Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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S('H XU. OF ah’FFK. PROFESSOR SMITH AND MR. llROWDER. The object of the I’niversity Course in Greek is to give advanced, especially graduate, stu- dents an opportunity to pursue a wide range of reading in Greek authors, to 1 ecome as fully ac- quainted as possible with the results of philological investigation, and to learn methods of orig- inal research. In furtherance of the last named purj)ose especially, the Greek Seminary meets weekly (two hours), each of the members leading in turn and offering, in a formal paper or otherwise, the results of a careful and critical study of some portion ol a text assigned, of one or more inscriptions, or of some philological question. Occasionally the work ol the Seminary is varied and relieved by off-hand exercises in Greek composition. During the year 1X93-94 tin principal work of the Seminary was in the interpretation and discussion of Greek dialects, especially of .Kolic and Doric. Carter's Delectus being used as the basis. The last quarter of the year was devoted to the study of the fragments of the lyric poets, as contained in Buchhol .'s Anthology. The most advanced of the members also sub- mitted weekly during the second term extensive and elaborate exercises in Greek prose compo- sition. Kach member also read privately, and. if a candidate for a degree, passed an examina- tion on a large amount of Greek especially assigned. Weekly lectures on Greek military and private Antiquities were continued through the year. During the year 1X94 95 Homer will be the author studied in the Seminary, liy way of initiation Wolfs Prolegomena will be read and discussed, and abstracts of his argument made. Afterward selected portions of the text will be interpreted and discussed, especial attention be- ing paid to textual criticism and to philological questions. Kacli member of the Seminary will lead in turn, and it is to be understood that the greater part of the student's time forat least two weeks will be necessan for the preparation of a satisfactory lead. The subject of the course of lectures this year will be early Greek literature.

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SC HOOL Oh' ROMAXCh; LAXOIAOHS. Al»|l NCT I’KOIKSSOK KtjOliKT. Tl»e advanced instruction in Romance languages for the year 1N93 94 consisted of lectures twice a week, on the literary movement in France from tiler death of Voltaire t the present day. with Seminary work on the Romantic reaction culminating in the efforts of Victor Hugo. In addition, attention was given to the authors more or less connected with the reaction against the classical school. The class was required to prepare in French essays on various subjects connected with the study, abstracts of articles by leading critics, such as Sainte lk-uve. lbu netierc. Hdmond Scherer. G. Pellissier. I’. Albert, etc. For the year 1S94-95 the following courses are offered: . Philological. («) Historical French Grammar. Schwan ; Meyer-Liibke; Rrunot (Precis de Grammairc Historique). Lectures twice a week. ( ) Stmly of OKI French Texts: La Vie de Saint Alexis; La Chanson de Roland (Gaston. Paris): Chrcstomathie tie 1' ancien Fram;ais (L. Constans): Cligis (Focrster). Two hours a week, (c) Lectures and Kxercises on Proven t;al Language and Literature: Suchier. Le Fran ais et le Provencal. Two hours a week. . Advanced Courst in I.iterature.—{a) Lectures on the History of the Drama in France. Once a week. (h) Seminary work on the Sources and the Involution of Comedy, especially the character comedy, in France. Two hours a week. As an alternate, at the option of students, the following is offered (a) Lectures on the Lit- erary Movement of the Nineteenth Century. One hour a week. ( ) Practical Kxercises in the Seminary. Two hours a week. This course will include a comparative study of the leading critics of France. Candidates for advanced work in the Romance Languages must be acquainted with Latin and Modern French. lM