1908-1909 Academic Catalog

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. In the term, tests of all Latin subjects, translations from pass– ages not previously studied, and the explanations of constructions, may be required. Daily exercise in composition wilJ be given, illus– trating the peculiarities of the author. GREEK. PROFESSORS McCH£SNEY AND }URKAT. 7. ANAt:,,s1:;-Thc Anabasis is studied in the Freshman year to establish the fundamental principles of Creek Syntax. Daily drills are made on paradigms, constructions, words, history, and the Creek army. First term of the Freshman year. Four hours o week. 8. l--loMF.R-Threc books of the Iliad arc required. Scanning, my1hology, peculiarities of the dialects, customs and rites, and the Homeric Question arc studied. Th<! s111dcnt is led to form a taste for I lomeric literature. Second term of Freshman year. Four hours a week.· 9. HERODOTUS-Selections are read. A review of the persons and nations mentioned in the subject is taken. Inflections and syntax are emphasir.ed . Third term of the Freshman year. Four lto11rs a week. Qa. GiiF.t:K NEW Tt:STA~!ENT-This course rtmf throughout the Freshman year. One lwur a week. 10. illEMOR,\ BII.IA -The :\lemorabilia is introductory to the study of Plato. Participles arc a feature of special drill. The life and teachings of Socrates and their effect on succeeding ages arc themes of ~tudy and essay writing. First term of the Sophomore year. Five hours a 1t•rc!.·. 11. P1.,\TO--------.The A1>ology and Crito continue the study of Soc– rates. Grecian philosophy is reviewed. Second and third terms of the Sophoir:ore year. Five hours a week. 12. DI'::,10ST1n:r•n:s-Thc Oration on the Crown is studied. Creek oratory, rhetoric, and argumentation arc themes of investigation. Demosthenes is studied in comparison with other leading orators of the world, First and second terms of the Junior year. Five hours a week. 13. PRoMr:nn:us-Prometheus furnishes investigation of 1hc -29-