Howard Dietz Howard Dietz Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist. Dietz was born in New York City. He attended Columbia College and then studied journalism at Columbia University. He also served as publicist/director of advertising for Goldwyn Pictures and later MGM and is often credited with creating Leo the Lion, its lion mascot, and choosing their slogan "Ars Gratia Artis". In 1942, he was made MGM's Vice President in Charge of Publicity. He held that position until his retirement in 1957. He began a long association with composer Arthur Schwartz when they
Ars grammatica Ars grammatica An ars grammatica () is a generic or proper title for surveys of Latin grammar. Extant works known as "Ars grammatica" have been written by The most famous "ars grammatica" since late antiquity has been that composed by Donatus. Two "ars grammatica" circulate under the name Donatus. The first, the "Ars Minor", is a brief overview of the eight parts of speech: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, participle, conjunction, preposition, and interjection ("nomen, pronomen, verbum, adverbium, participium, conjunctio, praepositio, interjectio"). The text is presented entirely in a question-and-answer format (e.g. "How many numbers does a noun have?" "Two: singular