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The drama comes a little later. Meter appears to have been of Greek origin. Some of its distinctions are worth a few minutes. And here is opportunity for correlation with the work in English literature. Our poetic forms go back to the people we are studying now. A recent writer makes the caustic comment that with most teachers correlation is "a poor relation." THE DRAMA COMES A LITTLE LATER METRE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OF GREEK ORIGIN SOME OF ITS DISTINCTIONS ARE WORTH A FEW MINUTES AND HERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR CORRELATION WITH THE WORK IN ENGLISH LITERATURE OUR POETIC FORMS GO BACK TO THE PEOPLE WE ARE STUDYING NOW A RECENT WRITER MAKES A CAUSTIC COMMENT THAT WITH MOST TEACHERS CORRELATION IS A POOR RELATION
ndred years ago as well as of to-day was and is to give larger right and opportunity to the common man. Greek Poetry and Architecture. Some school historians and teachers decry the effort to mingle with the political history any study of Greek art. But to the writer’s mind that would be a robbery of the children. Our modern life is so saturated with things almost purely Greek in origin that our budding citizens, who may never get elsewhere a glimpse of the origins of so much that is beautiful, ought surely to get such glimpses now. In towns large enough to contain varied examples the teacher can show the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian styles by going with his classes to the buildings illustrative of each, or at least by telling where such may be found. In the smaller towns pictures of famous buildings may be used. (Remember that the dome is not Greek, but Roman.) In like manner the poetry of the Greeks may be used. The epic, the elegy, the lyric and their great exemplars call for mention. CY OF TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO AS WELL AS OF TO DAY WAS AND IS TO GIVE LARGER RITE AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMON MAN GREEK POETRY AND ARCHITECTURE SOME SCHOOL HISTORIANS AND TEACHERS DECRY THE EFFORT TO MINGLE WITH THE POLITICAL HISTORY ANY STUDY OF GREEK ART BUT TO THE WRITER'S MIND THAT WOULD BE A ROBBERY OF THE CHILDREN OUR MODERN LIFE IS SO SATURATED WITH THINGS ALMOST PURELY GREEK IN ORIGIN THAT OUR BUDDING CITIZENS WHO MAY NEVER GET ELSEWHERE A GLIMPSE OF THE ORIGINS OF SO MUCH THAT IS BEAUTIFUL OUGHT SURELY TO GET SUCH GLIMPSES NOW IN TOWNS LARGE ENOUGH TO CONTAIN VARIED EXAMPLES THE TEACHER CAN SHOW THE DORIC IONIC AND CORINTHIAN STYLES BY GOING WITH HIS CLASSES TO THE BUILDINGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF EACH OR AT LEAST BY TELLING WHERE SUCH MAY BE FOUND IN THE SMALLER TOWNS PICTURES OF FAMOUS BUILDINGS MAY BE USED REMEMBER THAT THE DOME IS NOT GREEK BUT ROMAN IN LIKE MANNER THE POETRY OF THE GREEKS MAY BE USED THE EPIC THE ELEGY THE LYRIC AND THEIR GREAT EXEMPLARS CALL FOR MENTION
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