Loyola University Maryland - Evergreen / Green and Gray Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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4 Catalogue of A Special Class in Latin and Greek is formed each year for those beginners in these languages whose knowledge of English and Mathematics is above the grade of the lowest class in regular course. Business Training. Application is often made for a special training which will fit the student immediately for business. Experience, however, proves that but a very poor substitute for education can be found in the almost exclusive development of a single faculty. The most successful busi- ness man is not he who has learned merely to read, write and cipher; but the one who, with true farsightedness, having first had all his powers developed by a liberal education, is enabled afterwards to bring a tenfold mental activity to mer- cantile pursuits. The details of business life can be learned only by practice ; and these once mastered, superior training makes itself felt from the very outset. Instead, therefore, of adopting a special commercial drill, the College aims to secure the most thorough instruction in all branches of mathematics, together with solid classical training. Study of English. One of the principal objects ever kept in view in reading the Latin and Greek classics, is to make use of them as an invaluable aid to the study of Eng- lish. The student having once shown by an exact literal translation that he fully understands the author, is required to express in pure, idiomatic, and elegant English, the very shade of meaning conveyed by the text. This kind of trans- lation is given not only in writing, but also orally, in order that fluency of language may be acquired along with propri- ety of expression. Finally, the student ' s version is compared with English translations of acknowledged excellence, and points of resemblance or difference carefully noted. The plays of Shakespeare, the works of other poets, American and British, and the masterpieces o f American and British orators and prose writers, are made the subject of critical study and analysis. Moreover, an English essay, narration, description,

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A. M. D, G. LOYOLA COLLEGE. Loyola College, conducted by Fathers of the Society of Jesus, was founded in September, 1852; and in April, 1853, was endowed by the Maryland Legislature with full col- legiate powers and privileges. 1 The College Course, which leads to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, consists of four classes, corresponding to the Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years, but known in the Colleges of the Society as First Grammar, Poetry, Ehetoric, and Philosophy. It embraces the study of the Doctrines and Evidences of Religion ; Logic, Metaphysics, Theodicy, and Ethics ; the English, German, French, Latin and Greek languages; Rhetoric, Poetry, and Elocution; Mathe- matics and the Natural Sciences; History, Geography, and Mythology. Grammar Department. Besides the four regular Col- lege classes, there is a complete Grammar Course, where the student lays the necessary foundation for the higher work of the College classes. Special advantages for physical development are afforded in a well-equipped gymnasium. 1 The legal title for bequests, The Associated Professors of Loyola Col- lege in the City of Baltimore. 3

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Loyola College. 5 or other composition, in prose or verse, is written by every student once a week. Mathematics. One hour a day is devoted to Mathemat- ics. In the Arithmetic and Algebra classes, the special mat- ter of the previous year is always repeated before the student is allowed to advance. The classes in the mathematical course are arranged so as to correspond, as nearly as can be, with those of the classical course. In this way both courses end together in Rhetoric, and proficiency in both is requisite before entering Philosophy. Course of Science. The physical sciences are taught both to furnish interesting information, and to aid in the complete training of the mind, by giving an insight into the formation, the elements and the forces of the visible world about us. The sciences are, accordingly, kept for the last three years, when the student is able to bring to the study of them a more mature judgment and, in the last year, a less divided attention. Chem- istry is begun in the class of Poetry, and the student, before entering Philosophy, must pass a successful examination in elementary Chemistry. The Laboratory, in which each student has his own table, furnished with all necessary apparatus and chemicals, affords every facility for chemical analysis. The Philosophers are present daily at lectures on Physics, embrac- ing Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Sound, Heat, Light and Elec- tricity. Lectures on Mechanics, Astronomy and Geology also are given. To supply the experimental training essential in these branches, there is a collection of chemicals and physical apparatus, as also of specimens illustrating the study of Geology and Mineralogy. Libraries a nd Reading Room. The College Library contains nearly 40,000 volumes, of which 2,000 have been carefully selected for the immediate use of the students, who have, besides, their society libraries and reading rooms, where they may resort before and after class and during vacation, and where they may learn to find information on useful sub-