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are the more difficult ones prescribed for entrance to the Freshman class. It includes also the writing of original themes, an elementary study of English etymology and a thorough review of portions of the English...
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SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION.
MATHEMATICS.
MR. LEWIS.
Normal Arithmetic.-This is an advanced course covering the fundamental principles of arithmetic. Special attention is given to the ratio idea of number and the...
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more advanced principles of English grammar. It also includes the elementary instructions in literature with abundant practice in simple composition.
4 hours per week throughout the year.
English b.-This...
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elementary instructions in literature with' abundant practice in simple composition.
Four hours per week throughout the year.
English b. This course consists of instruction in the elementary principles of...
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the elementary instructions in literature with abundant practice in simple composition.
Four hours per week throughout the year.
English. b. This course consists of instruction in the elementary principles of...
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Harmony and Composition. This course consists of instruction in the practical application of the principles of harmony as employed in actual composition, the theory of music, musical form and expression,...
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HISTORY.
Mr. –
General History. The work of this course is based on original documents and extracts from contemporaneous writers. While the ground usually gone over in General History is covered, certain...
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VOICE CULTURE.
Miss
The course gives thorough instruction in the art of singing, including voice placing, breathing, tone production, phrasing, etc., and careful training in solo...
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American History and Civics. A thoro elementary course in national history, preceded by a review of the periods of exploration and colonization. The work in civics is introduced in connection with the study of...
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ered, certain movements and important epochs are emphasized, a thoro study of a few carefully selected groups of facts take the place of the more vague and general consideration of the great mass of history.
Four...
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HISTORY.
Mr. Decker.
Mr. Belnap.
Ancient History. The work of this course is based on original documents and extracts from contemporaneous writers. While the ground usually gone over in Ancient History is covered, certain movements...
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History is covered, certain movements and important epochs are emphasized, a thorough' study of a few carefully selected groups of facts take the place of the more vague and general consideration of the great mass of history.
Four hours per...
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Mediaeval and Modern History. This course takes the student through the activities of the peoples of Europe from the breaking up of the Roman Empire in the West to the close of the French Revolution and the Return of the Monarchy.
The...
CHAPTER XVIII
C N l L WAR TIMES 1861 - 1865
he year 1861was one of the most distresimg years America had ever seen since becoming an independent nation. Five states seceded fiom the union in January--Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and...
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THE FIRST DANCE ORCHESTRA IN BEAVER
Horace A. Skinner told of the first dance orchestra in Beaver, with William McGarry as first violinist, Alma Crosby, second violin, and Mrs. William McGarry, acccordion. They were hired by the year and paid by...
Kennedy and Mr. Clinger were in charge of that work, and sublet contracts to individuals for different stage routes. Mr. Hollis worked in five different blacksmith shops in Milford. He took over the one which stood on the drug store corner, when...
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR POLITICAL HISTORY OF MILFORD TOWN INCORPORATED IN 1903 December 1, 1903, the Board of County Commissioners of Beaver County approved a petition for the incorporation of the Town of Milford and appointed the following persons...
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about the pronunciation, word origin, and the use of the word in a sentence. Louisa Moates
(2005) in her article “How Children Learn To Spell,” states that spelling is prompted by
knowledge of language structure, especially phonological...
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education that will allow that vision to become reality (National Committee on Science
Education Standards and Assessment; National Research Council, 1996, p. 23).
The standards described in this book are broad and overarching, giving each state...