3.
“Flashed all their sabres bare,
Flashed as they turned in air,
Sab’ring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered.”
Change to good prose.
4. State the meaning of each prefix and suffix in the following words: Emigrate; Immigrate; Illegally; Admissible; Thoughtlessness; Affixing.
5. a. Why is the final e of “service” retained in “serviceable?”
5. b. Write the present participle of “befit;” of “benefit.” What difference in spelling? Why?
5. c. Define Ancient; Venerable; Obsolete.
6. Write an essay on Chicago, mentioning the rapid growth of the city; its land and water communications; its commerce and manufactures; its public buildings; its institutions of learning and charity, and any other items which may occur to you.
Having passed the ordeal of the foregoing battery of questions the student of the Ideal School finds his mental exercises alternated with manual exercises throughout the entire course in something like the following order, namely:
Junior Year.—(1.) Mathematics—Arithmetic; Algebra. (2.) Science.—Physiology; Physical Geography. (3.) Language.—English Language and Literature; or Latin Reader. (4.) Drawing.—Freehand Model and Object; Projection; Machine; Perspective. (5.) Shopwork.—Carpentry, Joinery, Wood-Turning, Pattern-Making, Proper Care and Use of Tools.