Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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and philosophy second to no other. The study of Greek further commends itself to the student as the language which contains the original docu- ments of our religion, and through which have been inherited the greatest contributions to the higher life of the world. The methods of instruction are not stereotyped. Although a thorough mastery of the language is insisted upon, an effort is made to surround all the toil with a helpful atmosphere and to inspire all the Work with a knowledge of its value and setting. The room provided xvith maps, photographs, some plasters and other objects, 'and 'a stereopticon with some A600 views on Greek geography, history and art. A year course in Classic al Archaeology and Art, in English, is also given in this department, being a study cf classical ideals Cand their modern signiicanceD as expressed in the life, literature, philosophy, architecture, sculpture, painting, etc., of the Greeks. and Romans, with a survey of the older arts of Egypt, Chaldea and Assyria. The books in the library and its collection of marble and bronze statuary Qfull size copies of classical originalsj, and the equipment of the department afford excellent material for reference and illustration. The head, of the departinenti has had the advantage of graduate study at Yale university and in Germany, and of seven months of study and travel in Greece and of some time in Italy.

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VVAILT.,IA,1VLSTAHT-4 ZEBERSCLE, , X - oDepertment of Greek Language and WILLIAM ,STAI-IL, EBERSQLE, gPr0f,6s,soI Greek, I1124T2hQIJ112lL?EviCS, being one of the eolclestfeelueafionel insfme ITIGTEIJUS, natllrelly took an impertant. lplaee in the GlJ.ITFi,CllhI1fll at CAOl'llC-311 college from the very beginning. first, as Was usual, it had Latin esseoeiated with it one chair. In 18551 each beGC3H16il'ldfC:19'GI1dEZI1fE of the other. During the Whole half eeentury different, profeoseolwe have been in charge of the Greek, three before and threeM afte,r'13heeseparafoiofll. graduates frem the clepei-mem are holding an the present of Greek in as many Iowa colleges, and at least one other eoolleege and one :aeoedemy have been so Supplied. Four of ,these graeleafoes have passed through the Ydepartmente during the term of the presfenfo oeepeuent of the chain The lfeet quinqeuennial oetalognte M9015 Shews that, during the ive yeerswbhen ending, more than eoneethird of the :graduates had taken three or efo'uf years of Greek, besides a Dumber who had taken less. The eourses offered in this departlnente are briefly ozutlined in the eataleguee. The aim. is tlmet the student Shall obtain thai serious disei: pline for which the study has elways stood, end also eg culture-a power of mind and heart-which may be acquired by 'Che study of literamlre, art

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Bevn, M. A., D. D. Deptartmentt of Latin Latngua eet and .Literature THE .HUGH BOYDQ Professer C. RHLEY, Associate, Pibfessof Professfof Hugh Boyd has 'eutpthe head eff the Latin Dx6IJ12,1'?t1TlG1l13 in .Cornell College for thirty-ive years. is still alert, tvigQreusA,ga11d efiieientx in the tdiseharge of all the duties ef that pesitien. Professor Boyd does not hold tee the 'ftraditiells .of the eldtersf' in the teaching. of Language, or ilfreamythiug else. He has eeluvietiolaswef his own, and able to defend them. Theydare not simply the theories Gf itll tene thusiastt Qthough he is an enthwsriastlg they have b?6611'WdI'OU.gh'b 0tut.thmugh crueible and testetubf-3 ill the experience of the elasss retom. In the evolu- tion and Yerfitleatioh 'thereeixszoime five thousand pet1'sousHhfave been taught ethat wie not dead symbol?-e, or the mere cipher effsemlex real larlguage, but are themselves: the living realities of thottglutt expressiitom. No deed language emu be learned or taught. If its ,1Sy1'11bO1S' have passed out of use, they must be biuoeught back into use. They must be revivifled. 'They must stand. They must have ieet and hands. They must be suffttsed with life and energy and bteauty.