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English Department: Messrs. B. S. Hurlbut, J. H. Gardiner, J. H. Boynton, F. E. Farley, and P. La Rose. Five courses to be given as follows: Two composition courses, elementary and advanced; three courses in Language and Literature: 1. Anglo-Saxon. 2. Chaucer. 3. English Literature in the 18th Century...
Messrs. Ginn and Co. have recently published a work by Greenough White entitled the philosophy of English Literature. The author has treated the evolution of English literature from the Middle Ages in a satisfactory manner. He clearly traces the descent of modern literary poems from the early Anglo-Saxon writings. The Arthurian tales are discussed at length. The work is of incalculable value to a student of our literature and should be included in every library...
...could derive no profit from a more aggressive policy.-(a) It will not increase our trade.-(b) We do not need further acquisition of territory.-(c) It would involve more taxation by increasing the expenses of the navy.-(d) We ought not to extend Anglo Sax on civilization beyond our borders until we have perfected it among ourselves...
...trace the history of the English language back to the Anglo-Saxon tongue, we pass over a period when French words came in great quantities, the time of the Norman Conquest. This foreign tongue brought with it many alterations to the native tongue. Just so the Latin language was brought into the territory we now call France and in the nothern part, after successive alterations that affected the pronunciation, inflections and syntax, and after borrowing from the speech of the Germanic Franks, has become the French language. We sometimes speak of AngloSaxon as old English; with the same right...
...Anglo-Saxon," by Professor George T. Dippold, on Tuesdays and Fridays, room 22, Rogers, beginning...