Word: latine
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students took some course in Latin...
From an inspection of this table, it will be seen that Latin, Greek, and Philosophy are not neglected, and that Mathematics, though holding a low rank in the list, deserves a better relative position, for all students taking elective courses in this branch undoubtedly spend their time profitably; while at Yale many of the students taking the prescribed work shirk a distasteful course of study. The table also shows that young students do generally select their electives wisely, and that our Faculty are perfectly justified in encouraging President Eliot's Elective System...
...Scholars are divided in opinion as to whether it is Etruscan, or Latin of the period of "The Song of the Arval Brothers." It is expected that a translation of them will be made the subject of a prize essay...
...Vassar Man.THE Vassar Man is a woman. She is a woman who ruins all her prospects of marriage for the sake of a little French, less German, and a minus quantity of Latin. As near as I can make out, the Vassar woman was created chiefly to write little poems on tinted paper; to torture "classical" music out of grand pianos; to furnish paragraphs and jokes to the provincial papers, and to be adored by Yale Freshmen. The old man Vassar made a big mistake when he founded that Poughkeepsie ranch, for the ungrateful young dames who go there persistently...