The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-31

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IA heaven" II was soon observed thastne
-, philip possessed . remsrksoie memory ne
", ooly learned easily ont mao the hstef power
D,,.,sinlng all that ne nsc ieefneo. ms otner
s..,,,Ies seemed no less efoept'ons'' wnen eoo-
..,ed foreigners anne 70 bretten, MS srsno-
,.,h.r the took ue'shs IN ehsse-
-, him In disputations WIN them. fniup wes
...,ly always the victor In these eontesss- ne
..diuherited from MS motnet "veiy 1smrets-
..pt and was. at times essiiy rrits.eo, out no
-. also quickly appcaseo' In youth. ne was
.mje,ed with the haoit Lsv~""or'ns' ou' eook
,.in, 10 overcome H. anu IN : sres. measure
.uee,eded. A double bereavement toh on MIN
..,ly. 10 life. HIS Frsndratner. Heuter' the Bur
,ousster. died in OCTOBER ioo'' sna. week or
100 later. his father also oicd. fn'hpe grand
no,her, Reuter-. u sister OF the famous nsuonhn'
nov removed to the neiRhoorinR city OF ffors-
lain. her native place. ana took Nun, - Wehss
NJ, brother George, with her' IN oruer 70 enter
hem 10 the Latin schooi OF tnst city. osoras
simlsr. the principal oil TINS sonoo.' was inc 90
,.et Of considerable curiosity ana aamifstion.
l~cause he Was eonversAnt win 1reek ana
Hebrew as we'll as with Laun. THESE were
,tDl rare requirements. because the fevivai OF
learning in Germany had JUST begun. he taught
creek privately to his ablest pupils only. of
these Philip was one AMI mus was LAID
The foundation OF his suoeeouent creek
scholarship. John Reuchlin TOOK . great
Interest In his youthful relative ahd pre-
,en.ed him with aGreek grammar ana aGreek-
Latin lexicon OF his " compilation. II was
he who changed Phiips surname into sareek
equivalent Melanchthon. IL was also BY
R~euehlin'. advice that the boy devoted himself
,.lduously to the study OF the classics. After
spending about two years In the school At
Pforzheim. he was. although only thirteen years
Of ace. far enough advanced 70 enter the Cni-
vsrsity OF Heidelberg. Among MA Fellow stu
cents there were Bucer aud brenx- both OF
whom afterward distinguished themselves In
the work OF the while attending
this university. Melanchthon continued 10 Apply
blnself TO the study OF the CLASSICAL authors
This be had to do privately, however, because
,hs public Instruction dealt ehienJ WIN the
,peculations and tho suosisties OF tns schoo-
uen. His attAinments In the oreok language
IoOn procured Tor him great fespeot on the part
Jfboih students and professors one OF the lat
Ter. who himself was ignorant OF creek one
iJ came across . knotty question. the solution
II which required . knowledge OF hat Ian
ruaTe. 10 his dilemma he asked, Where shall
dad . Greciahf = In reply. the whole class
cried out. "Melanchthon!' In spite OF his
extreme youthfuinesS ne was intrusted
vth the Instruction OF the Two young
Ras Of the Count OF Loewsnstsin- The
preparations which he made for their lessons he
iO,ted down. and the notes form the basis Of the
ivek grammar which no subsequently, pub
lished. On June 10. 1911. he received the de-
Tree Of Bachelor OF Arts Soon afterward he
APPLIED for the Masters degree. bot this was re-
fused because, although no Possessed the re-
sutraf notifications "hR ~RA 0lin tn y0nnR