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School of Ancient Languages,

FRENCH AND GERMAN.

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The modern languages taught in this School, are confined to one year of French and two years of German, hut the student may, at his option, substitute a second year of French for one year of German. Abundant practical exercises are given both in composition and translation, and the diligent student gains the power to read, with ease, scientific and other works in these languages, and may, with a little practice, write and speak them with correctness. A constant attention is also given to the common Etymologies of these languages and the English, and thereby a large advantage is gained by the student in linguistic culture. "He who knows only one language," said Goethe, "he knows not even that one properly." In the first year the student passes over a complete grammar and reader, acquiring a knowlege of the technicalities of the idiom, and a sufficient vocabulary for the use of the books of reference within the course. The second year is devoted to a critical study of the languages and philological analysis, and to a course of select classic reading, composition and conversation.

COURSE OF SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES.

FIRST YEAR.

1. British Authors; French: Trigonometry and Advanced Geometry. 2- American Authors: French; Analytical Geometry. 3- Rhetoric: French: Entomology or Drawing.

SECOND YEAR.

1- English Classics: German: Physiology. 2- English Classics: German: Zoology. 3 . English Classics: German: Astronomy.

THIRD YEAR.

J.. German: Chemistry: Ancient History. 2. German; Chemistry or Physics: Mediaeval History. 3- German: Physics: Modern History.

FOURTH YEAR.

1. Anglo Saxon; Mental Science; Constitutional History. 2- English Literature; History of Civilization; Meteorology and Physical Geography. 3- Esthetics; Logic; Political Economy: Thesis or Oration. SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.

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.