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MAST ERE D l N SI ! WE E KS .
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M W W M W
S I ! T H E DI T I O N .
P r i ce 8 C en ts .
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A C A D PZ M I E DE B R I SA Y,
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2 CO L L EG E S T R E ET , T ORON T O, CA N A p A .
1 89 7 .
LAT I N M A ST E R E D
IN s1 x W E E KS .
CHAP I
. .
w hich the
y o f
f er to the student W hat. the stud ent r e
quir es to bear in mind however when entering upon an y
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dif cult task the fault lies not with the lan guage itsel f
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,
e
at School this time but at Coll ge and see how much
L ati n he will know at the end of his course E ight yea rs .
,
Ind eed ther e is no other subje ct excepti n g per haps , ,
a r e wasting time .
( )
1 M u c h tha t has b een sa i d an d w ill be sa i d her e a b ou t
L ati n a p pl i es eq u al l y to Gr eek .
6 LA TIN m sr a n a o i n si x w a r ns
.
i n that Le sson on ly .
being reser ved till the l a st) the whol e book must be ,
even notici n g .
a l r eady se en ea ch Lesson contains nothing but n ew
,
tim e The re sult I S that the stud ent on r ea chin g the third
.
LA T IN M AST ERED us si x WEEKS . 9
CHAP II . .
PL E A SU R E IN S TUD Y .
L M SI ! .
i .
sition r st b ecause it is slow t edious wor k ; secon d
, , , ,
L a tin pr ose .
TH E LA T IN
S E N T EN CE MO TOR M E MOR Y .
few months stud y oft en s u fces to en ab l e one to t r ans
tw o . .
ing the subje ct then th e pr edicat e with its dir ect o bj ect
, ,
di er s a pp ea rs to be a m odi er of th e su bje ct a n d du ci s
, , ,
T he Romans spoke .
str a ight along and feel that the Latin or der is quite as
,
e a e m m
i
Memor y is gen erally under stood to be an intelle ctu a l
faculty Ou r diction aries den e the wor d as
. that fa culty ,
this denition .
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intellect of t e skilled musician does not guide or even
follow h i s nger s in the exe cution of a piece of music .
.
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p y
s ch i ca l m emo r y y e t is
, so asso c i a t ed and r el a t e d to th e
s
p y c hi c a l m emo r y T h e. m e aning o f t h e wo r ds th e
sy stem a copy i f I m ay so all i t o i the words i n th e
c ,
a s or dina y b ar r en movements
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I f a n y one wor d in the .
day s hath S ept ember etc yet how many of those who
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i n tell ectua l ly l ea r n ed
I t is difcult to expl a in th e e xact r ea son for th is bu t
w e know never th el ess th a t it is so Many b usin ess m en .
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eff ects of ea rly tr a ining and the necessity for motor r eci
,
tati on is partly done a way with but not a few stude nts , ,
Latin ( for the text books contain little Latin) not only
,
-
a ble to speak it .
i t com p els the u se ofpsy chi ca l memor y w hen the motor memory
sho u ld b e u sed T he school boy i n stead of lear ni ng by heart
-
.
g I mperavi t am h as facet s
g u ar d ag a i n st w r iti n .
L A TI N MA S T ER E D m srx WE s x s . 21
who feel that they woul d lik e to r ead and write the
l anguage and w ho woul d wi l lingly begin to study it i f ,
experiments made with a new method w ill be given , .
CHAP . IV .
A NE W ME T HOD I T S TR IAL .
e xpectations .
T h e rst month saw the stud ent w ell th r ough the Wor st
par t of L a tin th e par t tha t r equir es so mu ch mem or i z
ing T h e second month proved th at it w a s possibl e to
.
th a t thr ee months wer e suf ci ent for the aver age student
to a cquir e a tho r ough knowl edge of Latin gr ammar; a
large voca b ular y an d the a r t cf reading and writin g
,
.
, ,
of the Les sons the r efor e within the p a st yea r h ave been
, ,
made ( 5)
.
BY 0 . T . DE B R I S A Y, B ; A .
I
. A thor ou gh kn owl ed ge of the principles of L atin
Gr a mm ar .
wor ds .
( 25 )
26 L A T IN M AS T E RED 1N SI ! WEEKS .
AN OF T R E OU B R I N G
-
QU E ST IO N AN SWE R E D .
i s spok en .
LA T IN M AS T ERED IN SI ! WEEKS .
who after rushing thr ough our course have hardly tim e
, ,
C OL L E G E CL ASSE S .
MOGI L L U NIVE R S I TY .
T OR ON TO U NIVE R S I TY .
WYCL IF F E C OL L E GE T OR ONTO , .
E Tc .
, E TO .
, E TO .
ti on s etc by r etu r n of po st
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CA L E N DA R .
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E x tr a m u r a l s t u d en ts m a y b eg i n
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at a n y t i m e, a n d w i ll n ot be
l i m i ted to a n y n u m b e r of w ee s k .
F o r fu r th er pa r ti c u l a r s a dd r ess
( )
4 I t do e s a w ay wit h g ot e l ea
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r nin g y, et mak e s one
mast er of the ve r bs .
( 7 ) I t e n a bles one to sp ea k L a ti n in at
, l east a
, limit e d
s ense .
i n w o r d s m or e o r l ess l i k e th e se b e l o w .
F rom M r S P A N KI E , B A
. . .
, M D ( I n specto r
.
. o f P u b l i c S c h o o l s, C o .
F ron tena c , O nt .
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I ha ve exa m i ned a nd tested th e D e B r i sa y A n a yti ca etho d , l l M
an d ha ve n o hes i ta ti o n m g
r ec om m e n d in 1 t t o stu d en t s an d tea cher s .
I t i s s i m p l e a n d r a ti o na l ; i t sa ves ti m e a n d l a b o r , a nd w ha t l S
u n u s u a l g e n era ll y w i th th e s t u d y o f L a t i n i t c r ea tes a l i k i n g fo r
th e su bj ec t, a s th e stud en t a d va n ces, g i v i n g h i m a b etter i dea o f
th e l a n g u a g e even fr o m the s ta rt, th a n a n y o th er m et h o d th a t I k n o w
of . T h e S h o r t t i m e i n j w b i ch stu d en ts c a n p rep a r e th em sel t es b y
th i s m eth od for ex a m i n a ti on s i s a l m o st i n c r ed i b l e
.
F r om M r J. AX T ER M D ( C ha tham
. B ,
. .
,
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Y ou r m etho d en ti r el y fu ll s m y i d ea the c w ay in w hi c h a
l a n g u a e sh o u l d b e ta ught I h ea r t1l y r eco m m en d
o
. the s y stem to
a ll stu cu t s a s the b est I h a ve e v er m et w i th .
F r om M r I RWIN J M US G R O V E ( T or on to )
. . .
Wood br i dge , O nt .
, P ub l i c
I h a ve ta ken
fu l l c ou rse of L ess o n s a ccor di n g to the D e
th e
B ri sa y M eth o d, a n d n d i t ver y sa ti sfa c to r y I t w i l l do a ll t ha t i s .
Mr . D D
. . M C L A E E N , F e1ton , O n t ( a fter pa ssi ng
.
th e L a ti n
ma tr 1c u l a t 10 n ex a m i n a t1on ) , w r i tes
S i n c e I t ook you r L a ti n cou r se, I ow e a t l east to tha n k yo u fo r
th e w a y i n w hi ch you he l ped m e B es i d es pr epa ri n g m y other .
st u den t .
F r om Mr J L . . . M O O RE ( T or on to) .
I w i sh to t
s ate tha t a fter ha V i ng stu di e d the De B r i s a y L a ti n
Meth od for l ess k
th a n ei gh t w ee s, I su cceeded m pa ssmg th e seni or
ma tr i cu la ti on i n L a ti n , w i th bu t i ttl e di ffi c u l ty
l .
F r om M r A L EX P EA CO C K ( T or on to )
. . .
cu l a ti on ex a m i na ti o n in L
kno w l edg e p re vi ou s to tak i ng u p t he cou r se
.
h ad no of L a tm
M r J L W H I T E, ( G ra n d F a ll s, N ew B r u n sw i c k )
. . . .
a m i n a ti on s u c cessfu lly .
M i ss . E . W H I T NEY ,
N ew Y o r k C i ty, )
Yo u r me tho d i s fu l l y pp re c i a ted
a .
OP I N I ON S O F T H E P R E SS .
t i o n o f even th e r st p a rt of M r De B r i sa y s system w i ll sh o w
. .
ea ti o nu l R eco r d o
f Q u ebee .
E d uc ati ona l J o u r na l ( T or on to ) .
We a r e c on vmced o f i ts ll
ex ce en ce, a n d a r e n ot su
rp r i se d tha t
p r a cti ca l r esu l ts have b een o b ta i ned b y i ts u se .
-
0 hr w ti u n G ua r
h tm ( T
c o r o n to ) .
Op en C ou r t ( C h i ca go ) .
S a t u r da y N i g ht ( T o r on to ) .
T he a i m of the w o r k i s scren ti c a n d w i ll b e p o p u l a r a s i t i s so
i n gen i ou sl y c o n c i se an d c om p r eh en si b l e M r D e B r i sa y h a s b een . .
r ecei p t o f 2 5 cen ts .
A CA D E M I E D E B R I S A Y ,
2 C o ll eg e S t T o r on to C a n .
, ,
.