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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. [First Division.] Selections from Modern Prose Authors. Lyric Poetry. Passages from the Nibelungenlied. Translation of easy German prose at sight. Lectures on German Literature. [Second Division.] Lessing's Minna von Barnhelm.

Selections from

Modern Prose Authors. Lyric Poetry. 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 and Logic. Bowen's Hamilton. Recitations and Lectures.

2.

Jevon's Logic.

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. Moral Philosophy. Butler's Ethical Sermons. Butler's Analogy. Wayland's Moral Science.

2. Natural Science. Chemistry: Inorganic (Miller) and Organic (Lectures). Lectures on the History of Chemistry. Mineralogy (Dana). Geology (Le Conte).

3. English. Critical study of Shakespeare. Themes, including Metrical Composition.

4. History. Lectures on the History of the Holy Roman Empire.

5. Oratory. Original Orations and Extemporaneous Speaking.

6. Anatomy and Physiology. Lectures.

7. 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 Johnson: to the Juniors, on the History and Philology of the Teutonic Languages, and on American Literature.

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.

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 Mr. Andrews: to the Seniors, on Metaphysics, and on Modern Philosophy.

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, Chemistry, and Mineralogy.

Greek.

SENIORS: Aristotle; Herodotus.

JUNIORS: Agamemnon of Aeschylus; Pastoral Poetry of Sicily.
SOPHOMORES: Demosthenes; Plato; Grote's History: Socrates, the
Drama.

4. Latin.

SENIORS: Quintilian; Patristic Latin.

JUNIORS AND SOPHOMORES: Suetonius; Catullus.

FRESHMEN: Ovid; Caesar De Bello Civili.

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).

FRESHMEN: English Language (Marsh).

7.

Modern Languages.

8.

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.

Oriental Languages.

SENIORS AND JUNIORS: Elementary Hebrew Grammar (Green), and parts of the Pentateuch; Sanskrit Grammar, and reading lessons.

9. History.

JUNIORS: Medieval and Modern History.

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