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...students took some course in Latin...
From an inspection of this table, it will be seen that Latin, Greek, and Philosophy are not neglected, and that Mathematics, though holding a low rank in the list, deserves a better relative position, for all students taking elective courses in this branch undoubtedly spend their time profitably; while at Yale many of the students taking the prescribed work shirk a distasteful course of study. The table also shows that young students do generally select their electives wisely, and that our Faculty are perfectly justified in encouraging President Eliot's Elective System...
FRESHMAN EXAMINATIONS. - Dec. 11, Greek; Dec. 13, Latin; Dec. 16, German, French; Dec. 18, Solid Geometry; Dec. 20, Latin Lectures, Greek Lectures...
...judge from the following extract, the Latin of the Round Table needs considerable attention: "He has an excellent name in his community, and what Beloit alumni...
...TAKE one Latin School boy of a tender age, - one who has trodden on the edge of dangerous and unknown truths preferred, - two cupfuls of platitudes, four cupfuls of conceit; then add two pounds of feeling allusions to the effect that the great majority of your friends never use soap and water, and don't know enough to open their bedroom windows at night. Garnish the dish with "it seems to me," and sprinkle freely with the pronoun I. Serve with grandiloquence and bombast...