Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-09-11


The Rotations in this grad
should never exceed twenty mimi te
in length. In ordinary lessons, fif
teen minutes will be time enough
and in some lessons ten minutes
Second Class.-First Reader, reaC
and reviewed, with punctuation, def
nitions, and illustrations; shor
daily drill in enunciat;ng the vowel'
and consoants, and their combina
tiOns; spelling both by letter and oJ
sounds; Addition table completed
Drawing and printing-two or more
exercises a day, with slate and pencil
or paper and pencil, using blackboard
sketches prepared by the teacher, OF
drawing cards when they can be OBJ
tanned; pictures and various figures
from books, cards &c; Vocal Music
Third Class.-Second Reader with
Fluctuations and definitions; fire.
anent exercises in enunciating the
elementary sounds. Spelling by
letters, and By sounds; Rays prima-
~ Observation-Disclosures, multipli-
cation and division tables completed
reading and writing Arabic and Ro-
man numerals to / 900; abreviations;
vocal music; declamstions and re-
citations.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
First Cldss.-Third Reader, with
Fluctuations, spelling BY sounds &c;
First Lessons in Geography; multipi-
cation and division tables, thoroughly
reviewed; Mental Arithmetic; Slate
to long division;
vocal music; declarations sDd
recitations.
Second Class.-Third Reader; Grum-
mar to the verb; Mental Arithmetic
continued; First lessons in Geography
completed with map drawing; Vocal
Music; oral spelling; Declarations
and Rotations.
Third CLa..-Feurth Reader, with
and Elementary sounds;
Mental Arithmetic, completed and
reviewed: Slate Arithmetic through
fractions; Primary Geography com
pleted; Writing; Written spelling
from spellcr.
HIGH SCHOOL.
F;rt Class. - Fifth Reader, with
Elementary sounds; punctuation;
Grammar Syntax; Practical Arith-
ietc through Vulgar and Decimal
Geography; Practical
Arithmetic, (Ray's 3D. Book to
ractions; S'odard's Mental Ariih-
netic; Ol,hOgraphy, oral and writ
chi Psumauship.
Second Class. - Sixth R.ldGr, Cor
iidd's Elocurion,) Arithmetic, com
,leted, and reviewed; English Gram
mar, completed; Algebra commenced;
Descriptive Geography, completed;
Photography, oral and written,
Third Gloss Elocutlon; Higher
Arithmetic commenced, First Book
n Algebra, completed; Green's An
.ysis; Latin Rhetorical exercises,
I'M u nthly, through the year.
We have given IN the above Il
ynopsis of the general course of
tudy. which has been carefully pre-
,srei with referc nee to the demands
II cur Graded Schools, through the
'urront year; and THE, provided that
he increase in the numb of pupils,
iDce the close Of last year, has not
,eeu more than thirty per cent. 1t
8 found impossible TO establish a
;rade, with any degree of certainty,
n a town subject to so rapid a
,rowth as this. That some changes
sill necessarily arise, we can have no
ensonable doubt. We have establish
d the above that teachers and pupils
nav get better idea of what they
AVE to do. OF course it is expected
hat al the pupils in any one class
gill attend to precisely the same
tuiics, and use the same books; and
hat scholars will be promoted
{, on thorough, examination
by tho Superintendent, they
ire foud duly prepared for so do
ng. A most thorough drill of all
he pupils in the various departments,
: insisted upon. 1t is expected tina,
he teachers will make the interests
If tho School their frst consideration.
l.. {. CHASE, Supt.
STEAMBOAT DIRECTORY.
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