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Caption: Course Catalog - 1898-1899
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DESCRIPTION OF DEPARTMENTS 69 train students to appreciate its literature; and third, to call attention to those numerous problems in the history, thought, and institutions of the Greeks, which illustrate similar phenomena noticeable among ourselves. To accomplish the first object, due attention is paid to the principles of grammar, particularly by making the syntax appear as the evidence of orderly mental procedure, and by continual practice in extemporaneous translation. The second is effected by a study of the surroundings and spirit of an author, and of those literary devices which give character to his productions. The third end is reached through familiar talks upon suitable topics as they are met. HISTORY In the courses offered by this department the effort is made, not merely to give students a general knowledge of historical facts, but also to give them some conception of the aims and methods of historical science, and of the materials with which it deals. To this end exercises in historical investigation, more or less elementary, will form a prominent part of the work in all the higher undergraduate courses, as well as in the seminaries. ITALIAN (See Romanic Languages, p. 73.) LATIN The courses at present offered in Latin are nine in number and extend over three years. The first year's instruction is, as far as needed, grammatical, prominence being given to Latin writing as the best method of acquiring a mastery of the language. As soon as this preliminary work is done, the attention is directed to two ends. The first is the acquisition of power to read the language with ease and pleasure. The thought is constantly emphasized that students are not simply reading Latin—they are reading some of the great literary
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