Word: elective
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...elective system, though far superior to the prescribed, has also its drawbacks. Perhaps the most frequent and greatest difficulty, even to the earnest student, is in deciding what to elect, and in learning who is to conduct the course; whether the professor named in the elective pamphlet, or some unknown alternate. At the end of his Freshman year, especially, is the student placed in a critical and doubtful position. Mistakes in electives are inevitably made, and the Junior regrets that he frittered away his Sophomore year on La Fontaine, when he might have taken a solid course in English, science...
...courses in the Elective Pamphlet for next year, probably none will be more acceptable than the one on German literature. The fact that Germany until our time has been divided into numerous states and principalities makes it difficult for the student to get a connected idea of its history and literature; and any help in this direction is to be welcomed. As the course is to be one hour, and to consist of lectures, a large number will undoubtedly elect it. To those students who have already taken several courses in German, it will be valuable as a kind...