
 Mj peach is good, but yours is better. 
 
 Continue this drill until pupils discover that in comparing 
 two objects the comparative form is used. 
 
 Pupils may be led to make a statement similar to the 
 following: 
 
 In speaking of two, we say one is good and the other is 
 better. 
 
 4. Lead pupils to give sentences containing the superla- 
 tive form. 
 
 Show a third apple larger and better than either of the 
 first two. 
 
 As before, a child selects the one he prefers and gives 
 reasons for making the selection. 
 
 5. Lead pupils to give sentences containing the three 
 forms. 
 
 Have them talk about three objects and make sentences 
 similar to the following: 
 
 That apple is good, this one is better, but that one is the 
 best. 
 
 Lead pupils to correct mistakes. 
 
 6. Talk about more than three objects and continue the 
 drill until pupils discover that the superlative form is always 
 used in comparing three or more objects. Have pupils state 
 when to use better and when to use best. 
 
 7. Teach the spelling of: the three forms. 
 
 8. Drill until the pupils, after hearing one form, are able 
 promptly to give the other two. 
 
 9. Continue this work, using different adjectives, until 
 pupils use the different forms correctly. 
 
' 284 APPENDIX. 
 
 PLAN IV. 
 
 LANGUAGE. -First Series. 
 
 THE USE OF THIS, THAT, THESE, AND THOSE. 
 
 To work effectively- the teacher should be supplied with a 
 variety of objects. 
 
 1. Lead pupils to give sentences containing the adjective 
 this. 
 
 Question and obtain sentences similar to the following: 
 This book is mine. This ring is yours. 
 May I give this apple to Frank? 
 
 2. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the adjec- 
 tive that. 
 
 Kequire children to point to objects and talk about 
 them; as, 
 
 That book on the desk is large. Ella gave that large red 
 apple to the teacher. Where did you get that pretty flower? 
 
 3. Lead pupils to give sentences containing both adjec- 
 tives ; as, 
 
 This book is yours, and that one is mine. 
 That apple is sweet, and this one is sour. 
 Drill until -pupils discover when to use this and when to 
 use that. 
 
 4. Lead pupils to give sentences containing the adjective 
 these. 
 
 Have a pupil take two or more objects and tell what he 
 
 has done. 
 
 An answer similar to the following will be given : 
 I took them apples, or I gave them apples to you. 
 Question pupils until the correct answer is given. 
 Obtain many sentences similar to the following: 
 These books are mine. John gave these marbles to me. 
 
 May I put these spools in the box? 
 
 5. Lead pupils to give sentences containing the adjective 
 those. 
 
APPENDIX. 285 
 
 As before, require pupils to point to two or more objects 
 and talk about them. 
 
 Sentences similar to the following may be obtained: 
 
 Those pictures are pretty. Bring me those large flowers. 
 
 Drill until pupils discover when to use these and when to 
 use those. 
 
 Drill until pupils avoid the use of thern for these or those. 
 
 Have different kinds of apples and several of each kind ; 
 also, pencils, books, etc. 
 
 Ask pupils to tell how many kinds of apples are on the 
 table. 
 
 Have a pupil select the kind he likes best. 
 
 By requiring him to make a statement telling which kind 
 he likes best, a sentence similar to the following will be 
 given : 
 
 I like these kind the best. 
 
 Call upon others and, if possible, obtain the correct state- 
 ment. 
 
 Have pupils point to them and tell which is large or small, 
 green or red, etc. 
 
 Question for and obtain sentences similar to the following: 
 
 That kind of pencils is long. Can you get this kind down 
 town? This kind of apples is red and that kind is green. 
 I like that kind of marbles better than this kind. 
 
 Drill until pupils discover that it is wrong to say these 
 hind or those hind. 
 
 Lead pupils to correct as follows: 
 
 He said these hind for this hind^ or those hind for that 
 hind. 
 
 PLAN V. 
 
 LANGUAGE.— First Series, 
 
 THE VERB SEE. 
 
 1. Lead pupils to form sentences involving the use of the 
 verb see in the present tense. 
 
286 APPENDIX. 
 
 This can be done by showing pupils an object and asking 
 what it is, and how they know. 
 
 2. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the verb see 
 in the absolute past tense. 
 
 Show an object, and then, while pupils are lookinoj at it, 
 put it away. Ask where it is, and how they know. Obtain 
 many sentences similar to the following: 
 
 I saw your watch. I saw you put your watch in 3^onr 
 pocket. I saw Mary's book. John saw Henry last night. 
 The teacher saw you whisper. I saw him playing in the 
 school-yard. I saw him on the grass in the front yard. 
 
 3. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the verb see 
 in the relative present tense. 
 
 Talk with pupils about some object which they have seen, 
 and ask them how they know how it looks. Many sentences 
 similar to the following may be obtained: ' 
 
 I have seen it. I have seen an elephant. I have seen 
 your sister, etc. 
 
 How does Ella know about these objects that we have been 
 talking about ^ 
 
 She has seen them. Ella has seen an elephant, etc. 
 
 Write two sentences on the board, one containing has 
 seen and the other have seen. Pupils read the sentences. 
 
 4. Lead pupils to form sentences containing the verb see 
 in the relative past tense. 
 
 Show an object and talk with pupils about it. Ask how 
 many knew it before, and how they happened to know it. 
 
 I knew it because I had seen it. 
 
 Obtain many sentences, and write one on the board. 
 
 Pupils now say. We use the words have, has and had 
 with seen\ or, With seen use have, has and had. 
 
 5. Drill pupils in giving the parts until, when the teacher 
 gives one part, the pupils will give the other two. 
 
 I will give one part and you may give the other two. 
 
 Teacher. Pupil. 
 
 See, Saw, seen. 
 
 Saw, See, seen. 
 
 Seen, See, saw. 
 
APPENDIX. 287 
 
 When I give a sentence containing one part of the word, 
 jon may give a sentence containing the other parts. 
 
 Teacher. Pupil. 
 
 I see a girl.* I saw a girl. 
 
 I have seen a girl. 
 I saw a horse. I see a horse. 
 
 I have seen a horse. 
 I have seen an apple. I see an apple. 
 
 I saw an apple. 
 Continue to drill until pupils understand and can give the 
 parts of the verb see correctly. 
 
 A similar plan for other irregular verbs may be followed. 
 
 PLAN VI. 
 
 LANGUAGE.— Secomt Series. 
 
 THE SENTENCE. 
 
 The teacher comes before the class with a number of 
 objects in hand; as, a book, an apple and a pencil. 
 
 Tell me what I have here. 
 
 An apple, a book and a pencil. 
 
 Look at these and tell me something about them. 
 
 After the pupils have given many sentences, the teacher 
 selects, we will suppose, the following: 
 
 The pencil has a point. 
 
 Note. — As much tact is required on the part of the teacher 
 in selecting the most appropriate sentence as in any other 
 part of the work. 
 
 Note. — Pupils spell all words and teacher writes them on 
 the board. 
 
 The teacher, now holding the pencil before the pupils and 
 requiring their close attention, continues: 
 
 What was the first thing I did in this lesson ? 
 
 You showed us a book, an apple and a pencil. 
 
 What did I do next 'i 
 
288 APPENDIX. 
 
 You told ns to look at them and say something about them. 
 
 What then did you do? 
 
 We looked at them. 
 
 What next? 
 
 We said something about them. 
 
 Did you not do something before you talked? 
 
 (Children think: — hands are raised.) 
 
 We thought. 
 
 Yes, that is right; you thought. 
 
 Note. — Let the whole class repeat and spell the word 
 thought. 
 
 What did you do after you thought? 
 
 We told you what we thougnt. 
 
 How did you tell me what you thought? 
 
 We told you promptly. 
 
 What did you use when you told me what you thought? 
 
 We used our tongues. 
 
 Note. — It will be noticed that the last two answers are not 
 wanted. Such -replies must be expected, however, and may 
 be met by the teacher in some way like the following: 
 
 What else did you use when you told me what you thought. 
 
 We used words. 
 
 That is what I wanted you to say. 
 
 Note. — All repeat and spell we used words. 
 
 The teacher now refers to the sentence as seen upon the 
 board, viz : The pencil has a point. 
 
 What are these upon the board? 
 
 Words. 
 
 What do they do? 
 
 They tell a thought. 
 
 Note. — When the pupils are slow to answer, a rapid re- 
 view of the few previous points gained will seldom fail to 
 secure the desired reply. 
 
 Because they tell a thought, what may we call this whole 
 group of words? 
 
 The telling of a thought. 
 
 The telling of a thought how? 
 
 By words. 
 
APPENDIX. 289 
 
 What, then, may we call the whole group of words? 
 
 The telling of a thought by words. 
 
 Who can give me a word to use instead of telling ? (Hands 
 raised.) 
 
 Showing. — Saying. 
 
 I will give it. — Expression. 
 
 Tell me what this is on the board and use the new word. 
 
 The expression of a thought by words. 
 
 (Pupils repeat and spell.) 
 
 By what other name may this group of words be called? 
 
 A sentence. 
 
 Note. — Pupils will not fail to give the word sentence ; 
 they have had it many times in their reading exercises. 
 
 Now tell me what a sentence is and say the Y^ovdi sentence 
 last. 
 
 The expression of a thought by words is a sentence. 
 
 Note. — Pupils spell words, and, after individual repeti- 
 tions, the teacher writes the definition on the board. 
 
 Let pupils make five other sentences about the pencil or 
 other objects in the school-room. The teacher writes them 
 on the board. The words should all be spelled by the pupils. 
 
 PLAN VII. 
 
 IjANGUAQE,— Second SeHes. 
 
 THE PLURAL OF NOUNS— GENERAL LAW. 
 
 Lead pupils 
 
 1. To give nouns denoting one. 
 
 2. To change them so that they will denote more than one. 
 
 3. To state the different uses of the two forms. 
 
 4. To note the difference in the sounds of the two words. 
 
 5. To find on the printed page the manner of represent- 
 ing this difference. 
 
 6. To name and define each form. 
 
 7. To state and write the law for writing the plural form. 
 
 8. TOPBACTICE. 
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290 APPENDIX. 
 
 PLAN VIII. 
 
 LANGUAGE— Second Series, 
 
 THE PLURAL FORM OF NOUNS— SPECIAL LAW NUMBER ONE. 
 
 Let pupils spell words in both forms, both by sounds and 
 by letters ; let them state the exact difference in each case. 
 
 Pronounce a word ending, in the singular, with one of the 
 sounds represented by s, z, sh^zh^ oh (as in church), or/, and 
 let the pupils 
 
 1. 'Pronounce it. 
 
 2. Change it, so that it shall denote more than one. 
 
 3. Spell both words by sounds. 
 
 4. State the difference between the sounds of the two words. 
 
 5. Discover that the difference involves an extra impulse 
 of the voice (syllable). 
 
 6. Discover, by giving the sounds of the words, why an 
 additional syllable is necessary. 
 
 7. Determine, without reference, how to represent that 
 difference. 
 
 In a similar manner, let pupils dispose of many words 
 ending in sounds as above, after which let them 
 
 1. Give Ijaw just learned and associate it with that previ- 
 ously learned. 
 
 2. Practice by writing sentences in which these words 
 occur in both forms. 
 
 PLAN IX. 
 
 PLANTS. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 Parts of the Flower. — The outer cup of the flower is 
 called the calyx. 
 
 The inner cup of the flower is called the corolla. 
 
APPENDIX. 291 
 
 The part or parts in the centre of the flower are called the 
 pistil. 
 
 The parts around the pistil and within the corolla are called 
 stamens. 
 
 A flower has a calyx, corolla, stamens and pistil. 
 
 The parts of the corolla are called petals. 
 
 The parts of the calyx are called sepals. 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 (Each pupil should be supplied with proper specimens.) 
 
 Lead pupils to discover that the flower has parts. 
 
 Call the attention of the pupils to the calyx and corolla. 
 Have them find corresponding parts in other flowers. Lead 
 them to notice that these two parts are cup-shaped and are 
 called cups. 
 
 Next lead them to discover the position of each cup. Tell 
 them that each cup has a name ; that the outer cup is called 
 oalyx^ and the inner one corolla. 
 
 Write both terms on the board and drill in spelling. Have 
 them show many flowers and point out the calyx each time, 
 and tell what is called the calyx. Do the same with the 
 corolla. 
 
 Pupils spell all words, tell how the statements should he 
 written, and write on slates. 
 
 Lead pupils to state that the calyx is generally green, while 
 the corolla is usually of some other color. 
 
 By examining flowers pupils discover a part or parts in the 
 centre of each. Give the term pistil and write it on the 
 board. Drill in spelling. 
 
 Have pupils find the pistils of many flowers. 
 
 Pupils tell what is called the pistil and write the statement 
 on their slates. 
 
 By a closer examination pupils are led to discover and 
 state that there are parts around the pistil and within the co- 
 rolla that do not look like the pistil. 
 
 Give the term stamens and write on the blackboard. 
 Pupils spell the word and tell what are called stamens. Pu- 
 pils write as before. 
 
 Pupils read the work written on the slates. 
 
292 APPENDIX. 
 
 The teacher should criticise the work in respect to neatness, 
 capitalization and punctuation. 
 
 Pupils should now have practice in finding the parts of 
 flowers. 
 
 Have pupils take flowers, point to each part and, as 
 they do so, make a statement similar to the following: This 
 flower has a calyx, corolla, stamens and a pistil. 
 
 Place on the pupils' desks raonopetalous, lobed raonopeta- 
 lous and polypetalous flowers. 
 
 Have them examine the corollas closely and compare them. 
 Pupils discover and state that the corolla in some flowers is 
 in one piece, in others consists of many parts or pieces. 
 Have pupils call these parts leaves. Give term petal and 
 write on the board. Pupils spell and tell what is called a 
 petal. 
 
 Have pupils write on slates. 
 
 Have pupils describe the corolla as follows : 
 
 The corolla to this flower is in one piece, or the corolla 
 to this flower is divided. 
 
 The pansy has ^yq petals, etc. 
 
 Pupils should examine and describe the corollas of many 
 flowers. 
 
 The same plan should be followed for teaching sepals. 
 
 PLAN X. 
 
 PLANTS. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 SCBCiS. — The outer parts of the seed are called coats. 
 The inner part of the seed is called the kernel. 
 A seed has coats and a kernel. 
 
 The part of the kernel that grows is called the embryo. 
 The starch-like substance which nourishes the embryo in 
 germination is called albumen. 
 
 The kernel consists of the embryo and albumen. 
 
APPENDIX. '^93 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 A few days previous to giving this lesson the teacher should 
 plant a few seeds and have them well sprouted. 
 
 Each child should also be supplied with beans thoroughly 
 soaked. 
 
 Review the definition of a seed. 
 
 By examining the seeds closely the pupils discover that 
 the seed, as well as the leaf or flower, has parts. Lead them 
 to see that the outer parts protect the inner part and are 
 called coats. 
 
 Obtain the term kernel by referring to the part of a nut 
 that is eaten. Tell them that the inner part of the seed is 
 called the kernel. 
 
 Drill in spelling and have the statements written on 
 the slates. 
 
 Have pupils examine many seeds. 
 
 Pupils state that the seed has coats and a kernel, and 
 write the statement on slates. 
 
 Have pupils examine the kernel closely and state that 
 there are two parts to it. 
 
 Remove the seeds from the soil and have pupils examine 
 them. In this way they will discover and state that one 
 part of the kernel grows and forms the plant. 
 
 Tell them that the part of the kernel which grows is called 
 the ernbryo. Pupils spell, defi.ne, and write the definition 
 T)n their slates. 
 
 In previous lessons pupils have been taught that growth 
 requires food. They can easily be led to see that the em- 
 bryo has no roots, as the plant has, to take in nourishment 
 from the soil, and that while it is sprouting it must be fed 
 or nourished by something. Lead them to observe that a 
 certain part of the kernel when planted becomes soft and 
 jelly-like, or is changed to sap. 
 
 Let them examine Indian corn in the same wav and lead 
 them to discover that this substance is starch-like. 
 
 The pupils now. understand and will state that the kernel 
 has a starch-like substance which nourishes the embryo while 
 sprouting. 
 
294 APPENDIX. 
 
 Give the term gerrninating for sprouting and from this ob- 
 tain the term germination. 
 
 Tell them that this starch-like substance is called albumen. 
 Pupils spell, define, and write the definition of albumen on 
 their slates. 
 
 PLAN XI. 
 
 ANIMALS,— Second Series, 
 
 RUMINANTS. 
 
 MATTER. 
 
 I. Parts of the Cow. — The cow has a large, broad 
 head; a large body covered with hair; short legs and cloven 
 feet. 
 
 The cow has a short, thick neck, from which hangs a 
 broad piece of skin called a dewlap. 
 
 The cow has hollow horns; a broad naked muzzle; no 
 front teeth in the upper jaw; large front teeth in the 
 lower jaw; large, broad, back teeth in both jaws; and along, 
 rough tongue. 
 
 II. Habits. — The cow eats vegetable food (corn, hay, grass^ 
 roots.) 
 
 The cow uses her long tongue in getting food. 
 The cow is slow in movement, and gentle. 
 
 III. Uses. — The cow gives milk from which butter and 
 cheese are made. 
 
 The flesh is used for food; the skin, for leather; and the 
 hair, for mortar. 
 
 METHOD. 
 
 I. In giving this lesson the teacher should be supplied with a 
 good picture of a cow ; also with a cow's skull, horn, and hoof. 
 
 The teacher shows the picture, and pupils tell what it is. 
 
 Call the attention of the pupils to the size of the head and 
 obtain the sentence, The cow has a large head. 
 
APPENDIX. 295 
 
 IsText direct the attention of the pnpils to the distance from 
 one side to the other and obtain the sentence, The cow has a 
 broad head. 
 
 Ask pupils what kind of head the cow has, and obtain the 
 two sentences combined. The cow has a large, broad head. 
 
 Pupils repeat the sentence and spell all words. The 
 teacher should write the sentence on the blackboard and 
 have pupils read it. 
 
 In a similar way obtain the sentence: 
 
 The cow has a large body covered with hair. 
 
 Pupils spell and the teacher writes as before. 
 
 The pupils are required to notice the length of the legs 
 and make the sentence. The cow has short legs. 
 
 Show a cow's hoof; let pupils examine it closely and com- 
 pare with a horse's hoof. 
 
 The pupils say. The cow's hoof is split, parted or divided. 
 The teacher gives the term cloven and writes it on the black- 
 board. Pupils pronounce and spell. Erase the word and 
 have pupils spell and define. 
 
 Write as in Matter, I. Pupils read. 
 
 Cause pupils to sa}^ The cow has a short, thick neck. 
 First require them to notice the length of the neck and then 
 its thickness. 
 
 Next lead pupils to discover that there is a broad piece of 
 skin hanging from the neck, and that this skin laps the dew 
 when the cow is grazing. The teacher now tells the pupils 
 that because it laps the dew it is called a dewlap. Pupils 
 learn how to spell dewlap. ^ 
 
 Pupils now tell what is called the dewlap, and the teacher 
 writes the sentence on the blackboard. 
 
 Show a cow's horu. Let pupils examine it. By looking into 
 it and dropping something into it they discover that the horn 
 is hollow. 
 
 Pupils spell the new word and tell what kind of horns the 
 cow has. The teacher writes as before. 
 
 Cause pupils to say. The cow has a nose and mouth. Give 
 the term muzzle^ and write the word on the black-board. 
 Pupils spell And define the word muzzle. 
 
 Pupils discover that there is no hair on the muzzle, or 
 
296 APPENDIX. 
 
 that it is naked. 
 
 Write the statement as in Matter, I. 
 
 Show the skull of the cow. Require pnpils to examine it 
 closely and discover that there are no front teeth in the 
 upper jaw; that the front teeth in the lower jaw are lar^e; 
 and that there are large, broad, back teeth in both jaws. 
 Pupils spell all words and the teacher writes as before. 
 What have we been talking about? 
 The parts of the cow. 
 Write this as the subject of the lesson. 
 Pupils should read the sentences and point out and spell 
 the difficult words. 
 
 Erase all work and remove picture and specimens. 
 Give a thorough review. 
 
 II. Ask pupils to tell what the cow eats. Many sentences 
 similar to the following will be given : 
 
 The cow eats hay. The cow eats grass. The cow eats 
 potatoes. The cow eats corn. 
 
 From these obtain the term vegetable. 
 Pupils are led to say that that which the cow eats is food. 
 I^^ow, because the cow's food is vegetables, what kind of 
 food may we say she eats? 
 
 Vegetable food. The cow eats vegetable food. 
 Pupils should learn how to spell vegetable. 
 Write the sentence on the black-board. 
 Pupils tell what is called vegetable food. 
 The teacher talks with pupils about the way in which the 
 cow gets hay, leaves, grass, that are a short distance from her, 
 and obtains the sentence : 
 
 The cow uses her long tongue in getting food. 
 What have we been talking about in this lesson? 
 About what the cow does. The teacher gives the term 
 habits. Pupils learn how to spell the word. 
 
 Write the subject of the lesson and require pupils to read. 
 Erase all work. Pupils give the habits of the cow. Drill 
 on spelling the word vegetable. 
 
 The plan for carrying on this work willij readily suggest 
 itself to the thoughtful teacher. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 297 
 
 OUTLINES FOR COMPOSITIONS. 
 
 Caution. — In writing of animals or plants the tendency 
 with teacher and pupils is to adhere so closely to the scien- 
 tific descriptions, learned elsewhere, as to make the compo- 
 sitions dry and uninteresting, little better than methodical 
 reproductions of general lessons. This tendency should be 
 carefully avoided. 
 
 The plan followed in the study of an animal or plant for 
 classification, though by no means the only, nor indeed 
 always the best, serves well for a plan of a descriptive com- 
 position on the same subject; but in its elaboration, while 
 facts and the plan should be closely adhered to, it should be 
 the study of both teacher and pupil to keep the composition 
 free from apparent restraints and to make it smooth, inter- 
 esting and lifelike. 
 
 OUTLINE 1. 
 
 The Camel. 
 
 I. Introduction. — (Some short anecdote of 
 a camel, which the pupils 
 should be required to find.) 
 
 "1. Noticeable parts of head, 
 trunk and extremities. 
 
 2. Characteristic and inter- 
 esting habits. 
 
 3. Characteristics of native 
 country. 
 
 4. Adaptation of parts to 
 habits and life in native 
 country. 
 
 5. Uses and relative value to 
 man. 
 
 III. Conclusion. — (An anecdote; pleasures and 
 profit attending the study 
 of animals; or any other 
 appropriate closing. 
 
 II. Discussion. < 
 
298 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
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 OUTLINE 2. 
 
 ( Appearance <( Color, binding, etc. 
 7- . , .. J Form<; Folio, quarto, etc. 
 
 j Publishers. 
 [ Author. <( Brief biography. 
 
 f Plan,(Execiit'n) 
 ("Subject Matter. < Leading char- 
 I L acters. 
 
 .; Style. 
 I ^ , ( As a literary production. 
 
 Discussion, — 
 
 Conclusion. < 
 
 Relative 
 Yalue. 
 
 ( To the reader. 
 
 As compared ( Brief meu- 
 with o the r^ tion of lead- 
 works by same [ ing works, 
 author. f Brief meii- 
 
 A& compared I tion of a 
 with works of <j few of their 
 other authors | principal 
 (^ works. 
 
 The Eye.< 
 
 OUTLINE 3. 
 
 C Aqueous. 
 Humors.-^ Crystalline Lens. 
 (^ Vitreous. 
 
 {Sclerotic. 
 Cornea. 
 Choroid, 
 Betina. 
 Iris. 
 Pupil. 
 
 Protecting fj^^^^^ 
 
 urgans. |^ Lachrymal Glands. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 '299 
 
 OUTLINE 4. 
 
 •S 1 
 
 1^ 
 
 (This is the outline of a graduation-part.) 
 
 (i) Refer to belief somewhat general, that the race is degenerating in- 
 tellectually ; that there are not so great men now as in times past. 
 
 (2) Propose to show that this belief is not well-founded ; that the race 
 is improving intellectually. 
 
 ^^ 
 
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 Compare Fielding and Dickens — showing the great im- 
 provement of the modern novel over that of earlier times. 
 , Compare the oral history of the ancients, mingled with 
 superstitious legends, with the clear, methodical, concise 
 histories ot the present. 
 
 Compare Essayists of past ages, even of the Addisonian 
 age, with Carlyle and Emerson — showing the advance made. 
 
 Show how the growth of mind has given rise to the valu- 
 able department of Literary Criticism. 
 
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 H.iS 
 
 1. Contrast the disadvantages under which Galileo labored 
 with the advantages of Darwin, Spencer, Huxley — the 
 latter having eager multitudes to investigate with and en- 
 courage them — showing the great advance in the mental 
 activity of the masses. 
 
 2. Show that the people of the present investigate for them- 
 selves, and have not beliefs manufactured for them. 
 
 3. Show how the masses are benefited bv the practical turn 
 many give to the results of scientific investigation . 
 
 ^4. Allude to some useful and important inventions. 
 
 ^ I. Compare governments of ancient and modern Europe. 
 Show how the masses are learning to govern themselves. 
 Show how the people are beginning to decide great 
 questions. 
 
 ^ 2. Compare Bismark, Disraeli, Gladstone, Thiers, Sumner, 
 with Frederick, Napoleon (as statesman) and Webster. 
 3. Show the progress in political freedom. Allude to the 
 ever-changing conditions in European nations. Give 
 (^ cause . 
 
 f I. Compare England with the United States; Germany with 
 France — to show the effect of universal education. 
 
 2. Show the wonderful spread of education within a few 
 (_ years. 
 
 1. Show that the true poet must wait for posterity for 
 fame. 
 
 2. Show that the contemporaries of Homer, Shakespeare 
 and Milton had little appreciation of these poets as com- 
 pared with the appreciation in which they are now held. 
 
 3. Prophesy that there are modern poets who, when years 
 shall have rolled by, will stand as high as they. 
 
 ■5 ( Summary of proofs. 
 
 •5 1 Statement of conclusion. 
 
 l<3 
 
300 APPENDIX. 
 
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 I DAILY PROGRAMME 
 
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 I^IIE^SI? OrTljSi^lZ!^:. 
 
 
 MORNING. 
 
 Time. Recitations. Studies. 
 
 9 to 9-10 j Opening Exercises — Music. 
 
 i 
 
 ( A Writing Reading 
 
 
 1 Lesson. 
 
 j B Forming Sentences 
 
 [ with Letter-Cards. 
 
 '• 9-30 
 
 C Reading. 
 
 
 
 
 
 rB Reading. 
 
 " 9-50 
 
 A Reading. 
 
 J CWriting,or Forming 
 ^ Words and Sentences 
 [ with Letter-Cards. 
 
 " 10 
 
 Writing. 
 
 
 " 10.05 
 
 Recess. 
 
 *' 10-30 
 
 General Lesson. | 
 
 " 10-35 
 
 Recess. 1 
 
 " 11 
 
 c^-^- Si„::iLSrf 
 
 " 11-05 
 
 Recess. (C Dismissed.) 
 
 " 11-20 
 
 B Reading. | A Number. 
 
 " 11-25 
 
 Physical Exercises — Marching. 
 
 " 11-45 
 
 A Number. B Reading. 
 
 " 11-55 
 
 Examination of Slates. 
 
 
 Dismissal. 
 
 -j^gQ AFTERNOON. 
 
 to 1-45" 
 
 Language. 
 
 
 " 2-05 
 
 B Reading. 
 
 A and C Reading. 
 
 " 2-20 
 
 C Reading. 
 
 C A Writing. 
 
 ( B Number. j 
 
 " 2-30 
 
 Music. 
 
 
 " 2-35 
 
 Rec 
 
 .ess. (C Dismissed. 
 
 " 2-55 
 
 B Number. 
 
 A Reading and Num- 
 ber. 
 
 " 3-10 
 
 A Reading. 
 
 B Writing. 
 
 " 3-30 
 
 Drawing. I 
 
 
 Dismissal. 
 
 
 ...,. 
 
APPENDIX. 301 
 
 DAILY PROGRAMME 
 
 - 
 
 OF 
 
 
 
 arxm^nz) o-i^-<s^x^:e. 
 
 ! 
 
 FORENOON. 
 
 Time. Recitations. Studies. | 
 
 9 to 9-10 
 " :9-35 
 " 10 
 
 Opening Exercises — Music. 
 B Reading. A ISTiimber. 
 A Number. B Number. 
 
 " 10-05 
 
 Recess. 
 
 " 10-30 
 " 10-35 
 
 B Number. | A Reading. 
 Recess. 
 
 •' 11 
 
 (I) General Lesson. | 
 
 " 11-05 
 
 Recess. 
 
 "11-30 
 
 A Reading. 
 
 ( B Reading, and Re- 
 < producing General 
 1 Lesson. 
 
 '' 11-35 
 
 Recess. || 
 
 " 11-45 
 " 11-55 
 
 Writing. 
 Examination of Slates. 
 
 
 "12 
 
 Dismissal. 
 
 AFTERNOON. 
 
 1-30 
 
 to 2 
 
 Language. 
 
 r A Reading, and Re- 
 
 " 2-20 
 
 B Reading. 
 
 } producing General 
 [ Lesson. 
 
 " 2-30 
 
 A Number. 
 
 B Language. 
 
 " 2-35 
 
 Recess. || 
 
 " 2-45 
 « 3-05 
 " 3-10 
 
 B Number. 
 A Reading. 
 
 Fhysica 
 
 A Language. 
 B Reading. 
 Exercises. 
 
 " 3-30 
 " 3-35 
 
 Drawing. 
 
 Dism 
 
 issal. 
 
 
 (i) Plants, Human Body, Ar 
 
 jimals, or Place. 
 
 —76- 
 
302 APPENDIX. 
 
 DAILY PROGRAMME 
 
 OF 
 
 
 si^TTxa: o-iEi-A-nDE!. 
 
 
 FORENOON. 
 
 Time. Recitations. Studies. j 
 
 9 to 9-15 
 
 Opening Exercises. | 
 
 " 9-35 
 
 B ISTumber. 
 
 A Number. 
 
 " 10 
 
 A Number. 
 
 B Reading^. 
 
 " 10-05 
 
 Eecess. 
 
 " 10-30 
 
 (0 General Lesson. | 
 
 " 10-35 
 
 Recess. 
 
 "11 
 
 " 11-05 
 
 Biography. | 
 
 Recess. 
 
 " 11-30 
 " 11-35 
 
 Drawing. | 
 
 Recess. 
 
 "11-55 
 " 12 
 
 B Reading. | A Reading. 
 Dismissal. 
 
 1-30 AFTERNOON, 
 
 to 2 
 " 2-05 
 
 Language. | 
 
 Recess. 
 
 " 2-30 
 " 2-35 
 
 A Reading. | B Geography. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 3 
 " 3-05 
 
 B Geography. | A Geography. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 3-30 
 
 A Geography. | B Number. 
 
 " 3-35 
 
 Recess. 
 
 " 4-10 
 " 4-15 
 
 Writing. | 
 Dism 
 
 issal. 
 
 
 (i) ZoSlogy, Botany or Physiology. 
 
APPENDIX. 303 
 
 DAILY PROGRAMME 
 
 OF 
 
 i<m>TrrTz <3-i^.^X)E. 
 
 MORNING. 
 
 ) Time. Recitations. Studies. 
 
 9 to 9-15 
 "10 
 " 10-05 
 
 Spelling. 
 Algebra. 
 
 Recess. 
 
 " 10-30 
 " 10-35 
 
 Book-keeping. | 
 
 Recess. 
 
 "11 
 " 11-05 
 
 B Language. | A Algebra. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 11-30 
 " 11-35 
 
 A Language. | B Language. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 11-55 
 "12 
 
 B History. | A Language. 
 Dismissal. 
 
 1_30 (I) AFTERNOON. | 
 
 to 2 
 
 General Lesson. | 
 
 " 2-05 
 
 Recess, 
 
 " 2-30 
 " 2-35 
 
 A History. | B History. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 3 
 " 3-05 
 
 B Reading. | A History. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 3-30 
 " 3-35 
 
 A Reading. | B Reading. 
 Recess. 
 
 " 4-10 
 
 (2 & 3) Natural Science. | 
 
 i " 4-15 
 
 Dismissal. 
 
 
 (i) Rhetorical Exercises Friday Afternoon. 
 
 (2) Music on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 
 
 (3) Physiology, Zoology and Botany, one term each. 
 
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