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ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. 87
The exercises of the philological seminary are especially adapted
to the needs of graduate students, and introduce the student to the
original sources of information concerning the language and its his
tory,
and accustom him to methods of independent investigation.
The seminary room in the new library building has been equipped
with a reference library of over two thousand volumes and will be
used as a regular study-room and laboratory by the more advanced
students.
A course in Elementary Greek has been added for the advantage of
non-Greek students, who for any reason may have found it, though
late in their college course, desirable to acquire at least a rudimentary
knowledge of the language, and are willing to incur the labor incident
to doing two
years'
work in one. The acknowledged purpose of the
course is to attain within one year of extraordinary effort a reading
knowledge of Attic prose and all other objects are made secondary to
this. The course cannot, without much additional study, serve as a
preparation for the entrance examinations in Greek. The course in
Modern Greek should be taken all who by intend to specialize in
archaeology, or who plan to continue their studies in Greece.
Bracketed courses will not be given in 1899-1900.
Office of the department, White 3a. Consultation hours asfollows :
Professor , W., F., 10, and T., Th., 11-11:15 ; Professor
Bristol, T., Th., S., 11 ; Dr. Forman, T, Th.,S.,u.
A. Elementary Greek. The essentials of the grammar. Simple
exercises in composition. The of selections reading
from the Anaba-
basis of Xenophon, and from Plato. M., W., F., 8, White 13. Dr.
Forman.
This course is designed for and may be elected by all students who
wish to acquire by extraordinary effort in one year, the ability to read
Attic prose.
1. Freshman Course. Reading of selected orations of Lysias, ac
companied a careful review of the Attic inflections and syntax.
by
Six books of Homer's Odyssey. Selections from Plato. Greek com
position during fall and spring terms. T., Th., S., 10, White 3
Professor Bristol and Dr. Forman.
and 4.
Open to all students who have presented Greek for admission to the
University. The class will be divided into sections on the basis of
scholarship at the beginning of the winter and of the spring term.
See also ia.
ia. Supplementary Course. Hellenica of Xenophon. Selections
from Books V-VII. Herodotus, Books VI and VII. Selections from
Lucian. W., F., 10. Dr. Forman.