GREEK FOR GIRLS SIR, —In the article, " Greek for Girls,"
the question is very aptly asked—" Could not Greek, like Latin, have its own defined place in school courses in the interests of a wider and more liberal education? " It prompts the following suggestion. Since the chief difficulty for the beginner is the Syntax in Latin and the vocabulary in Greek, why not begin Greek first and follow on with Latin, as the pupil's mind develops?
Children can memorise much more readily than they can under- stand. In fact, quite young children would learn the Greek alphabet, Greek words and phrases and even long sentences with comparatively little effort—probably with less effort than later on when their brains are preoccupied .with many school subjects. In this way some of the drudgery involved in starting a new language in one of the higher
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