Gives their students vast advantage in the specializing race.
Botany relies on Latin ever since Linnæus’ days;
Biologic nomenclature draws on Greek in countless ways;
While in medicine it is obvious you can never take your oath
What an ailment means exactly if you haven’t studied both.
Heads of business corporations, magnates in the world of trade,
’Neath the banner of the Classics formidably stand arrayed,
Holding with a firm conviction that their faithful study brings
Knowledge of the art of handling men and regulating things.
Courage, ye depressed upholders of the old curriculum,