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College of Literature and Science.

OOTTESE IN SCHOOL OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES.

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Required for the Degree of B. L,

FIRST YEAR.

t. American Authors or Cicero de AmidtU; French; Trigonometry. 2, British Authors or Livy; French; Conic Sections. 3. Rhetoric; French; Advanced Geometry, or Free-Hand Drawing; Horace (optional, extra).

SECOND YEAK,

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

THIRD YEAR.

x. German; Chemistry; Ancient History. S, German; Physics; Mediaeval History. 3. German; Physics or Chemistry; Modern History.

FOURTH YEAR.

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

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, equivalence?, and substitutions 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 eonnection 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 peoples, Greek and Roman history will form an important part of