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GRADUATE COURSES.
M. A.
II. An advanced course, adapted specially to the requirements of
those who desire to become teachers of the classics. It extends through
one session of nine months. For admission to this course, graduation
in the preceding course is required; but, when sufficiently prepared,
students may be allowed to pursue both courses simultaneously. In
this course the Syntax of the Verb is thoroughly studied, and weekly
exercises, including passages from modern English authors, are given
to be translated into idiomatic Greek. Lectures are given on Rhythm
and Meters, and the students are practiced in reading rhythmically the
lyric parts of the Drama and the works of the Lyric Poets. The
authors read are Demosthenes, Æschylus, Sophocles, Aristophanes,
and modified as occasion may require. Graduation in this course is
prescribed for those who select Greek as one of their studies for the
degree of M. A.
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, or equivalent preparation, is required,
but in special cases students may prosecute both courses at the same
time. At present it consists of four special courses, each comprising
two hours per week during a half session. A third year's course will
be adapted to the aims of the students. 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 Œdipus 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.
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