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Hereafter English 3 and 4 will alternate. A new course in elocution to count as a half-course will be given. In the French department there will probably be some important changes. Two new half-courses will be added, which, with French 4, will cover the whole range of French literature. These will probably be taken by Prof. Bocher. Mr. Sheldon also has a new course on old French and Provencal Philology. corresponding with German 8, with which it alternates. The Italian and Spanish departments are still in a state of uncertainty...
...English I. will take up Milton's poems at the next recitation...
Harvard is rapidly becoming the national university of the United States. Our alma mater is the Minerva in the Pantheon of American letters. Our own Cambridge suggests its English namesake. The university on the banks of the Cam is one of the glories of England. Its ancient foundations have been enriched with the wealth of the kingdom. The beauty of its lawns, the splendor of its buildings, the extent of its libraries, the richness of its scientific apparatus, and the scenes which the presence of genius has made forever illustrious inspire every intelligent visitor with feelings of profound admiration...
...public sentiment. Indeed, it is already proverbial that no rich New Englander would dare to imperil his future happiness by failing to make a bequest to Harvard. This wise benevolence, so nobly characteristic of the public spirit of this Commonwealth, will yet enrich the foundations of Harvard beyond English precedent. Ampler revenues, increasing the corps of instruction, and furnishing appliances for the illustration of every department of human knowledge, will annually extend the usefulness of the university...
...next theme in English 5 is due May 4th. Subjects : 1. The Popularity of Dulness (in life and literature). 2. The Dude. 3. Thoughts in Homer and Thoughts in Shakespeare compared. 4. Matthew Arnold as a Critic. 5. Good Manners in Writing. 6. The Bigotry of Unbelief...