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Un vaste projet tendani a la crdation dune ecole francaise de Gastronomic, fut loyalement elabor6, puis brusquement abandonne pour raison d'Etat, et, comme tout finit toujours par dcs demi-mesures, on se contenta de decreter—la chose est toute recente—que l'enseignement de la cuisine figurerait dorenavant sur les programmes de Saint Denis, dcs Loges, et d'Ecouen. Ainsi nous aurons avant peu dcs cuisinieres ; quant aux cuisiniers, il faut y renoncer jusqu' au jour oii le ministre de Finstruction publique se decidera a inscrire la gastronomic sur le menu dv baccalaureat es-sciences a cote de la trigonoinetrie, de l'algebre, et dcs langues vivantes, gui ne sont pas, somme toute, plus utiles ni plus agreables que cellos a la sauce piquante. — Groselande. 2. Translate into French— One of Richelieu's greatest works, after all, was the definite establishment of the Academy. The virtual origin of the French Academy was a club for the study of French grammar and orthography, formed in the house of Baif, a disciple of the " Pleiade," of which Charles the Ninth became protector in fifteen hundred and seventy ; granting it at the same time, in spite of the opposition of Parliament and University, formal letters patent. It was not apparently until 1630 that the actual society to which Richelieu accorded his protection was formed. Valentin Conrart, one of the King's secretaries, then followed the precedent of Baif by assembling in his house a club of scholars and literary men The academy had to pay for its incorporation, but not so much as it was willing to pay. In the articles which it had drawn up (avait redigee) for the King's signature it pledged its members " to revere the virtue and the memory of Monseigneur their protector." Richelieu struck out this piece of sycophancy.— Van Laun. 3. Write the following in the corresponding masculine form : Toutes celles gui ; une princesse itrangere ; ma scrvante est un peu bdteuse ; Sa Majeste la Heine. 4. Form adverbs from fort, prudent, franc, hardi, constant, doux. 5. Write out the preterite tense of pendre and concevoir. 6. Write down the third person plural of pretendre and se refugier. in the following tenses : preterite, imperative, present subjunctive. 7. Distinguish between avant and devant; apres and apres que; le parti and la partie ; battre and bdiir ; il est beau and il fait beau. 8. Give the French for—formerly, more or less, how ? long ago, never again, too late. 9. Write the following in the plural form : Quelqu'un ; cet ordre imperial; est-ce la votre cheval ? a-t-il tort ? il demanda. 10. Distinguish the meaning of the following words, according as they are masculine or feminine : Livre, tour, voile, manche, page, trompette. 11. Write down the third person singular of the imperfect indicative and future of geler, annoncer, songer, grossir, renouveler, acheter. 12. Distinguish between— ll a froid and il fait froid ; fleurissant and florissant; elles etaient toutes etonnees and elles etaient tout etonnees ; gui est-ce que ? and qu'est-ca gui ? mur&ndmur. 13. Translate into English— On a souvent besom dun plus petit que soi. Plus fait douceur que violence. Qui casse les verres les paie. Les petits cadeaux entretiennent l'amitie. La nuit porte conseil. La fin couronne l'ceuvre. 14. Name tense, mood, and infinitive of sachez, dirent, souffert, sentisses, ailles, enfreignites. 15. In which of the following words is the "h" aspirate : Habile, habit, hate, haie, heure, hcrbc, heurter, homicide, hommage, honte, houblon, liuile, humble, humour ? 16. Give the first parson singular of the present subjunctive of asseoir, pre-oaloir, valoir, prevoir, requerir, venir. 17. What is the French spelling of the word identical with—captain, judge, garrison, brilliant, infantry, example, amiable, admiral, cannon, ability?

German. — For Junior and Senior Civil Service. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Compare alt, faul, lahm, übel, gem. 2. Decline in full (singular and plural), der schioarze Hut. 3. When are ganz and halb not declined ? 4. Decline iver and icas. 5. Give in full the present indicative, the imperfect indicative, the present subjunctive, and the imperfect subjunctive of biegen. 6. Give the third person singular of the present indicative of half en, essen, beissen, fallen, backen. 7. Decline Marie and Johann. 8. Write out in full the impersonal verb, es giebt. 9. Mention a few words which have no singular. 10. When is the auxiliary to be translated by warden, and when by sein ? 11. Translate into English— (1.) Wenn Dv diese Nacht auch wach gehalten bist, so musst Pu doch einen Begriff haben yon dem ungeheuren Sturm. (2.) Ihre Ehrlichkeit hat rnich tief geriihrt; nehmen Sic dieses Geschenk. (3.) Kaum war die That geschehen, als bittere Eeue den Morder ergriff. (4.) Endlich merkte der Held, woher die Kraft seines Gegners kam. (5.) Es ist jetzt die Eeihe an mir. (6.) Vollende nun deinen Sieg iiber dich selbst.

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