Calendar: 1878-1879 Page 315

EVENING CLASSES 313 In general the attention of each Student is directed first of all to that part of Arithmetic in which he feels his knowledge to be deficient In Book-keeping every Student is taught to journalize post and balance accounts to make trial balances and to ciose set of Books For this purpose the supposed trans- actions of mercantile house extending over period of three months are given him to copy and make the necessary calculations preparatory to the entry of them in proper manner in the different Books The Students are prepared when necessary for the Civil Service Examinations for Marine Cadetships and for the Entrance Examinations at the Military Colleges of Woolwich Sandhurst and Addiscombe 16 OFFICIAL WRITING Days and Hour of Attendance-Monday and Thursday from to This term applies to the kind of writing which the Govern- ment requires to be attained by all who seek appointments in the Civil Service and to that best adapted for Commercial Pursuits The instruction given in this Department is for the purpose of acquiring the style considered essential viz good bold legible handwriting divested of any superfluous decoration The attainment of this requires close and careful practice 17 MATHEMATICS -Four Divisions Days and Hours of Attendance-Tuesday and Friday from to or from 08 or both hours on both evenings by additional payment Div to Differential Calculus Conic Sec- י י י tions Div II to Trigonometry Algebra 'Euclid 33 to end of Book IT Algebra Greatest Common Μea ןןן sure Least Common Multiple Fractions Extraction of Square Root Theory of Indices Surds Simple Quadratic Equations