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not ignoring general culture— some classics, some mathematics 

 and science, some manual work. At Frankfort the study of 

 Latin is postponed until the age of twelve. Perhaps a further 

 postponement until the suggested " age of choice " may meet the 

 difficulty of an overcrowded time-table and the consequent 

 omission of essential disciplines, although there is undoubtedly 

 a danger that the proposed splitting up of the curriculum at 

 that age may mean excessive concentration on the special 

 branches of knowledge selected by each department, with the 

 development of " one-sidedness " in consequence. This source 

 of weakness in the scheme could, however, easily be neutralised 

 by adequate supervision on the part of the responsible 

 authorities and a plan which appears, in some degree at least, 

 to evercome the acknowledged difficulties of this problem of 

 education is worth careful consideration. Summarising these 

 demands we have the following detailed time-tables, which are 

 of course but tentative suggestions and which probably do not 

 approximate at all closely to those forms which will eventually 

 crystallise and which experience alone can determine and dictate, 

 i. For boys in secondary schools from the age of entry until 

 the average age of fifteen : 



Literary Work 



Scientific Work 

 Manual Work 



/"English Literature 

 „ History . 



1„ Grammar 

 Divinity 

 French 

 /Mathematics 

 •\Experimental Science 

 /Workshop . 

 •\Drawing School 

 Music 

 Physical Drill . 



Total . 



i [10 periods. 



i 



4 



5? 

 6? 



4? 



2 



19 periods, the distribution 

 of which will vary slightly 

 at different ages. 



1 I 3 periods. 

 32 periods. 



2. For boys in secondary schools from the age of fifteen until 

 the leaving age : 



Classics 



English 



Modern Languages 



Mathematics and Science 



Manual Work 



Other specialised subjects 



Classical Side. Science Side. Commercial Side. 



j-15 periods 



4 

 3 



3 





6 periods 



} 



4 

 16 





8 periods 



12 

 8 



2 



2 



» 



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