1908-1909 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENTS OF STUDY. COLLEGIATE DEPARTMENT. LATIN. 1. C1c£Ro--De Amicitia et Senectute arc read. A review of inflected forms and essays on kindred subjects arc required. First term of the Freshman year. Five hours a 1('ecl.·. 2. L1vv-T he transition from the Colden to the Silver Age is studied. A rapid review of Roman History and Syntax is taken. Selections from book XXI are read. Second term of the Freshman year. Five hours o ·week. 3. QUtNTILIAN-Book X of the Institutio Oratoria is studied as an example of the Latin of the Silver Age, and for its practical and inspiring suggestions for oratorical training. Third term of the Freshman year. Five hours a week. 4. HORACE-Copious selections from the Odes, Satires, and Epistles are read and made the basis for a study of Latin poetry. Essays on the lyric poets and the social and governmental life of the Romans. First term of the Sophomore year. Five hours a week. 5. TACITUS-The Life of Agricola, with its personal, moral, and civic lessons; the history of Britannia under the Romans, and the history of Germany arc the subjects of study. T he review of the Latin Grammar is continued. Second term of the Sophomore year. Five hours a week. 6. JuvF.NA!..--The origin, development, and purpose of the satire, and the morals and customs of the Roman people under the Empire, form the matter of study. T hird term of the Freshman year. Five hours a week. -28-