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Rh tries. We give here the plan which was followed in the colleges in Upper Germany, in the beginning of the eighteenth century. It is taken from the Ratio et Via of Father Kropf, published in 1736.

Latin. Grammar of Alvarez, elements, and easier rules of construction. – Reading: The easiest letters of Cicero, specially selected and separately printed. Selections from book I and II of Father Pontanus' Progymnasmata.

Greek. Grammar of Father Gretser, or of Father Bayer. Correct reading and writing; accents and declensions.

Religion. Small Catechism of Peter Canisius, part I-II. Explanation of the Latin Gospel.

''History. Rudimenta historica,'' vol. I., treating chiefly of the history of the people of Israel.