History of the United States with the use of a text-book, your Committee recommends for the seventh and the first half of the eighth year, one lesson each day; the Constitution of the United States for the third quarter of the eighth year.
The following schedule will show the number of lessons per week for each quarter of each year:—
Reading. Eight years, with daily lessons.
Penmanship. Six years, ten lessons per week for first two years, five for third and fourth, and three for fifth and sixth.
Spelling Lists. Fourth, fifth, and sixth years, four lessons per week.
Grammar. Oral, with composition or dictation, first year to middle of fifth year, text-book from middle of fifth year to close of seventh year, five lessons per week. (Composition writing should be included under this head. But the written examinations on the several branches should be counted under the head of composition work.)
Latin or French or German. Eighth year, five lessons per week.
Arithmetic. Oral first and second year, text-book third to sixth year, five lessons per week.
Algebra. Seventh and eighth years, five lessons per week.
Geography. Oral lessons second year to middle of third year, text-book from middle of third year, five lessons weekly to seventh year, and three lessons to close of eighth.
Natural Science and Hygiene. Sixty minutes per week, eight years.
History of United States. Five hours per week seventh year and first half of eighth year.
Constitution of United States. Third quarter in the eighth year.
General History and Biography. Oral lessons, sixty minutes a week, eight years.
Physical Culture. Sixty minutes a week, eight years.
Vocal Music. Sixty minutes a week, eight years.
Drawing. Sixty minutes a week, eight years.
Manual Training, Sewing, and Cooking. One-half day each week in seventh and eighth years.
Your Committee recommends recitations of fifteen minutes in length in the first and second years, of twenty minutes in length in the third and fourth years, of twenty-five minutes in the fifth and sixth years, and of thirty minutes in the seventh and eighth.
The results of this programme show for the first and second years twenty lessons a week of fifteen minutes each, besides seven other exercises occupying an average of twelve minutes apiece each day; the total amount of time occupied in the continuous attention of the recitation or class exercises being twelve hours, or an average of two hours and twenty-four minutes per day.
For the third year twenty lessons a week of twenty minutes each, and five general exercises taking up five hours a week, or an average of one hour per day, giving an average time per day of two hours and twenty minutes for class recitations or exercises.
In the fourth the recitations increase to twenty-four (by reason of four extra lessons in spelling) and the time occupied in recitations and exercises to thirteen hours and an average per day of two hours thirty-six minutes.
| Branches. | 1st year | 2d year | 3d year | 4th year | 5th year | 6th year | 7th year | 8th year | |||
| Reading | 10 lessons a week | 5 lessons a week | |||||||||
| Writing | 10 lessons a week | 5 lessons a week | 3 lessons a week | ||||||||
| Spelling lists | 4 lessons a week | ||||||||||
| English Grammar | Oral, with composition lessons | 5 lessons a week | |||||||||
| Latin | 5 lessons | ||||||||||
| Arithmetic | Oral, 60 minutes | 5 lessons a week with text-book | |||||||||
| Algebra | 5 lessons a week | ||||||||||
| Geography | Oral, 60 minutes a week | [1]5 lessons a week with text-book | 3 lessons a week | ||||||||
| Natural Science +Hygiene | Sixty minutes a week | ||||||||||
| U. S. History | 5 lessons a week | ||||||||||
| U. S. Constitution | [1]5 ls | ||||||||||
| General History | Oral, sixty minutes a week | ||||||||||
| Physical Culture | Sixty minutes a week | ||||||||||
| Vocal Music | Sixty minutes a week divided into 4 lessons | ||||||||||
| Drawing | Sixty minutes a week | ||||||||||
| Man’l Train. or Sewing+ Cookery | One-half day each week | ||||||||||
| Number of Lessons | 20 + 7 daily exer. | 20 + 7 daily exer. | 20 + 5 daily exer. | 24 + 5 daily exer. | 27 + 5 daily exer. | 27 + 5 daily exer. | 23 + 6 daily exer. | 23 + 6 daily exer. | |||
| Total Hours of Recitat’ns | 12 | 12 | 11⅔ | 13 | 16¼ | 16¼ | 17½ | 17½ | |||
| Length of Recitations | 15 min | 15 min | 20 min | 20 min | 25 min | 25 min | 30 min | 30 min | |||
[1] Begins in second half year.
In the fifth and sixth years the number of recitations increases to twenty-seven per week, owing to the addition of formal grammar, and the total number of hours required for all is 16¼ per week, or an average of 3¼ per day.