1948-1949 Academic Catalog

course 5-6. Selected readings from French literature of the seven– teenth and eighteenth centuries. 9-10 Advanced French course for students who have had course 5-6. This course i arranged to meet the needs of students who wish a major in French. German: Profe sor 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 an– other. To these is now added, the use of the language as a tool for the mastery of English Grammar, for which the German is peculiar– ly 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 Compo ition 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. 5 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 For advanced students who have taken the previous courses. 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: Professor Jurkat 1-2 Beginning Greek Pa~digms, rules, and exercises in translation. Elective. Four hours a week throughout the year. 3 Anabasis Transhtion, syntax, romposition, with historical references. Elec– tive. 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. 5-6 Greek New Testament New Testament Greek, emphasizing peculiarities of form, and 36