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a separate study, and especial attention is then given to the history of Greece and Rome, and the nations with whom 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 wfll be given t hem. For the studies in History, Philosophy, &rc, see School of English and Modern Languages. For the studies in Mathematics and Natural Science, see Schools of Mechanical Engineering and Natural History.

COURSE OF SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES.

Requiredfor the Degree of B. A.

FIKST YEAR.

1. Cicero de Amicitia and prose composition; Iliad and prose composition ; Trigonometry and advanced Geometry. 2. Livv and prose composition ; Boise and Freeman's selections from Greek Authors and prose composition ; Analytical Geometry. 3. Odes of Horace and prose composition ; Memorabilia and prose composition ; Calculus.

SECOND TEAR.

1. Satires of Horace; Thucydides or German; Physiology. 2. Terence ; Sophocles or German ; Zoology. 3. Tacitus ; Demosthenes or German ; Astronomy.

THIRD TEAR.

1. Juvenal or French ; Chemistry ; Ancient History or Geology. 2. Quintilian or French ; Physics ; Mediaeval History. 3. De Officiis or French ; Physics ; Modern History.

FOURTH TEAR.

1. History of Civilization ; Mental Science ; Meteorology and Physical Geography. 2. Constitutional History ; English Literature : Logic. 3. ^Esthetics ; Plato ; Political Economy ; Graduating Oration or Thesis.

ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.

NOT INCLUDED IN THE FOUR COLLEGES. SCHOOL OF MILITARY SCIENCE. By the law of Congress and of the State, the University is required to teach Military Tactics to its students. All able-bodied male students of the College classes are enrolled in the companies of the University Battalion, and receive instruction according to the following programme, the exercises occupying from one to three hours each week (seefiguresin programme). The Military Organization of the University ranks in the State Militia as the University Battalion, Illinois National Guards.