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Caption: Course Catalog - 1897-1898
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ADMISSION 39 1898.—Shakspere's Macbeth; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America; De Quincey's The Flight of a Tartar Tribe; Tennyson's The Princess. 1899.—Shakspere's Macbeth; Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I. and II.; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America; Carlyle's Essay on Burns. 1900.—Shakspere's Macbeth; Milton's Paradise Lost, Books I. and II.; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America; Macaulay's Essays on Milton and Addison; Tennyson's The Princess. 13. LATIN.—Four books of Caesar's Commentaries, six orations of Cicero, six books of Vergil's ^Eneid, the scansion of hexameter verse, and Latin composition based on the reading above specified. Increasing importance is placed on ability to write Latin and on a knowledge of the quantity of the vowels. Candidates are urged to make special preparation in these directions. It is recommended that not more than two books of Caesar be read, and that other authors be substituted for the books omitted. Equivalents for any of the above requirements will be accepted. Allen and Greenough's, Bennett's, or Harkness's Latin Grammar is recommended and Collar's or Daniell's Latin Prose Composition. The Roman pronunciation is used. Frequent oral reading throughout the whole of the preparatory course is especially urged. Shtdt ts desiring to pursue Greek in the University must have also the f 'owing, which will be accepted instead of the three sciences OTHERWISE required: 14. GREEK.—Grammar, a thorough knowledge of forms and syntax; an amount of prose composition equal to that given in Woodruff's Greek Prose Composition; the first three books of Homer's Iliad, except lines 494-759 of Book II.; three books of Xenophon's Anabasis or an equal amount of text from some other classic prose author. Teachers preparing students for the freshman class are particularly requested to lay stress upon a knowledge of the forms of the language, and to give pupils practice in impromptu translation of easy prose. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO THE COLLEGE} OP ENGINEERING [The following, in addition to the requirements stated on pages 36—38.] 15. FREE-HAND DEAWING.—Ten hours a week for one term, or the equivalent thereof. The nature of the work is indicated by Cross's Free-hand Drawing.
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