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B. A. COURSE.
A. First Year.—A student who is able to translate Cæsar or Vergil,
and has a proper acquaintance with the Forms, is prepared to enter
this course, which begins with Sallust or a writer of like difficulty.
Systematic attention is given to the study of the Forms. The syntactical
work is the study of the Case-relations, the exact force of the
Tenses, and a consecutive outline of the connections in which the
Subjunctive Mood is required. Principles and facts explained are
applied by frequent exercises in Latin Composition. The reading is
confined to selected portions of Sallust, Ovid, Curtius, and Vergil. A
limited amount from each author is prescribed for private reading.
For the examinations, passages are selected for translation from the
Latin assigned as private reading. These examinations are conducted
in writing.
B. Second Year.—The work of this year will be directed to the
acquirement of readiness in translation and syntactical interpretation,
with as little specialistic investigation as is consistent with a general
but sound and permanent knowledge of the language. As an indispensable
auxiliary to this end, written exercises in translating English
into Latin and Latin into English will be required. Proper attention
will be given to Roman History and Literature. The metrical work
will be limited to the structure and accurate recitation of the Dactylic,
Anapæstic, Trochaic, and Iambic verses, with the verses occurring in the
odes of Horace. Translation will be confined to Livy, Horace, Cicero,
Seneca, and Tacitus. Selections from each author will be assigned as
parallel reading. The student who completes the work of this year
will be entitled to a diploma of graduation in the B. A. course in Latin.
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