3. Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, Reading, Writing, Spelling; 4. Algebra, Geometry, Higher Arithmetic, Philosophy, Astronomy, Advanced Grammar, Reading, Spelling and BookKeeping. 5th. The number of Teachers in each Department-one. 6th. Three terms per year, of 12 weeks each, commencing 1st of October, and continuing until the Holidays-a short vacation; in the spring a short vacation; in the middle of the summer a long vacation, of two months. 7th. The total expense per year, for teachers' wages, $624 40. Average per month, 51 cents per scholar. Total expenses for the year, $732 71. Average per month, for each scholar, 60 cents. 8th. Two and one-half dollars for a term of 12 weeks, for non-resident pupils. Am't on hand at commencement of School year 1861,.$ 16 24 GRAND RAPIDS UNION SCHOOL. PROF. E. DANFORTH,` PRINCIPAL. Hon, J. M. GREGORY, Supt, of Public Instruction: DEAR SIR:-Yours of the 14th ult. came to hand, and in compliance I send answers to your several interrogatories. The whole number of scholars is 1,592. Number in attendance, 1,328. Residents, 1,287. Non-residents, 41. COURSE OF STUDY-PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. FIRST GRADE. First Division.-Object Lessons; Elements of Reading-Blackboard, Webb's Cards and Primmer; Miscellaneous Oral Instruction; Drawing and Printing on Slates; Music. Second Division.-Reading-Webb's First Reader; Oral Geography; Object Lessons--Form, Color, Magnitude, &c.; Printing Spelling Lessons on Slates; all words in First Reader spelled; Emerson's Arithmetic, 1st Part, Commenced; Exercises in Drawing; Music. Third Division-Reading-Webb's Second Reader; Geography-Cornell's 1st Steps, Exercises upon Outline Maps; Arithmetic-Emerson's First Part completed and Stoddard's Mental begun; All words in Second Reader spelled; Printing Spelling Lessons on Slates; Oral Instruction in Natural History; Elements of Drawing; Music. SECOND GRADE. First Division.-Reading-Webb's Third Reader, to the 58th page; Geography-Cornell's Primary, to the 41th page; Mental Arithmetic-Stoddard's Juvenile, to the 30th page; Written Arithmetic-Mt. Vernon First Part, to the 70th page; Local Geography of the Western Continent by Outline Maps; Oral Instruction in Natural History; Map Drawing; Spelling; Penmanship; Music. Second Division.--Reading-Webb's Third Reader, to the 120th page; Geography-Cornell's Primary completed; Stoddard's Mental Arithmetic to the 49th page; Written Arithmetic-Mt. Vernon First Part, simple rules to the 112th page; Local Geography of the Eastern Continent by Outline Maps; OrabInstruction continued; Spelling, Webb's Third; Albreviations; Penmanship; Music. Third Division.—Reading-Webb's; Primary American History; Stoddard's Mental Arithmetic; Written Arithmetic-Mt. Vernon First Part completed; Elementary Sounds; All words in Third Reader spelled; Penmanship; Music. INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT. FIRST GRADE. Readin-Town's; Intermediate Geography-Colton & Fitch's Modern School; Mental Arithmetic-Stoddard's Intellectual, to the 48th page; Written Arithmetic-Perkins' Practical to the 82d page; Map Drawing; Abbreviations; Spelling-Town's Speller and Definer. SECOND GRADE. First Division.-Reading-Town's Gram. Sch. Reader; Intermediate Ge ography completed; Outline Maps of the Western and Eastern Continents; Mental Arithmetic-Stoddard's Intellectual, to the 77th page; Written Arithmetic-Perkins' Practical to the 109th page; Elements of Grammar taught orally; Map Drawing; Elementary Sounds; Spelling-Town's. Second Division.-Reading-Town's; American History-Wilson's, withTM Outline Maps; Stoddard's Intellectual Arithmetic to the 106th page; Writ ten Arithmetic-Perkins' Practical, to Percentage, 156th page; Primary Physiology; Elements of English Grammar; Spelling-Town's.. GENERAL EXERCISES. Penmanship; Composition and Declamation; Elements of Natural His tory; Drawing; Music. GRAMMAR SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. FIRST GRADE. Reading-Town's Fourth Reader; Local and Descriptive GeographyMitchell's; Exercises in Stoddard's Intellectual Arithmetic; Perkins' Practical Arithmetic to the 253d page; English Grammar-Brown's; Perspective Drawing; Spelling-Town's Speller and Definer. SECOND GRADE. Reading-Town's Fourth; Geography completed and reviewed; Intellectual Arithmetic; Written Arithmetic-Perkins' Practical, completed and reviewed; American History reviewed; Grammar through Etymology and Syntax; Parsing; Drawing, shades and shadows; Wright's Orthography; Spelling. GENERAL EXERCISES. Composition; Declamation; Punctuation; Penmanship; Music. OPTIONAL STUDIES. Elementary Algebra-Davies; Botany-How Plants Grow, Gray; Elo ments of Physiology. HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT-ENGLISH COURSE. FIRST YEAR. First Term.-Higher Arithmetic-Perkins'; Physiology-Cutter's; Ancient History-Willson's. Second Term.-Davies' Elementary Algebra; Physical Geography; Willson's Modern History; Green's Analysis of English Language. Third Term.-Elementary Algebra completed; Wood's Botany; Cham bers' Zoology; Analysis and Parsing. SECOND YEAR. First Term.-Geometry-Davies' Legendre; Botany, completed; Zoology completed; Astronomy. Second Term.-Geometry completed; Robinson's Higher Algebra; Chemistry-Johnston's Turner; Astronomy completed. Third Term.-Higher Algebra, completed; Chemistry, completed; Hitch. cock's Geology; Olmsted's Natural Philosophy. THIRD YEAR. First Term.-Trigonometry; Geology, completed; Hitchcock's Mental Philosophy and Logic: Quackenbos' Rhetoric. Second Term.-Mental Philosophy, completed; Rhetoric completed; Youmans' Household Science: Mitchell's Ancient Geography. Third Term.-Household Science, completed; Science of Government; Hickok's Moral Philosophy; Reviews. CLASSICAL COURSE. FIRST YEAR. First Term.-Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar; Perkins' Higher Arithmetic; Cutter's Physiology. Second Term.-Andrews' Latin Reader; Davies' Elementary Algebra; Willson's Modern History. Third Term.-Latin Reader, continued; Elementary Algebra, completed; Wood's Botany. SECOND YEAR. First Term.-Latin Reader, completed; Botany, completed; English Analysis and Parsing. Second Term.-Sallust-Jugurtha; Chemistry-Johnston's Turner; Physical Geography. Third Term.-Sallust-Jugurtha; Chemistry, completed; Zoology. THIRD YEAR. First Term-Sallust-Cataline; Quackenbos' Rhetoric; Willson's Ancient History; Geometry-Davies' Legendre, Second Term.-Virgil-Eneid; Robinson's Higher Algebra; Rhetorio completed; Geometry, completed. Third Term.—Virgil-Æneid; Crosby's Greek Grammar; Higher Algebra, completed; Olmsted's Natural Philosophy. FOURTH YEAR. First Term.-Virgil-Æeid or Eclogues; Greek Grammar and Reader; Trigonometry; Astronomy. Second Tem.-Cicero-Select Orations; Latin Prose Composition; Greek Grammar and Reader; Astronomy, completed. Third Term.-Cicero-Select Orations; Latin Prose Composition, continued; Xenophon's Anabasis; Hithcock's Gology. FIFTH YEAR. First Term.-Livy; Anabasis, continued; Hickok's Mental Philosophy and Logic; Geology, completed. Second Term.-Tacitus; Homer; Mental Philosophy, completed; Youman's Household Science. Third Term.—Horace; Homer; Household Science, completed; Hickok's Moral Philosophy. Number of teachers-High School, 3; Gammer, 3; Interme diate, 3; Primary No. 1, 3; No. 2, 2; No. 3, 3; No. 4, 3. The school year is divided into three terms. The first term consists of sixteen weeks, closing on the last Friday preceding Christmas. The second term commences the first week of January and continues twelve weeks. The third term consists of twelve weeks, closing on Friday immediately preceding the fourth of July. Public examinations will be held at the close of the second and third terms. Scholars, not legal, residents of the district, may be admitted into the schools, when there are vacant seats, upon the payment of the following rates of tuition: High School, per quarter of 12 weeks,..$4 00, per year, $13 33 3 00, 10 00 10 00 2 00, 6 67 Resident scholars pay no tuition in the Primary, Intermediate and Grammar Schools. Those who are pursuing the studies of the High School are charged each two dollars per quarter of twelve weeks. For any single study of the course, but one dollar is required. |