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...large audience. The conference is a new enterprise. undertaken by the instructors in the departments of English, German, French and Romance Philology. Its object is to present to the public papers prepared by students in advanced courses in these departments. Many of these papers represent a great amount of research and original thought, and are worthy of a wider attention than mere criticism by the instructor under whose charge they are prepared. To give the whole college an opportunity to reap some benefit from such theses the conferences have been established. They ought also to serve as an additional stimulus...
MONDERN LANGUAGE CONFERENCE.In order to promote advanced study and research in the modern languages and literatures, the departments of English, German, French, and Romance Philology have decided to establish a Modern Language Conference. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 14, at 4 p. m., in Sever...
...factors of Bible study are the spirit and the method. The spirit must be one of reverential, yet voluntary historical research. The spirit must be historical, because in order to understand the writer's language we must be acquainted with the usages of his time. The method must be above all an independent one, and one like the method adopted by the student in other college work. It must be a comprehensive method. Professor Harper said that the Sunday School and Bible teaching of today was doing actual harm, because entered into in a compulsory spirit...
...order to promote advanced study and research in the Modern Languages and Literatures, the departments of English, German, French and Romance Philology have decided to establish a Modern Language Conference. The first meeting will be held on Wednesday. May 14, at 4 p. m., in Sever...
...Winsor began by dwelling on accuracy in historical statement. We are often deceived by the disguises of truth. She is hidden from us by strange raiments and only sharp eyes and learned research can unmask her. We must have the courage of the moth and let our wings be singed by approaching the light. No historical statement can be final, and it is this very uncertainly that keeps research perennial. The successful historian employs the same talents as the successful merchant, penetration and keen judgment of character. But in history we must never forget how important the personal basis...