Excerpt from The First Year of GreekHowever regrettable it may seem, during the past decade or so Greek has come to be in this country largely a college subject. Already approximately four thousand students each year begin the study of Greek after entering college, 1 and this number is certain to increase. Nor are all of these freshmen and sophomores many are juniors, seniors, and even graduates. Statistics show, moreover, that the majority do not continue the study beyond two years. Indeed, many are content with but a single year.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.