At Princeton, N. J., Dean Andrew F. West, President of the American Classical League, published the text of a report prepared by a committee of the League on the place now occupied by the study of Latin and Greek in U. S. education. Some points:
In 1923-24, of 20,500 secondary schools, 94% offered Latin—a larger percentage than the total offering all modern foreign languages combined. Nearly a million pupils were enrolled for these Latin courses. Over 22,000 teachers taught them.
Of 609 colleges, 234 offered beginning Latin; 470 beginning Greek; 237 teacher-training courses in Latin; 214 required to the A.B. course.
Asked for their attitude towards Latin, 39 of the 48 State School Superintendents declared themselves sympathetic toward Latin; 7 were neutral; 2 were unfriendly.
Toward Greek, 8 were friendly; 24 neutral; 16 unfriendly.
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