The subjects taught in this Department are the Greek Language and [unclear: Liters] the Geography, History, Mythology and Antiquities of Greece and [unclear: Company] Philology.

In the preparatory classes the student is thoroughly drilled in the [unclear: inflection] the language, and the forms are constantly impressed upon the memory by [unclear: which] translations from Greek into English, and from English into Greek. These [unclear: wir] exercises, generally taken from the Grammar, are continued daily for the first years. Throughout the rest of the course, translations from the best Greek [unclear: and] are regularly made by the Professor, and the students are required to renders [unclear: the] back into the original. These exercises are criticised, and returned, and full [unclear: empty] nations given of the principles involved. In this way the Syntax will be [unclear: illustre] by all the different constructions which occur in the language.

In the translation of the classic authors, a close and critical examination is of the text assigned for reading, the peculiarities of the author's style are [unclear: bre] out, and the contents of the language, as illustrated in the light of [unclear: Company] Philology, are constantly discussed.

The requirements for entrance into the Freshman class, are as follows: [unclear: Harh] First Greek book, including the translation of all the exercises from Greek into [unclear: English], and vice versa; Hadley's Grammar, used especially with reference to the [unclear: ve] four books of Nenophon's Anabasis,'Jones' Greek Prose Composition.