Founded over 95 years ago, the Classical Club of St. Louis (CCSTL) continues to provide a wide rage of fascinating and informative programs about ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Meeting regularly during the academic year, CCSTL is open to anyone interested in hearing these talks. Recent presentations have addressed topics as diverse as ancient medicine, classical texts set in modern choral music, and the curious connection between a St. Louis-born Latin pedagogue and the Manhattan Project!
From the archives (Classical Weekly, Vol. XIII, No. 18 (1920), pp. 143-144
The Classical Club of St. Louis completed its organization on January 17, with Professor F. W. Shipley, Washington University, as President, Father Murphy, Professor of Philosophy, St. Louis University, as Vice President, and Rosalie Kaufman, Cleveland High School, as Secretary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee consists of these officers and the following persons: Maynard M. Hart, Vice-Principal of McKinley High School, and Rudolph Detschen, University City High School. The Program Committee consists of Principal Hart and Professor Eugene Tavenner, Washington University.
The organization of the Club is meeting with such a sympathetic response from friends of the Classics and the press that one is led to hope that the tide of anti-classical agitation is at last receding.