Word: ciceros
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...conditions for the admission examinations were as follows:- "Whoever shall be able to read Cicero or any other such like classical author at sight and make and speak true Latin in verse and prose, and decline perfectly the paradigms of names and verbs in the Greek tongue. Let him then and not before be capable of admission into the college." It was certainly a higher standard in the classics than we have at the present day, for there are very few who can speak and write Latin with ease and correctness. Weekly declamation were held on Fridays during the college...
...entire plan of study is noticeable, and is explained by the fact that students were required to speak Latin in the class-rooms and in the college yard. Latin was the main requirement for admission to Harvard College. The rule was: "When a scholar is able to understand Tully (Cicero) or such like classical Latin author extempore, and make and speak true Latin in verse and prose suo ut aunt Marte, and decline perfectly the paradigm's of nouns and verbs in the Greek tongue; let him then and not before be capable of admission into the college." Such classical...
...demands upon our intelligence (and our imagination as well sometimes); but every student has a sympathy with certain parts of his work, and takes more interest in those parts than in others. He would perfer always to dilate upon these favorite topics. Under the old system it was as Cicero would say "bull-luck" whether he had a chance or not. Under the new regime he can show himself to better advantage...
...stock: Stephin's Criminal Law, $1.83. Otto's German Composition for German I. Magin; Historie de France. Tauchnitz edition of Cicero's Philippics. The authorised American edition of De Quincy's Works, 12 vols., $12.00. Single vols., $1 each. American Statesman still furnished at 84 cents...
...stock: Stephin's Criminal Law, $1.83. Otto's German Composition for German I. Magin; Historie de France. Tauchnitz edition of Cicero's Philippics. The authorised American edition of De Quincy's Works, 12 vols., $12.00. Single vols., $1 each. American Statesman still furnished at 84 cents...