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...German 7 Sever...
...scholars. There is a great need of better teaching. In 1866 there were only nine seminaries for teachers, and although in 1876 the number had increased to sixty there is still a great demand. The course of the universities is four years and they are modeled after the German universities. In 1811 Greek was introduced as an elective. The gymnasia carry the scholars about as far as the sophomore class of our better American colleges. The course in Greek and Latin during the last year is, Cicero's Tusculanian Disputations, Odes and Satires of Horace, selections from Demosthenes and Thucydides...
...gone by. The results of our system you saw when Frayer and Schwerdtfeger and Miss Thomas carried off the high-test prizes for Greek at the various inter-collegiate contests. In Modern Literature, too, our courses have been bettered and extended. With two full professors and an instructor in German,-with the vigorous help in French which leaves the professor in that department more time for instruction in Italian and Spanish, we are better equipped than ever. Let me say here that I rejoice at this especially. Apart, of course, from the deepening of religious and moral feelings, I know...
...Russia there is one German university at Dorpat, with seventy-three teachers and one thousand two hundred and seventy-seven students...
...experienced tutor in German I, IV. Address "G." 26 Holyoke street...