CHAPTER IV.

The Ratio Studiorum of 1599.

Plans of Studies in Jesuit Colleges Previous to the Ratio Studiorum 107

Care in Drawing up the Plan of Studies 109

Peculiar Character of the Ratio Studiorum 114

Officers of Jesuit Colleges 115

The Literary Curriculum: Ancient Languages 118

The Study of History 124

Geography 127

Study of the Mother-Tongue 129

The Philosophical Course 131

Mathematics and Sciences 133

Sources of the Ratio Studiorum 136