School educationMason, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria)
Philosophy
School education
Mason, Charlotte M. (Charlotte Maria)
Education -- Curricula; Education -- Philosophy
Write ten lines of Tennyson’s from memory.
_Drill._[32]
Drill, before parents.
_Dictation._
_Growth and Greatness of our World-Wide Empire_, page 43, “Not ... home.”
_Reading._[32]
Father to choose unseen poem.
_Drawing._
(_a_) Paint a carrot, an onion, and a potato grouped together, (_b_) an
illustration in brush-drawing of a scene from _The Lady of the Lake_,
(_c_) a glove, a trowel, and a rake in charcoal.
_Natural History._
1. Describe (_a_) six sea (or pond) creatures you found this last summer,
(_b_) the _Foraminiferæ_. How do sponges grow? Give a diagram.
2. What do we know of the origin of mountains? Describe any formation you
have examined this term—in cliff, river basin, or quarry.
_Botany._
1. Give rough diagrams showing the manner of growth, with leaf buds,
of the twigs of the following trees:—oak, ash, horse-chestnut, beech,
sycamore.
2. Compare the fruits of the raspberry, strawberry, and blackberry, with
diagrams.
3. What are some of the ways in which plants store food? Give examples.
_Physiology._
1. What are the functions of the skin? Give a diagram of the skin cells.
_Arithmetic._
1. Find, by Practice, the cost of 1 ton 2 cwt. 2 qrs. and 20 lbs. at £1,
13s. 10d. per cwt.
2. Find the cost of 4959 balls at 11¾d. each.
3. How much property tax should I pay on £5238, 10s. 0d. at 8½d. in the £?
4. Make out an invoice for 5 pairs of stockings at 1s. 3½d. per pair; 40
needles at 13½d. per score; 96 buttons at 6½d. a dozen; 6¾ yds. silk at
5s. 1d. a yard.
BEGINNERS—
1. Find the G.C.M. of 12321 and 54345, and the L.C.M. of 12, 18, 30, 48,
and 60.
2. Reduce: 11385/16335, 96679/119427.
3. Find the sum of the quotient and remainder when 36789241 is divided by
365.
_Euclid._
1. To bisect a given finite straight line.
2. To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line of
unlimited length from a given point without it.
3. Divide a given angle into four equal parts.
or, 1. Prove that the two angles of a triangle are always less than two
right angles.
2. Draw a kite consisting of an equilateral triangle and an isosceles
triangle twice the height.
3. The latitude of London is 51½° N. How far is it from the South Pole?
_Composition._
Write some account of—
(_a_) Recent events with regard to Korea and Macedonia; or, (_b_) (_a_)
Scott, or (_b_) Burns, and his work.
(_c_) Write twenty lines on “An Autumn Evening” in the metre of _The Lady
of the Lake_.
_Work._[32]
Outside friend to examine.
P. Q., aged 12. CLASS III.
_List of Subjects taken._
Bible Lessons.
French.
German.
Latin.
English History.
French do.
Roman do.
Geography.
English Grammar.
Writing.
Dictation.
Natural History.
Botany.
Physiology.
Arithmetic.
Euclid.
Composition.
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