Word: latin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Freshman nine, rained out of its last scheduled game with Governor Dummer, meets Boston Latin School, while the Jayvee nine, which lost its only previous start to the Yardlings, will attempt to get off on the right foot against Newton Junior College...
...Franklin P. Adams learnedly lamented in a recent article, the study of Latin "In this broad land . . . is in cups favlliarum." For this reason, perhaps, many students are inclined to pass over the Classics and their offerings both to concentrators and to those who are merely seeking a good extra course as an archaic institution whose last purpose in life was canceled when the Faculty abolished the ancient language requirement for the A. B. degree last fall...
...special examinations in the Department of the Classics are given in the senior year. For non-Honors candidates, these entail written tests on the literatures of Greece and Rome, and the translation at sight of Greek and Latin authors. Honors candidates in the Classics must also take a composition examination. Greek and Latin honors students may substitute a thesis for the composition work, as may those in the combined field...
...student who enrolls in the Department of the Classics may concentrate in any of four fields, including Classics, Greek, Latin, and Classics and a Related Literature or Subject. Minimum requirements in the first three areas are six courses, or seven for Honors. The field of Classics and a Related Literature by Subject (i.e., English, French, German, Fine Arts, History, Philosophy) is intended for men who wish to combine the study of an ancient language with some modern subject, and stipulates at least two courses in the Classics...
Many of the courses given under Classics headings are as close to general education as a student can come without being in the program itself, and such classes as Greek 10, given by Werner W. Jaeger, University Professor, and requiring no knowledge of Greek of Latin, are annually filled with students concentrating in everything from Economics to Bio-chemistry. Greek G and Latin G, both elementary courses, are larger at present than ever before, and are filled for the most part by non-Classics majors...