Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recommendation that the study of Latin in secondary schools, be begun two years earlier than at present and continue for six years is made in the report of the Classical League on their inquiry into the study and the teaching of the classics. There is a general, though not complete, agreement among educational authorities, the report says, that it would be much better to begin the study of Latin two years earlier...
...doing it would be practicable to develop more deeply rooted habits of accuracy and thoroughness, a larger reading in the authors, greater facility in the reading and broader appreciation of the literary and historical influences flowing from the subject," says the report. "It will also furnish those who go to college greater power to read college Latin with certainty and speed and thus the opportunity to gain a larger first-hand acquaintance with Latin literature...
...discussing the proper content of Latin courses in schools the report recommends that greater stress be laid on developing the power to read Latin and thus to obtain a cultural and literary background. To this end it is recommended that the formal study of the elements of language be somewhat reduced in the early years and that a wide selection of reading matter designed to furnish this historical-cultural objective be emphasized. Mythology, Roman traditions, home life and biography, and legends and stories appealing to the imagination of youth are subject matter recommended...
...Princeton, N. J., Dean Andrew F. West, President of the American Classical League, published the text of a report prepared by a committee of the League on the place now occupied by the study of Latin and Greek in U. S. education. Some points...
...gossip, Report," turns out, as often before, not to "be an honest woman of her word." Professor Baker has no present intention of transferring either himself or the 47 Workshop to Columbia. It is true that Professor Baker is to enjoy a long-deferred and well-earned year of rest, and that the 47 Workshop is temporarily shopless, owing to the transformation of Massachusetts Hall into a dormitory. But Professor Baker takes leave of his Cambridge friends "with pleasant anticipation of renewed work together," and it is unbelievable that in this era of building and expansion he should not, upon...