42 WEBER ACADEMY sideration of local fauna, will be studied. Specimen will be collected and preserved. Carefully prepared notes and sketches will characterize the laboratory work. Five hours, first semester. Text: Linville and Kelly. Required in the second year normal and scientific courses. Botany.This course is designed to cover in a general way the entire plant kingdom. The first five weeks are devoted to the lower forms of plant life, algae and fungi; five weeks to the study of life principles, absorption, transpiration, nutrition and general plant physiology, and the last few weeks to the classification of the wild flowers. The text used is Coulter's A Text Book of Botany. Three recitations and two double laboratory periods per week, second semester. Languages. German a.The object of this course is to acquire a working vocabulary and to gain some idea of the grammatical construction of the language. German will be largely the language of the class room. Elements of German, by Becker, is the text used. Five hours per week throughout the year. German b.In this course more attention will be given to grammar and more difficult German prose will be read. The texts are: German Grammar, by Frazer and Vander. Smissen, and Bernhard's Prose Composition, followed by easy classics. Five hours per week throughout the year. WEBER ACADEMY 43 German c.A systematic review of the grammar based upon the Frazer and Vander Smissen's Grammar is followed by a more extensive study of the drama and lyrics. Five hours per week throughout the year. This course will not be given unless it is elected by at least ten students. History and Civics. History a.Ancient history, the history of Greece and the history of Rome will be considered in this course. Frequent written reports on supplementary reading assigned by the teacher will be required. Part I, of Myers' General History (revised edition) will be the text. Five hours per week during the first semester. History b.This course is designed to follow history a, and will cover mediaeval and modern history. Reports and papers on supplementary reading will be required. Part II of Myers' General History (revised edition) will be the text. Five hours per week during the second semester. History c.This course will comprise an adequate treatment of national history, preceded by a review of the influence that aided in the discovery of America, the period of discovery and exploration, 1485-1509; the colonial period, 1606-1763; institutional life in the colonies; the American Revolution; the confederation, 1781-1789, to the present time. It will include the Federal Union, Democratic-Republican su-