...skill in making Latin verse." . . . " ' In addition 'to a knowledge of Greek paradigms the ability to read, construe, and parse ordinary Greek, as in the New Testament, Isocrates or such like.' " 2 Until 1745, the Yale requirements were essentially the same as Harvard's. At that time common arithmetic...

...Virgil, or Such like common Classical Latin Authors; and to write true Latin in Prose, and to be Skill'd in making Latin verse, or at Least in the rules of Prosodia; and to read, construe & parse ordinary Greek, as in the New Testament, Isocrates or such 4 like, and decline the Paradigms,...

...classical Latin authors, and to write Latin in prose and verse, or at least in tlie rules of Prosodia, mid to read, construe, and parse ordinary Greek, as in...Isocrates, or such like, and decline the paradigms of Greek verbs, having withal good testimony as to his past blameless behaviors. "The undergraduates shall bo...

...able to read, construe, and parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin Authors: and to write true Latin in prose, and to be skilled in making...and decline the paradigms of Greek nouns, and verbs . . . shall be looked upon as qualified for admission into Harvard College."27 The only change here...

...extempore to read, construe, aud parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin authors, and to write true Latin in prose, and to be skilled in making...and parse ordinary Greek, as in the New Testament, Tsocrates, or such like, and decline the paradigms of Greek nouns and verbs, having withal good testimony...

...extempore to read, construe, and parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin authors, and to write true Latin in prose, and to be skilled in making...having withal good testimony of his past blameless behavior, shall be looked upon as qualified for admission into Harvard College." About the same time...

...extempore to read, construe, and parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin authors, and to write true Latin in prose, and to be skilled in making...having withal good testimony of his past blameless behavior, shall be looked upon as qualified for admission into Harvard College." About the same time...

...making Latin verse. In addition to a knowledge of the Greek paradigms, these laws demanded the ability " to read, construe, and parse ordinary Greek, as in the New Testament, Isocrates, or such like." The grammar school of William and Mary College, according to the statutes of 1727, prepared boys for...

...construe, and parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin authors, and to write true La in in prose, and to be skilled in making Latin verse,...and verbs, having withal good testimony of his past blanie1 The Latin text of this rule is given by Cotton Mather as follows: "Cnicunque fnerit peritia...

...extempore to read, construe, and parse Tully, Virgil, or such like common classical Latin authors, and to write true Latin in prose, and to be skilled in making...testimony of his past blameless behaviour, shall be looked upon as qualified for admission into Harvard College." 5 In institutions of this kind, where...