1906-1907 Academic Catalog

2U constructions, will be required. Daily exercises in composition will be given, illustrating the peculiarities of the author being studied. GREE/(. PROFESSORS i\lcC111°:sSF-\' ANO JURKAT• .Rn abasis- Thc Anabasis is !ltudied in ,he Freshman Year to establish the fundamental principles of G reek Syntax. Daily drills :.ire made on pardigms, constructions, words, history and the G reek army. Jones' Composition is a companion. The text-book Harper and \Val lace. First term of the F reshmau Year. Five hours a wee/.:. 8. Hom.er- 'l'hree books of the Iliad are required. Scanning, !\Iythology, Peculiarities of the Dialects, Customs and Rites, ,rnd the Homeric Question are studied. 'l'he student is led to form a taste for Homeric Literature. T he text-book is Seymour. Jones· Composi– tion is used. Second term of Freshman Year. Fit-'C hours a week. 9. Herodotu.s- Selections are read. A review of the persons ;rnd nations mentioned in the subject is taken. InRections and syntax ,1,re emphasized. The text-book is Johnson. Jones' Composition is used. Third term of the Freshman Year. Fi11e /tours a week. 10. Meniora biiia - The Memorabilia is introductory to the study of Plato. Participles are a feature of special drill. The Life and T eachings of Socrates and their Effect on Succeeding Ages arc themes ofstudy and essay writing. The text-book is \Vinans. Daily composition. First term of the Sophomore Year. Five /tours a week. 11. Plato- T he Apology and Crito continue the study of Socrates. Grecian Philoso1,hy is reviewed. The text-book is Dyer. Second and third terms of the Sophomore Year. Fivel1011rsa wee!.·. 12. Deniosthe n es-The Oration 011 the Crown is studied Greek Oratory, Rhetoric and Argumentation are themes ol investi– gation. Demosthenes is studied is comparison with other leading orators of the wor!d. The text-book is D'Ooge. First and second terms of the Junior Year. Five honrs a •week. 13. Pr~me theus- Prometheus furnishes investigation of the D rama, Metre, :\lythology. Style. Peculiar Forms and Expressions of the \Vork, together with Mrs. Browning's Trnnslation arc carefully studied. The text-book is \:Vccklein-Allcn. The third term of the Junior Vear. f-i'1•e hours a 1veel.·. Passages not previously studied will be required for translation and critcal explanation in all Greek subjects in the term examinatons. Grammatical drill throughout the course.