Arbutus . Horace AddisonHoffman, Professorof Greek and Dean ofthe Departments of Lib-eral Arts. A. B., IndianaUniversity, 1881; A. M., Har-vard University, 1884; Instruc-tor in Latin and Greek, IndianaUniversity, 1881-83; graduate stu-dent in Classical Philology, HarvardUniversity, 1883-85; traveled and .studiedin Greece, Sicily and Italy, 1800; Professorof Greek, Indiana University, from 1885. Mabel Banta, Instructor in Greek. ,Indiana University, 1885; A. M., 1891;teacher of Latin, High School, Frank-lin, Ind., 1887-91; graduate stu-dent, Cornell University, 1891-92;Senior Fellow in Lati
Arbutus . Horace AddisonHoffman, Professorof Greek and Dean ofthe Departments of Lib-eral Arts. A. B., IndianaUniversity, 1881; A. M., Har-vard University, 1884; Instruc-tor in Latin and Greek, IndianaUniversity, 1881-83; graduate stu-dent in Classical Philology, HarvardUniversity, 1883-85; traveled and .studiedin Greece, Sicily and Italy, 1800; Professorof Greek, Indiana University, from 1885. Mabel Banta, Instructor in Greek. ,Indiana University, 1885; A. M., 1891;teacher of Latin, High School, Frank-lin, Ind., 1887-91; graduate stu-dent, Cornell University, 1891-92;Senior Fellow in Latin, Chi-cago University, 1892-93; In-structor in Greek, from 1894. William Dennis Bar-tle, Bartle, Ind. 10 latin. HERE was a time in the history of the University when the Latindepartment was little more than a name. Now, however, it comparesfavorably with the best. It is making itself felt, not only as animportant part of Indiana University, but as a factor in the nationaleducational system. As the department library is amply suppliedwith lexicons, reference works, commentaries and critical editions,thorough work is possible and required. There is a popular idea that we study dead languages that wemay be able to interpret derived English words. Those who have this impres-sion are unaware of the true purposes of classical study. The idea that yearsshould be spent in acquiring knowledge through which we might recognizewords which could be learned direct in months, is nothing if not absurd. Wedo not study the works of old Roman authors with a view of learning Latinvocabularies; we study them as literature. Latin as it was spoken and read, as near as it is possible to determine it,is the Latin taugh
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