Show mast go the most dangerous attack on greek in the schools and colleges yet seen was made the other day in england at a meeting of the head masters of the eton harrow bugby winchester westminster charter hoase st eanls clifton and other schools one of their usual annual or anneal gatherings it was led or in fact made by mr welldon the head master of harrow be advocated the abolition of obligatory greek both at and college ana the substitution of science or modern languages on two grounds the first was the need of adapting education to individual tastes and capacity the second in the interest of greek study itself was that the greek language might be left in the hands of those who really loved it and could cultivate it with success to a sort of classical elite in short who would rescue it from its degraded condition as the bugaboo of dunces and sluggards slug gards there was a good deal of discussion pro and con which elicited nothing very new but mr welldon came within two votes of carrying bis resolution this adverse majority being obtained by the adhesion of two of the smaller schools i we dolbt if anything so ominous for greek has yet occurred for tho english public schools are its stronghold today and indeed england may bo said to be its main champion it baa never struck each deep roots in education and general culture on the continent or in this country new york nation |