1901-1902 Academic Catalog

24 Cedarville College. for the philologist. Over fifty per cent. of the words in the English language come directly from th1= German. Consequent– ly, a good knowledge of the English language necessitates a good knowledge of German. In the scientific world, the researches and discoveries of German philosophers constitute a great part. This explains why German is one of the requirements for entering a scientific course at the great universities. Moreover, the last hundred years have witnessed a great revival of German writ– ers-in fact, a golden age of German literature. This affords a great incentive to classical students. German is the characteristic of the Philosophical course, em– bracing three years as follows : First Year.-Collar's Shorter Eysenbach is taught the whole year. The student is thoroughly grounded in the principles of the language-the mastery of inflections, the distinctions of auxiliaries and the securing of a vocabulary. Second Year.-The first term is devoted to drill in the trans– lation of Joynes' German Reader. The second and third terms contain two masterpieces of German authors-Schiller's "Tell" and Goethe's "Faust." The reading is interspersed with com– position. Third Year.-The third year contains a descriptive sketch, a novel and a play, containing the best classic efforts of German writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. FRENCH . French is one of the three electives of the Senior year. It comprises French lessons for two terms and reading in the third. The Text-books are Edgren's French Grammar and a French Reader. French is of considerable importance in scientific and literary lines, and is steadily increasing in demand. . HEBREW. Students intending to enter a theological seminary should be somewhat familiar with Hebrew. This has been provided for