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REVISED COURSE OF STUDY
FOR APPROVED SCHOOLS
Adopted 1 May, 1894.
Second Edition.
COLUMBIA, MO. :
E. W. STEPHENs, PRINTER A ND BINDE R.
IS95.
Conditions for the Approval of Schools.
It is proposed that hereafter schools be approved upon
the adoption of the following course of study, and that the
sign that this course has been adopted be an agreement
between the University and the school authorities. This
agreement is to be signed, on the one hand by the President
of the University, and, on the other hand by the Principal of
the High School, the President of the School Board, and
the Superintendent of Public Schools of the town in which
the High School is situated. In the case of Private Schools
or Colleges, it should be signed by the Principal or President
and by the President of the Trustees. Printed copies of
this agreement will be sent to any school seeking approval.
It specifies—
(1) That the school authorities have made their course
of study meet fully the requirements proposed by the
University.
(2) That the first diplomas issued under the new
course of study will bear a specified date.
(3) That the employment of inefficient teachers in the
school, will, at any time, justify the University in severing
the relation.
(4) That the University on its part will, afte: the date
specified, admit without examination to the Freshman
class in any course for which they have been duly prepared
such graduates of the school as bring proper credentials of
the fact that they are recommended for that class by the
school authorities ; and it will annually admit to the
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Academic Department free of tuition for the first year of
his course, the student graduating from the school with the
highest honors.
(5) That the University will send from time to time
representatives of the Faculty to visit the school, and will
endeavor to promote, in every way possible, its welfare.
It is distinctly understood that the course of study out-
lined below is a minimum course. It is earnestly hoped
that all the Secondary Schools of Missouri will soon be able
to make their courses four years long. Many branches of
study usually taught in Secondary Schools are not mentioned
below. The course gives not what should be taught in
these schools, but merely the minimum required by the
University, for entrance to its Freshman class.
(I) / atim”—Not less than four periods a week con-
tinued not less than three years.
In this time it is expected that the student will acquire
such a vocabulary and such a knowledge of inflections and
syntax as to be able to read readily simple Latin prose, with
accurate quantitative pronunciation of the words. The best
methods of reaching these results can not be given here.
They will be found fully stated in the “Report of the Com-
mittee on Secondary Schools” in the section on Latin. It
may be said, however, that correct pronunciation in the
teacher is indispensable to correct pronunciation in the pupil,
and that in the acquisition of a vocabulary and the mastery
of inflection nothing can take the place of frequent reviews.
It is expected that the student in three years will read
five books of Caesar’s Gallic War and four of Cicero’s
Orations. For two books of the Gallic War, eight books of
*Not E. In the Science course, for Latin may be substituted the same amount of
either French or German. The University will accept the substitution, but does
not recommend it. For the conditions of this substitution, see catalogue. In the
Engineering courses this substitution is required.
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Eutropius, or an equivalent in time of the Viri Romae may
be substituted where it is preferred.
If the students are immature, it will be found best to use
some simple Beginner's book and to follow this by Eutropius
or Viri Romae as a preparation for Caesar. If, however,
the students are mature, it will be found that no bridge to
Caesar is needed, provided that some strong Beginner’s book
is used and the students are required to master it before
taking up Caesar.
The reading should be accompanied by a careful and
systematic review of grammatical forms and by a study of
the leading principles of syntax. At least one exercise a
week should be given to rendering English into Latin. The
Roman method of pronunciation is strongly recommended,
and teachers are urged to give from the outset strict atten-
tion to accurate pronunciation according to quantity.
Students will be admitted who have not been trained in the
Roman method, but they will work at a great disadvantage
throughout the entire course.
(2) English.-Not less than four periods a week con-
tinued not less than three years. It is recommended that
one half of the time allotted to English be given to the study
of literature, by which is meant not the study of a manual
on the history of literature but literature itself in the selected
works of representative authors. Masterpieces as a whole,
suited to the attainments of the class, should be read in class
and carefully examined, while other works may be assigned
as collateral reading of which written reports should be
required.
In the first year, along with the literature, frequent
practice in Composition, with or without a text-book on
Rhetoric, is recommended.
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In the second year, the literature is to be continued
throughout, and with the exercises in Composition, formal
Rhetoric will be introduced, or, if previously begun, con-
tinued.
In the third year, along with the literature and compo-
sition, Grammar based on historical principles should be
studied. In case English is extended through four years
such grammatical study, in our judgment, should be post-
poned until the last year.
In the fourth year, in connection with a wider range of
reading in literature, an outline or syllabus or a brief history
of the literature may be conveniently used; but possessing
little or no culture value, it should always be subordinated to
the study of literature itself, and reserved, if used at all, for
the last year of the course.
If only three years be given to English, the course out-
lined for these three years will have taken into view English
(I) as a means of expression, (2) as a literature, (3) as a
language, all so intimately connected, however, that the
proper study of each will bear indirectly upon the other two.
Note. Excellent and inexpensive editions of English
and American Classics are now offered by many of our pub-
lishing houses. The teacher of English will, doubtless,
have a preference for one or another of these series, or for
some works of one series and some of another.
Meiklejohn’s Grammar, in lieu of a better work, or
Whitney and Lockwood’s, or Longmans’ from Part II, will
be found suitable for this course.
(3) Mathematics.-Not less than four periods a week
continued not less than three years and devoted exclusively
to Algebra and Geometry. Any other study in Mathe-
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matics in addition to these should be given in additional time.
In these three years it is expected that the student will fin-
ish Algebra and Plane Geometry. Bright students under
good instruction will be able to finish in the three years the
Algebra, Plane Geometry and several books (if, indeed, not
the whole) of Solid Geometry. For the fourth year we
recommend that Solid Geometry be completed and also
Plane Trigonometry.
The following text-books on Algebra and Geometry are
especially recommended:
Algebra—Hall & Knight's Elementary Algebra,
revised by Prof. Sevenoak, published by Macmillan & Co.
Chas. Smith's Elementary Algebra, revised by Prof.
Stringham, published by Macmillan & Co.
Geometry—Dupuis’ Elementary Synthetic Geometry,
published by Macmillan & Co.
Bowser's Plane Geometry (Edition of 1891), D. C.
Heath & Co.
Wentworth’s Plane Geometry (Edition of 1893), Ginn
& Co.
(4) Science.—Not less than six periods a week for an
entire year must be given to each of two Sciences. Of the
six periods at least one-half should be devoted to laboratory
work, and two-thirds would be better. For the Laboratory
no outside preparation is required of the pupil. The
remaining periods may be given to text-book work and
lectures and experiments illustrating the text. We
strongly recommend that one exercise in the laboratory
embrace two consecutive periods of time. To us it seems
best for each class in Science to meet twice a week for lab-
oratory work, occupying two periods at each meeting, and
twice a week for recitation out of a text-book, illustrated by
experiments and oral teaching, occupying for each of the
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meetings last named one period of time. The two Sciences
must be taken from this group: Biology, Physics, and
Chemistry. In addition to these Sciences we recommend
that every school provide good instruction in Physical
Geography and Meteorology.
(5) //istory.—Not less than two periods a week for
three years, or three a week for two years, or four a week
for one year and two for another year. By History we
mean General History with special reference to that of
Greece, Rome, and England. We think that more time
should be given to History than is required above, but this
course represents a minimum. It is understood that United
States History has already been studied in the Grammar
Schools.
It is impossible to understand the life, the literature, or
the institutions of the ancient world without an accurate
study of Mythology. We therefore recommend that every
school make provision for this most important study.
Some schools may see fit to combine it with the study of
History, others with that of Literature, while others may
prefer to give four hours a week to Latin or Greek and the
fifth hour of each week to Mythology. Other schools may
provide for it in other ways. But, in our opinion, no
school should, under any condition, onit adequate treatment
of the subject. There are some excellent text-books. In-
valuable auxiliary reading may be found in Church’s Stories
from Homer, Virgil, Herodotus, the Greek Tragedians,
the Persian Wars, etc.
Any school would be amply repaid by adding to its
library, without further inquiry, any book of Stories bearing
the name of Alfred J. Church. Some of them are in Mac-
millan's School Library, and most of them are published by
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Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Teachers of the classics
find in them quite as much pleasure as their pupils do.
(6) Greek.-Not less than four periods a week for two
years. This requirement is made of those schools only
which desire to prepare students for the Freshman class of
the A. B. course. In this time the student is expected to
learn thoroughly the declension of nouns and adjectives, the
conjugation of verbs, and the ordinary principles of syntax.
He should be able to read with facility ordinary Greek prose,
such as Xenophon’s Anabasis, or Lysias’ Orations, and to
translate easy sentences from English into Greek. A
knowledge of the accent must be insisted on.
We recommend for the first year:—
White’s Beginner’s Greek Book (Ginn & Co.,
Chicago). *
Moss’ First Greek Reader (Allyn and Bacon, Boston).
For the second year:
Goodwin’s Greek Grammar, revised edition, 1892
(Ginn & Co., Chicago).
Xenophon’s Anabasis, three books, Harper and Wal-
lace (American Book Co.)
Or Xenophon's Anabasis, two books, and fifty pages of
Lysias’ Select Orations (S. C. Griggs & Co.,
Chicago, or Ginn & Co.).
Woodruff's Greek Prose Composition (Leach, She well,
& Sanborn, Boston,) or Harper and Castle’s Exer-
cises in Greek Prose (American Book Co.,
Chicago).
Any school that gives two years in Greek as outlined
above may omit all instruction in Science; but we strongly
recommend that every school, besides teaching Greek, give
at least one year to thorough work in some one of the
Sciences mentioned above (under 4).
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We earnestly recommend that no school under any cir-
cumstances require of its pupils more than twenty periods a
week of work demanding preparation. We think less than
this advisable. Ample time should be given for reading,
and every Secondary School should contain a good Library
as well as good Laboratories. A library may be rather
small and still may be good.
By “period’’ we mean forty minutes of time devoted to
actual teaching with five minutes more for changing class,
the total being forty-five minutes.
By “session’’ we mean about nine months.
This is all in amount that for the present, at least, the
University requires for approval; but as to teachers we
strongly recommend that English and La'in on the one hand
and Mathematics and Science on the other hand be taught
by graduates of Universities or Colleges of unquestionable
reputation, or by those who have taken equivalent courses in
these subjects. Schools should provide rooms, fixtures, and
apparatus suitable for laboratory work, without which it is
impossible to teach Science well; but it should be remem-
bered that in the equipment of a laboratory the first step is
to secure a thoroughly competent teacher. If it be desired,
the University will gladly furnish information about the
equipment of laboratories or will even send a Professor to
aid the school in completing its original outfit.
It is of great importance that only good text-books be
used, and information about them is always cheerfully given
if it be desired.
We earnestly recommend that every Secondary School
in Missouri prolong its course to four years, but, for the
present, three years spent as we have indicated with thor-
oughly good teaching, will admit graduates to our Freshman
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class. Graduates of schools giving a course four years long
may be admitted to the Sophomore year of the University in
this branch or that, if their preparation be such as to enable
them to pass the examinations required therefor. To schools
maintaining courses four years long we strongly recommend
the adoption of one or more of the courses proposed in
Table IV in the report of the “Committee of Ten.” Of
these we greatly prefer the Classical, or the Latin-Scientific
but any school adopting any of these courses and conforming
to our other requirements may be duly approved by the
University.
All of the courses recommended by the “Committee of
Ten” involve the study of at least one Modern Language.
In teaching Modern Languages we desire to emphasize the
importance of thorough and accurate drill in pronunciation.
In Greek the pronunciation should be strictly according to
the printed accent, and in both Latin and Greek much pains
should be taken from the first to distinguish in pronunciation
short and long syllables. Phonology is of great importance
in the study of language.
Where schools already approved by the University
find themselves unable to conform to this revised course
of study the relation will not be hastily severed. The
University will wait with the school as long as the circum-
stances seem to justify it; and will gladly help forward the
school in whatever way it can. But the time has come,
in our opinion, for taking a step forward.
[Signed] &
THE COMMITTEE ON APPROVED Schools OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
I May, 1894; slightly revised in August, 1895.