They must also be able to change vulgar fractions into decimal fractions, and _vice versa_, with examples like the following:-- Change 15/16 into a decimal fraction of the same value. Change one hundred and two thousandths (.102) into a vulgar fraction of the same value. In Simple and Compound Proportion, examples of various kinds will be given, and candidates will be expected to understand the principles of the rules which they follow. In ENGLISH GRAMMAR candidates will be required to exhibit a familiarity with the nine parts of speech and the rules in relation thereto, and must be able to parse any ordinary sentence which may be given them, and generally they must understand those portions of the subject usually taught in the higher academies and schools throughout the country, comprehended under the heads of Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody. In DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY they are to name, locate, and describe the natural grand and political divisions of the earth, and be able to delineate any one of the States or Territories of the American Union, with its principal cities, rivers, lakes, seaports, and mountains. In HISTORY they must be able to name the periods of the discovery and settlement of the North American continent, of the rise and progress of the United States, and of the successive wars and political administrations through which the country has passed. COURSE OF STUDY AND BOOKS USED AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY. [Books marked thus * are for Reference.] FIRST YEAR--FOURTH CLASS. DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE. { Davies' Bourdon's Algebra. Mathematics. { Davies' Legendre's Geometry and Trigonometry. { Church's Descriptive Geometry. { Bolmar's Levizac's Grammar, and Verb Book. French { Agnel's Tabular System. Language. { Berard's Lecons Francaises. { *Spier's and Surenne's Dictionary. Tactics of Artillery { Practical Instruction in the Schools of the and Infantry. { Soldier, Company, and Battalion. { Practical Instruction in Artillery. Use of Small Arms { Instruction in Fencing and Bayonet Exercise. SECOND YEAR--THIRD CLASS. DEPARTMENT. TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE. { Church's Descriptive Geometry, with its { application to Spherical Projections. Mathematics. { Church's Shades, Shadows, and Perspective. { Davies' Surveying. { Church's Analytical Geometry. { Church's Calculus.