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COUBSE IN SCHOOL OF ENGLISH ARD MODERN LANGUAGES.

Required for the Degree of B. L.

FIRST YEAE.

1. American authors or Cicero de Amicitia; French; Trigonometry. 2. British Authors or Livy; French; Conic Sections. 3. Rhetoric: French; Advanced Geometry, or Free Hand Drawing; Horace (optional extra.)

SECOND YEAR.

1. English Classics; German; Physiology, or Botany. 2. English Classics; German; Zoology, or Botany. 3. English Classics; German; Astronomy.

THIED YEAE.

1. German; Chemistry; Ancient History. 2. German; Physics or Chemistry; Mediaeval History. 3. German; Physics; Modern History.

FOURTH YEAE.

1. Anglo-Saxon; Mental Science; History of Civilization. 2. Early English; Constitutional History; Logic. 3. Philology; Political Economy; Geology.

SCHOOL OP ANCIENT LANGUAGES AND LITEKATDEE. In the School of Ancient Languages and Literature the methods of instruction, without swerving from their proper aim, to impart a sufficiently full and critical knowledge of the Latin and Greek languages and writings, will make the study of these tongues subservient, in a more than usual degree, to a critical and correct use of the English. With this view, written translations, carefully prepared, with due attention to differences, equivalences, and substitution of idioms, and the comparison and discrimination of synonyms, will form part of the entire course. The study of Latin and Greek Composition will constitute a weekly exercise through the first year, and will be continued, to some extent, through the course. Essays, historical and critical, will be required from time to time, in connection with the works read, and a free use of the library is urged. It is intended that each student who contemplates the course in Ancient Languages shall have a clear knowledge of the history of Greek and Latin Literature, and of the principal authors in both languages. As an aid to the appreciation of the literature of the two people, Greek and Eoman history will form an important part of the course, and will be taken up in the beginning, illustrating the works read. In the first term of the third year ancient history is taken up as a separate study, and especial attention is then given to the history of Greece and Eome, and the nations with which they came in contact. Classes will be formed for students who wish to carry their classical study farther than the prescribed course, and every assistance will be given them. For the studies in History, Philosophy, etc., see School of English and Modern Languages.