THE GREEKS HAD A WORD FOR IT.

The retirement this year of Professor Gulick marks not only the end of over forty years of able teaching on his part but also the demise of the only course in Greek literature not requiring a knowledge of the language. Although this course, Greek II, has not been given for the past two years, its disappearance from the official roster of University Hall marks its final death warrant. Perhaps signalizing the current trend away from classical studies and especially the Greek, the omission of such a field of study is still too premature, and will undoubtedly deprive earnest and interested students of Greek culture of a valuable field for study.

"Progressive" critics and opponents of Greek and Latin studies base their arguments upon the supposed fruitlessness of learning a language of no practical value. The term "dead" language has become a form of opprobrium and the study of Latin and more especially of Greek has been allowed to lapse into discard. While this shift in attitude is understandable and perhaps, in the light of changing needs, condonable, for those who wish to study Greek life and letters the omission of this popular course is a serious and disheartening blow.

Briefly, a survey course, delivered by a capable lecturer, and covering the period from Homer to Demosthenes, is what is now needed. There are still many men who, having neither the time nor the inclination to learn the Greek language, still wish to become familiar with the literature and life of this era. For them as well as for the enrolled concentrators in the classics such a course would be a timely and popular addition to the roster of courses now available.