- December, 2001

 THE SEVEN REASONS PEOPLE DO THINGS
That's right. Read how our monks discover that, according to Aristotle, there are seven reasons people do things, a fact that is important to know in forensic speaking. Discover these seven reasons in our full newsletter here

CottageSchool.net is a website project our monks have been working on for over a year and just finished!  It is a homeschooling and education community that allows you to search for resources and people in your area. CottageSchool.net does much more than help you find homeschoolers, schools, teachers, and tutors.  You can also use it to find nearby catalog companies (to reduce your shipping), local education bookstores, conventions in your area, publishers, useful education web sites, and much more... read more about it in our full newsletter here or go directly to http://www.cottageschool.net

Memoria Press Contest:

MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CHRISTMAS CAROL The Twelve Days of Christmas.  But many people do not know that this carol was based on an earlier Latin hymn (itself based on an earlier Hebrew version) the lyrics of which were almost entirely different than today's carol.  Like the modern carol, the song has twelve verses, each of which build on the one before.  To read this hymn, translate it, and submit your contest entry, click here

To suggest a contest idea for next month, please submit it to blowe@memoriapress.com.

- November, 2001
New article from Memoria Press
 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
by James Hilton, 1934

(Christian vs. classical pronunciation)
Many people don't know that the more difficult "classical pronunciation" of Latin is, historically, a fairly recent phenomenon.  This passage, from Goodbye, Mr. Chips, an English literary classic, recounts that period around the turn of the century when schools were being transformed from centers of cultural literacy into what the author calls "factory" schools.  It was at this time that the Christian pronunciation of Latin-which had been in use for a thousand years-was suddenly deemed inadequate, and teachers were forced to conform to this new product of scientific study from ivory tower scholars of the period.  Teachers such as Mr. Chips were concerned about the students, not the latest ideas of ivory tower elitists, many of whom had never set foot in a classroom.

To read "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" by James Hilton in our full November newsletter, click here

Phigures of Speech:
Metaplasmus: When is 'mispeling' not misspelled? Find out from the soon to be released Classical Rhetoric program by clicking here

Sursum Corda:
November 25th is the feast of Christ the King on the church calendar-a perfect time to study "Christus Vincit" from Memoria Press' Lingua Angelica course. For a short lesson on Christus Vincit, click here.

Latin Saying of the Month: Gens una sumus.  
Our monks make another important discovery.  Well, sort of, but you can follow their meandering path to this saying in the full version of our November newsletter

Memoria Press Contest:
We have a winner - two actually!!! Ben Reimold and Laura Tillotson submitted the best Latin essays and English translations about why they love Latin. They have won a free book of their choice from Memoria Press (as well as a monastic hooray).  To see her winning essay on our homepage, go to memoriapress.com.

Thanks to all those who participated. The submissions were so great that we decided to give them all a $5 gift certificate for any of our books.

If you would like to suggest a contest idea for next month, please submit it to blowe@memoriapress.com.

Figures of Speech
Learn a little about the classification of figures of speech in Memoria Press's
soon to be released  Classical Rhetoric program. Click here

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Lingua Angelica: :Our new Latin translation program based on beautiful Latin hymns. Set includes a CD, song book, student book, and teacher manual.

Latina Christiana Flashcards: These flashcards are color coded by part of speech and include all of the vocabulary, saying, cue words, declensions and conjugations from Latina Christiana.

Ancient Civilization Wall Maps: These wonderful full color wall maps in two sizes (classroom and homeschool) will make your classical education classroom come alive.

Sursum Corda: Looking for an easy way to pick up 120 Latin vocabulary words? Learn Latin the way our monks do. Here's how.

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Teaching the Trivium
What if there were a course that integrated Latin, logic and Christian theology and that could be taught to young high school students?  There is...

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