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French Language. 



Class III. Three hours. Exercises in reading. Ele- 

 ments of grammar. Words learned by heart. Easy exer- 

 cises written at home and in school hours. 



Class II. Four hours. Regular and irregular verbs 

 learned. Syntax. Translations from French into German. 

 Words learned by rote. 



Class I. Four hours. Written exercises of increased 

 difficulty. Tables dictated and learned by heart. Vol- 

 taire's Charles XII read. 



Arithmetic. 



Class VI. Four hours. Practical arithmetic. The 

 fundamental operations taught with numbers from one to 

 one hundred ; first mentally, then with blocks, and after- 

 ward with figures. Exercises prepared at home twice a 

 week. 



Class V. Four hours. The four ground rules continued, 

 with numbers as high as one thousand. Exercises in 

 reading and writing large numbers. Mental arithmetic 

 especially practiced. Addition and subtraction of abstract 

 numbers. 



Class IV. Four hours. Addition and subtraction re- 

 vised. Multiplication and division of abstract numbers. 

 Weights and measures explained. 



Class III. Four hours. The four ground rules with 

 fractions. 



Class II. Three hours. Revision of the above. Rule of 

 three. 



Class I. Three hours. In the first year practical arith- 

 metic finished. Proportions and decimal fractions. Ele- 

 ments of algebra. Mental algebra. 



