Conference on the Teaching of Latin in Inner City Schools

Abstract

On April 23 and 24, 1970, some thirty Latin teachers and public school administrators-mostly foreign language specialists-met at the University of Pittsburgh to discuss the teaching of Latin in inner city elementary schools and high schools. The conference was organized by the Department of Classics at the University of Pittsburgh and was supported by funds from the National Foundation for the Humanities, the Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction, and the University of Pittsburgh. The following teachers and administrators participated in the conference: Dr. Jermaine Arendt (Minneapolis); Miss Mary Jane Badino (St. Louis); Dr. Amelia Bingham (Pittsburgh); Mr. Thomas Bruni (Allentown, Pa.); Mr. Donald Crosby (Garfield Heights, O.); Mr. Edwin Cudecki (Chicago); Mrs. Eula Cutt (Detroit); Mr. Joseph Desmond (Boston); Mr. Robert Dobroski (Pittsburgh); Rev. Henry Gardocki (Cleveland); Mrs. Sylvia Gerber (Washington, D.C.); Dr. Arthur Kahn (Brock University, St. Catherines, Ont.); Dr. John F. Latimer (American Classical League); Mr. Bobby LaBouve (Austin, Texas); Dr. Judith Le Bovit (Washington, D.C.); Miss Helen McLain (Harrisburg, Pa.); Mr. Gerald Madigan (St. Paul, Minn.); Mr. Rudolph Masciantonio (Philadelphia); Mr. Don Maudsley (Sudbury, Ont.); Miss Mathilda Meyer (Pittsburgh); Mr. David Plesic (Chicago); Miss Mary Lee Poindexter (Fort Worth, Texas); Mrs. Mary Robb (Baltimore); Mrs. Eleanor Sandstrom (Philadelphia); Miss Marianne Schmid (Minneapolis); Miss Lorraine Strasheim (ACTFL); Miss Marian Thomas (Pittsburgh); Mrs. Elizabeth Temple (St. Louis); Dr. Israel Walker (New York); Mr. David Weiss (New York). Other occasional participants from the Pittsburgh area also were present at some of the sessions.