The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-06-22
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LOCATION.

Immediately south of the city limits. :
The grounds comprise twenty acres,
are high and rolling, and command
view of the country for miles in every
direction. The building i q commo-
dious one. All the rooms, above and
below, will ne reprinted and repaPer-
ell for the fall term. The dining room
! i made To accommodate siXty-tour
hoarderS.
The location of the school Is beauti-
full. healthful and accessible. Stu
dents NAV come from the east and
west nv the Missouri Pacific Railroad ;
from the northeast and southwest by
the NJ, h. Il +. Railroad; from the
southeast by the Sedalia, Warsaw and
Southern. and from the northwest by
the Lexington Branch. students
coming in on the NJ, h. N 1. Rail
road can stop at the University. IN
stead of going into the city, if they
desire TO 10 -, by asking the con-
Iductor TO stop at the University.
PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT, OR AGA
IDENTICAL COURSE.
THIS department has been established
in connection with the University 10
meet the wants of a large number OF STU
ldents--some desiring 10 enter early up
on 4 regular course of training for COL
llaoe without loss Of time or being re-
uired TO take superfluOus study; others
Wishing Il special course of study. LII
brief. il is Preparatory School 10 Col
lege to some. where To others il l. Il
Classical and English Academy. The
instruction is given by the College Fac
; lultv. The studies extend over three
wears. Candidates for the first year Oh
the Preparatory Department are required
IN mass an examination in the following
Studies. viz: Spelling: Reading: Arith-
metic TO Percentage; Elements OF De-
scriptive Geography: Elements oi Eng
lish grammar.
\ student can pass through this de-
partment i'm three years or less perlod'
: in nroportion 10 his advancement. anu
; Tins save much time and labor in enter
inc upon regular college course. In
I the first year where are admitted youth
of both sexes. are studied English Gram
mer. Mental and written Arithmetic
Geography and Composition, Reading
! and Elocution and Penmanship. Latin
: i also studied through this year. The
importance of beginning this study early
a is duly appreciated by those who have
: completed half college course. and ther
: learned To their dismay that an import
o ant factor. and without which the course
= could not be completed. has been omit
y ted. Too often students rush forward
i into the higher mathematics and sci
e ences and then have TO come 10 4 hal
; till the languages are brought apace. Il
|. IL not generally the case that student
N who complete full course there. hav
e lost two or three years of valuable time
. from the fact that the High School is no
a preparatory school for college:
a In the second year Algebra is intro
re duced and continued through this year
= and to the second term of the third year
% when Plane Geometry is begun and fin
ished i'm the third term. History j. stud
led through the first and second years
= beginning with the second term of tn
i first year. i'm the following order
$. United States. History of the World
t Greece, Rome and England. whic
Is makes a very complete course of reading
Il Drawing is taught in the second an
third wears. and especially for the bene
I'd fit of those who do not study the ancier
nhs languages. Greek is begun with th
.. second year and is studied two years be
d. fore entering college proper. German
S, studied through the second year. an
III French through the third. and thes
, branches are afterwards continued
he the college department. Latin in tt
ist preparatory department includes Gram
mar. Reader, Caesar, Sallust, Cicero an
It. Virgil. In addition to what has bee
ne named, Physiology appears in the fir
ut term of the third year, Physical Gees
~ raphy and Rhetoric in the second tern
Is and 30 lathe third term of the sal
m. year.
us This department, then, affords tir
facilities and able and experience
IN teachers for those desiring to enter up'
nd A regular course of training for cOlleg
J a No superfiuOus studies are introduce
he for the purpose of rounding up cour
before it has been fairly entered upO