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...CHARLES LEARNER HARRISON...
...CHARLES LEARNER HARRISON...
...first place we doubt the advisability of elementary instruction in any language being given by native teachers; it is impossible for them to appreciate the difficulties which the learner encounters, and they are therefore apt to give long lessons, and to fail to explain what are really the difficult idioms and constructions. Of the courses open to Sophomores, German I is intended to give some practice in writing and speaking the language as well as in translating it. The instructor has worked hard and conscientiously, but has failed to arouse enthusiasm on account of the unfortunate choice of text-books...
Prof. Francis William Newman has recently published a Latin translation of Robinson Cruso, under the title "Rebelius Crusoe; a book to lighten tedium to the learner of Latin...
...played on ice, the only place where all its possibilities can be brought out, it is fully the peer of football or lacrosse. It requires as much quickness of eye and hand and I may say foot, as either of the games mentioned, but at the same time a learner can enjoy it as well as an old hand. Coming, as it does, in the winter, it will conflict with none of our other sports. Indeed, it might be made a valuable auxiliary to them as a form of winter training. Many a man does not go to the gymnasium...