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Show PAGE 32 WEBER ACADEMY LANGUAGES Prof. Wm. M. McKay, Prof............................. German a, bThe work for the first year includes drill in pronunciation, the essentials of German grammar, and conversation dealing with topics about school and home life. Students are encouraged to think directly in German and to avoid translation. Texts used: Spanhoofd's "Elementarbuch," Newson's "First German Book." Daily throughout the year. Six hours' credit. German c, dReading of easy classics forms the basis of this course. Composition work in German is emphasized and a careful study is made of German grammar. The acquisition of synonyms as a means of building a vocabulary is insisted upon, and the ability to pronounce correctly is developed through specially arranged phonetic drills. Daily throughout the year. Six hours' credit. German e, fThis course includes a study of representative works of leading German men of letters, and is supplemented by a consideration of the historic development of German literature. Daily throughout the year. Six hours' credit. French a, bStudy of French pronunciation, direct association of foreign words and syntactical forms with the thought, oral and written reproductions, grammar. Texts: Newson's "First French Book," Newson's "Second French Book." Daily throughout the year. Six hours' credit. WEBER ACADEMY PAGE 33 MATHEMATICS Prof. Wm. Z. Terry Mathematics I, (Trigonometry)-Daily second semester. Four hours' credit. Mathematics II, (College Algebra)Advanced work on the fundamental principles, a study of series and their application, permutations and combinations, probability; an introduction to determinants, to the theory of equations, and to higher equations. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. Mathematics III, (Analytic Geometry)Methods of co-ordinates, construction of equations, the point in plane, the circle, the parabola, the ellipse, the hyperbola, general equation of the second degree, higher plane curves, polar co-ordinates and transformation of co-ordinates. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. Mathematics IV, (Calculus)This is a general course in differential and integral calculus sufficient to meet the needs of the general student who may wish to know something about this interesting subject of mathematics. It covers all the ground usually given in the first course in calculus, differentiation, functions of independent variables, applications of the calculus, maxima and minima, rationalization, integration, etc. Four periods per week throughout the year. Six hours' credit. ART Miss Olive Belnap Art I, (Art and Handicraft)A course embodying |