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GRADUATE STUDIES IN LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
School of Modern Languages.—Gentlemen who desire to continue
their studies in this Department will be offered a two-fold course, viz.
1. A course of Lectures on Linguistique, for which a certain amount
of knowledge in the Ancient and (at least) two Modern Languages will
be required. Such works as Hovelacque's, Diez, Sayce, and the like, will
be used as text-books, and constant reference will be made to older forms
of living tongues, as well as to trustworthy extracts from ancient works.
2. A course on any one or two modern languages, either for the purpose
of thoroughly studying one idiom from the oldest to its present
form, with illustrations from its literature through its whole life-time; or
for the purpose of comparing a class of idioms, like the members of the
Romance or the Slavic families, with each other or with other families,
according to their lexical, grammatical, or psychological nature.
School of Moral Philosophy.—Students taking a Graduate course
will study the history of philosophy, ancient and modern, and such
special systems as the Professor may select; also the history of economic
legislation, and sociology.
School of History, Literature, and Rhetoric.—The Graduate
course in this school, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, will
be varied from year to year, but will always be designed to train the
Some historical period, with the contemporaneous intellectual condition,
or some definite period of the English Language, with the accompanying
social, political, and literary development of the people, will be made the
subject of study. Such instructions and directions as may be required
to render these pursuits efficacious will be given throughout the session.
Graduate Course in Greek.—This course is designed for advanced
students that are making a special and exclusive professional
study of Greek Philology. Such students are required to spend two
hours each week with the Professor in critical reading and discussion of
Greek authors. Extensive courses of Greek reading, both for these
hours and for private study, are marked out at the beginning of each
session, varying from year to year. Selected text-books, in English,
German, or French, on the Political and Literary History of the Greeks,
and on the Grammar and Historical Grammar of the Greek language,
are assigned for private study. Incessant practice in Greek composition
is given. Two theses, one in English and one in Latin, on subjects
connected with the language or the history of the Greeks, and demanding
independent research, are required as evidence of power to do original
work. The accuracy and extent of the student's knowledge of the
subjects studied are tested by examinations.
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