Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy

by Edward C. Boynton

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.
Mathematics.		Davies' Bourdon's Algebra. Davies' Legendre's Geometry and Trigonometry. Church's Descriptive Geometry.
French Language.		Bolmar's Levizac's Grammar, and Verb Book. Agnel's Tabular System. Berard's Leçons Françaises. *Spier's and Surenne's Dictionary.
Tactics of Artillery and Infantry.		Practical Instruction in the Schools of the Soldier, Company, and Battalion. Practical Instruction in Artillery.

SECOND YEAR—THIRD CLASS.

DEPARTMENT.		TEXT BOOKS, AND BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Mathematics.		Church's Descriptive Geometry, with its application to Spherical Projections. Church's Shades, Shadows, and Perspective. Davies' Surveying. Church's Analytical Geometry. Church's Calculus.
French Language.		Bolmar's Levizac's Grammar and Verb Book. Berard's Leçons Françaises. Chapsal's Leçons et Modeles de Literature Française. Agnel's Tabular System. Rowan's Morceaux Choises des Auteurs Modernes. *Spier's and Surenne's Dictionary.
Spanish.		Josse's Grammar. Morale's Progressive Reader. Ollendorf's Oral Method applied to the Spanish application by Velasquez and Simonne. *Seoane's Neuman and Barretti's Dictionary.
Drawing.		Topography, &c.
Tactics of Infantry Artillery, and Cavalry.		Practical Instruction in the Schools of the Soldier, Company, and Battalion. Practical Instruction in Artillery and Cavalry.