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Tracing the origins of Professor Allport's accent is simpler, though, than uncovering the beginnings of his interest in Psychology, since he can recall no particular traumatic experience that accounts for it. However," as a freshman in 1915 I was greatly perplexed by Muensterberg's thickly accented Germanic lectures in Psychology A. I puzzled over his worry as to whether 'zee post was zere or not zere'...I think my addiction to psychology since that time is due in part to my determination to unravel the Muensterbergian puzzles. I can't say I've solved them...
...limitations of his subject: "None of the really important problems in Psychology has ever been solved. Where did mind come from? Where is it going, if anywhere, after we die? How is it related to the body? What ought men to do with their minds while they have them?" Muensterberg would be glad to know that at least one of his pupils has never lost his capacity for wonderment...
Professor Francke has resigned. His departure is the latest of a succession of serious blows which the University Faculty has suffered this year: the death of Professors Parker, Royce, and Muensterberg, and the resignation of Professors Taussig and Wendell. The latest loss is not the least. For by his sincere devotion to the cause of his nation, no less than by his declaration of allegiance to the United States, Kuno Francke has won the admiration of even the most intemperate enemies of Germany. He was the last active apologist of the German cause at Harvard, and now that...
...finest part of his attitude is that it contains no bitterness or vindictiveness. Although he belongs to the nation of Lissauer and von Bissing, he expresses none of their sentiments, but hopes, with Professor Muensterberg, that an ultimate alliance of Great Britain, Germany and the United States will maintain peace in the world. We feel, of course, that this is impossible as long as the present dynasty and philosophy prevail in Germany. But Professor Francke's attitude is at least a step in the right direction. It indicates the path of tolerance and foresight which President Wilson indicated...
...library was purchased by the donors from the Muensterberg estate and was presented to the University as a memorial to Professor Muensterberg, who devoted much time and energy during his years at the University to the development of the library on psychology...