By this time the pupil should be familiar with accidence, and the grammar work should be confined to the study of syntax, with composition exercises illustrating its essential rules. About 550-600 duodecimo pages of French prose of ordinary difficulty should be read, and the pupil should be drilled in pronunciation, in oral and written translations into French of variations of the text read, in oral translation and writing of French from dictation, and, in addition, he should be required to give French paraphrases and abstracts of portions of the reading matter. The following texts are suggested as suitable reading for the second year: Loti's Pêcheur d'Islande; Augier's Le Gendre de M. Poirier; Balzac's Le Curé de Tours; Coppée's and Daudet's Stories; Molière's L'Avare and Le Bourgeois gentilhomme; Sandeau's Mademoiselle de la Seiglière; Vigny's La Canne de jonc; Sand's La Mare au diable and La petite Fadette. GERMAN I. The ability to pronounce German well. II. The ability to write ordinary German at dictation. III. The ability to translate at sight a passage of German prose of ordinary difficulty. IV. The ability to put into German a connected passage of simple English paraphrased from a given German text, or to turn simple English sentences into German without a model. V. The ability to answer any grammatical questions relating to usual forms and essential principles of the language, including syntax and word-formation. VI. The ability to translate a passage of classical literature, to answer questions on the subject-matter and the life of the author, and to give character sketches of the main characters. The passage is usually taken from Goethe's Hermann und Dorothea. The following course of study in German is suggested as adequate to secure the proficiency desired: FIRST YEAR FIVE LESSONS A WEEK (1) Pronunciation Careful attention should be given to the acquisition of a correct pronunciation. The imitation of the teacher's pronunciation will be the chief factor in the problem; dictation and a knowledge of the rudiments of phonetics will be found helpful. The attention of the teacher is called to Hempl's German Orthography and Phonology, and to Grandgent's German and English Sounds. (2) Memorizing and frequent repetition of easy colloquial sentences (with variations). The object is to develop feeling for the language. (3) Rudiments of Grammar (thoroughly learned and studied with exercises). Declension of articles, nouns (taken from the language of every-day life), adjectives, pronouns. Comparison of adjectives. Auxiliary verbs (of tense and mood). Weak verbs, the more common strong verbs, the more common prepositions and the cases they govern, the more common conjunctions. Sentence order. Elementary syntax. (4) Reading (narrative prose with some poetry), 150 pages: either (a) a Reader with graduated selections followed by short stories, or (b) Märchen and short stories in graduated texts. Storm's Immensee, Zschokke's Der zerbrochene Krug, Einer muss heiraten, and similar stories and plays are recommended. (5) Paraphrasing Constant practice in translating into German easy variations upon sentences in the reading lesson. SECOND YEAR FIVE LESSONS A WEEK (1) Reading (narrative prose chiefly, a comedy and one classic), 250-300 pages. The following course is suggested: (a) Short stories - Heyse: L'Arrabbiata; Riehl: Vierzehn Nothelfer. (b) Selection from historical prose—in Hoffmann's Historische Erzählungen the selection Der deutsch-französische Krieg. (c) A comedy-Benedix: Dr. Wespe or Der Prozesz. (d) One classic Goethe: Hermann und Dorothea. (e) 50 pages of Freytag's prose. - (2) Paraphrasing - Constant practice in variations upon texts read. - (3) Grammar — (a) Drill upon essentials (continued). (b) Enlargement of grammatical knowledge. Thorough review. (4) Word-formation - Rudiments. CHEMISTRY Acquaintance by laboratory work with elementary processes and with the properties of substances common in Chemistry; familiarity with the chemical notation in its experimental and arithmetical meaning, including the ability to solve simple problems based on the relations expressed by formulas and equations; understanding and ability to use correctly the ordinary terms of Descriptive Chemistry. Bartlett's Laboratory Exercises, Parts i-v (exclusive of Class i, Part ii), or equivalent. A certified note-book of laboratory work must be presented at the time of examination. The candidate should have had in addition recitations based upon any good elementary descriptive textbook through the non-metallic and metallic elements. To meet the above requirement, at least one hundred and ten hours of elementary chemistry are necessary, one-half laboratory work, illustrating the preparation and the properties of the substances ordinarily treated in elementary chemistry. Qualitative Analysis will not be accepted as an equivalent for the laboratory work prescribed. PHYSICS The equivalent of at least one hundred and ten one-hour exercises, of which as many as forty should be practical exercises in the laboratory. The student is expected, in the time devoted to the laboratory work, to perform at least forty experiments, and to have kept a neat and orderly record of the same in a note-book, described in his own words. In both recitation and laboratory exercises, some one of the better text-books or manuals for secondary schools should be followed and completed. The note-book should bear the certification of the instructor and be presented for inspection at the time of the entrance examinations to College. The student should be taught, as far as possible, to apply the simpler principles of Algebra and Geometry to the solution of practical problems in Physics. BIOLOGY I. Zoology-The equivalent of fifty one-hour exercises, consisting mainly of laboratory work in the study of the structure and life histories of representative animals. The candidate will be required to present a certified note-book, containing complete records of the conditions under which his observa tions were made, as well as the observations themselves; also sketches of all the animals, or their organs, that have been studied. No work necessitating the use of a compound microscope is required. Work like that outlined in Needham's Elementary Lessons in Zoology, Davenport's Introduction to Zoology, or Colton's Zoology, Descriptive and Practical, will be acceptable. II. Botany - The equivalent of fifty one-hour exercises, consisting mainly of laboratory work on the natural history of plants. The candidate must present a note-book containing the notes and drawings he has made, and bearing the endorsement of his teacher certifying that the book is a true record of the pupil's own observations. The presentation of an herbarium is not required, and no weight will be given this evidence of work done unless it illustrates some definite problem in plant relationship. No work necessitating the use of a compound microscope is required. Such texts as Bergen's Elements of Botany or Coulter's Plant Studies will be acceptable. Students entering on certificate in Chemistry, Physics, or Biology are not required to present their note-books, if their certificate covers the laboratory work. METHODS OF ADMISSION Every candidate for admission must furnish from the principal of the school which he has attended, or from the tutor with whom he has studied, a testimonial certifying to good moral character and to sufficient preparation for undertaking college work. Admission to college may be obtained by one of the following methods: I. ADMISSION BY EXAMINATION Two regular examinations for admission to the Freshman Class are held each year, the June examination in the week preceding Commencement and the September examination just before the opening of the College. The June examination will be held in Room D, Tuck Building, on June 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Three hours will be allowed for each examination, unless otherwise specified. Examinations for admission to the Freshman class (but not to higher classes) will also be held on the above specified days in June, in Manchester, N. H. (High School); St. Johnsbury, Vt. (Academy); Boston (De Meritte School, 30 Huntington Avenue); Worcester (Academy); New York City (place not yet determined); and Chicago (Hyde Park High School); provided that the number of candidates for examination, preliminary or final, in any of the places named shall warrant it. All applications for examinations in June at these places should be made to the Dean before June 10th. The College is also prepared to hold an examination for admission to the Freshman class (but not to higher classes) on the above-named days in June in any city or at any school where the number of candidates for examination, preliminary or final, and the distance from other places of examination may warrant it, provided that applications for this purpose be made to the Dean before June 1st. The September examination will be held in Hanover only, on September 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, in Room D, Tuck Building. |