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...after supper when Edith rejoined me on the piazza. There was no one present beside ourselves; and so, in the prettiest way imaginable, she slipped her little hand in mine as we stood there...
THERE is a proposition at present before the Faculty which, harmless as it seems, will be attended by serious consequences, if it is carried out. It is proposed that one of the assistant professors in German take, during the next year, for one hour a week, the entire Freshman class under his charge, the class being divided for this purpose into only six sections, whereas heretofore it was divided into eight. The argument is made that the professors of Latin and Greek have tried a similar experiment, and have found it successful. As the German department has at present...
...most desirable harmony exists between the different instructors, in the German department this is far from being the case. Here there are almost as many factions, and hence systems, as there are instructors. It matters little what the cause is of this lamentable state of affairs. For the present discussion it is sufficient merely to record this melancholy fact...
...result of this is that our German courses present a sort of climax upside down. In other departments, as it is well known, the student is supposed - in theory at least - to take the course marked (1) before he takes the course marked (2), &c. Not so in German. On leaving the Freshman class the student might as well begin with Course 8 at once, for but little preparation for such an advanced course is to be got from the lower courses, owing to the strong sense of individuality which pervades the several members of the German department; each...
...substance, the history of German instruction in Harvard. And precisely herein is found the explanation why comparatively so little German is learned at College, though so much of it is taught. Far be it from the writer to impeach either the ability or the good-will of the present members of the German department. On the contrary, whoever knows these gentlemen at all, will agree with him that Harvard never possessed such a strong corps of able and energetic instructors as at present. The fault lies in the system, or rather in the present lack of system...