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We notice with pleasure that at the last meeting of the trustees of Philips Exeter Academy it was decided to change the pronunciation of Latin to the Roman or continental method now in use at all the important colleges. A few years ago when the pronounciation was changed here at Harvard, much dissatisfaction was at first expressed in the preparatory schools, as it was readily seen that the same change must be made there if the pupils were to be fitted for Harvard. The English method was held up as important on account of its analogy to the English language, enabling beginners to remember and spell Latin words more easily. However, the disadvantages which the representatives of these schools met upon entering Harvard and other colleges where the new method was used soon induced the authorities of the schools to change the pronounciation to the new but more correct method. As Exeter is largely a so-called Harvard school, this important change in the pronounciation of the language cannot fail to increase its advantages as a fitting place for Harvard and to bind it still more closely to our college.

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