It is intended during the present year to assimilate the course of instruction at the Cadet Schools more nearly to that followed at the Gymnasium or University School; the studies of the senior Cadet School at Berlin will be raised to a higher standard, but Greek and Hebrew, which are taught in all gymnasiums, will not be introduced.
The two systems have corresponded as follows :—
| Class in the Cadet Corps. | Age. | Corresponding Class in the Real Gymnasium. |
|---|---|---|
| 6th, or Sexta, | 12 | 5th, or Quinta. |
| 5th, or Quinta, | 13 | 4th, Quarta. |
| 4th, Quarta, | 14 | Under 3d, Unter-Tertia. |
| 3d, Tertia, | 15 | Upper 3d, Ober-Tertia. |
| 2d, Secunda (at Berlin,) | 16 | Lower Second, Unter-Secunda. |
| 1st, Prima, | 17 | Upper Second, Ober-Secunda. |
The Selecta, the Military Class, corresponds with the classes of the Division Schools, and with the first year’s course of the Artillery and Engineers’ School.
The plan pursued, both as regards, first, the subjects taught, and second, the amount of time, is as follows:—
The instruction consists throughout, from Sexta up to Prima, of lessons in Latin, German, French, Arithmetic, History, Geography. Natural History begins in the Quinta, at 12 or 13 years old, with Botany and Zoölogy; Mineralogy follows, at 14 or 15; Natural Philosophy at 15 or 16. The first elements of drawing, with the use of rulers, compasses, &c., begins also in Quinta, at 12 or 13. Practice in regular plan-drawing is gradually and increasingly given in every year. The first elements of geometry are taught in the Quarta, and Euclid I. 47. Pythagoras, has to be mastered at 14 years old. Theoretical Arithmetic, in combination with Algebra, is commenced apparently in the Tertia.
The subjects taught in the Secunda, Prima, and Selecta, that is, the course of the Upper School at Berlin, has hitherto been as follows:—
In the Secunda:
Quintus Curtius, Cicero’s Orations, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses; in Mathematics, the completion of Plane and commencement of Solid Geometry; Quadratic Equations; the Physical, Statistical, and Ethnographical Geography of Europe; Ancient History, and History of the Middle Ages, down to the Thirty Years’ War; a first course of Natural Philosophy; French and German Composition continued; Theory and Practice of Military drawing.
In the Prima: