Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-29
CLASSIC TEACHERS
OPPORTUNITY CITED
Or. Lewis Declares They Are
in Position to Swing Pen.
duIum From material"

Teachers Of classical subjects have
a great opportunity to swing back
the pendulum of study from the mate
rial to the classical in the various In
stitutions of learning, DR.. William
Mather Lewis, president of George
Washington University. told the mem
bers of the Classical Association of
the Atlantic States at their sixth an
nual meeting in the Corcoran Hail.
George Washington University today.
The association held its meeting in
conjunction with the Washington
Classical Club and in turn was part
of the program Of the thirty-eighth
annual convention Of the Association
of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
of the Middle States and Maryland.
The latter association is holding us
convention here under the auspices
of the colleges Ind schools OF wash
ington, D. c..
Continuing his address before the
classical association. DR.. Lewis point
ed out the value of classical studies
in universities as q means OF giving
tone to university life
THE classical people help make life
and furnish a guidance for It," he
said.
Others on Program.
The remainder of the program for
the classical association included a
paper on "Vergil as Propagandlst,
by Mrs. Mable Cant Murphy of west
ern High School, an address on
Ancient Tactics and Strategy as
Compared with Those OF the Present
Day." by Col. L. Spaulding. jr., OF the
War College, and also an address on
Certain Phases OF the General Report
OF the Classical Investigation" by
Prof. Roy ]. Deferrsri of the Catholic
University of America. Prof. Evan
T. Sage of the University of Pitts
burgh. president of the classical sec
ton. presided at the meeting.
While the classical association was
| meeting various other branches of
the association of colleges and pre-
paratory schools were holding their
meetings in the different rooms Of the
Corcoran Hall.
These sections. with the various sub
tects discussed and scientific papers de-
| livered, were as follows:
The college conference on English in
the Central Atlantic States opened its
program with an address by Prof. Lane
Cooper of Cornell University on Must
| Teacher of English he a Scholar" aft
er which discussions were led by Profs.
John c. French of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Edward d. Snyder. Haverford
College and Albert c. Baugh, University
OF feHHssiNdIid
Discuss Language Courses.
The Association of Modern Language
| Teachers OF the Middle Atlantic States
and Maryland had as its program an
address on Substitution Exercises as d
Pedagogical Device" by Miss Eunice
Goddard Instructor in French at
Goucher College. Baltimore. Nd. Aids
| to the Study of Spanish" by Henry
Grattan Doyle, professor of romance
languages at George Washington Uni
| versity. and THE Modern Foreign
Language Study by Carleton A.
Wheeler, special investigator for the
| modern foreign language study (under
the auspices of the American Council of
Education).
The science section of colleges and
preparatory schools heard the fol-
lowing speakers: Science Tests
l. the New Type VS.. the Old Type"
| by Leighton X. Smith of the depart
ment OF chemistry of the Wilmington
High Schools. Wilmington, Del; THE
Teachers Relation to Research" by
DR.. e. A. Eckhardt of the Bureau of
Standards, Washington. d. c.; "A Col
lege Course for Students with High
School Training in Chemistry" by Miss
Quaesita c. Drake, professor of
chemistry, Women's College. Uni
versity Of Delaware; chemistry in
Our National Life" Gen. Amos A.
Fries, U. S. A. The remainder of the
program of this branch was devoted
to business session and committee
reports.