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ANCIENT LANGUAGES.

PROFESSOR GILDERSLEEVE.

I.—LATIN.

The subjects taught in this school are:

1. The Latin language.

2. Roman literature.

3. History of Rome.

The method of instruction comprises lectures, (systematic and
exegetical,) examinations, written and oral exercises. The school
is divided into two classes, Junior and Senior. The authors
read in the Senior Class, are principally: Cicero, Horace, Livy,
Juvenal and Tacitus; in the Junior Class, Terence, Sallust,
Virgil and Ovid.

A private course of parallel and preparatory reading is also
prescribed for each class.

Works of reference: For the lectures on the structure and
syntax of the language, Zumpt's Grammar, Dr. Harrison's
Exposition.

For the lectures on the History of Rome, (Senior Class,)
Liddell's Rome.

The written and oral exercises constitute a prominent feature
in the plan of instruction.

II.—GREEK.

The subjects taught in this school are:

1. The Greek language.

2. Greek literature.

3. History of Greece.

The method of instruction is identical with the plan of the
school of Latin.

The classic authors read in the Senior Class, are principally:
Thucydides, Sophocles, Euripides and Plato; in the Junior
Class, Lysias, Xenophon, Herodotus, Homer and Demosthenes.

A private course of parallel and preparatory reading is also
prescribed for each class.

Works of reference.—For the lectures on the structure and
syntax of the language, Hadley's Greek Grammar, Kühner's
School Grammar.

For the lectures on the History of Greece (Senior Class,)
Thirlwall's and Grote's History of Greece.