1907-1908 Academic Catalog

CEl>ARV IJ , I, E CO I, J, ECH . 29 DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY. PREPARATORY D EPARTMENT-LATIN. PROFESSORS JURKAT AND MCCHESNEY. I. Lessons-In the first term, the Decle nsion of Nouns , A<l – jectiyes, and Pro11ouns; the Comparison of Adjectives and AdYerbs; two regular Conjugations and Vocabulary and exe rcises from L a tin into English are drilled upon. In the second term, the regular conjugations are complete d . The irregular conjugations, Sentence E x ercises from Latin into English and English into Latin, Short Stories and Vocabulary, constitute the work. In the third term, Fables, Roman History, and Composition , with a Review of Vocabulary and Inflections , are studied . First, second, and third terms of the Junior Preparatory Year. J-,'iz,e lzours a week . 2. Jun ior Lati n Book-Translation of Fables , Roman History, Viri Romce, ::Nepos, C~sar and Composition, together with a Review of Paradigms and Syntax, form the work of the class. First term of Senior Preparatory Year. Fi ve lzours a week. 3. Vergil-Rules of Prosody, S canning, Syntax, Mythology , Historical Allusions, Composition and Scansion of the )Eneicl are re– q uired. Second term of the Senior Preparatory Year. Fiz 1 e lzours a week. 4. Vergil-The study of the .lBneid is continued for the purpose of cultivat ing a taste for the poetry of Vergil and to compass the Outline of the Poem. Grammatical drill occupies much of the time . T h ird term of the Senior Preparatory Year. .fi'iz,e lzours a zueek. GREEK. PROI<'ESSOR MCCHESNEY. 5. Lessons-Constant drills in accent, breathing, pronunciation , paradigms, vocab u lary, and the translation of Greek Sentences and stories into English a n d of English sentences into Greek. A sirnple and connected series of s t ories from the Anabasis amply prepares the student for the rapid reading of the Anabasis. Five lzours a week. 6. Anabasis-vVith t he completion of the lessons the student is intr oduced t o t he Anabasis. A review of P aradigms, Syntax and Greek H istor y i s required. T hi r d term of the Senior Preparatory Year. rzve lzours a week.