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NEWINGTON ACADEMY.
TUIRTEENTH SESSION.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
ENGLISH, GRA:MMAR, AND COMPOSITION.
ENGLISH — Reading — Principles of Elocution — Exercises on Inflection, Emphasis, &c. —
Recitation — Analysis of Lesson — Its general design — Definition and Derivation of words
Spelling — Lessons on Objects and Elementary Science illustrated witlx Objects and
Experiments.
GRAMJNIAR and COMPOSITION.— Classification and Inflection of Words— Syntactical
Analysis Construction and Arrangement of Sentences, with Exercises — Principles of Compo-
sition — Essays and Epistolary Writing.
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.
HISTORY. — Particular History of the British Empire, including an account of its Literature,
Commerce, Arts, and Manufactures — Outline of General History — Scripture History.
GEOGRAPHY. — Physical Features of the Globe — Geological arrangement of Strata —
Characters and Composition of ^linerals — of Soils — Agricultural Chemistry — ^Mountains, Rivers,
Lakes — The Ocean ; its constituent elements — Tides — The Atmosphere ; its component parts —
Meteorological Phenomena. — Mathematical Divisions of the Earth — Relation to the Solar
System — Measurement of the Earth's Surface — Latitude and Longitude — Construction of Map*
—Problems on the Globes — The Planetarium. — Descriptive Geography — Continents — Politi-
cal Division into Countries, &c. — Their Natural History and Productions.
WRITING, ARITHMETIC, AND MATHEMATICS.
WRITING and BOOK-KEEPING— The usual routine of Instruction— Pen-making.
ARITHMETIC of ABSTRACT NUMBERS— Principles of Notation— Elementary Rules,
Integral and Fractional, with numerous Exercises.
COM.MERCIAL ARITHMETIC— Weights, Measures, &c.— Relation of Artificial Units to
Natural Standards — Reduction of Compound Numbers — .Compound Rules, with their Applications
— Proportion — Interest — Discount, Arc. kc.
ALGEBRA. — General Principles — Relation to Arithmetic — Fundamental Operations — Com-
position and Resolution of Equations — Application to the Solution of Problems.
GEOMETRY, Theoretical and Practical : TRIGONOMETRY.— Mensuration of Lines,
Surfaces, and Sohds — Land Surveying — Navigation.
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.
The Reading of the Scriptures — Sacred History and Biography — Geography of the Holy
Land.
The following are the Hours of Attendance and Fees for the regular Course of Instruction.
Any of the Branches may also be taken separately at a corresponding reduction of Fees, The
Young Ladies and Gentlemen are taught in separate Class-Rooms.
FEES.
Senior Class. — One Guinea per Term ; Writing Materials, 2s.
Junior Class, — Fifteen Shillings per Term ; Writing Materials, 2s.
Elementar'j Class. — Twelve Shillings per Term.
HOURS.
ROYS' DEPARTMENT 5 ^^"^°'" ^^^'- ^ ^° ^' ^^ *° "^' ^^ to 2.
BOIS DEPARlxMbiNl, | junior Class : 9 to 11. 12 to 2.
YOUNG LADIES' DEPARTMENT : 10 to 12, 2 to 3k
QUARTERLY TERMS.
, - 1st October, 15th December, 1st March, 15th May.
NewingtoS Academy, 1, W. Newington.