Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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After tomorrow no more theses of candidates for the degree of Ph.D. in 1916 in the Division of Ancient Languages, of Modern Languages, and of History, Government, and Economics will be received. It is also the last day on which applications can be made by candidates for second year Honors...
Last day for receiving theses of candidates for the degree of Ph.D. in 1916 in the Divisions of Ancient Languages, of Modern Languages, and of History, Government, and Economics...
...Wright provides a surprise when on the first page we find him presenting us with "A Note on Pagan Morals." We half expect an uncompromising attack or even an apology for the ancient and mythical man of straw, who is supposed to reign in Harvard square, with zones of influence extending far up Brattle street and as far down as the dens of Boylston Hall,--the demon of irreligion. But what Mr. Wright gives us is a colorful web of reminiscence and meditation. He pleads for a creed of spiritual temperance, of purity and discipline, for the sake...
Some progress has been made already in de-Latinizing some courses in History, Philosophy, Fine Arts, etc., but there should be no stopping of the process. If any fact concerning the ancient Greeks or Romans is worth acquiring, it is worth acquiring equally by those who have or have not studied the languages in which the facts have been handed down...
...scorn for old prejudices and of aspiration toward unadulterated truth, the student can do what no earlier epoch of classical criticism has generally and consciously essayed: he can apply himself to the privilege of discrimination and seek to arrive at an ultimate valuation of the different works of ancient literature. The moment has at last come when we may disembarass the Classics of the glamour that the humanistic enthusiasm of the Renaissance cast over all things ancient, good or bad, and when we may hope to view the past in proper perspective. Some monuments of Greek and Roman literature...