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SCIENCE.

Science A. Physical Geography:—The earth as a planet; planetary
movements; magnetism of the earth; internal heat of the earth; volcanoes;
earthquakes; arrangement of land masses; forms of land; relief forms of

continents; islands; properties of water; waters of the land; drainage;
continental drainage; the sea; the oceans; waves and tides; currents of
the sea; physical properties of the atmosphere; climate; winds and circulation
of the air; storms; moisture of the air; hail; snow and glaciers;
electrical and optical phenomena of the atmosphere; relations between
plants and animals; range of plants and animals; man, including range
of human habitation, division into races, conditions favorable to civilization,
and man's influence on physical geography; influence of physical geography
on the industries of countries. Text-books recommended: Maury's
Physical Geography, or Tarr's Elementary Physical Geography. (One
unit.)

Science B. Inorganic Chemistry:—The ground covered by Remsen's
Introduction to the Study of Chemistry, with about one hundred hours
in the laboratory, or enough time to perform intelligently the usual experiments
given in a high-school laboratory course. (One unit.)

Science C. Experimental Physics:—Mechanics, Sound, Light, Heat.
Electricity, and Magnetism. The work should include (a) lecture-table
demonstrations by the teacher, with appropriate yet simple apparatus; (b)
text-book work, in which the pupil solves numerical problems; and (c)
laboratory exercises by the pupil—all three embodying fundamental
principles of the subject. In the laboratory work at least thirty exercises
should be performed; the following distribution is advised: In Mechanics,
14; in Sound, 1; in Light, 5; in Heat, 3; in Electricity and Magnetism,
7. (One unit.)

Science D. Botany:—Sound elementary instruction in the structure
and functions of plants, and their classification, based upon such a textbook
as Coulter's Plant Structure, and supplemented by laboratory work.
(Half unit.)

Science E. Zoölogy:—Sound elementary instruction in the structure
and functions of animals, and their classification, based upon such a textbook
as Jordan and Kellogg's Animal Forms, and supplemented by laboratory
work. (Half unit.)