1896-1897 Academic Catalog

GERMAN. T h e impo rtanc e o f Ge rman as a college study l i a s greatly increased d u r in g the last few years. It affords extensive g round s for the philologist. Over fifty per cen t of the words in the English language come directly from the German. C o n ­ sequently, a good know ledge of the English language necessitates a good know ledge o f German. In the scientific world, the researches and discoveries o f German philosophers consti­ tu te a great part. Th is explains why Ge rman is one of the requ iremen ts for en te rin g a scientific course at the great universities. Moreover, the last hundred years has witnessed a g r e a t revival of Ge rman w rite rs—in fact, a golden age of Ge rman literature. Th is affords a g reat incentive to classical students. Ge rman is the characteristic of the Philosophical course, emb ra c ing four years, as follows : F irst Y e a r.—Collar’s Ey senba ch ’s German Lessons is taugh t the whole year. Th e studen t is tho rough ly g rounded in the principles of the language— the mastery of inflections, the d is­ tinctions of auxiliaries and the se cu ring of a vocabulary. Second Y e a r.—Th e first term is devoted to drill in the tran slation of J o y n e s ’ Ge rman Reader. Th e second and third terms con tain tw o masterpieces of German au tho rs— Schiller’s “ T e l l ” and Go e th e ’s “ F au st.” T h e re ad ing is interspersed w ith composition. T h ir d Y e a r.—This ye a r is spent in re ad ing more difficult Ge rman in two classics—H e in e ’s “ Harz re ise ” and F r e y ta g ’s “ Soil und H a b e n .” S ig h t reading also is required. Fou rth Ye a r.—Th is year includes works from Lessing and Schiller, end ing w ith a historical digression. F R E N C H . F ren ch is one o f the three electives of the Senior year. It comprises F r e n c h lessons for two terms and reading in the third.