The University of Virginia record :: April, 1908 :: University of Virginia Library

The purpose of this Class is to afford review work in subject matter to those
teachers of elementary schools, preparing for examination. The work is essentially
drill work. The instructor will be assisted from time to time by other instructors
who are giving courses in similar subjects in the Summer School.

1. Arithmetic.—Cancellation: Review of Fractions: Percentage—three cases;
Applications of percentage (profit and loss, trade discount, commission, simple interest);
Taxes; Insurance Ratio and Proportion: Practical Problems in Mensaration: Extraction
of Square Root.

Problems will be assigned each day, to be solved by students. Class discussion
of principle involved.

2. English.—Analysis of sentences; phrases; clauses; infinitive participles; use
of a word to determine to which part of speech it belongs; combination of groups
of sentences in one sentence; parsing. Model forms will be given for analysis of
sentences, for diagrams, for parsing.

3. Geography.—

(a)—Grand Divisions; correlation and comparison with North America based upon
outline for North America.

(b)—United States: typical state—Virginia; typical city—Richmond; typical
river—James.

(c)—General circulation of the air, and rainfall regions of the earth; plants and
animals and their distribution; occupations and industries.

4. Civics.—

(a)—Virginia Constitution: Fundamental principles of the Bill of Rights; the
qualification of voters; the Legislature—its composition and powers; the Executive—
qualifications, powers and duties of the Governor; the Judiciary—names of courts
and jurisdiction of each; Finance—source of revenue, the levy, apportionment,
assessment and collection of taxes, the taxes of corporations, property exempt from
taxation; Education—purpose of providing schools, how expenses are met, officers,
teachers, pupils.

(b)—United States Constitution: Why formed; preamble; departments—legislative,
executive, judicial.

Method: Topical outlines; correlation and comparison with Virginia Constitution.

5. History.—Discovery and Exploration—conditions in Europe; reasons for
establishment of colonies; relation of colonies to mother-country: Intercolonial Wars—
French and Indian War especially: War for Independence: The Critical Period and
Formation of the Government: Territorial Growth—Mexican War: Slavery and Civil
War: Reconstruction Period: Great Inventions and Industrial Development.

Method: Topical outlines of each.

6. Virginia History.—Early settlement; John Smith; Charters; Lord Delaware;
Governor Dale; House of Burgesses; Growth of Colony; Governor Berkely; Virginia
under the Commonwealth; Bacon's Rebellion; Negro Slavery; William and Mary
College; Virginia's part in the American Revolution; Virginia' Contributions to the
new nation; social and industrial conditions to 1860; Virginia in the Civil War;
recent development and improvement.

The course in Virginia History will be given in conjunction with the History
of the United States.

7. Physiology and Hygiene.—The Framework—bones, shape, size, number,
joints, use: Foods—sources, kinds, value, preparation, serving Digestion, teeth, salivary
glands, stomach, gastric juice, intestines, juices, absorption, assimilation: Circulation—
heart, cavities, valves, arteries, veins, capillaries, blood: Respiration—air passages,
lungs, membrane, ventilation in the home and in the schoolroom: Muscles—composition,
arrangement, fastenings, use, exercise: Skin—layers, glands, functions: Nervous
System—brain, spinal cord, nerves, control of the body: Special senses—eye, shape
socket, muscles, care of eye; ear, parts of ear, care of ear; smell, location, nerves,
use; taste, use papillae of tongue, nerves of taste, by what affected; touch, common
sense, where most delicate, why delicacy of touch is desired: Exercise—indoor
forms, outdoor forms, necessity for exercise, proper time, adaptation to individuals
and age, proper dress.