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Some years ago, when asked for comr. . .!nts on the new core syllabus for Senior CertificateLatin, I suggested that scansion be eliminated. My reasons were twofold: for one thing I feltthat the mark allocation simply did not justify the amount of time needed to master the skill.(One is acutely conscious of "cost-effectiveness" these days.) Secondly, in 25 years oflecturing I have never found a first-year student - and I must include myself- who proved, bythe ability to read Latin verse as verse, that scansion was anything more than an artificialexercise devised for its own sake. (The utilitarian argument again.) I am not now justifyingthe retention of a difficult hurdle for pupils to surmount, invoking the witty adage thatinvention is the mother of necessity. There is a practical reason to recommend scansion:clearly the sound of language was of major importance to the Romans, as readers used to readaloud to themselves, and the recitatio was a common event in the life of litterateurs especiallyunder the early Empire. Since the current format of examination papers shows how far pupils'literary critical originality and frank opinion are encouraged, I now hope to give somepractical help to teachers to prepare their charges a puero for an enjoyable and rewardingencounter with scansion.

HOW TO MAKE SCANSION EARN ITS KEEP IN SCHOOLS