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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
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. 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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