The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-08-28
THB COURSE OF
STUDY FOR 7HE
COUNTY HIGH"
The County School Board
Prepares q Splendid
List Of Studies.
WHAT THE STUDIES ARE

The course Of study for the new
county High school was adopted yes
terday by the county school board
which discussed many questions con-
corning the new school. AS II was
impossible TO erect the new building
at Heath In time for the beginning
OF the session the first county High
school will be conducted at Lone Oak
In the old college building. For the
first year a good attendance Is prom
ised, and there will be classes for
every class OF the course extending
over four years There will be one
graduate next June.
The board took up the discussion
OF building next year and adopted
the specifications. IL was decided 20
advertise for bids, and they will be
opened September IL, when II Is ex-
pected 10 award the contract, al.
though the board has reserved the
right TO reject all bids. The esti-
mated cost OF the building will be
about $1,000.
The course OF study was prepared
by J S. Ragsdale. principal Of the
school, and Superintendent s. J. Bill
lngton. II Is devoted more TO the
classics than scientific or agricultural
subjects. Greek, Latin and German
will be taught. while emphasis will
be placed on English composition and
a study OF English literature.
The school will open September 6
and the school officials are expecting
an ausplclous beginning for the first
Hlgh school In McCracken county
for the county schools. The school
year u divided into three terms
Some OF the subjects will be taught
only twice a week, and other subjects
Eve times a week. The number fol-
loving each subject will designate
how many recitatlons each week In
the subject.
The course OF study Is:
First Year.
First term: Latin. 5: composition
2: Shakespeare, 3: algebra. 5; ancient
history. 5; biology. g. Second term
Latin. 5: composition. ?: Milton. 81:
algebra. 8: ancient history. s: blolo-
Ky. 5. Third term: Latin. 8 compo-
sitlon. 2: Had, 3; algebra. 5; an
Client history. s; biology, 8.
Second Year.
Firs, term: Caesar. 8; rhetoric. ?:
Irving. 5 /: medieval and modern his
tory, 5. algebra. 5: astronomy. 8
Second term: Rhetoric. 5: Caesar. 8 :
Lowell. 3; medieval and modern his
tory. s; algebra. 5: astronomy. 5.
Third term: Caesar, g. rhetoric, q;
Addison. 3; medieval and modern
history. s. geometry. 5; physical
geography.
Third Year.
First term: Cicero. 8: Greek, 8
English history. s; geometry. s:
psychology. s. Second term: Cicero
8: Greek, 5; English history. 8
geometry. 81 Psychology. S. Third
term: Cicero. 8; Greek. s. English
history, 8; geometry. 8; history OF
English literature.
Fourth Year.
Vergil. 8: Anablas, 8: American
history, 8: German, 8; geometry, 5
Second term: vergil, g. anabasis. 6;
American history, 5; German. 8; adj
vanced arithmetic, 8. Third term:
Vergil, s; anabasis, 8: American his.
tory. s; German, 8, and advanced
arithmetic, 8.
The text books that win be used
are. Parsons Essentials OF Latin
Allen a. Greenough New Caesar bookF
Ia: Latin grammar. and Cicero's
Essays; Greenough a Kttredge's Yer
gil's Aeneid; D'ooge's Latin eompo-
sition: Whites First Green book
Goodwin & Whites Senophon's Ana
basis Ia; Goodwln's Greek grammar;
Golfers First Year German; Samp-
son 4 Hollands Written and Oral
composition; Matthew'S Introduction
to American Literature: Halleck' s
History OF English Literature; Went
worth's Plane and Solid Geometry;
Mines standard Algebra; Lyman's
Edvanced Arithmetic; stoddard's In
tellectual Arithmetic; wolfson's Els.
sentials in Ancient History; Hard
ing's Essentials of Medieval and Mod
ern History; Walkers Essentials OF
English; Harris Essentials of Ameri-
can History; Hunters Elements OF
Biology: Marvey & Simond's Ply
steal Geography; Steele's Astronomy
revised; Newcombe's Elements OF As
tronomy.
Tuition will be required in the
county school from nonresident
pupils and the board fixed a rate of
$3.50 a month, payable every three
months In advance. The principle
Of each school will be required to