The Silver Kewanite - Kewanee Public Library District

The Silver Kewanite
LATIN-
LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
The high school offers four years of work in Latin. This work has several
important aims. Primarily, it is planned to give the student a better understanding of
the principles of English grammar, through which he will obtain a greater ability to
speak and write English correctly and effectively. Scarcely less important as an aim
is the understanding of the life, history, institutions, laws, customs, mythology, and
religion of the Roman people.
In the work of the first year close attention is paid to the fundamental principles
of Latin grammar and to pronunciation, word order and vocabulary. The
students in Latin II translate parts of Caesar's Gallic Wars. The third and fourth
years alternate; one year the Orations of Cicero are translated and the next year,
Virgil's Aenrid.
FRENCH—
Two years of work in French are offered in the high school. The object of
this course is to acquaint the student with the customs, people, language, and literature
of France.
The first year the student is carefully trained in pronunciation, forms and principles.
The second year a fundamental review of French grammar is conducted.
Oral French receives great emphasis. Letter-writing is required and some short
plays are presented. The student is required to read a considerable amount of modern
French prose.
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
Three years of work are offered in Mathematics, although colleges require only
two years' work in this department—Algebra and Plane Geometry. Students planning
to take Chemistry or Physics are required to take Elementary Algebra. In this
age of machines, modern life demands a knowledge of mathematics.
Elementary Algebra is a year's course offered to freshmen. When the student
has completed that course he may register for a year's work in Plane Geometry.
A one-semester's course in Solid Geometry is open to students who have completed
the first two years. The following semester a course in Advanced Algebra
is open to anyone who has had the first year's work.
A semester of Trigonometry is offered if there are enough interested students
to make a class. This work is for those who plan to carry on their study of mathematics.
They are required to have completed the work in all the courses and should
have received high averages.
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