Excerpt from The Relation of Latin: To Practical Life, Concrete Illustrations in the Form of an Exhibit

Because of the wealth of material and the many sides from which the question may be viewed, it has been difficult in many cases to select matter for illustration. In general the writer has kept in mind the needs and interests of the average high-school boy and girl. However, many other points and devices for illustrating them will at once occur to the skilful teacher as being quite as much worth while as those chosen. It will be noted that the testimony of classical teachers has been almost entirely disregarded in favor of that from other sources.

While the Exhibit as a whole is concerned with Latin, it has been impossible in many cases to separate it from Greek. Hence the latter term appears in several of the headings and? In some of the illustrative matter.

As regards the spirit of the Exhibit, the writer has aimed to keep it entirely free from any invidious reflection on other subjects of the curriculum. Nothing is further from the purpose of the Exhibit than to extol Latin at the expense of other studies, nor is it to be understood that all the advantages claimed for the study of Latin are the exclusive possession of that study.

The author cannot adequately express her gratitude for the kindly appreciation and material assistance Of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in promoting the publication. She is especially indebted to Mr. Frank J. Miller, one of the editors of the Classical Journal, and to the following committee appointed by the Association at its meeting in Cincinnati in April, 1912, to consider plans for putting the Exhibit in printed form: Benjamin L. -d'ooge, Ypsilanti, Michigan, chairman; Walter Hullihen, Sewanee, Tennessee; Frank J. Miller, Chicago; Moses S. Slaughter, Madison, Wisconsin; and H. L. Senger, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The author also wishes to express her thanks to Mr. Arthur Cheno weth of the Oak Park High School for very material assistance in first preparing the Exhibit and for hearty sympathy in the work of publica tion.

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