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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.—Gi dersleeve's, Syntax of the Verb by the Professor, Print d Lectures
by the Professor on the Latin Cases and Versification.

History.—Liddell's, with Long's or any approved Atlas.

Lit rature.—Bender's, as a Handbook and Guide, supplemented by Lectures