AmA?rii;iw6!rm*}      Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  189 
War  ;  the  Civil  War — the  causes,  most  important  campaigns,  result ; 
general  development  of  our  nation  in  extent,  population,  industries 
and  power. 
Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  Civics  (2  counts). — The  im- 
portant features  of  the  Constitution  and  Amendments;  the  general 
principles  of  our  government ;  the  legislative  department,  the  execu- 
tive, the  judicial,  with  their  general  duties  and  powers  ;  State  govern- 
ment, the  relation  of  State  to  National  government,  powers,  officers, 
duties,  divisions,  etc.;  Local  government  as  shown  by  the  village, 
town,  city  and  county;  duties  of  citizenship;  taxes;  fundamental 
laws. 
Text-Books:  McMaster's  " School  History  of  the  United  States" 
or  Eggleston's  il  School  History  of  the  United  States  and  its 
People." 
Science  (4  counts). 
Physical  and  Commercial  Geography. — The  principal  land  and 
water  divisions ;  the  chief  political  divisions  and  their  capitals  and 
chief  cities  and  important  industries;  belts  or  zones  of  climate  with 
their  characteristic  plant  and  animal  life;  the  most  important 
articles  of  the  world's  commerce,  and  the  most  important  com- 
mercial cities  in  the  different  countries;  the  most  useful  mineral 
resources;  surface  drainage;  the  general  principles  of  physical 
geography. 
Text-Books:  Deane  and  Davis's  "  Inductive  Advanced  Geogra- 
phy;" Redway's  "  Natural  Advanced  Geography;"  Houston's  or 
Redway's  "  Physical  Geography." 
Electives. 
In  addition  to  the  preceding  subjects  the  applicant  may  select  from 
the  following  any  additional  branches,  each  representing  one  year's 
high  school  course,  from  which  he  may  make  up  the  requisite  num- 
ber of  counts,  but  the  electives  cannot  displace  algebra  and  languages, 
for  each  of  which  at  least  four  counts  must  be  obtained  either  by 
certificate  or  examination  : — 
Rhetoric  (2  counts) — Text-Books:  Hill's  "  Rhetoric ;"  Gardiner, 
Kittredge  and  Arnold's  "  Elements  of  Composition  and  Rhetoric." 
English  Literature  and  History  of  Literature  (4  counts). — Text- 
Books:  Tappan's  "  English  Literature,"  or  "Scudder's  English 
Literature." 
