isua-isnscatalog-1891-1892-061

Description:	60 ANNUAL CATALOGUE.- During the last four terms, there are occasionally read otherselections from easy Latin authors, such as Cornelius Nepos,Phsedeus, Aulus Gellius, Bennetts Easy Latin Stories, etc.Harknesss Latin Composition is frequently used in connectionwith the texts read, as an important aid to a thorough understanding of syntax.In the four years course, Latin is required during the lasteight terms. The work of the last two terms will be a continuation of the work pursued in first six terms, with the additionof some selections from more difficult authors.Alpheus McTaggart,Head of Department.GRAMMAR AND COMPOSITION.It is the purpose of this department to teach the method bothof thinking and of teaching the subjects. This involves athorough mastery of the subject-matter there is no such thingas mastering the methods of a subject apart from its facts.grammar.In this subject as much attention is given as the limited timewill permit to correcting the habit of using incorrect expressions.A disease that has its seat in the very bone and marrow can notalways be oured in six or nine months.The catalogue time for Grammar is two terms, but it has beenfound that one or more of the lowest entering classes requirethree terms to complete the work. Upon leaving this subject,the student should have such an insight into its nature as willenable him to see that, while his knowledge of the subject maybe thorough, it is not complete. A complete mastery of thesubject would involve a thorough study of at least one representative piece of literature in each of various stages in the development of the language.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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