1896-1897 Academic Catalog

20 C l t DA RV I L L E COLLEGE . tinued to the Senior Collegiate year. The aim of this course is to accommodate some who prefer German to Greek. It is ecpial in length with the Classical Course. O P T IO N A L S T U D IE S . No election of studies is permitted until the student reaches the Senior Collegiate year. In the Senior year the student may elect, with the aid of the faculty, either Na tu ra l Science or French or Hebrew. Experience of the past as well as of the present abundantly proves that the College Curriculum of studies diligently pursued will produce better results than an Optional Course. DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY. L A T IN L A N G U A G E A N D L I T E R A T U R E . Special attention is given to pronunciation, (the Roman method is used), syntax, mythology, history and philology. The principles of the grammar must be thoroughly mastered ; with the reading of the required course there is a constant, thorough drill in parsing, analysis, comparison and composition. A graded and systematic course in prose composition is begun in the Ju n io r P reparato ry year, and extends to the Sophomore Col­ legiate year. Th e Latin course extends through twelve full terms, and in the last term each student in Latin will be required to prepare a thesis upon some subject assigned by his professor. First Year.—The first two terms arc devoted to Jone s’ Latin Lessons, accompanied by the Grammar. In this time the student is expected to master the inflections, and to lay general founda­ tions for the profitable reading of Latin. The third term’s work consists of Caesar and Composition. Second Year.—Th e first term includes the more rapid read­ ing of Cicsar, and the mastery of sentence order. Th e second and third terms arc spent on Vergil’s yEneid, with special a tte n ­ tion to Mythology, Prosody and Syntax. Prose Composition is made a prominent feature th roughout the year.