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Title: A Handbook for Latin Clubs

Author: Susan Paxson

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A HANDBOOK FOR
LATIN CLUBS

BY

SUSAN PAXSON

TEACHER OF LATIN IN THE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
OMAHA, NEB.




D. C. HEATH & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
BOSTON   NEW YORK   CHICAGO
Copyright, 1916,
By D. C. Heath & Co.

PREFACE

The Latin Club in secondary schools is the result of the incessant demand that our Latin instruction must be vivified. Many teachers feel the need of supplementary work in their Latin teaching, but they have been handicapped because of a lack of material as well as a lack of time. This is especially true of the teacher in the small town. To help meet this demand is the purpose of this book.

The programs have purposely been made too long for one session in order that the teacher may have some choice in selection, and that, in case all references are not accessible, enough may be secured to insure a reasonably varied program.

I would suggest that the Club purchase as many Perry pictures and Berlin photographs of classical subjects as possible and that its members coöperate with the city library board for the purchase of such books as are essential, in case there is no school fund available for this purpose. Some high school alumnus in whose heart there is appreciation of Rome's gift to us might present a book to his Alma Mater. Another might offer some suitable magazines, properly bound.

Of a Latin Club, as of most school work, it may be said that usus est optimus magister, and especially applicable in this connection are the words of Horace: Dimidium facti, qui coepit.

Omaha, Nebraska,

June, 1916

CONTENTS

Programs
The Value of Latin 3
Pompeii 5
Ancient Rome 7
The Roman Forum 10
The Roman House 12
Roman Slaves 13
Roman Children 15
Education among the Romans 16
Some Common Professions and Trades among the Romans 17
Roman Doctors 19
The Roman Soldier 20
Caesar 21
Cicero 23
Vergil 25
Horace 27
Roman Literature 28
Some Famous Women of Ancient Rome 29
Roman Holidays 31
Funeral Customs and Burial Places 33
Roman Games 35
Some Famous Buildings of Ancient Rome 37
Some Famous Roman Letters 38
Some Ancient Romans of Fame 40
A Roman Banquet 42
Roman Roads 44
Some Roman Gods 46
Some Famous Temples of Ancient and Modern Rome 47
Some Religious Customs 49
Some Famous Pictures and Sculpture 51
Roman Book and Libraries 52
Ancient Myths and Legends 53
The Ancient Myth in Modern Literature 54
What English Owes to Greek 55
Modern Rome 56
Italy of To-day 58
O Tempora! O Mores! 60

Selections that may be used for the Programs
A Plea for the Classics Eugene Field 65
On an Old Latin Text Book T. W. Higginson 66
St. Augustine's Love of Latin Andrew Lang 68
The Watch of the Old Gods 69
Old and New Rome Herman Merivale 70
The Fall of Rome Arthur Chamberlain 70
A Christmas Hymn Alfred Dommett 71
Roman Girl's Song Mrs. Hemans 73
Capri Walter Taylor Field 74
Palladium Matthew Arnold 76
After Construing A. C. Benson 77
A Roman Mirror Rennell Rodd 78
The Doom of the Slothful John Addington Symonds 79
Hector and Andromache.   Schiller Tr. Sir E. B. Lytton 80
Enceladus Henry W. Longfellow 81
Nil Admirari John G. Saxe 83
Perdidi Diem Mrs. Sigourney 84
Jupiter and His Children John G. Saxe 85
The Prayer of Socrates John H. Finley 87
By the Roman Road Anonymous 88
A Nymph's Lament Nora Hopper 89
Helen of Troy Nora Hopper 92
An Etruscan Ring J. W. Mackail 93
Orpheus With His Lute William Shakespeare 94
A Hymn in Praise of Neptune Thomas Campion 94
Horace's Philosophy of Life Tr. Sir Theodore Martin 95
An Invitation to Dine Written by Horace to Vergil
Tr. Sir Theodore Martin 96
The Golden Mean.   Horace Tr. Wm. Cowper 97
To the Reader.   Martial Tr. Lord Byron 98
On Portia.   Martial Tr. Lamb 98
To Potitus.   Martial Tr. John Hay 99
What Is Given To Friends Is Not Lost.   Martial 99
To Cotilus.   Martial Tr. Elton 100
The Happy Life.   Martial Tr. Sir Richard Fanshawe 100
To a Schoolmaster.   Martial Tr. John Hay 101
Epitaph on Erotion.   Martial Tr. Leigh Hunt 102
Non Amo Te 102
Gratitude Robert Burns 103
A Hymn to the Lares Robert Herrick 103
Elysium.   Schiller Tr. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton 104
Orpheus Robert Herrick 105
Cerberus Oliver Herford 105
The Harpy Oliver Herford 106
Cupid and the Bee Anacreon 106
The Assembly of the Gods   A. Tassoni Tr. A. Werner 107
A Model Young Lady of Antiquity Pliny the Younger 109
Translation Alfred J. Church 110
To Lesbia's Sparrow Catullus 111
Translation Elton 112
Cicero Catullus 112
Translation Charles Lamb 113
De Patientia Thomas à Kempis 113
The Favorite Prayer of Mary Queen of Scots 114
Ultima Thule Seneca 114
Translation 115
The Roman of Old Anonymous 115
Ich bin Dein 116
Malum Opus James A. Morgan 117
Felis 118
Amantis Res Adversae 119
Puer ex Jersey 121
Songs that may be used for the Programs
Items in italics—except translators' names—have been added by the transcriber.
Flevit Lepus Parvulus 125
Carmen Vitae.    Longfellow Tr. Benjamin L. D'Ooge 126
Text 127
Gaudeamus Igitur 128
Text 129
Lauriger Horatius 132
Text 133
America Tr. George D. Kellogg 134
Integer Vitae Horace 136
Text 137
Rock of Ages.    Toplady Tr. William Gladstone 138
Dies Irae Thomas of Celano 139
Ad Sanctum Spiritus Robert II, King of France 142
Adeste Fideles 143
De Nativitate Domini 145
Bibliography 147
Acknowledgment 149
Footnotes end of main text
Publisher's Price List end of volume

PROGRAMS

THE VALUE OF LATIN

"Latin is the most logically constructed of all the languages, and will help more effectually than any other study to strengthen the brain centres that must be used when any reasoning is required."
—Dr. Frank Sargent Hoffman
The Latin Language.
Mosaics in History. Arthur Gilman. Chautauqua. Vol. ii, p. 317.
Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. John D. Quackenbos. P. 305.
A Short Story of the English Language.
Jessie A. Chase. Saint Nicholas. Vol. xxvi, p. 593.
The Value of Latin.
The Advantages which accrue from a Classical Education. Caroline R. Gaston. Education. Vol. xxiii, p. 257.
The Study of Cæsar. Adeline A. Knight. Education. Vol. viii, p. 188.
A Plea for Culture. T. W. Higginson. Atlantic Monthly. Vol. xix, p. 29.
The Nature of Culture Studies. R. M. Wenley. School Review. Vol. xiii, p. 441.
The Teaching of Second Year Latin. H. W. Johnston. School Review. Vol. x, p. 72.
Essay.
What I have gained from the Study of Latin.
The Value of Latin as a Preparation for the Study of Medicine.
The Advantages that accrue from a Classical Education. Caroline R. Gaston. Education. Vol. xxiii, p. 351.
The Value of Greek and Latin to the Medical Student. Victor C. Vaughan. School Review. Vol. xiv, p. 389.
Latin and Greek in American Education. Francis W. Kelsey. Chap. iv.
The Place of the Humanities in the Training Of Engineers.
Latin and Greek in American Education. Francis W. Kelsey. Chap. iv.
The Value of the Humanistic Studies as a Preparation for the Study of Engineering. Herbert C. Sadler. School Review. Vol. xiv, p. 400.
The Value of Latin as a Training for Practical Life.
Latin and Greek in American Education. Francis W. Kelsey. Chap. iv.
Bulletin of the Missouri State Normal School (1909). P. 19.
The Practical Value of Humanistic Studies. Wm. Gardner Hale. School Review. Vol. xix, p. 657.
The Value of Latin to the Business Girl.
Latin as a Vocational Study in the Commercial Course. Albert S. Perkins. The Classical Journal. Vol. x, p.7.
Rome's Gift to Us.
The Indebtedness of the English Language to the Latin. Federico Garlanda. Chautauqua. Vol. xi, p. 10.
A First Year Latin Book. (Introduction.) Wm. Gardner Hale.
The Value of Latin as a Training for the Lawyer.
Bulletin of the Missouri State Normal School (1909). P. 17.
Will Latin follow Greek out of the High School. Joseph P. Behm. Classical Weekly. Vol. vii, p. 25.
Poem.—A Plea for the Classics. Eugene Field.

POMPEII

"There is nothing on the earth, or under it, like Pompeii."
—W. D. Howells
Poem.—Pompeii.
Poetical Works. Mrs. Sigourney. P. 270.
The City of Pompeii before the Destruction.
The Last Days of Pompeii. Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. P. 89.
The Destruction of Pompeii.
The Last Days of Pompeii. Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton. P. 366.
Poem.—The Earthquake.
Whittier's Complete Poems. P. 487.
A Letter from Pliny the Younger to Tacitus.
The Eruption of Vesuvius. Pliny the Younger. Century. Vol. lxiv, p. 642.
The Eruption of Vesuvius. Translation of Pliny's letter. Readings in Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 248.
A Doomed City. Arranged from Pliny's Letters. Chautauqua. Vol. xviii, p. 506.
Vesuvius, Destroyer of Cities.
B. F. Fisher. Cosmopolitan. Vol. xxxii, p. 573.
Peeps at Many Lands. Italy. John Finnemore. Chap. xiv, p. 61.
A Day in Pompeii as Described by Shelley.
The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Harry Buxton Forman. Vol. iv, p. 71.
With Shelley in Italy. Anna B. McMahan. P.187.
A Day in Pompeii as Described by Howells.
Italian Journeys. W. D. Howells. Chap. viii.
Poem.—Pompeii.
Edgar Fawcett. Cosmopolitan. Vol. xxiv, p. 182.
The Interior of a Pompeian House.
H. G. Huntington. Cosmopolitan. Vol. xxiv, p. 521.
A Municipal Election in a.d. 79.
Littell's Living Age. Vol. ccxlii, p. 188.
Recent Excavations and Discoveries in Pompeii.
John L. Stoddard's Lectures. Naples. Vol. viii.
A Day in Pompeii as Described by Dickens.
Pictures from Italy. Charles Dickens. P. 164.
Probing Pompeii.
Antonio Sogliano. Cosmopolitan. Vol. liii, p. 760.
Poem.—The Eruption of Vesuvius.
Poems. Victor Hugo. P. 112.

ANCIENT ROME

"Yet wears thy Tiber's shore
A mournful mien—
Rome, Rome! Thou art no more
As thou hast been."
—Mrs. Hemans
Roll Call.
Quotations referring to Rome from Byron's "Childe Harold" or other poems.
The Topography Of Rome.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 5.
Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. W. Warde Fowler. Chap. i.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. Chap. iv.
Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 631.
Rome: The Eternal City.
The Eternal City. Lyman Abbott. Harper's Magazine. Vol. xliv, p. 1.
New Splendors of Old Rome. Dante Vaglieri. Cosmopolitan. Vol. lii, p. 440.
A Walk in Ancient Rome.
A Walk in Rome. Oscar Kuhns. Chautauqua. Vol. xxxiv, P. 56.
The Waterworks Of Rome.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 461.
Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries. Rodolfo Lanciani. P. 299.
Poem.—A Roman Aqueduct.
Poetical Works. Oliver Wendell Holmes. P. 326.
The Gardens.
The Gardens of Ancient Rome and What Grew in them. St. Clair Baddely, Littell's Living Age. Vol. ccxxxix, p. 458.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, P. 475, 533.
Poem.—A Roman Garden.
Florence Wilkinson. Current Literature. Vol. xliii, p. 570.
The Fountains.
Roman Fountains. E. McAuliffe. Catholic World. Vol. lxxvii, p. 209.
Rome: The Eternal City. Clara Erskine Clement. Vol. ii, p. 464.
Roba di Roma. William W. Story. Chapter xvii.
The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Harry Buxton Forman. Vol. iv, p. 96.
With Shelley in Italy. Anna B. McMahan. P 99.
Walks in Rome. Augustus J. C. Hare. P. 305.
Poem.—The Fountain of Trevi.
Poetical Works. Bayard Taylor. P. 91.
Hawthorne's Description of the Fountain of Trevi.
Walks in Rome. Augustus J. C. Hare. P. 65.
Poem.—The Fountain.
Poetical Works. James R. Lowell. P. 10.
A Stroll in Rome as Described by Horace.
A Day in Ancient Rome. Edgar S. Shumway. P. 51.
The Burning of Rome.
Tacitus. Annales. Chap. xv.
Readings in Ancient History. Hutton Webster. P. 232.
Readings in Ancient History. Rome and the West. William Stearns Davis. P. 192.
Illustrated History of Ancient Literature. John D. Quackenbos. P. 414.
Foreign Classics in English. William Cleaver Wilkinson. Vol. iv, p. 105.
The Sky Scrapers Of Rome.
Rodolfo Lanciani. North American Review. Vol. clxii, p. 45.
Poem.—Nero's Incendiary Song.
Poems. Victor Hugo. P. 31.
Poem.—Urbs, Roma, Vale.
Littell's Living Age. J. P.M. Vol. cliv, p. 575; vol. clv, p. 447.
Blackwood's Magazine. Vol. cxxxii, pp. 176, 490, 781.

THE ROMAN FORUM

"In many a heap the ground
Heaves, as if Ruin in a frantic mood
Had done its utmost. Here and there appears,
As left to show his handiwork, not ours,
An idle column, a half-buried arch,
A wall of some great temple."
—Rogers