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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, 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, 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. 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. 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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