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י SCHEME FOR JUNIOR COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 687 German or French 10 be commenced this year -Five hours per week Pronunciation Acquisition of Words and Phrases Dicta- tion Elementary Grammar Reading Recitation of Passages learned by heart History -Two hours per week Continuation of History of England Geography -Two hours per week General Geography of Europe Configuration &a prin- cipal seas mountains rivers climates &c European States their chief characteristics physical and political geography principal towns population military forces &c Elementary Economic Geography with special reference to agriculture mines industries and chief modes of com- munication Mathematics -Six hours per week Arithmetic Long Tots Cross Tots Decimal Calcula- tion Square Root Proportion Practice Simple Interest Mental Arithmetic and Rapid Calculation Simple Construe- tive Geometry Elementary Science Physics or Natural History or both Two hours per week Physics -Experimental illustrations simply treated of the different conditions and properties of Matter in the solid the liquid and the gaseous states Gravitation Pressure of Liquids and Gases Level Water Supply Boyle's Law Barometer Pumps Siphons &c Heat Thermometer Expansion due to Heat Botany -Essential parts of Plant Methods of Nutri- tion General characters of different groups of Plants as exemplified by certain Types In this class the pupils should dissect and describe plants for themselves Optional or alternative