Word: jaeger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Praising the classics for their "spiritual importance," Werner W. Jaeger, University professor, yesterday called for greater emphasis on the studies of Greek and Latin, and pointed hopefully to the increasing number of students in those courses...
According to Professor Jaeger, who teaches Greek Ab, Bb, and 10, "we need some standards in our education." With such "timeless values" as we find in Greek culture, "we can go back to fundamental principles when going through a period of vaciliation and doubt" such as the present...
Professor Jaeger urges educators to "keep the torch burning," and "keep alive something that will never belong to the past." In answer to those who look upon ancient history and classical languages as dead, Jaeger defines history as "the knowledge of that which is permanently alive...
...classics have naturally been especially hard hit by the war. In contrast to the 18 courses listed (without brackets) in the 1940-41 catalogue, only three will begin in the spring of 1944. A popular course here is Professor Werner W. Jaeger's Greek 10, "Man and Society in Greek Thought," which considers the main representatives of Greek literature and philosophy from Home to Aristotle...
Hero Wise later managed to get himself home, and that made it 8 to 4. Hank Jaeger of "C" got a run in the second part of the seventh. For a while it looked as if the "C" boys were going to town, but the side was retired leaving the final score...