Caption: Course Catalog - 1885-1886
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College of Literature, and Science. 83 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 the coarse, 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 Rome, and the nations with whom they came in contact. Classes will be formed for the students who wish to carry their classical study further than the prescribed course, and every assistance will be given them. COURSE IN SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES. Required for Degree of B. A. FIBST YEAB. 1. Cicero de Amicitia and prose composition; Iliad and prose composition; Trigonometry. 2. Livy and prose composition; Odyssey and prose composition; Conic Sections. 3. Odes of Horace and prose composition: Memorabilia and prose composition; Advanced Geometry. SECOND YEAB. 1. Satires of Horace; Thucydides or German; Physiology. 2. Terrence; Sophocles or German; Zoology. 3. Tactitus; Demosthenes or German; Astronomy. THIBD TEAR. 1. Juvenal or French; Chemistry; Ancient History. 2. Quintilian or French; Physics; Mediaeval History. 3. De Omciis or French; Physics; Modern History. TOUBXH TEAB. 1. Mental Science; History of Civilization; Physiography. 2. Logic; Constitutional History; Early English. 3. Political Economy; Philology; Geology. DEPARTMENT OF RHETORIC AND ORATORY. Particular attention is given to training in writing and speaking, and in the exercises of this department all students are required to participate. Such a course of instruction in Composition and Oratory is provided as makes it probable that all who complete it faithfully will be able to express their thoughts, both with voice and pen, in a clear, intelligent manner, and without affectation or embarrassment.
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