Syllabus of a Course of Study Recommended to the Students of the S. C, Female Collegiate Institute (Classic Reprint): During Its Vacation from the End ... Course, Intended for Those Who, Having Been - Softcover

Author, Unknown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133207507X ISBN 13: 9781332075072

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

This is a historical syllabus and catalog that outlines the course of study for a S. C. Female Collegiate Institute. It covers a vacation program and a prescribed course for students rejoining in October, with detailed subject areas and reading suggestions.

The document describes how the curriculum blends history, languages, science, music, and drawing, along with specific reading lists and class requirements. It also includes the structure for modern, ancient, and U.S. history study, plus practical guidance on writing, transcription, and evaluation.

• Structured study paths across modern, ancient, and United States history, with recommended texts and sequence.


• Guidance on reading, note-taking, and the development of writing and critical thinking skills.


• A rhythm of daily music and drawing practice, plus language study and periodicals for enrichment.


• Formal composition requirements and class-specific tasks to track progress during the term.

Ideal for readers interested in 19th‑century educational practice, women's education history, or curriculum planning from that era.

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Excerpt from Syllabus of a Course of Study Recommended to the Students of the S. C, Female Collegiate Institute: During Its Vacation From the End of the Second Week in June to the Second Monday in October; Also, a Prescribed Course, Intended for Those Who, Having Been Associated With the Institute, Are to Rejoin It on the Ensuing October; Together With a Catalogue O Before entering upon the task of pointing out to the Pupil the most profitable manner, in which she can employ the interval, between the termination of her academic duties and their renewal, we would submit, among other remarks, a few observations upon the expediency and advantages of alternating speculative with practical duties. Under the former, we include scholastic and literary exercises generally; under the latter, "those things which come home to her business and bosom," as one having positive duties to perform, to herself and to society. As rational beings, seeking a durable good, that is chiefly to be sought, which yields permanent gratification, extending itself to time and eternity. Practical duties sharpen our gust for social and literary enjoyments; and these, in their turn, find their reaction in practical duties. Inattention to this balance of power, is the source of much moral and physical evil. Hi which the mind and health equally suffer. Speculative leisure affords, for a time, a high and often an exquisite degree of pleasure, but, unless relieved by action, in which, indeed, it may be said to embody itself, it palls upon the mind, and injures mental and physical energy. The most durable good results from those employments, which involve our own happiness, just in proportion as they contribute to the happiness of others. The bird, which in the covert of the grove streake its plumage, is preparing for a flight upward and abroad. Just so, the employment of the closet - let us begin with God, and then issue forth upon our duties. They live in vain to themselves, to the true interests of li

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 133207507X
• ISBN 13: 9781332075072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24