Literary and Scientific.
1. The Geological characteristics of the country between the Carpathian Mountains and the Vistula on one side, and the Yaldai Mountains and the Dnieper on the other. (Two hours.)
2. By what political conjunctures was the power and influence of England peculiarly advanced in the 18th century? (Five hours.)
3. On the magnetic effects of the electric stream. (Two hours.)
4. Characteristics of Greek literature, and its chief authors in the time of the Peloponnesian War. (Two hours.)
The knowledge required is seen in the account of the Staff School, ([p. 395]) and in the list of the Lectures given above. Besides military subjects, it includes a very full course of Ancient and Modern History, an addition to the History of War (which last alone occupies seven hours weekly for the last year,) a good deal of Logic and Philosophy of Art and Literature, and of Political Economy. Some of these lectures have probably been introduced from the school, having a double object, that of giving a diplomatic as well as a military education. This was the original idea of Frederick the Great, who, in all his plans of military teaching, laid a great stress on the general literature which he himself valued so highly. This diffusive study is a strong contrast to the principle of “little, but well,” and to the constant practical exercises in the laboratories insisted on by the early teachers of the Polytechnic School in France.
The following is the plan of the lectures for the three years. Twenty lectures a week are the minimum:—
Course of First Year.
| Obligatory | |
|---|---|
| Tactics, | 4 hours. |
| Artillery, | 3 “ |
| Field Fortification, | 2 “ |
| Military and Political Administration and Economy, | 2 “ |
| Mathematics, Pure and Mixed, | 6 “ |
| 17 hours. | |
| For Choice | |
| Universal History, | 4 hours. |
| Universal Geography, | 3 “ |
| Physical Geography, | 4 “ |
| 10 hours. | |
| Total, 27 hours. | |
Numbers printed as shown.