Written by a Polish-Russian scholar Tadeusz Zielinski, "Our Debt to Antiquity" (1903) was a successful attempt to combat the prejudiced view that classical education resists progress. Zielinski argued that Darwinian laws manifest themselves in his discipline in three aspects: (1) in the emergence of Greek and Latin languages as a result…

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association held December 28-30, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio. (DS)

Describes the present state of classical studies in the two-year colleges and suggests ways in which such studies can be integrated more fully into the college curriculum. (PM)

THE CURRENT POSITION OF CLASSICAL STUDIES IN AMERICA WAS ASSESSED BY A PLANNING CONFERENCE OF 49 SCHOLARS, REPRESENTING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. IN FOUR PLENARY SESSIONS, FOUR WORKING PAPERS WERE PRESENTED. EACH PAPER DEALT WITH ONE OF THE CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES, WHICH WERE TO (1) REASSESS…

Report presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association on December 29, 1970 in New York, New York. (DS)

Address delivered at the Third Annual Meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), November 29, 1969, New Orleans, Louisiana. (DS)

This is a students' programmed text for Level Alpha of a humanistic approach to the instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the…

This is a teacher's guide for Level Beta of a humanistic approach to instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the similarities and…

This is a student's programmed text for Level Beta of a humanistic approach to instruction of Classical Greek and Greek culture in secondary schools. The goals of the program are to help students become aware of: (1) the impact of Hellenic civilization on contemporary society, including the impact of the Greek language on English; (2) the…

Five topics of interest to persons involved in classical studies are discussed in this report: (1) "A Survey of the Classical Scene" focusses on the future of classical studies in elementary and secondary schools with some mention of the situation in colleges and universities. (2) "ACL: The State of the League" includes…

Dr. Robert Wolverton, former president of the American Classical League, made some proposals for long-range planning activities in support of classical languages, literatures, and courses in the schools, colleges, and universities. In order to implement these proposals there is need at the school level for a broadening of the appeal of classics as…

The purpose of this Directory is to contribute something toward a closer cooperation and coordination of activities among classical organizations, with a consequent reduction of unnecessary duplication of effort. It lists these organizations according to the following categories: National, Regional, State, Local, Canadian, Overseas, and…

This curriculum resource is intended primarily to assist teachers of Latin and Greek to infuse material on Africa in classical antiquity into the curriculum at all levels. It gathers together background information on the role of Africa in classical antiquity that has not been treated in traditional classical language courses. The resource guide…