Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...thoroughly as any other language, with a prospect of having such study recognized as at least equal to the labors of students of the classics. We cannot help thinking that it is a grave mistake not to give to the English language and literature a foremost place in our curriculum, - not to encourage a faithful critical investigation of the common speech of two great Saxon nations. That speech is surely as worthy of attention as is Hebrew or Sanskrit; and its demands need not even interfere with the one end and aim of life, - a thorough knowledge of the noble...
...rhetoric are attended, themes are written; but what connection between the two exists in the mind of the student? Our English electives, too, are deficient, not in quality, but in quantity; they cover too narrow a field. English 1 and 2 are among the most valuable courses in the curriculum, - they are conducted by an instructor of no ordinary renown, to whom it is an inestimable privilege to listen; the courses in Early English are far superior to anything offered in any other college in America; English 5 and 7 are invaluable to those who desire a thorough literary education...