Identifier: annualcatalogueo1914clar (find matches)
Title: The ... annual catalogue of Claremont College for girls and young women, Hickory, North Carolina (serial)
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Claremont College (Hickory, N.C.)
Subjects: Claremont College (Hickory, N.C.) Claremont College (Hickory, N.C.) Claremont College (Hickory, N.C.) Women's colleges Universities and colleges
Publisher: (Hickory, N.C. : Claremont College)
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

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and geographical agencies.The geography of the United States is especially dwelt upon. Physiology—Special attention is given to this subject.The class work is supplemented by frequent lectures. As afoundation to the study of Physiology, Anatomy is dweltupon, also Hygiene and the laws of health in general. Thehygiene of the school-room, ventilation, the influence ofnarcotics upon the human system, and care of the body aredwelt upon. Botany—The student is taught from the first to trainand exercise her observing powers. She is sent to the plantsthemselves and there required to study, classify and makeoriginal investigations. Each student, aside from the classwork and class analysis, does independent classification andanalysis, prepares an herbarium and makes frequent fieldexcursions for observation, study and specimens. Physics—This subject is taught by means of a text-book,and lectures. After a careful study of the fundamentalprinciple and laws of matter each general branch of the
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HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA 13 subject is taken up and studied in detail. Matter, heat, energy,motion, magnetism and electricity, sound and light are allcarefully studied and ilustrated. Chemistry—To the college girl Chemistry is, perhaps,the most useful and practical, as well as the most interest-ing and instructive of all the sciences. This subject is taughtby te> t-book and lectures. Geology—The text-book, lectures, specimens, and fieldexcursions make the subject of Geology interesting, practi-cal and instructive. Various specimens are handled andclassified in the class-room. Frequent field excursions aremade for the purpose of studying certain formations, speci-mens and strata. The earths present and past structure,its evolution, strata, geological features and forces, are allcarefully considered with system and order. Astronomy—This subject is made interesting by sup-plementary topics of almost daily note, which are foundedon our scientific journals. Bible—It is important

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