The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42

Synopsis of the Classes in Arts

Synopsis of the Classes in Arts.

Classics.

In the Junior Latin Class the work will comprise (1) The systematic study of some definite portions of the works of the more easily understood prose and verse authors together with the Grammar of the Latin language, and such points in the history and antiquities of Rome as present themselves in the course of the work. (2) Occasional practice in the translation of easy unprepared passages. (3) The translation of easy passages of English into Latin prose.

Every student will find it necessary to provide himself with some good Lexicon and Grammar. White and Riddle's, or Andrews', or Smith's Lexicon, and Madvig's Grammar are recommended. Teubner's cheap editions of Latin authors will be used in class, and it is recommended that every student obtain for reference and general use Teubner's complete editions of the works of Cicero, Cæsar, Virgil, and Ovid.

In the Senior Latin Class the general course of study will be similar to that followed in the Junior Latin Class; but the work will be of a more advanced character, and the portions of authors selected for study will usually be such as present greater difficulties to the student. The choice of authors, however, will be to some extent guided by the announcements of subjects for the B.A. Degree Examination, made from year to year by the New Zealand University.

In the Greek Classes the course of study will be, mutatis mutandis, similar to that followed in the Latin Classes. In the Junior Class the portions of authors selected for study will usually be taken from the works of Xenophon (or the easier dialogues of Plato) and Euripides. Every student will find it necessary to provide himself with Liddell and Scott's Lexicon, and Jelf's Greek Grammar. In the Senior Class the selection of authors will to some extent be guided by the announcements made by the New Zealand University.

Teubner's cheap editions will in all cases be used in class.

English.

In the English Literature Class the work will consist principally in the systematic study of some definite portions of the works of standard English authors, from Chaucer to Dryden. Especial importance will be attached to the history, meaning and various uses of English words and phrases. The general history of English literature will be entered into, only so far as is necessary to show clearly the position occupied by the author whose works are selected for study. But every student will be expected to make himself acquainted with the principal periods of English literature; and for this purpose Arnold's Manual of English Literature is recommended, and, as books of reference, Morley's First Sketch of English Literature, and Chambers' Cyclopaedia of English Literature. Subjects for English Essays will be given occasionally during the session.

Mathematics.

First Glass.

Euclid: Six books, with deductions.

Algebra, as far as prescribed for the B.A. Degree.

Trigonometry, including the use of logarithms and the solution of triangles, as far as prescribed for the B.A. Degree.

Text Books: Todhunter's Euclid, Colenso's Algebra,. Colenso's Trigonometry.

Summer Work.

Euclid: Revisal of six books, with deductions; Book XI., props. 1-21. Todhunter's Algebra. Todhunter's Trigonometry.

Second Class.

Algebra and Trigonometry, as prescribed for Honours.

Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics, as prescribed for the B.A. Degree.

Text-books: Todhunter's Algebra, Todhunter's Trigonometry, Goodwin's Statics, Goodwin's Dynamics, Besant's Hydrostatics.

Summer Work.

Revisal of Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry.

Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics, as for Honours. Todhunter's Conic Sections, Chaps. I., II., III., and V.

No student will be admitted to the Third Class who does not pass an examination on the above to the satisfaction of the Professor.

Summer Work.

General revisal. Differential and Integral Calculus, as for Honours. Aldis's Solid Geometry, Chaps. I.-IV., VII., and VIII. Todhunter's Analytical Statics, Chaps. I.-VII.

No student will be admitted to the Fourth Class who does not pass an examination in the above to the satisfaction of the Professor.

Fourth Class.

Differential Equations. Analytical Statics. Dynamics of a Particle. A subject in Mathematical Physics, as for Honours.

Text-books: Boole's Differential Equations, Todhunter's Analytical Statics, Tait and Steele's Dynamics.

Political Economy.

The Production, Exchange, Distribution and Consumption of Wealth; Value; Land; Labour; Capital; Interest; Wages; Profit; Rent; the Effects of Division of Labour and of Machinery; Strikes, Trades' Unions, &c.

Money; Credit; Banking; Loans; Taxation, &c.

The Law of Population; Immigration and Emigration; Land Tenures; Poor Laws, &c.

Free Trade and Protection; the History of Economical Ideas, with special reference to the Colonial policy of England.

Chemistry.

I. —Lectures.
II. —The Laboratory.
  • The Practical Classes conducted in the Laboratory extend over a period of six months.

In these Classes the instruction is devoted to the analysis of simple Salts, Soils, Coal, Limestones, and the ores of the more important metals, e.g., Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper,. Iron, Mercury, Zinc, Antimony, Tin.

Text-book: Thorpe's Qualitative Analysis.

Natural Science.

Palæontology.

Processes of fossilization; zoological and botanical characters of the more important extinct animals and plants; chronological palæontology; the principles of taxonomy.

Text-book: Nicholson's Manual of Palæontology.

Principles of Biology.

The distinctive properties of living matter. The morphology and physiology of the cell. The general morphology of plants and animals. Principles of animal and vegetable physiology. Principles of Classification. Principles of Distribution. Inheritance and Variation. The origin of Species.

Physical Geology.

The composition and formation of rocks; the structure of rock masses; metamorphism; form and internal condition of the earth; movements of the surface; earthquakes; volcanoes; denudation; physiography; results of palæontology; chronological classification of rocks; former changes of climate.

Text-book: Hutton's class-book of Elementary Geology.