Word: latinizing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Latin and Greek are to be discarded, but the older children are to be familiarized with ancient thought and literature through translations. Formal grammar will be dispensed with except as special need of it may be felt. The emphasis is to be on science and modern languages. A good deal of attention will be paid to the fine arts, not with the idea of training poets, musicians and painters, but in order that pupils may enjoy poetry, music and painting...
...most radical part of the new school's program is the disappearance of Latin and Greek, and the attempt to make translations of the classics serve the same purpose. Modern languages, science, industry, and the domestic arts will have the most important places in the new curriculum. The orthodox leaders of the present educational methods already have expressed their horror at the introduction of these innovations...
Sixteen changes were made in the provisional schedule as printed before the recess. Engineering Sciences 6b was changed to Monday, January 29; Music 1 to Tuesday, February 6; Latin E to Friday, February 26; Social Ethics 15 to Monday, February 5; Economics 7a to Tuesday, February 6; examinations in Astronomy 4, Semitic 15, History 25, History 41, Psychology 10a, Zoology 10, Comparative Literature 27, Geology 7 and Zoology 12 were omitted, and examinations in Comparative Philology 2a and Slavic 2a were added. All examinations will begin at 9.15 o'clock except any that are announced for 2 o'clock...
...sealed letter containing the real name and with the assumed name on the outside. The music must be for four voices (chorus, with or without solo voices) and with organ or piano accompaniment, the time required for performance not exceeding six minutes. The words may be either English or Latin, religious or secular, original or selected. A prize will be awarded only in case a manuscript is submitted that, in the opinion of the judges, is fully deserving of it. Manuscripts must be delivered to the chairman of the committee, Arthur Foote '74, at 81 Green street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline...
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