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...that age. The second introduces the student to Lucretius, by many regarded as the greatest Latin poet, and much talked about now for the profundity and power of his philosophical speculation. Few writers are more amusing than Plautus. A restriction with reference to 9 will be noticed on the scheme of study...
...difficult, but it will require close attention and care. It may be usefully combined with courses in philosophy, and all Latin 7 is the advanced division of 4. All the remarks made above with reference to 4 apply to it a fortiori. Latin 10 is adequately described on the scheme of study...
PHILOSOPHY 6 (Advanced Political Economy), which appears on the scheme of electives for next year, is a new course, and offers a second year of study on this subject for those who pass in either of the two courses which have been given this year. We understand that the basis of the course will be Cairnes's Principles of Political Economy, involving re-examination and application of the leading doctrines discussed by Mill. Carey's system is to be studied, in order to present the subject as it is seen from the extreme protectionist point of view; and the subject...
...prepare themselves for the thorough study of Physics or of Engineering, or for the sake of the general intellectual benefits which can be derived from a judicious discipline in exact science. Those who have the definite intention of pursuing a continued course of scientific study will find that the scheme of mathematical electives has reference primarily to their wants; and such students, after the first year of elective work, in which they will naturally take Math. 1 and 2 (or 1 alone, with other scientific electives), should consult their professors as to the precise direction of their choice. Those...
Math. 5 is a continuation of 1. It is a combination of Courses 5 and 6 in the scheme of the current year, made with the intention of giving more space to the practical methods. This course should be taken by all who desire to gain a real and permanent mastery of the Calculus...