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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

English speaking people in England and America is made, and considerable attention given to the origin and development of representative government. The work extends through one year, one half of the time being devoted to English, and the other half to American history. The work, by terms, is as follows: 1. English History to the revolution of 1688. 2. English History from 1688 to the present time, and American History to the Revolutionary War. 3. American History from the Revolutionary War to the present time. Latin. The ground covered consists of the grammar and selections from Caesar, Sallust, Cicero, and Vergil with the scansion of hexameter verse and the translation of English into Latin. The Roman method of pronunciation is used. Allen and Greenough's

Grammar and Collars' Latin Prose Composition.

The work by terms is as follows:

FIRST YEAR.

1. Preparatory Latin Book; declensions and conjugations; practice in sight reading. 2. First half the term, Preparatory Latin book; second half the term, Viri Roma? and drill in constructions. 3. Arrowsmith andWhitcher's Selections, and syntax of the verb.

SECOND YEAR.

1. Caesar. 2. Sallust. 3. Cicero.

THIRD YEAR.

1. Cicero. 2. "Vergil. 3. Vergil.

PHYSICS.

This study is presented so as to cultivate habits of careful observation and to develop in the student the ability to reach general conclusions inductively by means of exact experiment. In all laboratory work the student is required to keep a note book containing a complete record of experiments performed. The work is begun in the winter term. Allen's Laboratory Physics with some standard text for study and reference.