DEPARTMENT OF MODERN LANGUAGES.
FOURTH, THIRD, SECOND, AND FIRST CLASSES.
The course in modern languages comprises instruction in the French and Spanish languages.
THE FRENCH LANGUAGE.
FOURTH AND THIRD CLASSES.
The requirements of this course are as follows:
Construction of the language; reading and writing French; dictation: military terms; translation (written and oral) of English into French and French into English; conversation; themes.
Instruction in the French language begins March 1 of the fourth-class year and is completed June 4 of the third-class year. Examinations thereon will be held at the June examination, fourth-class year, and at the December and June examinations of the third-class year. The course comprises about two hundred and twenty-one lessons.
THE SPANISH LANGUAGE.
SECOND AND FIRST CLASSES.
The requirements of this course are as follows:
Construction of the language; reading and writing Spanish; dictation; translation (written and oral) of English into Spanish and Spanish into English; oral recitations and conversation; themes.
Instruction in the Spanish language begins March 1 of the second-class year and is completed June 4 of the first-class year. Examinations thereon will be held at the June examination, second-class year, and at the December and June examinations of the first-class year. The course comprises about one hundred and eighty-three lessons.
The present text-books are:
FOURTH CLASS.
French:
- French Pronunciation. De Peiffer.
- Treatise on the Conjugation of French Verbs. Castarède.
- Elementary French. Aldrich and Foster.
- La Langue Française. Première Partie. Bercy.
- Le Petit Parisien. Kron.
THIRD CLASS.
French:
- Martin’s French Verbs.
- Elementary French. Aldrich and Foster.
- Introductory French Composition, Francois. Guerlac’s Standard French Authors.
- Advanced French Prose Composition, Francois. Potter’s Dix Contes Modernes.
- French Verbs and Prepositions, Idioms, Letters. Cameron’s Tales of France.
- Marchand’s French Idioms. Revue Militaire des Armées Étrangères.
- Labiche and Martin’s Voyage de M. Perrichon. Courrier des Etats-Unis (Sunday edition).
- Le Petit Parisien. Kron.
SECOND AND FIRST CLASSES.
Spanish:
- Spanish Verb and Spanish Pronunciation. Traub.
- Spanish Grammar. Monsanto and Languellier.
- Spanish Grammar. Garner.
- El Castellano Actual. Román y Salamero.
- Las Novedades.
- First Spanish Book. Worman.
- Elementary Spanish Reader. Ramsey.
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
French:
- French Pronouncing Dictionary. Spiers and Surenne.
- Military Technical Dictionary. Willcox.
Spanish:
- New Spanish-English and English-Spanish Dictionary, by Cuyás. Appleton.