Now that the Latin Play has met with such success, the question naturally arises whether there shall be other plays in future years. Without question much of the present success is due to the uniqueness of the undertaking; every person, no matter what his relations to the Latin language, is interested to see how the Latin stage and its settings are reproduced, how the Latin music is adapted to modern ears, and with how much expression English students can handle lines written for Roman actors. The curiosity is piqued; the eye and ear are delighted. Is there very much besides in the play to recommend it? Would not another play be doomed, by the nature of the case, to fall flat?

The question would have to be answered in the affirmative if any date close to the present was chosen for the second play; but, given a sufficient interval, we believe that another play could be brought out with advantage. In two ways is this desirable. Such a play gives to the students who act in the play an intimate acquaintance with the language and an appreciation of its literature which could have come in no other way; and all study of the language in the University is quickened and given new significance.

Other plays, both in Greek and Latin, could be produced with profit. Greek and Latin, if they are to hold their own under present educational conditions, must be presented, not simply as fit tools for mental exercise, but as worthy of study for themselves,- as the introduction to other civilizations. To aid in this new method, no more valuable a means could well be found than the presentation of one of the best pieces of the classical drama.

This seems to us to be the situation: That such plays are powerful stimulants to the study of the dead languages, but that they would lose their force if applied too often. There might, however, well be a Greek and a Latin Play in every four years, so that both might be seen by each college generation.