The Newtown bee., 1892-09-09

NEwTOwN, CONN.,, 1925.
 With the opening of the Fall term, the Academy will occupy new site, in the most central part of the town and within minutes walk of the Housatonic rail road depot.
 With the commencement of the year the Academy will enlarge it's sphere oi work in various ways and will be able, more effectually than ever, to meet the de mands of the community at large for the higher education of it's young people Besides the preparatory department to be established, the class rooms, connected with the academic department, will be kept open for instruction and drill work throughout the entire year.
 The applications for admission to the school are numerous for the coming year and the prospects of the institution were never brighter than at present. The teaching staff will be enlarged and all de. partments will be in charge of skilled teachers.
 Among the special features to be added will be that of drawing, painting, and music.
 The school will be divided into two de- partments, academic and preparatory, the preparatory to include primary depart ment in room separate from the inter- mediate. An opportunity will thus be af- forded for complete and consecutive course of study, from the time when the pupils are first sent to school until they receive their preparation for college or business.
 The school will continue to be conduct ed on the basis of a public school. It will be strictly non-sectarian and in no sense a reform school and no pupils will be re- tained when it is evident that they have no proper appreciation of their opportun- ities and are harming the school, rather than receiving benefit from it.
 It is greatly to to be desired that all in- tending to attend the school will be pre- sent on the day of the term.
 The Academy will reopen on the thlrd Monday in September (September l9). This is about week later than the usual time of opening, owing to the changes be- ing made and, should it be decided to op- en the school earlier than the above date, due notice will be given all the patrons of the school.
 Pupils from out of town can obtain board at reasonable rates, within easy ac- cess of the school. Parties living along the line of the Housatonic road desiring to patronize the Academy can''commute'' at very low rates and the trains run con- veniently for school hours.
 PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT.
 The Preparatory course will be divid- ed into two departments, Primary and h. termediate, with a separate room for each department. Two trained teachers of ex- perience have been engaged for the work in these departments. It is intended by the establishment of these lower grades in their entirety to make the school graded one throughout, to prepare pu- pills in the most thorough manner and by the latest methods for the work in the academic department. Pupils can thus be carried along step by step, grade by grade, from the time they are old enough to enter school until they have finished their high school course.
 The pupils in the Primary department will be in a school room by themselves and in charge of a teacher specially quail flied for the work of dealing with the younger children. It will include all el- ementary instruction, not excepting Kin dergarten work.
 In the Intermediate department, where the pupils will be fitted for the Academ- ic, special attention will be paid to the common English branches. Arithmetic will receive it's due share of attention, but not more than it's share at the sacrifice of other work quite as important, as is too often the case in some of our schools. A thorough and systematic drill will be given as we'll in. Language, Composition, Reading, Spelling, Penmanship and Ge- ography by teacher thoroughly compe- tent to impart such instruction. Pupils preparing for the Academic department must be we'll grounded in all branches, and that Is the aim in the establishment of this Preparatory department.
 THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. |
 In this department will be taught all the studies taught in the High schools. There will be two regular courses, Cas- sical and Modern, besides special courses. The design is to afford, by carefully graded courses, practical business and High school training and a preparation Tor college. Opportunity is offered stu ients of taking up special selected stu lies for literary course, or for other purposes. The branches taught include Arithmetic, Algebra. Geometry, Book Ieeping, Latin, Greek, French, History, Word Study, English Language and Lit 'rature, Physics, Botany, Physiology, Chemistry, Rhetoric and Composition. The Classical course will embrace all the Ibove studies required for college prep Iration. Students entering for a. busi- less course will be required to take, be- ides bookkeeping and business arithme- ic, all the English studies. The regular course will be three years, with an advanced Cor fourth year) course. Students who have completed the three 'ears' course to the satisfaction of the principal or committee on examinations hall be entitled to a diploma; and those vho have completed the advanced course o an additional diploma, ,on the same con- ition.
 ENGLISH LANGUAGE. lI Special attention is given to Common ,nglish, so important to all good schol- i rship. This is provided for by tho study l kl,a l