COURSE OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS. FRESHMAN CLASS. CHRISTMAS TERM. 1. Greek. Xenophon; Herodotus; Lucian (Boise's Selections). Greek Moods and Tenses. Exercises in writing Greek. 2. Latin. Cicero: De Senectute. Livy: Book I. ough's Grammar. Exercises in writing Latin. History of Greece. Allen and Green 3. Mathematics. Algebra from the end of Quadratics (Loomis's Treatise). Geometry (Chauvenet). 4. English. Study of Words (Trench). Written Translations from Greek and Latin Authors, and Exercises in Composition. TRINITY TERM. 1. Homer: Greek. Lysias: against Eratosthenes or for Mantitheus. 2. Latin. Livy: Book V. Horace: Odes and Epodes. Grammar. Exercises in writing Latin. Roman Antiquities (Ramsay). 3. Mathematics. Geometry (Chauvenet). Plane Trigonometry, Mensuration, Surveying, Navigation, and Spherical Trigonometry (Loomis). Lectures on the History of Mathematics. 4. English. Synonymes. English Past and Present (Trench). Written Translations, and Compositions. SOPHOMORE CLASS. CHRISTMAS TERM. 1. Greek. Plato: selections from the Phaedo, the Apology, and the Crito. Thucydides: part of Book I. 2. Latin. History of the Roman Republic (Liddell). 3. Mathematics. Analytical Geometry (Loomis). 4. Natural History. Animal Physiology; Zoology (Carpenter). 5. English. Structure and Analysis of the English Language. Themes and Exercises in Composition. * 6. French. Otto's Grammar (Part I.). Written Translations. Dictation. Voltaire: Charles XII. [Special course. Otto's Grammar (Parts Dictation. I. and II.). Written Translations. Les Prosateurs Français (Roche).] TRINITY TERM. 1. Greek. Demosthenes: Third Olynthiac and part of the Oration on the Crown. The Clouds of Aristophanes. Lectures on the History of the Greek Language and Literature. 2. Latin. Horace: Satires and Epistles. Exercises in writing Latin. Lectures on the History of the Roman Empire. 3. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. Analytical Geometry of Two and of Three Dimensions. Mechanics (Peck or Todhunter). 4. English and Rhetoric. Rhetoric (Whately). Themes and Exercises in Composition. 5. French. Otto's Grammar (Part II.). Les Prosateurs Français (Roche). French Poetry (Mixer's Manual). Lectures on French Literature. [Special course. Translations from English Authors. * Corneille: Le Cid. Racine: Athalie. Molière: Le Misanthrope. French JUNIOR CLASS. 1. Greek. CHRISTMAS TERM. Prometheus Vinctus of Aeschylus. History of Greek Oratory and Drama. 2. Latin. Tacitus: Annals. Extemporalia. Translations from English Authors. 3. Natural Philosophy. Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, and Optics (Atkinson's Ganot). Experiments and Lectures. 4. English. Anglo-Saxon. English Literature and Language (Craik). Lectures on the Teutonic Languages. Themes. 5. German. Otto's or Whitney's Grammar. Written Translations. Andersen: Bilderbuch (Simonson). 6. History. Lectures on the History of England. 7. Oratory. Original Orations and Extemporaneous Discussions. TRINITY TERM. 1. Greek. Antigone of Sophocles. Electra or Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles. Lectures on the Greek Drama and Literature. *The special course in French is provided for those members of the class who have studied the language before entering College. After the present year, a similar special course will be arranged for the Junior Class in German. 2. Latin. Juvenal: Satires. Terence: Adelphi. Lectures on the History of Roman Literature. Themes. 3. Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. Electricity and Magnetism (Atkinson's Ganot). Loomis's Meteorology, and Lectures. Snell's Olmsted's Astronomy, and Lectures. 4. English. English Literature and Language (Craik). English Philology. Readings in Early English. Lectures on American Literature. Themes. 5. German. Syntax. German Reader (Whitney). Lectures on German Literature. 6. History. Lectures on the History of the United States. 7. Oratory. Original Orations and Extemporaneous Discussions. SENIOR CLASS. CHRISTMAS TERM. 1. Metaphysics. Bowen's Hamilton. Recitations and Lectures. 2. Political Science. Political Economy (Bowen). 3. Natural Science. Vegetable Physiology and Botany (Carpenter). Chemical Physics: Heat, Light, and Electricity (Pynchon). Lectures and Experiments. 4. English. English History as illustrated by Shakespeare. Themes, including one Critique. 5. History. Lectures on Ancient History. 6. Oratory. Original Orations and Extemporaneous Speaking. TRINITY TERM. 1. Ethics and Evidences. Butler's Ethical Sermons. Butler's Analogy. Hopkins's Moral Science or Law of Love, and Lectures. 2. Logic and Metaphysics. Jevons's Logic. History of Philosophy (Schwegler). Recitations and Lectures. 3. Natural Science. Chemistry: Inorganic and Organic. Mineralogy. Geology. Lectures and Experiments. Lectures on the History of Chemistry. 4. English. Poem. Critical study of Shakespeare. Themes, including one 5. History. Lectures on the History of the Holy Roman Empire. 8. Law. Lectures on the Constitution of the United States. NOTE. The classes are divided into sections in those studies in which it is found desirable to make this arrangement in order to secure thoroughness of instruction., LECTURES. The following courses of Lectures are delivered each year: By Bishop Williams: to the Seniors, on Ancient History and the History of the Holy Roman Empire; to the Juniors, on the History of England and of the United States. By Professor Brocklesby: to the Juniors, on Natural Philosophy, Meteorology, and Astronomy, and the History of Astronomy, and on Natural Theology. By Professor Huntington: to the Juniors, on the Greek Drama and Litera ture. By Professor Johnson: to the Juniors, on the History and Philology of the Teutonic Languages, and on American Literature. By Professor Hart: to the Sophomores, on the Literature of the Scriptures, and on the Conic Sections and Higher Curves; to the Freshmen, on the History of Mathematics. By Professor Holbrooke: to the Juniors, on the History of Latin Literature; to the Sophomores, on the History of the Roman Empire. By Professor Richardson: to the Juniors, on the History of German Literature; to the Sophomores, on the History of French Literature. Bv Mr. Andrews: to the Seniors, on Metaphysics, and on Modern Philosophy. By Professor Smyth: to the Sophomores, on the History of the Greek Language and Literature. By Professor Bolton: to the Seniors, on Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology, and on the History of Chemistry. By Dr. Wainwright: to the Seniors, on Anatomy and Physiology. By Mr. Hamersley: to the Seniors, on the Constitution of the United States. VOLUNTARY STUDIES. In addition to the regular course of instruction, arrangements are made for the following courses of special study. The names of undergraduates pursuing voluntary studies in any term are publicly announced at the end of the term. 1. Ethics and Metaphysics. SENIORS: Mansel's Philosophy of the Conditioned; Berkeley's Principles of Knowledge (Krauth); McCosh's Intuitions of the Mind. 2. Chemistry and Natural Science. 3. SENIORS: Natural History, Mineralogy, and Geology. Greek. SENIORS: Aristotle; Herodotus. JUNIORS: Agamemnon of Aeschylus; Pastoral Poetry of Sicily. 4. Latin." SENIORS: Quintilian; Patristic Latin. JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES: Suetonius; Catullus; Latin Hymns. 5. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. SENIORS AND JUNIORS: Practical Astronomy (Loomis); Differential and Integral Calculus (Smyth). SOPHOMORES: Analytical Geometry (Todhunter, Eddy). FRESHMEN: Higher Algebra (Macnie); Geometrical Exercises (Chauvenet). 6. English. SENIORS: Shakespearian Grammar (Abbott). JUNIORS: English Literature (Taine). SOPHOMORES: English Accidence (Morris). 7. Modern Languages. SENIORS AND JUNIORS: Spanish: Don Quijote. SENIORS AND JUNIORS: German: Selections from Modern Prose Writers; Deutsche Lyrik (Buchheim); Goethe's Faust (Parts I. and II.); Die Piccolomini; Das Nibelungenlied.} JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES: French: Selections from Modern Prose Writers; La Lyre Française (Masson); Selections from the Dramatists. 8. Oriental Languages. SENIORS AND JUNIORS: Elementary Hebrew Grammar (Green), and parts of the Pentateuch; Sanskrit Grammar, and reading lessons. 9. History. JUNIORS: Mediæval and Modern History. |