Obrazy na stronie
PDF
ePub

eye and to hold the attention are better than any number of abstract statements ineffectively presented.

Because of the wealth of material and the many sides from which the question may be viewed, it has been difficult in many cases to select matter for illustration. In general the writer has kept in mind the needs and interests of the average high-school boy and girl. However, many other points and devices for illustrating them will at once occur to the skilful teacher as being quite as much worth while as those chosen. It will be noted that the testimony of classical teachers has been almost entirely disregarded in favor of that from other sources.

While the Exhibit as a whole is concerned with Latin, it has been impossible in many cases to separate it from Greek. Hence the latter term appears in several of the headings and in some of the illustrative

matter.

As regards the spirit of the Exhibit, the writer has aimed to keep it entirely free from any invidious reflection on other subjects of the curriculum. Nothing is further from the purpose of the Exhibit than to extol Latin at the expense of other studies, nor is it to be understood that all the advantages claimed for the study of Latin are the exclusive possession of that study.

The author cannot adequately express her gratitude for the kindly appreciation and material assistance of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in promoting the publication. She is especially indebted to Mr. Frank J. Miller, one of the editors of the Classical Journal, and to the following committee appointed by the Association at its meeting in Cincinnati in April, 1912, to consider plans for putting the Exhibit in printed form: Benjamin L. D'Ooge, Ypsilanti, Michigan, chairman; Walter Hullihen, Sewanee, Tennessee; Frank J. Miller, Chicago; Moses S. Slaughter, Madison, Wisconsin; and H. L. Senger, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The author also wishes to express her thanks to Mr. Arthur Chenoweth of the Oak Park High School for very material assistance in first preparing the Exhibit and for hearty sympathy in the work of publication.

OAK PARK, ILL.

May 26, 1913

X

DIRECTIONS REGARDING THE PREPARATION OF THE

EXHIBIT AND SUGGESTIONS AS TO ITS USE

PREPARATION OF THE CARDS

The purpose of this handbook is to afford material for making an Exhibit which shall answer in concrete form the high-school boy's question, "What's the use of Latin?" While it may be useful as a summary in graphic form of the ways in which a classical education touches practical life, its primary end is pedagogical. The main point throughout is not so much to afford new information, as to present information already known through abstract statements, in so striking and concrete a form that it will arouse the interest of the student and hold his attention. In the preparation of such an Exhibit the present handbook is designed to contain the material necessary for filling out the sixty cards sent with it, as well as suggestions in the form of footnotes as to the sources of other material. In most cases, for the purpose of rounding out the subject and serving the needs of maturer students who may wish to investigate the subject at greater length, it will supply more material than the teacher will be able to transfer to the cards. While each page, then, technically represents a card in the Exhibit, it will often be found necessary to select only parts of the material, omitting the rest entirely or mounting it in typewritten form. The blank cards sent out with the sixty printed ones will, of course, allow much liberty in extending the illustrative matter. Additional cards, also, may be secured at any large paper house, such as Dwight Brothers Paper Company, 626 South Clark Street, or Bradner, Smith & Co., 175 W. Monroe Street, Chicago.

In selecting material for illustration, the teacher should be governed very largely by the personal interests of pupils and the needs of the community. In some cases it may be better to disregard the illustrative devices of the handbook and to work out the idea with original material, in the preparation of which both teacher and pupil co-operate. The more personal the Exhibit can be made, the greater, of course, will be its success. It is this obvious principle of pedagogy as well as the question of expense which has suggested the plan of furnishing only the headlines of the cards, instead of having them printed in full.

Care should be taken to see that the letters used in printing the cards are large enough to be seen easily from any part of the room and

I

that they are in accord with the scheme adopted in the headlines. The printing may be done by rubber stamps.'

SIGNS

Because of the extent of the material and the fact that success is as much dependent upon a clear and logical scheme for the arrangement of the cards upon the wall as it is upon the material itself, a certain number of signs, printed in letters from 2 to 3 in., will be essential to distinguish the different divisions of the subject. These may be printed by hand or may be made more easily from gummed paper letters furnished by the Dennison Paper Company, 62 E. Randolph Street, Chicago. Following is the list of signs which are most important:

1. The title of the Exhibit (4 in. letters).

2. The nine divisions of the subject given in the Outline (2 in. letters). 3. The headings of the various professions under VII, Law, Medicine, Engineering, the Ministry, Journalism, Business, the Statesman, the Woman at Home, Architecture (2 in. letters).

4. Such subdivisions under II (especially A and B), VIII, and the Appendix as seem necessary to a clear presentation of the matter selected.

METHOD OF DISPLAYING THE CARDS

The cards, arranged in logical order under the headings of the signs, may either be pinned or attached by hooks to mosquito netting hung from the molding of the room. (Small hooks suitable for this purpose may be obtained from the Dennison Paper Company, referred to above.)

SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE USE OF THE EXHIBIT

Inasmuch as the Exhibit is designed to appeal to the intelligence of the student, and is not in any sense a "show" for his amusement only, some definite plan for its careful study should be worked out by the teacher. For example, the student may be asked to prepare a paper upon the different points of the Exhibit, or a test may be given with the understanding that the result will be an important factor in making up the grade for the month. In any case, sufficient time should be given for careful observation, and an opportunity afforded for a discussion of the leading points. Students should be encouraged to bring in material during the rest of the year and to start scrapbooks for a collection of their own. The Exhibit should reach as many people as possible in the community, and it is suggested that every opportunity be afforded to the public to inspect it.

I Rubber stamps may be secured from The Art Sign and Price Marker Company, 19 E. South Water St., Chicago (see inclosed catalogue). The following sets are offered to purchasers of the Exhibit at greatly reduced rates: Nos. 2, 3, 4, 120 at $1.50; Nos. 255, 256, 257 at So.85; Nos. 258, 460, 461 at $1.00. Parcel postage is not included in this price.

2

OUTLINE

I. Latin makes the English language more intelligible.

II. Latin and Greek are of supreme value to the mastery of literary English.

III. Latin is the foundation of French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Roumanian. It is also a good basis for the study of language in general.

IV. Latin affords excellent mental training.

V. Latin and Greek are essential to an intimate knowledge of art and decorative designs in general.

VI. Latin and Greek words form a large part of the terminology of science.

VII. Latin contributes more or less directly to success in the professions.

VIII. Latin illuminates textbooks of Roman history and gives a deeper insight into that great civilization from which our own has inherited so largely.

IX. Other ways in which the study of Latin makes the world

about us more interesting.

« PoprzedniaDalej »