5. Two landmarks are 7 miles apart; a ship is stationed 5 miles from one, and 34 from the other; find the angle which they subtend from the ship. 6. In the triangle A B C, given a = 629, b = 765, A = 25° 25′ 25"; find the other parts. = 7. In the triangle A B C, given a = 512, b=627, C 42° 53′ 38"; find the other parts. 8. Find the course and distance from A to B, given Lat. A, 48° 30′ N.; Long. A, 29° 50′ W. Lat. B, 57° 10' N.; Long. B, 37° 5′ W. 9. Required the compass course and distance from a place in Lat. 40° 23' N., Long. 102° 10' E., to another place in the same latitude and in Long. 103° 20′ E.; the variation of the compass being two points E., and the deviation 5° 30' E. 10. Find by Mercator's method the Lat. and Long., in having given that the ship's course is N. 26° 30′ E., and her distance made good 482m, and the point of her departure, Lat. 32° 30′ N., Long. 25° 24′ W. 11. Leaving a place in Lat. 33° 10′ S., Long. 152° 30′ E., I sail ENE. by compass 37 miles with wind SE., making 14 points leeway; var. 9° 25′ E., dev. 6° W. The wind now shifts to the E., and I change my course to SSE., and make two points. leeway, and the deviation in this position of the ship's head is 4°, the variation as before. I now sail for six hours at the rate of 5 miles per hour; find my Lat. and Long.. 12. Draw a blank form, showing how the journal or log is kept. GEOMETRY. 1. Define an angle, a triangle, an obtuse angle, an acute-angled triangle, a parallelogram. 2. If two angles of a triangle be equal to one another, the sides also which subtend the equal angles shall be equal to one another. 3. The greater side of a triangle is opposite the greater angle. 4. If a straight line falling upon two other straight lines make the exterior angle equal to the interior, and opposite, upon the same side of the line; or make the interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles, the two straight lines shall be parallel to one another. 5. To describe a square upon a given straight line. 6. If a straight line be divided into two parts, the squares of the whole line, and of one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part. 7. To draw a straight line from a given point, either in the circumference or out of it, which shall touch a given circle. FRENCH-NAUTICAL SCHOOL. 1. Give the French for the following words, with the article in the correct gender: Cheek, arm, plate, lamb, streets, dust, penholder, night. 2. Translate into English: Les cousins sont-ils là? Ils ne sont pas là, mais la filleule est ici. Avez-vous diné sans moi? Elles auront eu des chagrins. 3. Turn into French: Here is the owl. Is thy master the more patient of the two? Who will give me some ink? Charles will have a prize at the school. 4. Write out all the primary tenses of "être." 5. Write out all the compound tenses of the indicative of "avoir." 6. Write out the simple cases of "agir." 7. Translate into English: Quand Maurice disait, "Où donc est le petit sansonnet?" L'oiseau repondait aussitôt, "Me voilà.” Le jeune Charles, fils d'un voisin, prenait un plaisir extrême à entendre le sansonnet et venait souvent le voir. Un jour Charles entra dans la chambre pendant que Maurice était sorti. Il s'empara bien vite de l'oiseau, le mit dans sa poche et voulut s'esquiver. Mais dans le même instant le chasseur rentra. Voulant faire plaisir à son jeune voisin, il demanda comme d'habitude: "Où donc est le petit sansonnet?" Aussitôt l'oiseau, caché dans la poche du jeune garçon, cria de toutes ses forces, "Me voilà." 8. Translate into French: He has said his lesson better to-day. These boats have not any rudders. They did not speak a foreign tongue. His friends praised his humanity very much. These shoes are yours and these boots are mine. ARITHMETIC-GENERAL SCHOOL. First class. 1. A person bought 500 yards of cloth at 158. 9d. a yard, and sold it at 16s. 3d. a yard; what did he gain? 2. Reduce £2,695 198. 9d. to threepences. 3. My watch gains 37m. 38. in twenty-four hours; how much would it gain in a year of 365 days? 4. How many grains difference are there between a pound of gold and a pound of butter? 5. If an article cost £2 118. 84d., find by practice the cost of 4,321 articles. 6. Find by practice 10 tons 18 cwt. 3 qrs., at £10 188. 3d. per ton. 7. Make out a bill for 314 ells of holland, at 58. 8d. per ell; 39 yds. Irish cloth, at 28. 4d. per yard; 17 yds. muslin, at 78. 24d. per yard; 13 yds. cambric, at 10s. 6d. per yard. 8. Make out a bill for 4 lbs. of mutton, at 10d. per lb.; 144 lbs. of beef, at 114d. per lb.; 10 lbs. lamb, at 18. 4d. per lb.; 11 lbs. veal, at 18. 1d. per lb. ; and 15 lbs. of pork, at 104d. per lb. 9. What weight of sugar may be bought for £187 48. when the cost of 6 cwt. 2 qrs. is £27 148. Ed. ? 10. A man's income for a year is £408 168.; what does he receive for 15 days? Third class. 1. Write in figures four million seven hundred thousand twenty-nine. 2. Write in words 27,041,205. 3. Add together 4,167,893, 271,896, 98,457, 879, 7,682,314, and 27. 4. From 72,148,063 take 59,673,598. 5. Multiply 8,637,415 by 8. 6. Divide 10,736,847 by 9. 7. Multiply 547,632 by 706. 8. Divide 4,167,813 by 278. 9. Add together £427 178. 44d., £9,336 108. 114d., £2,018 128. 9fd., £84,157 18s. 64d., and £29 158. 8d. 10. From £9,241 08. 8d. take £8,765 128. 11d. GRAMMAR-NAUTICAL SCHOOL. 1. Parse the words in the following sentence: "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking which makes what we read our own." 2. What is the meaning of mood? Name the mood of each verb in the following: "In the next place look to your health, and, if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience." 3. Analyze the sentences: (a.) "The baffled panther suddenly abandoned his prize." (b.) "His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the Solar Walk or Milky Way." (c.) "The bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest." HISTORY. 1. Name the sovereigns of the houses of Lancaster and York, with the dates of their accession. 2. Give an account of the wars with France during the reigns of Henry V and Henry VI. 3. Describe the social condition of the people of England during this period. GEOGRAPHY-GENERAL SCHOOL. First class. 1. Where are the following places situated, and for what are they remarkable, Oporto, Brindisi, Varna, Berne, Prague, Astrakhan, Hague, Berlin, Cartagena? Munich. 2. Describe the principal mountain ranges of Europe, giving the countries in which they are situated and their direction. 3. Draw a map of France. Second class. 1. Describe the principal mountains and rivers of France and Spain. 2. Mention the countries which are washed by the North Sea and the Baltic, and name their capitals. 3. Enumerate in order, along the coast from east to west, the European capes in the Mediterranean and its inlets. Third class. 1. Name the four principal points of the compass. 2. What do you mean by a map? 3. Define an island, a lake, a strait, an isthmus, a promontory. Give examples of each. 4. Mention the principal countries of Europe, with their capitals. HISTORY-GENERAL SCHOOL. (The history paper for the first class is the same as that for the nautical school.) Second class. 1. What were the wars of the Roses? 2. Write an account of Joan of Arc. I give none of the papers on religious knowledge, as I append the complete course, from which a better idea of the extent of the study will be gained. The "scheme" is arranged to cover two years. Scheme for religious instruction, 1874-76. GENERAL SCHOOL. 1. The time for religions instruction to be from 9 to 9. 2. The Scripture history to be divided into the following four periods: OLD TESTAMENT. 1. From the creation to the death of Joseph. 2. From the birth of Moses to the death of Joshua. 3. From the death of Joshua to that of Solomon. 4. The revolt of the ten tribes. The lives of Elijah and Elisha. NEW TESTAMENT. 1. The life of Christ to the sending out the seventy (S. P. C. K.). 2. The remainder of Christ's life (S. P. C. K.). 3. The Acts of the Apostles; first 14 chapters. 4. The Acts of the Apostles; last 14 chapters. The first of these periods to be taught in all the four classes during the half year commencing the Monday after October 16, 1874, the second during the next half year beginning April 1, 1875, and so on, thus finishing the course in two years. The following twelve parables and miracles to be prepared by all the boys in the two years, three of each during each half year: Parables. The sower (Luke viii, 4-15). Houses on rock and sand (Matthew vii, 24-27). The talents (Matthew xxv, 14-30). The unmerciful servant (Matthew xviii, The good Samaritan (Luke x, 30–37). The rich fool (Luke xii, 15–21). The rich man and Lazarus (Luke xvi, 1931). The ten virgins (Matthew xxv, 1–13). Miracles. The water turned into wine (John ii, 111). The withered hand healed (Matthew xii, 9-13). The widow's son at Nain raised to life The draught of fishes (Luke v, 1-11). One sick of the palsy healed (Mark ii, 1– The centurion's servant healed (Luke vii, 1-10). The issue of blood stanched (Luke viii, The ten lepers cleansed (Luke xvii, 10–19). 22-23). Blind Bartimeus healed (Mark x, 46–52). The names of the books of the Old Testament to be committed to memory by all the boys in one half year, and those of the New Testament in the next. The church catechism to be prepared as follows: In the fourth class, to the end of the "duty toward my neighbor," with explanation. In the third class, the whole with explanation. In the second class, to the end of the "duty toward my neighbor," with explanatiou. Scripture proofs of "duty toward God." In the first class, the whole with explanation. Scripture proofs of "duty toward my neighbor." SELECTED DIVISION-NAUTICAL SCHOOL. 1. The time for religious instruction in the first class to be from 9 to 9 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and in the second class from 9 to 94 every day. 2. The subjects taught in the Old Testament to be the same as those taught in the general school. 3. The subjects in the New Testament to be 1. Prophecies and their fulfillment. 2. St. Matthew, v, vi, vii, xxv; St. Luke, ix, xxii, xxiii, xxiv; St. John, xi, xiv, XV, xvii. 3. The Acts of the Apostles; first 14 chapters. 4. The Acts of the Apostles; last 14 chapters. 4. On Sundays, the boys to be employed on the catechism with Scripture proofs, parables, and miracles, alternately. Of the thoroughness of the instruction here detailed I have had every means of judging, as I visited the school at frequent and unexpected times, and the chances of really practical observation were as good as could be wished; I can only speak of it in the highest terms of praise. The proficiency of boys of thirteen years of age in such studies as French and algebra surprised me much; their mental advance speaks volumes for the system, which is now advocated by many of the men foremost in educational affairs in England. In the opinions of Edwin Chadwick, C. B., and of Edward C. Tufnell, esq., men most prominent in the late educational advances of England, the mental advance of the half-time pupil is far greater than that of one on full time. It seems generally conceded that young boys have a limit of attentiveness which may be estimated at about three hours at a time; any instruction or study after this is considered not only useless, but absolutely injurious for very young persons. That the system is destined to a widespread application in our own country is certain. Its adoption has already (1870) been urged in Massachusetts, usually the foremost of our States in matters of this kind. Half the children of America are taken out of school by their parents at the age of twelve, because they must assist in the family support; this system will allow the child half the day in school and half the day at his trade, whether this trade is carried on in the school or out of it. Half the day at manual labor is quite sufficient for a boy or girl of such tender years, and the best of evidence goes to show that the half days' schooling is quite as much as is good for them. Of course an extended treatment of this subject is out of place in this paper, but, as a question relating to the national well-being, all must hope to see the adoption of a system which will take from parents of the wage class the incentive to withdraw from school their children at an age when school is most beneficial. The great amount of religious instruction given is a striking point in this school and in the training ships. The result is that the men of the English service attend divine service as a matter of course, though no compulsion is put upon them, and there seems a degree of devotional spirit among them which is very striking. At every school which I had the pleasure of visiting, whether ashore or on board ship, grace is said or sung both before and after meals. Our own public-school systems necessarily elide much of this sort of training, but my observation of its effect in the many schools of various kinds which I saw in England could but strike me pleasantly. The system of teaching in general is much the same as that in the naval training ships. The principle of putting boys of the same degree of advancement together is fully carried out, so that the teacher's power is not dissipated in endeavors to urge forward very backward boys, nor has he the inclination to give most of his attention to the more advanced ones. All the classes of the general school are taught by pupil teachers, with the exception of those in music. |