Albion College - Albionian Yearbook (Albion, MI)

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22 ALBION COLLEGE Second Semester. Epicureanism, Lucretius; and Stoicism, Seneca. Course VI. — Two hours per week, first semester. Advanced Latin Grammar. Fundamental principles of Latin syntax. Tues- days and Thursdays at 10:00. Course VII. — Two hours per week, second semester. The Pedagogy of Latin Teaching. A study of principles and methods, intended especially for students who expect to teach Latin, with drill in practical teaching. Course VIII. — Advanced work in Latin Composition, illustra- tive of principles ; sight reading from Caesar, Cicero, Nepos, Livy, Virgil. First Semester. Two hours. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 :00. Courses VI and VIII will be given in alternate years. Course VIII will be given in 1912-1913. GREEK Courses are continuous throughout the year, unless otherwise specified. Course I. — Four hours per week. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30. A. Odyssey. B. The Greek Historians. Course II. — Four hours. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 2:15. A. Attic Orators. B. Attic Drama. Course III. — Three hours. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 1 :15. s A. Plato. B. Greek Epigraphy. A study of early Greek alphabets and inscriptions. Course IV. — Two hours. A. Pausanias. Collateral reading upon the topography, monu- ments and mythology of Ancient Athens. B. Neo-Hellenic. An introduction to the study of Modern Greek, the course being based upon Thumb ' s Handbuch der neu- griechischen Volkssprache.

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DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION ANCIENT LANGUAGES. LATIN Course I. — Three hours per week, throughout the year. Roman Social and Political Life. This course will consider the social and political side of Roman Civilization. It will include selected readings from Roman historians and supplementary studies in history, geography, religion, and in the private and public life of the people. First Semester. Cicero ' s De Amicitia or De Senectute and read- ings in the legendary history of Rome from Livy, Second Semester. Readings in the more authentic history of Rome from Livy and Tacitus. Course II. — One hour per week throughout the year. Required of all students who take Course III. Tuesdays at 11 :00. First Semester. Roman Social Life. Second Semester. Roman Public Life. Course III. — Three hours per week throughout the year. Roman Art and Artistic Literature. This course will consider the aesthetic side of Roman civilization. It will include readings from the Roman poets and studies in Roman art. Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays at 10:00. First Semester. Lyric Poetry, selected from Horace, Catullus and Virgil. Second Semester. The Drama, selected from Plautus, Terence and Seneca; Elegiac Poetry, Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius. Course IV. — One hour per week, throughout the year. Required of all students who take Course I. First Semester. Studies in Ancient Religion and Mythology. Second Semester. Ancient Art. Course V. — Three hours per week, throughout the year. Roman Satirical and Philosophical Literature. This course will consider the philosophical or reflective side of Roman civilization. The ethical schools of the Romans will be studied in relation to Greek philosophy on the one hand and to Roman religion on the other. First Semester. Eclecticism, Cicero, Horace, Juvenal.

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YEAR BOOK 23 Course V. — Seminar. Special facilities are offered for students desirinf to do advanced or graduate work. Courses will be arranged tfo Meet the requirement of individual students. Course VI. — Greek Life. One hour per week. The Life, Art and Literature of the Ancient Greeks will be studied. No knowl- edge of Greek is necessary for this course. (Not given in 1912- 1913.) Course VII. — Normal Greek. One hour. History of Greek Education. Methods of teaching Greek. Open to Juniors and Seniors. (Not given in 1912-1913.) MODERN LANGUAGES. GERMAN AND GERMAN LITERATURE Course I. — Five hours per week throughout the year. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at both 7:30 and S:30. Reading : Spanhoof d ' s Reader serves as the basis for the year ' s work. Construction : Spanhoof d ' s Lehrbuch der deutschen Sprache is used for drill and home work. Writing: A well arranged series of copy-books is used. Weekly dictation to test the student in ability to write correctly and to express himself readily in German. Conversation : German conversation is employed from the be- ginning, and German is used increasingly in the classroom as the student advances. Course II. — Five hours per week throughout the year. Mon- days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 11:00. Reading: Lutz ' s German Reader is used during the year. Construction : Review (topically) of the work of the first year. German composition. Conversation: German is used in the classroom as far as the ability of the student will permit. Course III. — Four hours per week, throughout the year. Mon- days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:00. First Semester: Deutsches Lesebuch fur Quarta und Tertia. Quiz on the geography, government and actual conditions of Ger- many. Study of syntax and free composition.