Quarterly Calendar Volume 1 (Paperback)

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. 1892 Excerpt: ...of the German works used in the class-room. 7. Advanced Oerman: 1) Proficiency in more advanced grammar. In addition to a thorough knowledge of accidence (including the elements of word formation), and of the principal values of prepositions and conjunctions, the candidate must be familiar with the essentials of German syntax--particularly that of the modal auxiliaries and the subjunctive and infinitive modes. 2) Ability to translate ordinary German, to be acquired by the reading, in addition to the elementary requirement, of the following works: Finch der Schdnheit (Riehl); Aus dem Stoat Friedrichs des Orossen (Freytag); Die Harzreise (Heine); the first three books of Dichtungund Wahrheit (Goethe); Minna von Barnhelm (Lessing); Wilhelm Tell and Lied von der Qlocke (Schiller); and thirty pages of lyrics or ballads. 3) Ability to write in German a paragraph upon an assigned subject chosen from the works specified in the preceding section. While it is assumed that the examiner will avoid setting as subjects for composition matters of very subordinate interest or minor detail, it is hoped that teachers may be led by this requirement to stimulate from the beginning the pupil's interest in the subjectmatter of the works read in preparation. 4) Ability to follow a recitation conducted in German and to answer in that language questions asked by the instructor. 8. Elementary French: 1) Proficiency in elementary grammar; implying, especially, familiarity with the following topics: Inflection of nouns and adjectives for gender and number, excepting unusual cases; the "pronominal adjectives;" the use of pronouns, especially the forms and positions of personal pronouns; the partitive constructions; the inflection of the regular, and the more usual irregular v...