The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-04-27

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ever I have referred ~ 10 IN The esufs
~ Conversation with hqfthpe0untfY
hiends I have invariably found that
they recognized The Article II vas a
very thin volume, clad IN that iffepres4i.
n bic sheerakin which wa once regarded
~ the proper clothing fof spelling books
and "tutof+ assistanta,' and At The bot
tom " each page was q literal prose
translation of the Greek above.
Now, only imagine two years Of Greek
study eliminating with Anaoreon
There IL no need h inquire here how far
the pretty poems attributed a. the old
. debauchee ~ Te0s are spurious; but any
one who knows anything about the mat
ter knows that, II there IL n author
least fitted among Others to iamiliarize n
student with the seculiarities Of the
Greek language, that one IS Anacre0n.
But with our Latin, Of course, we DID
something. Did WEI Az far ~ my
self am concerned, / can safely report
that, ii the Greek ! learned was little
the Latin was still less. | had learned
no Greek at Mrs. JGkson's, and ! will
do Or. Saunders the justice to say that
under him I did learn the alphabet but
AZ for Latin, all | could do was to keep
a.. IL 1919 I EuA HrntErhf With me
from the preparatory establishment. In
c%ultiyating the language OF Cicero-to
whom, be it remarked, not the slightest
allusiOn was ever made-we were b0und
tight to that eminent classic Eutroplus,
with occasional deviatiOns into the sec
ond book of Virgil's Eneid, in which
latter region we were most Ilberally as
sisted.
All respect TO Eutropius! Within the
last few years he has shot up into some !
thing like celebrity as the historian who, |
in the most lucid manner, recorded the
| foundation of the Dacian colony by Ira, |
ian, to which the Roumanians trace their v
origin: and of late the Danubian pro- v
yinces have figured among the threads s
which are e~ntangled in that great knot, t.
the eastern question. But halt a CEN d
tury ago there were no ROumanians b
bearing that name, and the youth a
of twelve must have been a marvel of K
geographical eruditiOn if he knew any h
thing about Moldavia and Wallachia in h
connection with ancient history. The m
fact was, Eutr0pius, still known as very A
useful in his way, is remarkably easy, m
and was made even easier by the addi- la
tien of an 0r{O; that is to say, an ar -
OF the Latin words in English
order, placed under the proper text, but
but the or2o, and this, be it repeated,
was our crack book. There was a vague =,
tradition that somebody had once
studied Cornelius Nepos; but set that o,
Town among the myths OF the place.
Many books were not purchased; but,
hanks to the financial genius that per. ~
AIDED the establishment, and which, | l.
hink, was embodied in the person of >.
'rowel, some of those that were sold ~
have fetched high prices. The Ne
oys, as a rule, were of that happv-go- co
Icky kind who, when they quit school, I'd
o not care to be burdened with remi- al
but leave their books behind "
lem. In that case the volumes were in o.
sold over again; and he was a 10
Icky youth, on the fy-leaf of whose u u
utrOpius the name of a former school r.
How was not inscribed. ~
There are many worthy people now le
wing who are of opinion that, at our h,
great Schools" too much time is ex- N
ended on the dead languages; and if {"
have followed me to this point they be
e probably admiring DR.. Saunders for ar
Ie quantity of sound, useful knowledge of
lat he diffIses while thus lightly skim nq
ing over the surface of Greek and Of
If so, they are egregiously mis- nj
ken. If the reverend doctor aspired Tn
anything besides the reputation OF a 90
,pular preacher, it was to the character al,
a promulgator of classical lore. No T
lad master at Elton or Harrow, in the he
old days, had stronger views in this stI
than he. We all, indeed, learned 10,
riting and arithmetic under the guild. m,
ice of an authorized assistant, but when an
me ll-fated wretch was compelled, at 90,
Ie request of his ignOble parents, to ;n
I've a few problems in B~onnycastle's In
| well recOllect with what no
'ntempt the pursuit was regarded by Jo,
s fellows. Geometry was all very well bo,
4 a lubulC ii pChICl3 blG Hndb pOSSlDlb pun
terest could be taken in it by any one II
no aspired to the character of a gentle iSn
an? OF course the vulgar science fell IaJ
to the province of the assistant, for mo,
.yer would the august DR.. Saunders ona
en- seen with a pair of base mechanical uot
mpasses in his hands. Did they think ~
ghly of mathematics at Cambridge ? ~
so, so mach the worse for Cambridge. Wv,
But the roval road to French discOy. I1n'ao,,
ed by Rev. DR.. Saunders was a m aster- noa,
Two of us were placed side o. =
side at a desk, with an old fashioned !. :,
ench novel Warranted harmless) w. III
, before us. This we were expected and
lply to puzzle out together, without core
ng subject to any examination, either
the doctor, or by any other third
'ty. That, in this irresponsible posi-. A
n we ever looked at the novel at all is tele
a matter for marvel, but, most as mar
We did so; though, it must be Brit
ned, the narrative was frequently in ter
by conversation on our own MT;
affairs. One n occasion, the VIII
lit discourse was interrupted by the retu
tor, who, with considerable ingen- pms
had contrived to place his head, ther
deserved, between ours, and harshly Bot
lmented on our abuse of the trust the
h which we were so handsomely and Mul
incidentally honored. We mildly
,ded that the novel was "dry," and frlei
,onder of wonders !--when we re- this
ned to the schoelroom after the half bed,
r scent in the playground habitually hote
coded 10 the boys in the course of a had
which lasted from about balf-past ing