Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869 [PAGE 15]

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sition, Essays, Forensjcs, Presentation and criticism of plans. throughout the course, Declamations

F I R S T YEAR.—First Term.—^Advanced Grammar, and the grammatical analysis of authors, etc. Second Term.—Principles of Punctuation, use of Capitals, etc., English composition. Third Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Milton and other authors, with history of their times and contemporaries. SECOND Y E A R . — F i r s t Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Shakespeare and earlier Dramatists, History of the times and contemporaries of Shakespeare. Second Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Chaucer and Spencer, and history of their times, etc. Third Term.—History of English Literature. T H I R D Y E A R . — F i r s t Term.—History of English and American Literature of the 19th century. Second Term.—Rhetoric—Invention—Plans for Essays, etc. Third Term.—Elements of Criticism—Methods of Philological study, etc. DEPARTMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. The course of instruction in French w7ill extend through three years, but students who desire to pursue the language only far enough to enable them to read the scientific works which they may find it ncessary to consult, are expected to acquire sufficient for this in a single year. The reading room will be supplied with French agricultural and scientific journals, which Will be used in instruction as soon as the advancement of the student allows. F I R S T YEAR.—Robertson's Grammar, Fasquelle's Colloquial French Reader, McGill's French Reader. SECOND YEAR.—Telemaque, Charles XII, and modern French authors, Arnoult's French Grammar. T H I R D YEAR.—Classic and modern French authors, De Vere's Advanced French Grammar for reference, History of French Literature. D E P A R T M E N T OF GERMAN L A N G U A G E A N D L I T E R A T U R E . The course in German will extend through three years. The first year is expected to prepare students to read such German scientific books as they may need or desire to consult. The second year's instruction will be so conducted as to enable students to complete their mastery of the language and give German students an opportunity to acquire a perfect knowledge of their native tongue. F I R S T YEAR.—German Grammar and Reader, German Classic Reader. One exercise a week in reading German agricultural and scientific papers. SECOND YEAR.—Classic Reader, Schiller's William Tell, Goethe'sIphigenia. Conversation and Composition. T H I R D YEAR.—History of German Language and Literature, by Vilmar. Kohlrauchs Geschichte des deutschen Volkes. Conversation and C o m p o s t tioiL Reading of scientific journals in the several branches.