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...difficulty which troubled students of a decade ago in every field. He must now not only gain a complete knowledge of the Bible and Shakespeare--a knowledge which would seem to be sufficient foundation--but he must take three specified courses; selected from Shakespeare, Chaucer, Milton and Bacon, and Anglo-Saxon. If, at the end of his college career, he has not a complete knowledge of the earlier English writers, it is his own fault. He has built his structure of learning not upon a rock, but upon a whole rock-pile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PARABLE REVERSED | 11/1/1922 | See Source »

...communication from a Harvard graduate, in which was pointed out the lack of any English courses dealing with modern literature or contemporary writing of any kind. There is very little difference between the English courses offered for the present year, and those of fifteen years ago. Moreover, the Anglo-Saxon and Chaucer requirements are the same...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PARABLE REVERSED | 11/1/1922 | See Source »

...these days of the printing press, electrical appliances, and the automobile, it is difficult to realize that not very long ago the general culture of our own Anglo-Saxon ancestors had not reached a much higher level than that of some of the more cultured tribes of America...

Author: By Charles CLARK Willoughby, | Title: DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLES SHOWN BY PEABODY MUSEUM COLLECTIONS | 5/5/1922 | See Source »

...that body ridiculous, and the word Senator carry unpleasant associations original meaning, literally, was "the assembly of old men". Of course what this implies is that wisdom and experience are usually the possessions of old men, and that they are therefore capable of making decisions and judging impartially. The Anglo-Saxon Witanagemot was founded on this principle, and was, by name, at least, the assembly of the wise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "A LITTLE CHILD--" | 3/13/1922 | See Source »

...make up for a bad start. Too many students rush breathlessly from one activity to another for two and a half years and then, when they become ambitious to finish up their career with possibly a degree with distinction, they discover that because they failed to take the Anglo-Saxon course or to fulfill some of the many other requirements, any attainment of this kind is out of their reach, even though their marks have been of honor grade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXPLAINING THE CURRICULUM | 5/20/1921 | See Source »

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