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friend Mr. P. S. Allen read before this As- 

 sociation a most suggestive paper on the 

 historical evolution of the word " Human- 

 ism." I like to think of the pleasant-flav- 

 oured word as embracing all the knowledge 

 of the ancient classical world — what man 

 knew of nature as well as what he knew 

 of himself. Let us see what this univer- 

 sity means by the Litem Humaniores. The 

 ' ' Greats ' ' papers for the past decade make 

 interesting study. With singular uniform- 

 ity there is diversity enough to bear high 

 tribute to the ingenuity of the examiners. 

 But, comparing the subjects in 1918 with 

 those in the first printed papers of the school 

 in 1831, one is surprised to find them the 

 same — practically no change in the eighty- 

 seven years! Compare them, again, with the 

 subjects given in John Napleton's "Consid- 

 erations" in 1773 — no change! and with 

 the help of Rashdall we may trace the story 

 of the studies in arts, only to find that as 



