546 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



COURSE OF STUDY AND TRAINII^^G. 



Freshman Year. 



Fall Term. 



Algebra — Wells's University Algebra. 



Botany. — Structural Botany and the study of the functions of vegeta- 

 ble organisms. 



French. — Principles and applications of grammar, pronunciation, oral 

 and written exercises in translating from French into English and 

 from English into French, KeetePs French Grammar. Readings 

 from French authors. 



History. — Ancient Greece and Rome, with reference to modern insti- 

 tutions. Modes of life and institutions of the Middle Ages, with 

 reference to the evolution of our political and other institutions. 



Winter Term. 



Plane Geometry and Theory of Equations. — Wentworth's Geom- 

 etry 



Microscopy. — The study and the use of the Microscope. The Micro- 

 scope, by Carpenter. 



Free-Hand Drawing. — White's Series. Object Drawing and Origi- 

 nal work. 



French. — Translations, oral and written, from French into English. 



History. — Beginnings of Modern History. Period of the Protestant 

 Revolution. Thirty Years' War. Development of the nationali- 

 ties of Western Europe. Progress of civil freedom. 



Summer Term. 



Solid Geometry. — Wentworth's Geometi-y. 



Botany. — Analysis. Systems of classification. Practical exercises in 

 classification and in collecting and arranging herbaria. Besse}"'s 

 Botany. Gray's Manual. 



French. — Translation of some scientific or historic work, as Puydt Les 

 Plantes de Sewe. 



Agriculture. — History of Domestic Animals, Characteristics and de- 

 velopment of different breeds, illustrated by stereopticon views of 

 typical forms. 



Freshmen who do not study " History " and " Agriculture," elect 

 French, 



