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ROLL OF HONOUR

REPORT OF DEPUTATION FROM THE CLASSICAL

ASSOCIATION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION :-APRIL 27TH, 1917 .

SPEECHES BY: LORD BRYCE, pp. 5 AND 32; SIR

FREDERIC KENYON, p. 9; THE HEAD MASTER OF

BRADFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, MR. W. EDWARDS,

p. 14; MR. A. MANSBRIDGE, p. 19; THE PRINCIPAL

OF PENDLETON HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, MISS D.

E. LIMEBEER, p. 24; PROFESSOR CONWAY, p. 28;

THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY, p. 30; MEMORANDUM

FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT, p. 33

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH GENERAL

MEETING

Business Meeting

Joint Session with the Geographical Association

Paper by Mr. J. Sargeaunt on Hexameters for Homer

Paper by Professor F. S. Granger on The Latin Ver-

nacular of the Early Empire

Murray)

on Religio Grammatici

5-40

41-117

41-51

52-58

59-67

67-74

The Address of the President (Professor Gilbert

74-99

Discussion (resumed from last year) of the Position

of Classics in Schools..

RULES

NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF NEW MEMBERS

MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT BRANCH

BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLANDS BRANCH

LIVERPOOL AND DISTRICT BRANCH

NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT BRANCH

LONDON BRANCH

BRISTOL BRANCH

124

..125-127

128-130.

NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM BRANCH

CARDIFF AND DISTRICT BRANCH.

LEEDS AND DISTRICT BRANCH

BOMBAY BRANCH

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA .

REV. PROFESSOR J. H. MOULTON, D.D., LITT.D., D.THEOL.

'Nobis meminisse relictum"

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS OF A DEPUTATION FROM THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION

WHICH WAITED UPON THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION (THE RIGHT HON. H. A. L. FISHER, LL.D., F.B.A.) ON FRIDAY, APRIL 27TH, 1917, AT THE OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHITEHALL, S.W., AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON.

THE President was accompanied by: Sir L. Amherst SelbyBigge, K.C.B., Permanent Secretary of the Board; Mr. Gilbert Murray; The Hon. W. N. Bruce, C.B., Principal Assistant Secretary, The Secondary Schools Branch; Mr. J. W. Mackail, Assistant Secretary, Secondary Schools Branch; Sir Owen Edwards, Chief Inspector, Welsh Department; Mr. W. C. Fletcher, Chief Inspector, Secondary Schools; Mrs. M.Withiel, Woman Inspector; Mr. J. W. Headlam; and Mr. F. H. Oates and Mr. N. D. Bosworth-Smith, Private Secretaries.

The Deputation consisted of The Right Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M., P.B.A.; Sir Frederic George Kenyon, K.C.B., F.B.A.; Sir Archibald Geikie, O.M., K.C.B., F.R.S.; Professor Haverfield, F.B.A.: Professor Sonnenschein; Professor R. S. Conway; Professor Ure; Professor D. A. Slater; Dr. W. Rushbrooke ; Mr. Walter Leaf; the Head Master of Marlborough (Mr. C. Norwood); Mr. A. Mansbridge; Mr. W. E. P. Pantin; Miss D. E. Limebeer; Miss Strudwick; Miss H. L. Powell; Miss M. H. Wood; Mr. E. R. Garnsey; and Mr. W. Edwards.

Lord BRYCE: "Mr. Fisher, I have the honour to introduce to you a deputation which comes to you under the auspices of the Classical Association to make certain representations with regard to the position of classical studies, which it is the duty, business and occupation of the Classical Association to guard and promote.