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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

authors in both languages. As an aid to the appreciation of the literature of the two people, Greek and Roman 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 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 12* SCHOOL OF ANCIENT LANGUAGES. Required for Degree of B, A.

FIEST TEAS.

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; Calculus.

SECOND YK1B.

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

THIED YEAB.

1. Juvenal or French; Chemistry; Ancient History. 2. Quinti'ian or French; Physics; Mediaeval History. 3. De Officiis or French; Physics; Modern History.

FOTJBTH YEAR.

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. With the exception of the last term of the freshman