Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-04-04
MEETING HERE WAS
VERY SUCCESSFUL
Classical Association Provides a
Delightful Programme Meet
At Lexington Next

ever held in Richmond. The or
ganization may now be said to be
on a solid basis, although it was
organized only last year. 1t was
attended by a number of distin-
guished teachers from all parts OF
the state; the treasury shows
healthy sur plus and there were
two invitations to the meeting fol
1922. The offer of Lexington wa:
accepted. that of Bcrea having
been withdrawn until 1928.
The principal meeting from tho
point of view Of the general pub
lie was Friday evening, wher
DR.. Gordon J. Laing, head of thr
department of Latin in the Uni
versity Of Chicago, gave his illus
trated lecture on Buried Cite
of Roman Africa" The address
was preceded by a group Of Latin
songs by the Department OF La
tin Of the Eastern Kentucky State
Normal School. One Of the songs
was composed especially for th'
freshmen class in the tralnino
high school the others were will
known Latin lyrics.
DR.. Laing's audience filled tn
chapel almost to its capacity, am
heard with intense interest nj
very interesting account Of VII.
might have been considered DR.
subject. His slides. showing al
admirable selection of ruins and
relics that have been unearthef
in Tunistia and Algeria, gave ?
vivid picture Of the once flourish
ing civilization under Roman rule
in that region. Dir. LANG is not
only thorough and accurate
scholar. but has a gift at studying
men and manners, and visualizing
to his audience the actual life o.
the times. He presents his ma
terial with remarkable clearness
mingled with an occasional flash
Of sly humor, so that there wa
not dull moment in the address
The officers of the association
have received many Congratula-
tions on having secured DR.. LainG
for this meeting. 1t is to be the
policy of the association to have
one such address at each meeting
in addition to the discussions
the more technical problems q
the classics by the teachers Of the
state.
The Saturday forenoon session
at the Normal was Occupied by tW
addresses. and the business scs
sion. The first address was b.
Dir. Bower. Of Pennsylvania Col
lege, who made a strong and i'm
partial analysis Of the place Of IT,
classics in the curriculum. He
spoke not from the point Of view
of the classical teacher, but from
that of the student of education
in general. He traced the history
of the classical ideal in education
from the time of the Renaissance
and showed that our whole mod
ern intellectual life is merely re-
vival and development of the
Greek idea Of culture. The influ-
ence Of the classics in making a
cultured man, said DR.. Bower. is
not confined to language, altho
we are indebted to the Greek and
Latin classics for the whole at
mosphere and life Of nearly all the
words that carry the thinking Of
the educated man today. In this
he amplifed the argument of the
very able speech Of Supt. Colvin
on Friday afternoon. A literature
is the life of a people; and the life
of the classical peoples is really
the beginning of the life of our
own times. History emphasizes
this continuity, but it cannot do il
fully without the study Of the
classical languages themselves
since the history Of any time can
not be clearly and richly seen TN
less studied in its sources in the
original tongues. Hence, as a
student of education he must ex-
pect that until there is a confplete
break in the continuity of our civ
ilization, the Greek and Latin
languages must continue to be an
essential factor in our civilization
and the most important factor
from rultusal point of view.
DR.. Granville Terrell of the Un-
iversitS of Kentucky, spoke in
stead of President McVey, who
was unavoidably prevented from
coming. He urged the establish
ment of a chapter of the Phi Beta
Kappa in Kentucky, and tracec
the history and development OF
Greek letter fraternities, and par.