Środowisko filologiczne wobec kształcenia humanistycznego w II Rzeczypospolitej
The society of philologists in accordance with the humanistic upbringing in the Second Republic of Poland

Summary/Abstract: The present article takes an account of the philologist society (identified with classical philology) by way of implementing humanistic ideals during the Second Polish Republic. This particular society having gathered mainly university professors as well as high school teachers of Latin and Greek did classify the people at their ablest. The philologists became the cream of well-educated men whose authority was greatly admired, and who were well known outside the university or school spectrum. They shared remarkable chairs, those of rectors or principals of scientific circles, while deeply contributing to that scientific life model as well as its cultural counterpart to widespread the whole state. Their concept of upbringing based on maintenance and endorsement of the classical gymnasium was severely opposed by the supporters of the utilitarian school system, the latter being praised then by the majority of teachers and education activists. Thus there emerged a contradiction between the philologists (considered to be the traditionalists) and the advocates of modern, equal in style and universal school character. The nature of that argument and the differences of opinions that followed, are all embraced within this paper.

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