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M. A.

This course commences with Juvenal or Livy, and
includes selected portions of Juvenal, Livy, Cicero, Seneca,
Tacitus, and 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. The examinations are
conducted in writing. For the third or final examination,
passages for translation are selected partly from the

parallel and partly from Latin which the class has not read.
In Roman History and Literature the work is that of the
B. A. course. The completion of the work of this year
entitles the student to the diploma of graduation in the
M. A. course in Latin, if the work of the B. A. course has
been completed.

Text-Books.—Any approved edition 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 Handbook and Guide, supplemented by
Lectures.