Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1911 — Latin and Greek. [ARTICLE]

Latin and Greek.

The action of Amherst college in seeking to restore Latin and Greek to their supremacy in the scheme of higher education may be the beginning of a great reaction. Or It may be another case of Mrs. Partington with her broom trying to sweep back the rising tide.—The World. And it may, and doubtless will be, neither. Latin and Greek may be “restored to their supremacy” in Amherst college, and perhaps to the profit of the college and of the country, without creating an educational reaction. It is not at that that Amherst seems to alm. Rather in this age of specialized education, she is choosing the old-fashioned classical education as her specialty. It might be said that she proposes to specialize in a general 'education which shall aim to train sound thinkers. Latin is still extensively taught in this conutry, but Greek gets a less and less extended attention. It does not seem likely that it will again be urged upon the general run of college students. Nevertheless, scholars will cling to it Man in this hemisphere will not live by bread alone nor give his strength to material development or economics or scientific research. Harper's Weekly.