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day , on Grammar properly so called Moor ' s Elements being the texV book > a » d the rest of the wee k i " employed in reading and explaining the works of the higher poets and orators . Homer and the dramatists engage particular attention , and the
Essay of Longinus on the Sublime makes a very interesting part of the general course of reading and dissertation y which course , to suit the period of attendance in the gowned classes , extends to four or five years . In the arrangement of the hours of
study , care has been taken that these private classes shall not interfere with one another or with the philosophical lectures , so that the young gen . tlemen attending logic , ethics and natural philosophy , have it in their power to keet > up and improve their
acquaintance with the ancient languages without an y additional expense or the sacrifice of any other study /' Next in order stands the Logic class ; but I shall not enter into a
particular account of this or any other class , lest I should occupy too great a portion of your valuable Repository ; and because the chief objection to the University of Glasgow appears to be founded on some supposed defects in
the language classes . The Logic Students meet two hours a-day . T-hey ^ fiave nothing to do the first hour but to attend to the lecture of their professor . The otlier
hour is set apart for the reading of exercises , and examination upon the subjects stated in the lectures . All the students of this class compose three or four exercises a-week , at least , at
the beginning- of the session '; they are often called upon to give an account viva voce , or in writing , of the lectures delivered to them , and seldom fail to be examined less than once or twice a-week ; and are occasionally required to givejtn account of the books they state
are reading at home , and to me subject aad § entitt | fe » ts of their authors . Very few fi » qs are taken for bad attendance ; the professor is never satisfied uriless he be acquainted witn the cause ofthfe absence of his pupils and frequently requires to be informed in the hearing of the whole < & * & , The plan of teaching in the flUjru Philosophy class , is very Uke . tnp pirraued in the Logic / The ; ffW delivers a lecture at an early h ° ! £ tbemovms * m * the . jtfwiteut * m *»
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034 Advantages of an Education at the Universi ty of Glasgow .
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gil , Caesar ' s Commentaries , Livy , & , c . —in translating English iato Latin prose , and in writing nonsense verses . The junior Greek commence the session with the Grammar and conclude
with Anacreon and the Greek Testament . The two first meetings of the senior Latin Students are spent in reading the higher Roman Classics , such as Cicero , Livy , Tacitus , Virgil , Horace , Terence , Plautus , &c- —in
examinations on Roman Antiquities , and in perusing and correcting such Latin exercises in verse or iu prose , as have formerly been prescribed by the professor , aud executed by the students at home . —At the
commencement of the session , the first meeting of the senior G reek Students is spent in reading easy Greek authors , and in revising Moor ' s Grammar : but the greater part of this course is taken up in reading some part of Xenophon , Homer , Pindar , and a Greek play .
The professors of these classes " dedicate one hour a dav to the instruca / tion of the students in the advanced classes , " as well as the senior students of their own classes . ** At this hour ( the private hour ) all the pupils are
mere auditors , while the professor either reads and explains one of the higher classics of his respective language , or lectures upon Grammar , Antiquities , and the principles of Taste .
" In the Humanity Class , the hour is nearly equally divided between reading and lecturing ; and even in the choice of an author to be read , regard is paid not so much to the
comparative difficulty of translating hisworks , as to the scope which he affords for dissertation on the various properties of language , for remarks on ancient manners and usages , and for the elucidation of historical references and
poetical allusions . The lectures in the former half of the session turn on Roman Antiquities ; in the course of which the cusioms and ceremonies of that people arc illustrated with full and apposite quotations frotn therooets
and ritualists . The latter half is usually devoted to lectures oji the Belles Lettres , and the rules of composition and criticism ; the wholes being conducted with a constajort refereacerto . the practice of the < ¦ best writers in ancient and modern times . In the Gfieek class , tUere Js a , regular and formal lecture ; every JMUtft
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1815, page 624, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1765/page/24/
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