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Sixth Class, Thirty Hours. 



Latin. Inflections of nouns, etc. Comparisons. Con- 

 jugation of the indicative moods of regular and of some 

 irregular verbs. Translation from Blume's elementary 

 book. Exercises from Blume. Extemporalia. Ten hours. 



German. Etymology and syntax. Exercises in writing 

 upon subjects previously narrated. Exercises in ortho- 

 graphy, reading and declaiming. Four hours. 



French. Etymology, to include the auxiliary verbs, in 

 Herrmann's grammar. Oral and written exercises. Read- 

 ing and translation. Exercises on the rules from the 

 grammar. Three hours. 



Religion. Bible history of the Old Testament. Com- 

 mitting to memory selected verses. Two hours. 



Geography. Delineation of the outlines of Europe, 

 Africa, Asia, and America, from determinate points given. 

 Divisions of the countries, with their principal cities, rivers 

 and mountains. Two hours. 



Arithmetic. The four ground rules, with denominate 

 whole numbers. Their applications. Four hours. 



Writing. Elements of round and running hand. Dic- 

 tation. Writing from copy slips. Three hours. 



Drawing. Exercises in drawing lines. Two hours. 



Fifth Class, Twenty-Nine Hours. 



Latin. Etymology. Use of the prepositions. The accu- 

 sative before an infinitive, practiced orally and in writing, 

 and extempore, and in exercises. Translation from Blume's 

 reader. Ten hours. 



German. Parsing, reading and declamation. Exercises 

 on narrations. Fourhour3. French. Etymology, by oral 

 and written exercises. Easier stories from Hermann's 

 reader. Three hours. 



Religion. Explanation of the gospels, according to 

 St. Matthew and St. Luke. Committing to memory the 



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