Per cent of the total number of secondary students in public and private high schools and academies in APPENDIX B RECENT SCHOOL CURRICULUMS I COURSE OF STUDY FOR THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE BOROUGHS OF MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX, NEW YORK, 1901 EXPLANATORY NOTES Drawing, one period a week the first and third years, and two periods a week the second and fourth years, is prescribed for pupils in the Commercial Course, and for those preparing for higher institutions that require drawing for admission. It is optional for others. Music, one period a week, is prescribed for pupils who purpose to become teachers; others may elect music or elocution. Physical training, two periods a week, is prescribed for all pupils; but half the time allotted to physical training in the third and fourth years may be given to elocution. One of the periods in physics is to be given to exercises for which no special preparation has been made by the pupil. No new class in an elective subject shall be formed for less than forty (40) pupils in the first year, thirty (30) pupils in the second year, twenty-five (25) in the third year, and fifteen (15) in the fourth year. These courses of study may be modified, when necessary to meet the requirements for admission to higher institutions. Whenever any pupil on account of ill health, or for any other sufficient reason, is unable to complete the prescribed work in the assigned time, the principal is authorized to arrange the subjects of study in any one of these courses in such a way that the requirements may be completed in an additional year. 1 A pupil desiring to pursue the study of a second foreign language will be permitted to elect one of the modern languages not previously pursued. COURSE OF STUDY, ST. MARK'S SCHOOL, SOUTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, 1901-1902. FIRST FORM ENGLISH. Reading: Kipling's Jungle Books; Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome; Andrew Lang's Blue Poetry Book; Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; Longfellow's Evangeline, Tales of a Wayside Inn. Writing. Spelling: The American Word-Book. Composition Declamation. HISTORY. History of England (Montgomery). LATIN. Collar and Daniell's First Year Latin. Rust's Latin Composi tion. |