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Class III. Three hours. Exercises of Class IV, con- 

 tinued. Pupils who write well are allowed to write with- 

 out lines. Writing without copies, according to progress. 



Class II. Two hours. Exercises continued. Most of 

 the pupils write without lines, or by directing points merely. 



Class I. The written exercises in other departments are 

 examined, to ascertain the character of the handwriting. 

 No special lessons are given. 



Drawing. 



Class IV. Two hours. Drawing straight lines in various 

 directions and of various lengths. Making definite angles. 

 Drawing triangles, squares, and other rectilinear figures. 



Class III. Two hours. Drawing of circles and ovals. 



Class II. Two hours. Drawing of bodies bounded by 

 planes and straight lines in perspective. Drawing of 

 curves. 



Class I. Drawing from natural objects, from plaster casts 

 and models. 



Singing. 



Class IV. Two hours suffice to learn fifteen or twenty 

 songs, of one or two verses, by note, and some ten choral 

 songs. 



Class III. Two hours. Songs with two parts continued. 

 Chorals with one voice. 



Class II. Two hours. Songs with two or three voices 

 continued. 



Class I. Two hours. Songs and chorals with three or 

 four parts. 



Once during the morning there is an interval for recrea- 

 tion in the court-yard of the school, and the pupils are 

 directed in their exercises of marching and counter-march- 

 ing, and the like, by one of the teachers. 



The course marked out in the foregoing programme, as 

 far as it extends, seems to me well adapted to educate the 



