. Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . - in The order and organization of the courses in history have been recently modi-fied by the approval by the Board of Education of a syllabus adopted by the Boardof Superintendents (December, 1910). This new syllabus is gradually supplantingthe old, but, since it is not (January, 1912) in complete operation in any school, thediscussions respecting history in this report are based on the older syllabi. The newsyllabus prescribes Modern History, Part I (down to the year 1066) in the secondyear; Mo
. Report of Committee on school inquiry, Board of estimate an apportionment, city of New York .. . - in The order and organization of the courses in history have been recently modi-fied by the approval by the Board of Education of a syllabus adopted by the Boardof Superintendents (December, 1910). This new syllabus is gradually supplantingthe old, but, since it is not (January, 1912) in complete operation in any school, thediscussions respecting history in this report are based on the older syllabi. The newsyllabus prescribes Modern History, Part I (down to the year 1066) in the secondyear; Modern History, Part H (European history since 1066) in the third year; andUnited States history and civics in the fourth year. In the fourth year, also, anelective course in ancient history is t COURSES (PROGRAMS) OF STUDY 233 the second year; two in English history in the third year; and four inUnited States history and civics in the fourth year. Thus, in this de-partment, 60 per cent, of the work is prescribed and 40 per cent, iselective. d. Mathematics. The offerings in mathematics consist of a total of seventeen periodsof w^ork distributed over the entire four years. In the first year ele-mentary algebra for five periods, and in the second year plane geometryfor four periods, are prescribed for all. In the third year two electivecourses in mathematics are provided, each being assigned but two pe-riods per week. These courses are (i) elementary algebra, review andadvanced, and (2) plane geometry, review and advanced. In the fourthyear the course in advanced mathematics consists of solid- geometryand trigonometry, to which are assigned four periods per w^eek. Thus,of the total offering, per cent, is prescribed and per cent, iselective. e. Natural The
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