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There have been a great many changes and additions to the courses of instruction. These have been already outlined in these columns. One of the most valuable of the additions is the course of six lectures on German literature given to the freshmen by assistant Professors Bartlett, Sheldon, Francke and von Jagemaun...
Charles R. Lanman, Professor, in charge of the Sansrkit Library. John Williams White, Professor, in charge of the Greek Library. Morris H. Morgan, Tutor, in charge of the Latin Library. Adams S. Hill, Professor. in charge of the English Library. Kuno Francke, Assistant Professor, in charge of the German Library. Adolphe Cohn, Assistant Professor, in charge of the French Library. Francis G. Peabody, Professor, in charge of the Social Questions Library. Frank W. Taussig, Assistant Professor, in charge of the Political Economy Library. Albert D. Hart, Assistant Professor, in charge of the United States History Library. William E. Byerly Professor...
Assistant Professor von Jagemann delivered, yesterday afternoon, in Sever 11. the fourth lecture in the introductory course on German literature. The subject was "Lessing...
...lecturer said that the consideration of Lessing's works came appropriately after the consideration of the works of Luther, as both men were reformers not only of the substance of German literature, but also of its form. Luther freed the German language from its bondage to the Latin, Lessing freed it from its dependence on foreign imitation...
Lessing was perhaps the greatest critic that ever lived. His superiority was demonstrated in his judgment of Shakespeare, whom he understood far better than his English contemporary, Johnson. His literary reviews were fearless, and even his personal friends were not spared. He freed the German drama from its slavery to the French school, and showed how the French drama failed to conform not only to the German character, but to the fundamental principles of art. In the Laocoon he drew the distinction between painting and poetry, and made evident the great harm that had been done by the confusion...