36 ADMISSION TO COLLEGE 



Second year: Reading of from 250 to 400 pages of texts. Review 

 of the principles of grammar, with exercises and composition. Conversa- 

 tion practice based on texts and grammar. 



Third year: Reading of from 400 to 600 pages of texts. Free com- 

 position. Summaries of 'texts and conversation drill. Study of a gram- 

 mar of moderate completeness. 



4. GREEK. Four units accepted, but two units outlined. 



First year: The elements of Greek grammar and the reading of easy 

 selections; in the latter part of the year the reading of a portion of 

 Xenophon's Anabasis or of some otljer Attic prose of the same grade. 

 The regular paradigms should be thoroughly mastered and a considerable 

 vocabulary acquired. 



Second year : The reading of the remainder of the first four books 

 of the Anabasis or portions of Cyropaedia; in the second half of the 

 year the reading of some other piece of Attic prose, such as Xenophon's 

 Hellenica or the orations of Lysias, or of three or four books of Homer. 



While accurate knowledge of the grammar of the language is essen- 

 tial for real progress, and slipshod work is to be avoided, it should be 

 remembered always that this is but a means to an end the inspiration 

 and culture that comes from the Greek spirit. 



5. SCANDINAVIAN. Four units accepted ; two units defined. 



In this group Norse, Swedish and Danish are accepted. Only one of 

 them, Norwegian, is defined. The same suggestions given for Norwegian 

 may be applied to the Swedish or the Danish. 



First Year : The work of the first year should aim to give the student 

 (1) an accurate pronounciation ; (2) a knowledge of the rudiments of the 

 grammar; (3) the ability to translate simple sentences into Norwegian 

 and to express in idiomatic Norwegian simple ideas; (4) the ability to 

 understand simple ideas expressed orally in Norwegian; (5) a vocabulary 

 and knowledge of construction sufficient to enable him to read ordinary 

 Norwegian with considerable ease. 



The drill in pronunciation should begin with the first meeting of the 

 class and should continue unremittingly until the last. It is not only an 

 end in itself, but it makes for accuracy in the knowledge of grammatical 

 forms and is a great aid in the retention of the vocabulary. As a part of 

 such drill frequent dictations are indispensable. 



The grammatical work should include the regular and the more com- 

 mon irregular verbs, tjie inflection of nouns, adjectives, participles, and 

 pronouns, the use of pronouns, adverbs, prepositions and conjunctions, 

 sentence-order, and the elements of syntax. In addition to the grammar a 

 minimum of about a hundred fifty pages of easy material should be read. 



Second Year : The work of the second year should include the read- 

 ing of a minimum of three hundred fifty pages of modern prose, including 

 a number of short dramatic works, with constant practice as before in 

 translation of the variations of the text read. The drill in pronunciation 



