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YALE LITERATURE,
The Miller Memorial Volume.
A memorial volume of Theodore
Westwood Miller, ’97, who was mortally
wounded at San Juan, July 1, 1898, has
been printed and distributed to class-
mates and friends. It is privately pub-
lished by Mr. Richard P. Marvin, and
Professor George E. Vincent, Yale ’85,
of Chicago University, edited the book.
Prof. Vincent knew Miller well and has
made an appreciative and discriminating
selection of facts of his life and of
letters and diary extracts which could
form the history of his service and death
in the war. The dedication is as fol-
lows: “To the memory of a Christian
gentleman and gallant soldier this little
volume is dedicated by one of many
who knew and loved him.” The ma-
terial of its 169 pages may be judged
from these headings of the chapters:
“Boyhood”; “Youth”; “College Life”;
“Taw School and Enlistment”; “The
Diary, New York to Tampa’; “The
Diary, from Tampa to Baiquiri”; “The
Diary, from Baiquiri to San Juan”;
“Battlefield and Hospital”; “From Cuba
to Akron”; “The Service.” The book,
which is very well printed, is freely
illustrated and contains among other
Yale pictures, the quarters at Gales
Ferry, the Fence, and the Memorial
Gateway. The main part of the book
closes with the address of Bishop Vin-
cent at the funeral services, a very
beautiful tribute to Theodore Miller, in-
terpreting the value of his sacrifice. A
number of letters are printed at the end
of this very satisfactory memorial of one
of the best men on Yale’s martyr list.
A Good Latin Prose Book.
Connected Passages for Latin Prose
Writing with Full Introductory Notes
on Idiom. By M. W. Mather and A.
L. Wheeler. (Harper’s Latin Series,
edited by E. P. Morris and M. H.
Morgan.) New York and London,
1899.
However great and manifold the dif-
ferences are which separate the camps
of those who would improve or reform
the methods of language instruction,
there are certain facts concerning which
all are fairly well agreed. So it is ad-
mitted on all sides that a thorough
mastery of the language of a people is
essential for the study of its literature.
So long as texts are deciphered, a liter-
ary masterpiece cannot be read with
pleasure or appreciation. It must,
therefore, be the aim of all elementary
language teaching to impart as soon as
possible such knowledge of grammar and
vocabulary as will enable the student
to read a simple text, without undue
exertion, so that he may proceed rapidly
and may be able to concentrate the
greater part of his attention upon the
subject-matter. And there are probably
very few who would deny that such
familiarity cannot be acquired by mere
passive assimilation (the reading of
texts), but that active work (exercises
In writing and speaking) must play a
prominent part—much greater a part, in
fact, than is ustially assigned to it.
It was the fault of Ollendorff- and
those who followed in his wake that he
believed sentences could be arithmetic-
ally constructed if a rule or two be
given together with some vocables by
which it might be exemplified, much as
a child might build a house by putting
together his blocks according to certain
directions. Old Roger Ascham as early
as 1570 turned against this method
whereby the childe commonlie learneth
first an euill choice of wordes, then a
wrong placing of wordes, and lastlie
an ill framing of the sentence with a
peruerse judgment both of wordes and
sentences.”
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This mistake Messrs. Mather and
Wheeler have fortunately avoided by
basing all their exercises upon connected
passages from Caesar’s Gallic War,
Cicero’s Speech on the Manilian law,
and a few of Nepos’ biographies, the
Latin text of which is included in this
Primer. The student is therefore able,
before he begins his work in composi-
tion, to familiarize himself with all the
construction, phrases, and words which
‘he will need in his work, with constant
and careful reference to Part I in which
1S given a very admirable summary of
the more important rules of syntax
especially adapted to the needs of a
student who attempts to write Latin,
which require a somewhat different form
of exposition than that usually found
in the ordinary Latin Grammar. Thus
the pupil, when he begins his translation,
is sure of his ground and he has con-
stantly at hand a standard by which
test the correctness of his work can
be tested. This method faithfully fol-
lowed out cannot help but impart to the
student a command of the language in-
comparably greater and more thorough
than could be obtained by the mere read-
ing of ten times the amount of Latin
prose, even though not every one may
succeed so well as did John Whitney,
who began his study of Latin at Christ-
mas and having devoted himself to it
for eight months was able to translate
back into Latin a simple passage of
Cicero’s De finibus “so choislie,” as his
teacher says, “so orderlie, so without
any great misse in the hardest points of
Grammar, that some in seuen yeare in
Grammar Scholes, yea, and some in the
Vniuersities to, cannot do halfe so well.”
The book, which includes within its
covers eveything that the student will
find necessary to know, deserves warm
commendation and should be heartily
welcomed in a field in which the num-
ber of text-books stands in inverse ratio
to their usefulness.
_ The New York Times has the follow-
ing: “‘What is the Matter With the
Church?’ by the Rev. Frederick Stanley
Root (Yale Law School ’74, and Yale
Theological School ’79), will be shortly
issued by the Abbey Press of this city.
Dr. Root is said to deal with pessimis-
tic facts in an optimistic spirit. There
seems to be promise of very considerable
discussion arising from the contents of
this book, the facts of which have been
gathered together with considerable clev-
erness.”
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Yale Club Members.
The following were elected members
of the Yale Club July o:
Resident—A. Ray Clark, ’95; Frank
J. Parker, ’95S.; Philemon F. Sturgis,
796; John R. McNeille, Jr., ’97; Wal-
ter D. Makepeace, 797; Franklin A.
Lord, ’98; William D. McNulty, ’o8
L.S.; William R. Barbour, ’8o.
Non-Resident—Ervin E. Osgood, ’95;
Thomas M. Evans, ’98; Weston S.
Gales, ’98; William P. Slocovich, ’98 S. ;
Paul N. Dann, ’o9 S.
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The Football Situation.
The Yale football season will begin
- Monday, Sept. 17, the date which Cap-
tain F. Gordon Brown, Jr., has set for
the men to report at Yale Field. A large
squad is expected, including some new
men. Malcolm L. McBride, Captain of
last year’s Eleven, has promised to give
Captain Brown all possible assistance in
the development of the Eleven and will
probably be here a good portion of the
time during the season. Vance C. Mc-
Cormick, ’93 S., has also promised his
aid, and with McBride will probably be-
gin the season. Among other coaches
expected during the training is W.
W. Heffelfinger, 91S. Walter Camp,
though able to give but little time to
actual field work, will act in the capacity
of advisor.
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