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...those studies be placed in which every boy should be trained before entering college, as English composition, arithmetic, elementary algebra and geometry, modern geography and American and English history." There also should be placed "some language or languages other than English; but whether in addition to French or German, both Latin and Greek should be required of all candidates may be doubted...
...best way to understand and judge the elective system is to see its practical workings. Courses in ancient languages are taken by 564 men, of whom 295 take Greek and 209 Latin. Courses in modern languages are taken by 807 men, of whom 324 take German, 178 English, 188 French and 51 Italian. 182 men elect Philosophy, 188 Political Economy and 588 History, while Fine Arts is elected by 138. Courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Natural History occupy the attention...
...value, which men consider in selecting their courses. Greek is a language considerably more difficult to master than Latin, yet because of the interest and value of the Greek literature and the excellent quality of the instruction, the Greek department counts three students for every two in the Latin. German and French or Political Economy and Italian stand in the same mutual relation. In fact, the hypothesis that the American youth is so foolish and so short-sighted that he will inevitably choose easy and useless studies in preference to useful and difficult ones finds no support in experience...
...this is all the foremost university in America does for the English language. It goes without saying that the ability to write one's own language clearly, understandingly and forcibly is the most important of arts, and until Harvard pays as much attention to English as to German, Greek, or Hebrew there will be a terribly vulnerable point in her armor. Other deficiencies might be named, but those above-mentioned, which have to do with the practical side of an education, are the most glaring and the most pernicious...
...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...