1941-1942 Academic Catalog

48 DESCRIPTION OF COURSES GERMAN PROFESSOR JURKAT The aims in this department are cultural, introducing the student to a large field of worth-while literature; and formal, compelling the student to reason in transferring thought from one language to another. To these is now added, the use of the language as a tool for the mastery of English Grammar, for which the German is peculiarly well-fitted, as being the parent of the English syntax. 1-2. GERMAN I Constant drill in inflection and syntax, and both oral and written work required. Elective. Four hours a week throughout the year. 3. READING AND COMPOSITION The work consists of easy stories and drills in composition and syntax. Elective. Four hours a week, one semester. 4. WILHELM TELL The course offers drill in poetry and study of the German drama. Elective. Four hours a week, one semester. 6. HEINE Harzreise and poems are read, with study of politics and society. Three hours a week, one semester. Not given every year. 7-8. ADVANCED GERMAN This course is for advanced students who have taken the previous courses. This course will be arranged each year in accordance with the needs of the students. 9. SCIENTIFIC GERMAN Three times a week, one semester. Not given every year. 10. GOETHE'S FAUST Four times a week, one semester. Not given every year. GREEK PROFESSORS McCHESNEY AND JURKAT 1-2. BEGINNING GREEK Paradigms, rules, and exercises in translation. Elective. Four hours a week throughout the year. 3. ANABASIS Translation, syntax, composition, with historical references. Elective. Four hours a week, first semester. 4. HOMER Books I to IV of the Iliad, scanning, mythology, syntax. Elective. Four hours a week, second semester. 6-6. GREEK NEW TESTAMENT New Testament Greek, emphasizing peculiarities of form, and exegesis with a rapid reading of various portions. Elective. Three hours a week throughout the year.