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326 SUMMER SESSION.
(c) Orthography. What should be the standard in spelling?
Should we write volnus or vulnus ; aequos, aequus or aecus : optumus
or optimus ; adsequor or assequor ; inrideo or irrideo, etc.?
(d)
Syntax of the Subjunctive. The subjuuctive in independent
sentences. Origin of the different varieties of the subjunctive ap
pearing
in subordinate clauses. Development of the thesis that all
subordinate uses of the subjunctive are an outgrowth of originally
independent sentences.
Syntax of the Cases. Fundamental force of the several (e)
cases. Explanation of the different uses that have developed from
each of these.
(f ) Discussion of the purposes and methods of Preparatory Study of
Latin, as follows : Why is Latin of value to the student secondary ?
The elementary work. What author should be read first ? Reading
at sight. Unseen translation. Theory of Latin versification. What
was ictus ? How to read poetry. Latin composition. How to teach it.
The Teachers'
course will be conducted mainly by lectures. Daily
ex. W. and S., io. Morrill 3. Professor Bennett.
B. Translation Course.
Interpretation of Plautus's Captivi and Terence's Andria. Lectures
on Latin Comedy. Daily ex. W. and S., 11. Morrill 3. Professor
Bennett.
C. Textual Criticism.
Introduction to the textual and exegetical study of Horace's Odes.
W., S.,
10 -11.30. Morrill 3. Professor BENNETT.
Courses A. and C. are intended more particularly for graduates ;
but A. is well adapted for any teacher of Latin who has already had
practical experience in giving instruction.
GERMAN.
A. Selections from the standard German Classics. Lessing,
Goethe, Schiller and Freytag. Translation, and comments on the
text, including points of etymology, syntax, and literary criticism ;
and practical directions to teachers regarding a linguistic school-
equipment, and the preparation of the subjects presented. M., T.,
W., Th., F.,
10. Morrill 5. Professor White.
B. Heine's Life and Works. Selections from Heine's prose and
poetry, with an examination of his views on literature, art, politics,
and religion ; and some study of the metrical and linguistic character
istics of his verse. M., T., W., Th., F.,
White.
9. Morrill 5. Professor