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II.—MODERN LANGUAGES.
PROFESSOR SCHELE DE VERE.
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR, DR. ERNEST VOLGER.
The subjects taught in this school are:
1. The French, Italian, Spanish and German Languages, and
the English in its Anglo-Saxon form.
2. The Literature of these Languages and the history of each
idiom.
3. The History and Geography of Europe, from the fall of the
Roman Empire to the present day.
Instruction, also, is given in Comparative Philology and the
principles of the Science of Languages. The influence of the
history of nations on their language and literature is explained
and exemplified by extracts from their respective authors, and
constant attention given to the connection between Philology and
Ethnology.
There are two classes in. French and in German, one for beginners,
the other for more advanced students; and the same arrangement
is also given, in private, to practice speaking the languages.
The method of instruction is by lectures, examinations, written
exercises, and comments on the text-books as read in the lecture-room;
the principal classic authors in each language being used
for this purpose.
Two degrees in this school are required for the degree of A. M.
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