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

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Copyright, 1916,
By D. C. Heath & Co.

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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,

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

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">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

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@16923@[email protected]#page_84" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">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

href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@16923@[email protected]#page_107b" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">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

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

class="smallcaps">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

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PROGRAMS

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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."

POMPEII

"There is nothing on the earth, or under it, like Pompeii."

class="biblio">Littell's Living Age. Vol. ccxlii, p. 188.

ANCIENT ROME