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Writing. Two hours. Architectural and topographical 

 drawing. Two hours. Some of the pupils during this 

 tim'e are engaged in ornamental drawing. 



Vocal music. Two hours. 



Second Class. 



Religious Instruction. Explanation of the first three 

 gospels. History of the Christian religion and church to 

 the reformation. Two hours. 



German. Correction of exercises written at home, upon 

 subjects assigned by the teacher. Oral and written exer- 

 cises. Introduction to the history of German poetry. 

 Three hours. 



French. Grammar; extemporalia for the application of 

 the rules. Written and oral translations from German 

 into French, from Beauvais's Manual, and vice versa, from 

 Ideler and Norte's Manual. Four hours. 



English. Exercises in reading and speaking. Transla- 

 tion into German, from Burkhardt. Dictation. Verbs. 

 Two hours. 



Arithmetic. Commercial Arithmetic. Algebra, to 

 include simple and quadratic equations. Logarithyms. 

 Three hours. 



Geometry. Circles. Analytical and plane trigonom- 

 etry. Three hours. 



Geography. The states of Europe, with special reference 

 to their population, manufactures and commerce. Two 

 hours.. 



History. Principal events of the history of the middle 

 ages and of later times, as an introduction to recent history. 

 One hour. 



Natural History. Mineralogy. Physiology of plants. 

 Three hours. 



Chemistry. Metallic bodies and their compounds, with 

 experiments. Three hours. 



