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passages; (c) continued drill in the rudimcnts of the grammar, V forms,
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with facility, in the formation of sentences, and secondly, to state A fwm`4
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3. Third year-—One unit. The work should comprise, in addition   phases
to the elementary courses, the reading of about 400 pages of moder-  ;» mms C
ately difficult prose and poetry, with constant practice in giving, _ plctem
sometimes orally and sometimes in writing, paraphrases, abstracts, or _ Sp
· reproductions from memory of selected portions of the matter read; follows
also grammatical drill in the less usual strong verbs, the use of ·. 1.
. articles, cases, auxiliaries of all kinds, tenses and modes (with special ` Compu
reference to the infinitive and subjunetive), and likewise in word- el gmmm
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French. The three units that may be offered in French are as   and ele
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1. First year-——One unit. During the nrst year the work should   ing im
comprise: (a) careful drill in pronunciation; (b) the rudiments of , texts, _
grammar, including the inflection of the regular and the more common  E mums
irregular verbs, the plural of nouns, the inflection of adjectives,   Z,
participles, the use of personal pronouns, common adverbs, prep0si—   Should
tions, and conjunctions; the order of words in the sentence, and the  `> prose f
elementary rules of syntax; (c) abundant easy exercises, designed   English
_ not only to fix in memory the forms and principles of grammar, but  '— study (
also to cultivate readiness in the reproduction of natural forms of  ` but tm
expression; (d) the reading of from 100 to 175 duodecimo pages of   modes
graduated texts, with constant practice in translating into French   of
easy variations of the sentence read (the teacher giving the English),   His
and in reproducing from memory sentences previously read; (e) writ-   {basis O
ing French from dictation.  _` rather
2. Second Q/(?(l7'·—O7?iC unit. During the second year the work should  Z that no
comprise: (a) the reading of from 250 to 400 pages of easy modern  it below.
prose in the form of stories, plays, or historical or biographical sketches.   use of
(b) constant practice, as in the previous year, in translating into  _m€mOm
French easy variations upon the texts read; (c) frequent abstracts  '!‘ writing_
sometimes oral and sometimes written of portions of the texts already   History
read; (d) writing French from dictation; (c) continued drill upon il  L
the rudimcnts of grammar, with constant application in the con- I·  2_
struetion of sentences; (f) mastery of the forms and use of pro-   3.
  4.
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