THE TENTH MAY CONFERENCE AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

Announcement has been made by Professor C. D. Adams, in charge of the Annual Teachers' Conferences, of the plans and programs for the present year. His full statement is herewith repeated for readers of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE.

The Conference will be on the study and teaching of Latin and Greek, together with the presentation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by students of Dartmouth College.

All friends of classical studies are invited to attend this conference to be held May 19,.20, and 21, 1910.

With this session the College begins a second series of Teachers' Conferences. The nine conferences of the first series have been given to History, Latin and Greek, English, Mathematics, French and German, Physics and Chemistry, and to the broader questions of The Development of Character, Vocational and Physical Training, and The Prescription and Administration of College Entrance Requirements. The sessions of the first series were devoted chiefly, though not exclusively, to pedagogical questions. It is proposed in the second series, while continuing the discussion of these questions, to give more attention to the broadening of the studies of the teacher, and to presenting the results of current investigation in the several departments.

The enclosed program of the coming classical conference shows the attempt to realize this broad plan. The paper by Professor Burton on Ferrero's treatment of Caesar will illustrate the bearing of the latest historical criticism on the reading of a school author, while the address on the discoveries in Crete, by Professor Hawes, will present material of the most vital interest to every student of ancient history, material which is as yet only in part available to any but the specialist. Mr. Hawes speaks of the Cretan discoveries "from the most intimate personal knowledge. Arthur Evans, the pioneer in the Cretan discoveries, says in the preface of the book published last year by Mr. and Mrs. Hawes on "Crete, the Forerunner of Greece", "They (the authors) have the great advantage of writing 'not as the scribes'—but as active workers in the field that they describe. Mrs. Hawes, as Miss Harriet Boyd, had indeed herself carried out, in a manner which has won the approval of all competent judges, the excavation of an extensive Minoan settlement at Gournia, the results of which have been presented to the world in a scientific form in an admirably illustrated volume. Mr. Hawes, on the other hand, by his anthropometric researches into both the ancient and'modern inhabitants of Crete, has made far and away the most important contributions to our knowledge of their ethnic divisions and physical characteristics that have yet appeared."

The confusion that is daily apparent in our discussions as to the real purpose of the study of Latin in the schools makes Professor Lord's topic a most timely one. Professor Kirtland, as the leader of the movement 'that promises to secure uniform college requirements in Latin, will show how, under larger liberty that is to be secured, the school curriculum may be greatly improved. Doctor Abercrombie will present some practical questions as to the work of the College Entrance Examination Board, which is now so largely superseding the separate colleges in their work. No one among the New England teachers has a better right to speak as Laudator tanporis acti than Doctor Gallagher, and no one can more wisely advise in the question of the maintenance of the place of classical studies in the schools.

It has been thought that the enjoyment of the Greek play would be increased by a preliminary treatment of the Greek drama in general, and of the Oedipus story in particular, on the first evening. Illustrations of the remains of Greek theatres will give occasion for informal remarks on the antiquities of the Greek drama.

The presentation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles in Greek on Friday evening will be the result of a year of the most devoted effort on the part of the' students of the classical department. The work was begun on their own initiative, and they have spared no labor in bringing it to completion. With the unique stage-setting, rich costumes, and noble music, this, in many respects the greatest of all the Greek dramas, will make a powerful appeal to the modern 'audience, and will illustrate afresh the imperishable value of Greek literature.

Complimentary tickets to the Greek play will be issued to all teachers in attendance at the Conference who register not later than Io A. M., on Friday,May 20. Seats will be reserved, in the order of application, for teachers who apply by mail at least one week in advance;-the tickets for these reserved seats will be handed to the teachers at the time of their registration, but cannotbe held for them after Io A. M., Friday,May 20.

Early application is very desirable. Seats will be put on sale in Hanover, May 6.

A group of teachers wishing adjoining seats should send the names of all through one of their number. They may secure reserved seats for others, not entitled to complimentary-tickets, by sending the price of the tickets with their own application.

The price of reserved seats will be $1.50, $1.00, and 75 cents.

The libretto, containing the full Greek text and Campbell's translation on opposite pages, will be mailed to any address on receipt of 60 cents.

All correspondence as to seats and libretto should be, addressed to Dr. L. C. Barret, Hanover, N. H.

Correspondence as to board and room at Hanover should be addressed to the Hanover Inn. The management of the Inn will provide for the overflow by the assignment of rooms in private houses; the charge of board and room whether at the Inn or elsewhere will be uniform: board and single room, $2.00 a day; board and room where two occupy one room, $1.50 a day for each person. It is advisable to make application in advance, so far as possible.

The Central Vermont Railway will furnish round trip tickets at a fare and one-third from certain stations in Vermont to White River Junction, with an addition of 25 cents for the round trip between White River Junction and Hanover : the stations are Windsor, South Royalton, Bethel, Randolph, Montpelier, Barre, Essex Junction, Burlington.

The Boston and Main Railroad will furnish round trip tickets at the prices given below.

Tickets on both roads will be good going May 19 to 21 inclusive, and returning May 19 to 22 inclusive. (No stopovers are allowed on these tickets.)

Applications for the special ticketsshould be made a week in advance at thelocal ticket offices.

As the College is required to guaranteea certain number of passengers at theserates, all who attend the conference orthe Greek play are requested to make useof these round trip tickets.

From Boston and Maine Stations, Bound Trip Tickets:

Route Rate Andover, N. H. 4 $1.95 Barton, Vt. 3.45 Bellows Falls, Vt. 1 1.90 Berlin, N. H. 2 4.50 Boston, Mass. 3 , Bradford, Vt. Brattleboro, Vt. 1 Claremont, N. H. 1 Concord, N. H. 4 3.05 Dover, N. H. 5 5.00 Exeter, N. H. 5 4.75 Fitchburg, Mass. 7 4.00 Franklin, N. H. 4 2.30 Greenfield, Mass. 3.75 Henniker, N. H. 3 3.80 Hillsboro, N. H. 3 3.95 Holyoke, Mass. 4.65 Keene, N. H. 7 2.70 Laconia, N. H. 3 4.20 Lancaster, N. H. 2 0.55 Lisbon, N. H. 2 2.05 Littleton, N. H. 2 2.60 Lowell, Mass. 3 4.55 Lyndonville, Vt. 2.65 Manchester, N. H. 3 3.60 Mclndoes, Vt. Mt. Hermon, Mass. 3.45 Nashua City, N. H. 3 4.15 Nashua Junction, N. H. 3 4.15 Nashua, Main St., N. H. 3 4.15 Newbury, Vt. 1.30 Newport, Vt. 4.10 No. Lawrence, Mass. 3 4.50 Orleans, Vt. 3.70 Pittsfield, N. H. 3 3.85 Plymouth, N. H. 2 3.30 Portsmouth, N. H. 3 4.90 Portland, Me. 5 6.50 Potter Place, N. H. 4 1.85 Rochester, N. H. 6 5.05 Rockingham Junction, N. H. 3 4.60 Somersworth (Berwick) 5 5-15 So. Lawrence, Mass. 3 4.40 Springfield, Mass. 4.90 St. Johnsbury, Vt. 2.30 Suncook, N. H. 3 3.30 Tilton, N. H. "3 3.85 Tilton, N. H. 4 2.60 Wells River, Vt. 1-55 Whitefield, N. H. 2 3.15 Wolfeboro, N. H. 6 6.25 Worcester, Mass. 7 4.55

Route No.

1 Via Windsor.

2 Via Wells River.

3 Via Concord, N. H. and White River Junction.

4 Via White River Junction.

5 Via Rockingham Junction, Concord, N. H., and White River Junction.

6 Via Epping, Concord, N. H., and White River Junction.

7 Via Bellows Falls and Windsor,

PROGRAM

All sessions of the Conference will be held in the Lecture Room of Dartmouth Hall (Room A).

THURSDAY., MAY 19

EVENING

7.30 Welcome to the College President Nichols.

The place of the Tragic Drama in Athenian Life and Literature.

Professor Charles D. Adams. The Oedipus Legend and its Presentation by Sophocles.

Dr. LeRoy C. Barret. Stereopticon Views of the Remains of Greek Theatres.

At the close of the evening session there will be an informal reception to visiting teachers by members of the College faculty and their wives in the rooms of the Departments of Classics and Fine Arts on the third floor of Dartmouth Hall.

FRIDAY, MAY 20

FORENOON

7.50 Chapel Service with the College, Rollins Chapel.

8.30 The Object and the Results of the Study of Latin. Professor John K. Lord.

Discussion, opened by Miss Alice M. Wing, Central High School, Springfield, Mass.

Laudator temporis acti, sperans autemmeliora.

Professor William Gallagher, Thayer Academy.

Discussion, opened by Principal Theodore P. Farr, Proctor Academy.

Recess.

The Reconstruction of the Latin Course. Professor John C. Kirtland, Phillips Academy, Exeter.

The Examinations of the College Entrance Examination Board.

Principal D. W. Abercrombie, Worcester Academy.

Informal discussion of the last two papers.

AFTERNOON

At one o'clock the members of the Conference, with the members of the High School Masters' Club of New Hampshire, will be the guests of the College at lunch in College Hall After lunch the speaking will be under the direction of the Club, the President, Principal F. S. Libbey, of Berlin, N. H., presiding. The speakers will be President Nichols of Dartmouth College and Professor A. W. Anthony of Bates College.

400 Meeting of the High School Masters' Club in Room S, Dartmouth Hall.

EVENING

8.00 In Webster Hall, the presentation of the Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles by Students of Dartmouth College.

The play "will be given in Greek. Copies of the libretto, containing the full Greek text with Campbell's translation on opposite pages, may be had at Storrs' Book Store, Hanover, for SO cents. They will be sent by mail on receipt of 60 cents. Mail orders should be sent to Dr. L. C. Barret, Hanover, N. H.

SATURDAY, MAY 21

7.50 Chapel Service with the College, Rollins Chapel.

8.30 Ferrero's Treatment of the First Book of Caesar's Gallic War.

Professor Harry E. Burton.

Crete and Homer. An address, trated with stereopticon views of the Discoveries in Crete.

Professor Charles E. Hawes, Cambridge, England.

This session will close in time for the 11.19 train for White River Junction. The coaches leave the Hanover Inn at 10.50.