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...recent editorial in one of our bi-weeklies it is attempted to show that the German instruction suffers in no respect when compared with that furnished in the French course. We are far from assenting to this, as we have frequently asserted that French is the best taught modern language that the curriculum offers. Can one find in the German electives the carefully graded courses corresponding to French 1, 2, 3 and 4? or does one hear in all the German courses a pronunciation equally good as that employed in all the French courses? Both of these questions...
...language as to enable him to employ his acquirement outside of the recitation room. As to pronunciation, the less said the better; it is after all perhaps merely a matter of taste. But it certainly seems only fair to say that the methods employed in some of the German electives are far from accordance with the generally recognized manner of the best and purest German pronunciation...
...matter read; the examination will be, not on the substance of the books read, but extracts from different authors will be given to test the student's facility in reading French. Mr. Sheldon has charge of Italian I. and II.; Prof. Nash has full charge of the Spanish department; German I. and IV. will be consolidated, forming a whole course, under Mr. Lutz. Mr. Cook has presented a new course in German classics. This he designates as a senior course. In the Philosophical Department the most important change is that in the course numbered IV. "Locke, Berkeley and Hume." This...
Other styles of this pen furnished on order. The Century pen is sold for 18 cents. A portion of Tieck's "Die Elfen," for Freshman German, are on hand...
...idea. The conventions of the Greek-letter societies have a decided influence in cultivating this spirit among many colleges; though Harvard is only included in this circle of influences, to any extent, by means of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The recent suggestion of President Eliot, that the German custom of migrations of students from one college to another, during their course, be established in this country, bears in the same general direction. Among graduates, the establishment of university clubs at many of the larger cities of the country is significant. A general tendency towards greater co-operation among college...