ENTRANCE UNITS 35 



GENERAL STATEMENT CONCERNING ENTRANCE UNITS 



Students and others desirous of learning something of the amount 

 and kind of work required for entrance to Freshman classes will find 

 suggestive outlines below for some of the most important subjects. 



Foreign Languages 



The work in foreign language should be a careful preparation which 

 shall enable the student to continue the same work in college with ease. 

 Whether the amount of reading covered is relatively small or great, the 

 training should consist of a thorough knowledge of grammar. Proficiency 

 is of the greatest importance. 



Suitable texts may be found in the Report of the Committee of Twelve 

 of the Modern Language Associations of America. A representative 

 amount of work in preparation is as follows : 



1. LATIN. Four units accepted. 



First year: Thorough work with an acceptable elementary text, mas- 

 tery of forms, readiness in writing simple Latin. 



Second year: Four books of Caesar or the equivalent; Latin prose, 

 one period each week. 



Third year: Six orations of Cicero; Latin prose, one period each 

 week. 



Fourth year: Six books of Virgil; prose or mythology, one period 

 each week. 



2. GERMAN. Four units accepted, but three units outlined. 



First year : Careful drill upon pronunciation from trained teacher, not 

 from books; rudiments of grammar, conversation and colloquial German; 

 reading of from 60 to 100 pages of graduated texts, with constant practice 

 in translating into German easy variations upon sentences selected from the 

 reading lesson. 



Second year: Reading from 150 to 200 pages of easy stories and plays, 

 accompanying practice, as in first year, in the translation into German of 

 easy variations, continued drill in rudiments of grammar and conversa- 

 tional use of knowledge. 



Third year: Reading of about 300 pages of moderately difficult texts, 

 with constant practice in giving German paraphrases and abstracts of the 

 matter read, grammatical drill with special reference to auxiliaries, tenses, 

 moods, and some attention to word formation. 



3. FRENCH. Four units accepted, but three units outlined. 



First year : A full statement of the work to be done and suggestions 

 as to methods and texts may be found in Section X-XII of the Report 

 of the Committee of Twelve of the Modern Language Association of 

 America. The work should comprise the elements of the grammar, with 

 exercises and drill in easy conversation, especially pronunciation. The 

 reading should consist of from 150 to 200 pages of easy texts, 



