THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1926
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Dr. Vollbchr's Visit to Campus Renews Interest in Old Books Belonging to K.U. Professors
In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America, and during this same period there was bold adventuring also in the field of learning—a revival of interest in old Greek and Latin scholars, and their work.
At that time, printing was in its in-
fancy. During the eighteenth century there were, it is estimated, some 30,
000 volumes printed. These book
printed before the year 1500 are
much more commonly known as
many meaning in "a swaddling cloak."
Many of these incumbae are now the treasured possessions of scholars and book collectors throughout the world. The last week is here last week is the owner of approximately three thousand of volumes. This is the largest single collection known. His Gutenberg Bible show is valued at $300,000, but it is not a good one.
Prof. M, W. Sterling of the department of Greek owes a genuine incumubulum, a Greek grammar published in Venice in 1459 by the famous printer Aldus Manutius, founder of the Alpine press. This book, however, will not resurface on Prentice Hall for it in some course written in small Greek letters with only the sentences begun in capitals.
The title page gives a brief table of contents, followed by a letter of the printer to his readers. The text consists of four books of introductory Greek grammar by Theodorus and an article by the writer. There are four books on syntax and a book by Herodionus on numbers.
The information regarding printing, such as the year of publication, is found on the last page. The final paragraph is a notice of copyright granted to the printer by the senate of Venice.
Professor Sterling does not know how many copies of this book may be in existence but DeVinne in his His-
State Teachers' College to Have Practice Schoo
Pittsburg, Kan. Dec. 9—A training school building of ten or eleven rooms, to be operated by the Pittsburg State Teachers College, may be erected next summer by the Pittsburgh board of education, according to Dr. C. W. Ott, president of the bound. A board on Cleveland avenue, just north of Pitt's George campus, was recently purchased by the board at a cost of $15,000.
The agreement of the college and the city of Pittsburgh to co-operate in a large grade school for children living in the south part of the city, was approved by the state board of rescuers last January. Erection of this building needs by more proper needs for new structures in other parts of the city.
The city plans a modern structure costing about 875,000. The state will furnish the equipment and supply the teachers. It will thus acquire quarters for a larger training school for the future teachers it is educating, while the city will be saved the equipment of maintaining an additional school.
A course in dairying is a recent addition to the curriculum of the New Mexico Normal University.
of Early Printing describes a copy of the work exactly, and the catalog of books in the British Museum also describes a copy bound there.
This book was purchased from a dealer in New York 35 years ago, and its exact value is not known but is estimated at about $2,000. The grammar is well preserved and contains some faded notes in ink in the margin of some of its pages. The dictionary is similar to that of an average deckside dictionary today, except that it is very much worn by handling and age.
Three other incumubula, two of them older than this Greek grammar are owned by Doctor Daimon, acting as the curator of these, published in 1488, is the Sarmons of St. Augustine, author of the famous book, "The City of God." A collection of essays on various subjects, by Marcelo Ficino, is also in publication. The first edition was published in 1492 by the Koberger Press. Marilillo Ficoe was an Italian writer and philosopher, a student of Plato. His translation of Plato is the best of which I can boast, that these books are written in Latin.
The University library has no in-
humption, but it does own a bound
manuscript in Latin which was writ-
ten between the years 1455 and 1488
and all done in ink by hand and represents a great deal of injurious effort.
Interested persons on the library staff may make the four books mentioned, and other incumbent, and a number of books of the sixteenth century, available to the public in an exhibit.
There are known to be several incubations at Baldwin and one at Atkinson, and there are perhaps other locations where the embryos which may be loaned for this exhibit.
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The regular December meeting of the Iota Chapter of the society of the Sigma Xi will be held Thursday, Dec. 15, m. p., in the lecture room of Boleh hall.
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