Word: ones
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...present, of three survey courses in Latin and Greek literatures, only one, Greek 11, the history of the Greek drama, does not require a knowledge of the language. Latin 12 and Greek 12 doubtless are commendable survey courses for those men concentrating in Classics, but they require what few undergraduates possess, an ability to translate Latin and Greek well. For at least three years the two surveys of ancient civilizations, Latin 10 and Greek 10, with reading in English, have not been given. There is a field for such courses, and if they are properly announced and organized, there...
...speaks of a "breakdown in the social organization" and although he implies his belief that the House Plan is a step in the right direction and not altogether false, yet he says it is plainly "artificial". In the first place it violates a Harvard tradition not necessarily a good one but nevertheless a tradition--of individualism. In the second place, a system of fraternities is the only real solution anyhow. Thirdly, or perhaps incidentally the House Plan is "un-American" and "exotic", and it is quite apparent that these qualities have no part in Professor Rogers' conception of true snobbishness...
While classical studies will probably never again occupy the dominant position in education which they did until a half-century ago, they remain as the basis of our literature and art, and should continue to be held one of the elements in the training of the gentleman and the scholar...
...speedily put all such self-centered thoughts away as unworthy, and turned to a serious consideration of the clipping itself. The incessant voicings of the theory that intelligent curiosity must be aroused in the student have made it almost trite and certainly wearisome. Howsoever, it is one of the Vagabond's cherished beliefs. More, it is a pillar supporting the remainder of his beliefs. For if one is not curious he may never penetrate that pleasure, enhancing circle of native vagabonds who wander in and out of classrooms supremely unaware of monitors...