54 Prussia and the German System of Education. 



Greek. Homer's Iliad, book 16, Odyssey, books 9 to 16, 

 inclusive. Hippias Major, Charmides and Gorsias of Plato, 

 (excerpts.) Sophocles' Edip. tyr. and Antigone. Gram- 

 matical exercises. Buttmann's grammar. Six bours. 



Hebrew. Second book of Kings. Genesis. Psalms, 

 16 to 100. Grammatical criticisms of historical excerpts, 

 or of psalms, as an exercise at home. Two hours. 



German. Criticism of compositions. General gram- 

 mar, and history of the German grammar and literature. 

 One hour. 



French. Selections from Scribe and Delavigne. Exer- 

 cises and extemporalia. Two hours. 



Religion. History of the Christian church, to the times 

 of Gregory VII. Two hours. 



History. Modern history, and review. Three hours. 



Mathematics. Plane trigonometry and application of 

 algebra to geometry. Algebra. Mensuration and conic 

 sections. Binomial theorem. Exponential and trigon. 

 functions. Four hours. 



Physics. Physical geography. Mechanics. Two hours. 



Philosophy. Propaedeutics. Logic. One hour. 



There are five classes for vocal music, the fifth receiving 

 two hours of instruction in musical notation and singing 

 by ear. The fourth, time and cliffs, etc. Exercises in the 

 natural scale and harmony. Songs and chorals with one 

 part. The third, two hours formation of the scale of sharps, 

 running the gamut with difficult intervals, combined with 

 the oractical exercises of the last class. The second, two 

 hours, repetition of tones ; sharps, and flats. Formation 

 of the scale of flats. Exercises of songs and chorals, in two 

 parts. The first class is an application of what has been 

 learned, as well as a continuation of the science and art, 

 and all the pupils do not, of course, take part in this stage 

 of the instruction. The course is of four hours per week, 

 two for soprano and alto, one for tenor and bass, and one 



