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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,
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.
There are two examinations—the Intermediate, held about the middle of the
session; the Final, near its close. 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. There will be two written examinations—Intermediate and Final.
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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