The Newtown bee., 1894-08-31

course takes up the advanced stud ies which are also put in a bright and at- tractive manner before the pupils. In addition any branch required to fit a boy for any college or special school may be taken. MT Brewer is an exper. fenced classical graduate and has fitted boys for the principal colleges in the country.
 Athletics are not forgotten and the boys have many an enjoyable hour at their outdoor games and at the close of the year field day is enjoyed, prizes are distributed among the winning contestants in the races, which are under the supervision of Principal Brewer.
 The primary department is in charge of a very successful teacher of long eX perience. Kindergarten methods are em- ployed. The little ones are occupied with "busy work" and are taught to read, write, spell, sing and draw. The fouu- dations of arithmetic are laid. Geog- raphy is begun. Easy lessons in dicta- Lion, natural science and natural history are given. They recite gems of poetry and take short lessons in French. A few important dates are committed to mem- ory. The children enjoy simple tales read or told to them, while calisthenic exercises give vigor to the muscles.
 The preparatory course occupies two years. The pupils are instructed in reading, penmanship, arithmetic, spell ing, drawing, singing, American history, language lessons, descriptive and politi~ cal geography, oral lessons in natural science and natural history are contin- ued, while several more important events are associated with their respective dates. Easy selections are learned and bright stories are read. Exercises in French and calisthenics are continued.
 The course of instruction at the Fair field Academy covers the following stud i ies: First year: English, grammar, let ter writing, literature, spelling, freehand drawing, vocal music, Reclamation; his tory and geography, American history, physical geography, map drawing :; mathematics, arithmetic completed Lat | in, lessons, grammar, composition. Elec- tive studies to be taken instead of Latin and Greek by those in the English course i: French, reading, composition, conversa- tion; German, reading, conversation, composition; civil government; book keeping.
 Second year: English, rhetoric, litera- ture, spelling. freehand drawing, vocal
 music, composition, declamation; his-
 tory and geography, history of England ;
 mathematics, algebra; Latin, Caesar
 (four books,) grammar, composition,
 sight reading; Greek, lessons, grammar,
 compositions. Elective studies to be
 taken instead of Latin and Greek by
 those in the English course: French,
 reading, composition, conversation; Ger
 man, reading, composition, conversation
 botany; physiology.
 Third year: English, literature, ortho
 epy, perspective drawing, vocal music
 composition, Reclamation; history and
 geography, history of Rome, mythology mathematics, algebra completed; Latin
 Virgil (six books, )grammar, composition
 sight reading, scanning; Greek, Anaba sis (four books,) grammar, composition sight reading. Elective studies to be talk en instead of Latin and Greek by thos, in the English course: French, reading s composition, conversation; German, read ing, composition, conversation; solid ge ometry, physics.
 Fourth year; English, literature, or , thoepy, mechanical drawing, vocal mus , ic, composition, declamation; hstor, } and geography, history of Greece, clas sical geography; mathematics, plane ge
 ometry, mathematical review; Latin 5 Cicero (six orations,) Virgil, eclogues , grammar, composition, sight reading s Greek, Iliad (three books,) grammar
 composition, sight reading. Electiv
 studies to be taken instead of Latin an, Greek by those in the English course French, reading, composition, converse , tion; German, reading, composition, ,con
 versation; plane trigonometry, chemis try.
 Excellence in scholarship and de pertinent do not go unrewarded. Dur a ing the past year the following prize Q have been awarded: Scholarship and de pertinent, Florence Wakeman; spelling f Florence Wakeman; athletics. Loui :. Treadwell, Charles Proctor, Johl
 Creator. Principal Brewer takes o keen interest in all that concern boys and during the school year man
 happy little excursions are planned an, carried out. Taken altogether the schoo F is delightfully."- located and under mos : excellent leadership and the ensuing yea o promises to be one of the most successful z since MT Brewer has been it's principal