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236 A VIEW OF THE LATIN and GREEK SCHOOLS. ist STAGE. Grammar. Vocabulary. Sententise Pueriles. Cordery, ALsop. Erasmus. N. B. To be exact in declining and conjugating. To begin to write Exercises, for the better understanding of Syntax. Writing and Reading of English to be continued if necessary. 2nd STAGE. Selectae e veteri Testamento. Selectae e profanis Authoribus. Eutropius. Nessos. Metaphorphosis. Latin Exercises and Writing continued. 3rd STAGE. Metamorphosis continued. Virgil with Prosody. Caesar's Comment. Sallust. Greek Grammar. Greek Testament. Elements of Geography and Chronology. Exercises in Writing continued. 4th STAGE. Horace. Terence. Virgil reviewed. Livy. Lucian. Xeno- phon or Homer begun. N. B. This Year to make Themes; write Letters; give Descrip- tions and Characters. To turn Latin into English, with great Regard to Punctuation and choice of Words. Some English and Latin Ora- tions to be delivered, with proper Grace both of Elocution and Gesture. Arithmetic begun. Probably some youths will go thro' these Stages in three years, many will require four years, and many more may require five years, especially if they begin under nine or ten years of age. The masters must exercise their best discretion in this respect. Those who can acquit themselves to satisfaction in the books laid down for the fourth stage, after public examination, are to proceed to the study of the sciences, and to be admitted into the College as Freshmen, with the privilege of being distinguished with an undergraduate's gown. The method of study to be prosecuted in the College for the term of three years, follows in one general view: VIEW OF THE PHILOSOPHY SCHOOLS. FORENOON INSTRUMENTAL PHILOSOPHY LECTURE I LECTURE II Lat. & Engl. Exercises Arithmetic reviewed continu'd FIRST YEAR FRESHMEN May 15 First Term Three Months Second Term Three Months January Third Term Four Months Logic with Metaphysics Decimal Arithmetic Algebra Fractions and Extract. Roots Equations simple and quadratic Euclid (Stone) Six Books Euclid a Second Time Logarithmical Arithmetic