Word: greeke
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PROF. PALMER'S Wednesday Evening Greek Readings have been resumed...
...favor in the Athletic Association. Last season this association was only in its promising infancy, but now comes before us as an organization ready to do a manly work in supplementing the physical culture of bat and oar. If the true end of such culture was that which the Greek sought, - the symmetrical and harmonious development of every part of the body - then our Athletic Association is destined, as the ideal of physical culture rises, to lead the van of all our societies devoted...
...chap who spent $1,500 to graduate at Harvard is postmaster in Iowa at $24 per year. Where would he have been but for his Latin and Greek?" - (Last seen in the Trinity Tablet...
...languages shall hold readings, like those we have at present by Professor Child and Professor Palmer, so arranged that in the course of four years every undergraduate may, without undertaking any extra work, be able to become acquainted with the writings of the best authors in each language. The Greek and Shakspere readings, which have already proved so successful, will be continued, with the addition of the Iliad and the Canterbury Tales. Selections will also be read from Greek and Latin poetry and prose, and from the modern languages; and Professor Paine will continue his illustrations on the piano...
...obtained will be very shallow, but of course it depends on each man how regular and attentive he will be and how he will use his opportunities. However, we should think that, with due care, a great deal might be learned with very little trouble; and the courses in Greek and Latin, at any rate, will serve as an experiment to determine how far the student is capable of "comprehending the spirit" of a difficult language without the aid of careful study on his part and of elaborate comments from his instructor...