Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...verily believe that it would be better for civilization to end in the Ragnarok, or 'twilight of the gods,' like ancient Valhalla, than for it to continue 'half slave and half free' with a Prussian Kaiser as the dominating influence...
...stored is out of the way on the second floor of the not too frequented building. At other colleges the emblems of victory are preserved in a prominent place. But what we notice most particularly is the condition of the banners and flags which decorate the walls. They resemble ancient battle devices. They are torn and tattered and falling absolutely to pieces. Perhaps it is appropriate that the banner which commemorates Harvard's winning the Intercollegiate Tug-of-War Championship in 1884 should be ripped and torn. But it seems to me that interesting records like these should be better...
...introductory address will be made by Mr. Albert S. Perkins of Dorchester High School, the president of the local section. Following this a talk on "The Questionnaire of the Boston Council of Ancient Languages" will be given by Miss Louise Adams of the East Boston High School. "A Review of Virgil" will be the subject of the next address, to be made by Dr. D. O. S. Lowell, headmaster of the Roxbury Latin School. The subsequent speeches are as follows: "The Stupidest of Losses," by Dr. Josiah Bridge '84, of Westminster School, Simsbury, Conn.; "Latin in Modern Education...
...Questionnaire of the Boston Council of Ancient Languages. Miss Louise Adams, East Boston High School...
...increasing value of a practical education has changed the scope of foreign colleges as well as American. Cambridge University intends to make its instruction more accessible by eliminating the knowledge of Greek as a prerequisite to admission. Some modern tongue will doubtless be substituted for the ancient. By revising its standards for entrance, this English institution sacrifices a precedent which has marked a long existence. For several centuries both Greek and Latin have been the very basis of a higher education, but now, because of changing conditions, either one is sufficient. Men who made England the power...