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Show 24 WEBER STAKE ACADEMY before one can hope to progress in any other studythe power to interpret is absolutely necessaay to success in any of the courses offered. Selections from Standard English and American authors will be read. Two hours per week throughout the year. ELOCUTION II.In this course special attention will be given to the literary analysis of some of the best English selections. Besides the poetical and prose studies, one drama will be given. Some attention will also be devoted to public speaking. "Principles of vocal expressions and literary interpretation." Chamberlain and Clark will be used for reference. Two hours per week throughout the year. Latin LATIN I.The student masters a vocabulary sufficient to enable him to commence the reading of Caesar. Daily drill is given on the regular verb and noun forms. Constant practice in translating from Latin into English and from English into Latin. Four hours per week throughout the year. Collar and Daniell's First Year Latin. LATIN II. Translation of easy selections from Latin Authors and three books of Caesar's Gallic War. Attention will be giveu to syntax, the subjunctive mode and indirect discourse. Writing Latin based on the text read. Four hours per week throughout the year. Miller and Beeson's Second Year Latin and Daniell's New Latin Composition. LATIN III.Cisero's four arations against Catiline and the orations pro poeta Archia and M. Marcello are translated. A study of the subjunctive mode and conditional sentences. Composition work based on the text. Four hours per week throughout the year. Dooge's Cicero and Daniell's New Latin Composition. LATIN IV.Six books of Virgil's AEneid are translated. Special attention will be given to prosody and Greek and Roman Mythology. Three hours per week throughout the year. Physical Science PHYSICS.A study of elementary mechanics and the phenonema of sound, light, heat, magnetism, and electricity, Numerous lecture table experiments are performed to illustrate the principles studied. Each student is required to work two hours per week in the laboratory NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 25 and to keep a note book in which the observations and results must be tabulated, Three hours recitation and two hours laboratory work per week throughout the year. Millikan and Gale's First Course in Physics and some standard manual. GENERAL CHEMISTRY.The fundamental theories of general chemistry and the non-metallic and more common metallic elements are studied. The balancing of equations, the solving of problems and the practical applications of chemistry will receive considerable attention. Three hours recitation and two hours laboratory work per week throughout the year. Newell's Descriptive Chemistry. Biology BOTANY.Structure, growth, assimilation, reproduction, and adaptations to environment of the flowering plants. Moulds, mosses, fungi, ferns, and other common flowerless plants will receive some attention. Laboratory work and collateral reading. Frequent field trips are taken during the latter part of the course. Five hours per week during the last half year. Coulters's Plant Structures. Coulter's Plants, and Vines Textbook for reference. ZOOLOGY.Structure, development, reproduction, and distribution of the more common animals, with some attention to local fauna. Typical examples of the different sub-kingdoms are dissected and studied in detail. Collection and preservation of specimens. Five hours per week first half year. Colton's Descriptive and Practical Zoology. Carefully prepared noles and sketches will characterize the laboratory work. PHYSIOLOGY.The nervous system, the organs of the special senses, digestion, assimilation, circulation, and the effects of stimulants receive special attention. Laboratory work is required throughout the course. Microscopical slides, skeletons and charts are used to illustrate the subject. Two hours per week throughout the year. Colton's Descriptive and Experimental Physiology with collateral reading. Physiography and Geology PHYSIOGRAPHY.The effects of atmosphere, rivers, oceans, and glaciers on the development of physiographic forms. Rejuvenescence |