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...Smith seems to forget that their is a definite ideal of scholarship which is not yet nullified by a "modern world" or new conditions. Whatever may be said of their practical use, Latin and Greek form the cultural and literary background of much of our present world. Furthermore there is a certain toughening of the intellectual fibre which is the basis of learning to think, only to be gained in the drill work of the school. It is easy to advocate the discarding of all these subjects as deadwood; to make instruction entirely a matter of practical arts that...
...undergraduate decides that one altered letter in his degree is not worth all this extra work and all the dissipation of energy it involves, what changes must he make in his planned curriculum to align it with his non-classical background? He need make no other change at all. He may take eight courses in English and one in elementary science; that does not alter the fact that, without Latin or Greek, his badge of achievement, awarded after four years, must be in science and not in arts. Moreover, if he wants to try for honors in English he discovers...
...public law at Columbia University. An expert on criminal procedure rather than international economics, Professor Moley is a stocky, thin-haired pedagog who began his career as an Ohio schoolteacher. As Governor of New York, Al Smith first discovered him as a useful citizen to have in the background. Long a Roosevelt friend, he accompanied the Democratic nominee this fall on his campaign travels as chief factfinder and statistician. The Press glibly called him the head of the Roosevelt "brain trust." He compiled data from which Governor Roosevelt composed his speeches, supplied technical advice, kept modestly out of the spotlight...
...Montaigne's Philosophic Background," Professor Spencer, Sever...
...exhibition modern woodcuts is now being held in the Fogg Art Museum, and will continue until December 23. A few earlier cuts by well known artists are included to give an idea of the historical background of the modern work...