1900-1901 Academic Catalog

>) CedarvUle College. alysis, 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 differ­ ent topics of study and is thus taught to convey to others in his own language and thoughts what he learns in the class­ room . Fourth Year.—The Soph more year presents additional study in History and Satire. Courses are pursued in Livy Tacitus and Juvenal. The transition from the golden to the silver age of Latin Literature is dwelt upon and the differ­ ences 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 philosophical standpoint. GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. First Year.—The Greek course begins in the Senior Pre­ paratory Year. During this year White’s First Greek Book is used. In the latter part of this work one term is spent on the Anabasis 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, gram­ matical constructions and paradigms, by the daily transla­ tion of Greek into English and English into Greek. From the very beginning the student is required 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 of which each stu­ dent of the course will be required to prepare a thesis upon some subject assigned by the professor of the department. Second Year.—The Freshman work in Greek is taken from continued study in the Anabasis. Harper aud Wal­ lace's text is used. History, the uses of prepositions, new words, word - analysis, participles, clauses of purpose and result, and the Greek army are closely studied.