Sentence:  In the "announcement of courses" published annually by the faculty of the University of California<!--sic no comma--> the reader cannot fail to be impressed with the number and scope of the hours devoted by the students to <WSD>recitations</WSD> and lectures upon the subject of "literature." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.