University of Virginia Library

SCHOOL OF LATIN.

Prof. Peters.

The School of Latin is divided into two classes, Junior and Senior.

Junior Class.—A student who is able to read Cæsar or Virgil, and
has a proper acquaintance with the Forms, is prepared to enter this
class. The class 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, Cicero, Livy, and Horace. 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. There are two examinations—the Intermediate,
held about the middle of the session, the Final, at its close. The
examinations are conducted in writing.

Senior Class.—This class commences with Juvenal or Livy, and
reads during the session selected portions of Juvenal, Livy, Cicero, Seneca,
Tacitus or a play of Plautus. The Case-relations are reviewed, and
the Syntax of the Verb is systematically presented. Latin versification is

taken up early in the session, and continued throughout the term. A
theoretical acquaintance with this subject is insufficient. Prompt identification
and correct recitation of every variety of Latin verse is insisted
upon. A very prominent place is assigned to Latin Composition, as an
indispensable means of acquiring an exact knowledge of the Language.
Portions of the authors read in the Lecture-room are designated as
parallel and private reading. The object of parallel reading is to enable
a student to acquire a more copious vocabulary than is furnished
by the limited amount of Latin read in the Lecture-room, and to afford
a wider field for the application of the principles explained in the Lectures.
In this class there are two examinations — one occurring about
the middle of the session, the second at its close. The examinations
are conducted in writing. For the second or Final examination, passages
for translation are selected partly from the parallel and partly
from Latin which the class has not read. In this class due attention
is given to Roman History and Literature.

Text-Books.—Any approved editions of the authors above named.

Grammars:—Gildersleeve's, Syntax of the Verb by the Professor, Printed Lectures
by the Professor on the Latin Cases and Versification.

History:—Liddell's, with Long's or any approved Atlas.

Literature:—Bender's, as a Hand-book and Guide, supplemented by Lectures.

Sanskrit.—The Professor will also give instruction in the elements
of Sanskrit whenever a sufficient number of students desire it.