affords an opportunity to show the difference between maledictum, convicium and contumelia. – Mihi poenarum plus etc. A few words may be said on revenge, how little it becomes a noble character. For this end copious material may be taken from the 13th Satire of Juvenal and from the Adagia of Erasmus. Illustrations may also be taken from the treasure of Christian doctrine and Church History.
V. Latinitas. (Willmann: "The gain for vocabulary and phraseology, in short the proper technics of the pupils.").
Bellum mihi indixerit, add a few other meanings of this verb. Mention the indictiva funera, i. e. funerals which were publicly announced. – Perhorrescere, give a few examples illustrating the force and meaning of compound words.
Verbo violatus, similarly: corpus violare vulnere, ebur ostro; fidem, foedus, jura sacra violare.
The second specimen is on Virgil's Aeneid XII, 425-440. At its close Jouvancy adds: "In the second highest class, called Poetry or Humanities (Freshman), the same order is observed except that here more attention is paid to poetics. The strictly rhetorical part should be sparingly dealt with. In the highest Grammar class, grammar and beauty of expression claim more attention. In the two lowest classes the difference is still more striking. Here the teacher has to sail along the coast and only seldom may he venture out into the sea (of longer explanations). He must beware of the reefs along the shore, i. e. he must not become disgusted at, nor neglect, what they call trifles. To explain even one little fable will require great skill and is a sign of considerable talent."
