ALTHOUGH THE TRADITIONAL OBJECTIVES OF HISTORICAL-CULTURAL APPLICATION AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE CONTINUE TO BE EMPHASIZED WIDELY IN LATIN CLASSES, THE TIMES DEMAND THE ADOPTION OF THE MORE VITAL MODERN METHODS CURRENTLY PRACTICED IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. OF COURSE, THE ORAL COMMAND OF LATIN CAN NEVER BE FUNCTIONAL, BUT IT CAN PERMIT A TYPE OF INTRA-TEMPORAL COMMUNICATION. FURTHERMORE, BY STRESSING ALL FOUR BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS, THE TEACHER CAN HELP THE STUDENT ACHIEVE THE LANGUAGE CONTROL NEEDED TO READ MORE ADVANTAGEOUSLY "REAL" LATIN AUTHORS AND CONSEQUENTLY, TO HAVE A GREATER CAPACITY TO APPRECIATE THE ROMANS, THEIR CIVILIZATION, AND THEIR CULTURAL IMPACT. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED IN "THE DFL BULLETIN," VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1967, PAGES 4-6. (AB)