Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . the United States—Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines—are then taken up. This is followed by a brief studyof South America. In the Junior Middle year Europe is studied withreference to location, physiography, climate, and lifebelts. This is followed by a detailed study of GreatBritain, Germany, France, Russia, and Italy, and abrief study of Asia and Africa, with special referenceto the worlds commerce and industries. Note—Students are required to summarize their work frequen
Catalogue of the Hampton Normal & Agricultural Institute, at Hampton, Virginia, for the academical year .. . the United States—Alaska, Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines—are then taken up. This is followed by a brief studyof South America. In the Junior Middle year Europe is studied withreference to location, physiography, climate, and lifebelts. This is followed by a detailed study of GreatBritain, Germany, France, Russia, and Italy, and abrief study of Asia and Africa, with special referenceto the worlds commerce and industries. Note—Students are required to summarize their work frequentlyin the making of maps and charts, in sand modeling, and in essays on special subjects ; and they are referred constantly to pic-tures, books of travel, history, and government, as a stimulus to broader•study. GEOMETRY The course in Geometry given in the Senior Mid-dle year includes the study of geometrical forms, defi-nitions, and axioms, the solving of various geometricalproblems, and the demonstrations of the most impor-tant propositions in plane geometry. It supplements 50. AC AD EMIC COURSE the course in mechanical drawing, as many problemslearned in that study are demonstrated and proved inthis. Its relation to the various trades is also work is required throughout the course. HISTORY The course in History begins with a study of theOld Testament. The primary aim is to acquaint thepupil with the development of the Hebrew people fromthe tribal state through the agricultural activities inwhich they engaged in Palestine, to the commercialform of society which they adopted before the Captiv-ity. This includes a presentation of the evolution oftheir religious notions aud ethical standards from poly-theism and the narrow selfishness of the tribe tomonotheism and the broader sympathies of nationallife, ending finally in the great truths of the New Test-ament—the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhoodof man. The principal text-book of the
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