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Page 20 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Page 6 - We ought not, then, to think of our native speech as AngloSaxon, with some elements of Latin superimposed; we ought to think of it, and speak of it, as Anglo-Latin. If we call Anglo-Saxon the mother-tongue of our race, then we should call Latin our father-tongue.
Page 6 - Because they championed the rights of man, they were called "humanists." In their triumph, Europe became humanistic. Thus classical education is not, as is so often thoughtlessly said, an inheritance from mediaevalism. It was the principal engine of revolt against mediaevalism. Classical education was the result of the victory of the free human spirit. With the revival of the classics, called the Renaissance, modern science also was born. The first means to a freer scientific spirit was found in...
Page 14 - In this case the question of natural abiliiy was eliminated from the outset by selecting two groups of pupils of exactly equal ability as shown by the reports of the term preceding. One of these groups was arbitrarily assigned to German, the other to Latin, the other subjects studied by the two groups being exactly alike. At the end of the year it was found that the Latin group outranked the German in all lines, showing definitely and conclusively the superiority of Latin as a means for mind-training....
Page 12 - vocational schools." There is a deal of misconception on this point. A recent writer has said, "Avoid Latin derivatives. Use terse, pure, simple Saxon." But put of these eight words only "Saxon" is Saxon. All the rest are Latin. Science herself, indeed, bears without apparent discomfort a Latin name; while her nomenclature is almost wholly Latin or Greek. The International Congress of Botanists at Vienna in 1905 even went so far as formally to adopt Latin as the language by which all species should...
Page 15 - No. of papers written 28 41 57 50 Average standing (percentage) 63 61 65 68 Partridge believes that the "superiority of the classical over the non-classical pupils is due not solely to initial natural ability, but to the training received in Latin." He has, however, failed to show the differences in initial ability and consequently any inference of this sort is doubtful. Harris made a study of the effect of knowledge of Latin upon ability to spell English words by submitting a list of 50 words of...
Page 15 - ... defense for Latin, which may prove of the utmost importance for the future of the study. There is only one thing, as I see it, that must yet be done to make the defense of Latin, on the score of practicality, completely convincing, namely, actual measurement of results. If it can be shown definitively and in detail, in recorded achievements of pupils, that their study of Latin has done more for them than some substitute for it has done for pupils of equal ability, then the whole discussion of...
Page 26 - It is also true of mathematics, in the sense that keys are used, or at least help is gotten from other students better prepared It is also true of written work in English and history that students get help from those who know more. It is true of all subjects in all schools in a greater or less degree.
Page 15 - Uniform Examinations in Third- Year English in the East High School, of Rochester, New York, for the five-year period of 1909 to 1913 inclusive.
Page 4 - States require at least two years of college work as a prerequisite to the study of law.