1901-1902 Academic Catalog

22 Cedarville College. 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 is thus taught to convey to others in his own language and thoughts what he learns in the class– room. Fourth Year.-The Sophomore 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 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 philosophical standpoint. GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. First Year.-The Greek Course begins in the enior Pre– paratory Year. During this year vVhite'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 use of prepositions. During the first two terms minute attention i given to pronun– ciation, accent, diacritical mark , grammatical constructions and paradigms, by the daily translation of Greek into English and English into Greel,;. 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 encl of which each tuclent of the course will be required to prepare a thesis upon some subject assigned by the professor of the department. Second Year.-The Fre hman work in Greek is taken from continued study in the Anabasis. Harper and Wallace's text is usecl. History, the u c of preposition , new words, worcl– analy is, participles, clauses of purpose and result, and the Greek