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PH. D.

III. A higher course, designed for those who wish to
devote themselves to classical scholarship. For admission
to this course, graduation in the preceding course is
required, but in special cases students may be permitted to
prosecute both courses at the same time. Those who select
Greek as one of their studies for the degree of Ph. D. will
be required to pursue this course for two years. At
present it consists of four special courses, each comprising
two hours per week during a half session. The lectures
will be employed chiefly in directing the private study of
students.

The recent acquisition of the library of the late Professor
Hertz has greatly increased the facilities for philological
research, and in connection with each course special
topics will be assigned to each student for investigation.
In each course, in addition to the special objects of study,
attention will be given to the literary aspect of the authors
read and to the subject matter involved. The courses
offered are as follows:

I. A course of selected readings extending over the
whole field of Greek literature in the order of historical
development. This course is intended as a general survey.

II. A course in Attic prose, especially the orators,
directed partly to questions of grammar, and partly to the
artistic form and the style.

III. A study of the Attic drama, including the special
study in class of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles and
the Frogs of Aristophanes.

IV. A study of the Greek poets, with special reference
to music, rhythm, metre, and structure. The ancient
doctrine of metre and rhythm will be carefully examined,
and portions of the Lyric poets, including Pindar, read in
class.

For all the classes of this School private reading is
prescribed, and the examinations will be partly upon this
and the work done in class, and partly upon passages
selected from the Greek authors at will.

Text-Books.—Goodwin's Greek Grammar; Goodwin's Moods and
Tenses; Hogue's Irregular Verbs; Veitch's Verbs; Liddell and Scott's
Lexicon (Intermediate, and in Courses II and III, unabridged seventh
edition); Smith's History of Greece; Jebb's Primer of Greek Literature.
Any editions of Greek authors may be used, except when particular ones
are specially prescribed; but students should always have at hand Teubner's
texts for reference, and for use on examinations. At present Rhythm and
Metres and some other subjects are taught wholly or partly by lecture.

Hebrew.—Elementary instruction in Hebrew will be
given when the demand for such instruction is sufficient.