This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: … JOSEPH KARGE, Ph.D., Woodhull Professor of Continental Languages and Literature. I. French and German grammar, reading, oral and written translations from original idioms into English and vice versa; practical application of these languages in using them as vehicles of explanation and illustration. History of gradual development of each, kinship to others on the European continent, intellectual treasures of their literature, and influence exercised in elevating the standard of modern civilization. II. Number of hours devoted to class instruction varies with the number of students. The present Sophomores, of whom French is required throughout the year, have two hours per week. Average number of students in attendance one hundred and four. Saturday being the only day in the week on which the class can meet the instructor in divisions of twentyfive students each without interfering with other departments, the method of instruction is both oral and written, the latter on the black board, in which the entire division engages at the same time, illustrating and putting into practice rules previously explained; special pains being taken that each student draws from his own resources. In this manner, the preliminary rules of the language are thoroughly inculcated. Individual reading, parsing, translation and rapid manipulation of the verb in connection with sentences and periods strictly adhered to. Tuesdays, when other departments claim the attention of the class, two divisions only, averaging fifty each, meet the instructor. The lesson is devoted to a recapitulation of what has been practiced on the previous Saturday, by turning rapidly into French, after dictation, English themes carefully arranged for that occasion by the teacher. At the close of an…
