1939-1940 Academic Catalog

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES 55 9. CICERO De Amicitia and De Senectute, with a r eview of inflected forms and syntax. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 11. LIVY The transition from the Golden to the Silver Age is studied. Selections from Book XXI are r ead. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 13. HORACE Copious selections from the Odes, Satires, and Epistles are made the basis for a study of Latin poetry. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given ever y year. Professor Santmyer. 14. TACITUS The life of Agricola and the history of Germany. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 16. JUVENAL The origin, development, and purpose of the satire, and the morals and customs of the Romans under the Empire. Elective. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 20. OVID'S METAMORPHOSES One semester, three hours. Not given every year. Pro– fessor Santmyer. 21. CICERO'S LETTERS Selections from the letters of Cicero. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 22. PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANS A course dealing with dress, food, amusements, burial customs, etc., of the Romans. Not a translation course. One semester, three hours, Not given every year. Prof. fessor Santmyer. 23. VERGIL'S AENEID Books VII-XII. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 24.- PLINY'S LEffTERS Selections from the letters of Pliny the Younger. One semester, three hours. Not given every year. Professor Santmyer. 25. LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION Open to those wishing to major or minor in Latin. Two to four hours, according to needs. Dr. Jurkat. 26. LATIN LITERATURE A survey of Latin literature in translation. No knowledge of Latin required. One semester, two hours.

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