1897-1898 Academic Catalog

22 Cedarville College. History, Oratory, Mythology and Poetry. Much of the time is taken up in Word Analysis, Pronunciation and Syntax. Close familiarity with Scanning and the Rules of Poetry is required. During the year the student is required to prepare Essays on the different topics of study and thus is taught to convey to others in his own language and thoughts what he learns in the class– room. The Sophomore year presents additional study in History and the Satire. Courses are pursued in Livy, Tacitus and Juve– nal. The transition from the golden to the silver age of Latin Literature is dwelt upon an<l the differences of idioms are closely investigated. Rhetorical analysis forms much of the year's work and the decline of the Roman Empire is studied from a philo– sophical standpoint. GREEK LANAGUAGE AND LITERATURE. The Greek course begins in the Senior Preparatory year. During this year White's Beginners' Greek Book is used. In the latter part of this work one term is spent on the Anaba is and Prose Composition, in which there is a constant drill upon the principles of syntax and the uses of prepositions. During the first two terms minute attention is given to pronunciation, accent, diacritical marks, grammatical con~tructions and para– digms, by the daily translation of Greek into English and Eng– lish into Greek. From the very beginning the student is required to store a way a vocabulary according to the most natural memory method. Twelve hundred words at least are committed to memory in the Senior Preparatory year. The Greek course extends throughout twelve full terms, at the end of which each student of the course will be required to prepare a thesis upon some subject assigned by the professor of the department. The Freshman work in Greek is taken from continued study in the Anabasis. Harper and vVallace's text is used; and His– tory, the uses of prepositions, new words, word-analysis, parti– ciples, clauses of purpose and result, and the Greek army are