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Show studies: arithmetic, grammar, geography, reading, U. S. history, orthography, penmanship, natural history, hygiene and Theology. 2. A Two Year Normal Course, embracing the following branches: Theology, grammar and composition, arithmetic, algebra, geography, U. S. history, physiology, elocution, penmanship, physic physical geography, civil government, bookkeeping, botany, theory and practice of teaching. 3. A Third Year Normal including the following branches: natural theology, rhetoric, English history, geology, psychology, zoology, political economy, geometry and Latin (optional). 4. A Scientific and Literary Course, a continuation of the third year normal course, including the following additional studies: chemistry, astronomy, logic, English literature, general history, Latin, German and French (the last two elective). 5. A Commercial Course, including the following branches: Practical bookkeeping with lectures on history of commerce and commercial law, penmanship, commercial arithmetic and typewriting. 6. A Winter Course, designed for those students who can only attend about half the year. November 2, 1896, to March 26, 1897. 7. A Sunday School Course, November 2, 1896, to April 2, 1897. This may be styled an ambitious program, definitely looking to the future. A list of the students who registered shows that two students took the third year normal. Both of these had graduated the preceding year. Eighteen students were registered for the second year of the normal course. Twenty-seven took the first year of the normal course, combined with the second year of the preparatory course. Ninety-nine took the first year preparatory. Twenty-four were commercial students. Fifteen were classified as special, probably registered for the Sunday School course. Seven were not classified. The total enrollment was one hundred and ninety-two. The ages given were: nine under fifteen years, eighty-two from fifteen to eighteen years, eighty-three over eighteen, and eighteen ages were not given. |