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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...undergraduate, save one which treats of the English novel from its birth to the present day; this however, is "primarily for graduates." We wonder what has become of those excellent courses, English 8a and 8b, in which the romantic poets of the nineteenth century might be studied. It is true, English 28 and English 41 are open to undergraduates, but their field is so extensive that the merest glimpse of nineteenth century literature...
...highest achievement in the last forty years," he said. "It is the building up of the University as a great factor in education. Harvard is now not only the oldest institution of learning in the United States, but it is the only university in the country organized on a true university basis...
...true aim of the Office has always been to give free aid to students seeking work, and to spread the Harvard influence, through Harvard men, all over the world. That it has been successful in the past year is shown by the fact that its appointees are distributed over 31 states and 8 foreign countries...
With President Eliot go the best wishes of the University. He is going on a hard journey; one which would tax any man's strength; but one which he is undertaking with his characteristic boldness for the University's sake. He is carrying into the West the true academic spirit of Harvard, appealing to our graduates and to the scholars of the western states, and through them spreading the reputation of the great educational system, of which he was chief founder. It is partly through the efforts of the alumni that a larger western representation may be secured...
...striking difference in character between Herodotus and Thucydides by the way both treated the causes of the Peloponnesian War. Where Herodotus related with great dramatic effect most of the scandalous and rather immoral stories then current among the Athenians, Thucydides serenely ignored these and showed us the true elemental reasons for the conflict...