1898-1899 Academic Catalog

Cedarinlle <'oller/e. The Sophomore year presents additional study in History and Satire. Courses are pursued in L ivy. Tacitus and Juvenal. The transition from the golden to the silv r age o f Latin Literature is dwelt upon and the differences o f idioms are closely investigated. Rhetorical analysis forms much o f the year’s work and the decline o f the Roman Empire is studied from a philosophical standpoint. GREEK LANGUAGE AND L I TERATURE The Greek course begins in the Senior Preparatory year. During this year White’s Beginners’ Greek Rook is used. In the latter part o f this work one term is spent on the Anabasis and Prose Composition, in which there is a cousin't drill upon the principles o f syntax and the uses of prepositions. During the first two terms minute attention is given to pronunciation, accent, diacritical marks, grammatical constructions and paradigms, hv the daily Iranslatnn of Greek into English and English into Greek. From the verv begin ning the student is ret]uired to store away 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 o f which each student o f the course will he required to prepare a thesis upon some subject assigned bv the professor o f the department. The Freshman work in Greek-is taken from continued study in the Anabasis. Harper and Wallace’s text is used; and History, the uses o f prepositions, new winds, word-analysis, participles, clauses o f purpose and result, and the Greek army are closely studied. In the