The sun., 1919-03-30
, ETwEEN 1925 and 100 delegates at.

ID ErwEEN i26 ana $50 delegates at
Is tended tho fourteenth annual
meeting of the Classical Associa-
ton OF New England. which was held at
Wheaton College. Norton. Mass. Friday
and Saturday. March 81 and ~. Be-
sides a large number OF preparatory
schools. nearly all Of the New England
colleges and universities and some COL
Ieges outside OF New England were rep
resented.
The first session opened Friday morn
Ing with an address OF welcome by Pres
ident Samuel V. Cole. After speaking
of Wheaton as the only college that eX-
, lists within the territorial limits orig
| inally controlled by the Pilgrim Fathers
| and historically known as the Old Col
ony. he told briefly of its early history
as pioneer school In the education of
| women under the superintendent of
Mary Lyon. and traced it's development
| since It became q college seven years
| ago.
President Cole then upheld the value
/ OF the classics in any system of liberal
| education, saying in part:
I'VE may confidently defend the thesis
that Greek and Latin are not dead and
that they cannot be taught by any one
who thinks they are. Tho life and
thought OF the ancient world are dynam-
ically present In the life and thought OF
to-day--in our language and literature.
In our philosophy and education. in our
art and architecture. In our customs and
laws The people OF ancient Rome were
human beings like ourselves. Horace
had the wit and social power of an OIL
YER Wendell Holmes Virgil a Tenny-
sonian temperament. Cicero tho culture
and breadth of Interests characteristic Of
a Gladstone or a Henry Cabot Lodge.
and Cesar showed the enterprise. cou-
rage and mental energy of a Roosevelt
for whatever he may have written in
his diary he never fought his battles or
lived his life In the subjunctive mode
and the indirect discourse. In the mat
ter OF classical study We may properly
let the emphasis swing little more to
the ideal side. We are not dealing with
the ashes OF funeral urn. but with a
perenially flowing fountain. There Is
that In the classics which may be made
contributory to the imponderabls values
of life. to the intangible goods OF the
spirit. to the treasures OF human inter-
est. which neither German guns nor Ger
man scholarship. nor the economies OF a
city council. nor the clamors OF CONNER
cial necessity can ever destroy. What
ever else a modern college may aspire
to be. II must never forget Its function
OF serving as home centre for that
trinity OF infiuerfcss contributed TO civil
ization for all time by Jerusalem and
Athens and Rome"
Prof. George f. Howee OF Williams
College. the president OF the Classical
Association. responded briefly to Presi-
dent Coles address of welcome. Dean
Irene Nye OF Connecticut College for
Women then presented an English verse
translation of certain scenes In the
miles Gloriosus" of Plautus. and Hor-
ace NJ. Poynter of Phillips Academy,
Andover. read a paper on "Anteus"
The afternoon session began at $3.50
o'clock. when greetings were brought
from the Classical Association OF the
Atlantic States by Prof. Charles Knapp
OF Barnard College. Papers were pre-
scented as follows: The One and the
Many" DIR. Josiah Bridge. Westminster
School 1.-The Second Phase OF the Bat
tie of Cunaxa," Prof. Joseph w. Hewitt.
Wesleyan University; THE Fate OF
Achilles in the Had and the Fate of
Odysseus IN the Odyssey: a Unitarian
Argument" Prof. Samuel +. Bassett,
University OF Vermont. and "Greek Life
In Egypt" Ullustrated), Alfred NJ.
Dame. Maiden High School
Friday evening at 7 o'clock Prof.
Charles r. Lanman OF Harvard Univer-
city gave an illustrated talk on "Ele-
mentary Grammars A Few Words OF
the Gentle-Art Of Making Things Seem
Harder than They Are"
At 1880 there as an organ recital In
the college chapel by Prof. II. G. Tucker,
the head OF the Wheaton College depart.
ment OF music. and following this Pres
ident and Mrs. Cole gave a reception to
the members OF the association and
their guests at the presidents house.
The Saturday morning session opened
with an illustrated lecture on Children
In Roman Life and Literature" by Prof.
Adeline Belle Halves Of Wellesley Coz
lege. Following this Prof Nelson q. Nc
Crea of Columbia University, from his
experience In connection with the college