Excerpt from College of the Sacred Heart, Morrison, Golo, 1886-87English, in their Opinion, should not be subordinated to Latin and Greek, but amongst the languages studied in an English-speaking country, should receive the first and fullest attention.English Grammar is taught as a science, but it is always accompanied by practical language-work and made subservient to the art of expression in writing and speech. Even in the lowest classes, the pupils are exercised in composition.Modern languages are a specialty of the Institution. French, German, Spanish and Italian are taught, each by a Professor, whose vernacular it 15, Without extra charge.They are taught according to what is known as the natural method, so, that the boys learn not only to read and write, but to speak the language that they study.During the week there are certain times appointed for French, German and Spanish conversation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.