Word: curriculum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...James do not answer the purpose; for, even if all were energetic enough to attend a course which did not count, many would be prevented by conflicting recitations. Unless, therefore, there are practical difficulties in the way, we see no reason why this study should be banished from our curriculum, or at best reserved for those who happen to have the hour unoccupied...
...four minutes' more instruction in Greek, yet practically he dislikes to get that instruction by deducting so much time from his ensuing recitation in Latin or Philosophy, or whatever it may be. If three-hour-and-twelve-minute courses are to be a regular part of the curriculum, let the elective pamphlet state so, - that a man may arrange his hours according to what he may with certainty expect. But until this comes to be the state of the case, we hope that these instructors will remember that, in recitation, when a man calculates for one hour, he does...
...thoroughly as any other language, with a prospect of having such study recognized as at least equal to the labors of students of the classics. We cannot help thinking that it is a grave mistake not to give to the English language and literature a foremost place in our curriculum, - not to encourage a faithful critical investigation of the common speech of two great Saxon nations. That speech is surely as worthy of attention as is Hebrew or Sanskrit; and its demands need not even interfere with the one end and aim of life, - a thorough knowledge of the noble...
...rhetoric are attended, themes are written; but what connection between the two exists in the mind of the student? Our English electives, too, are deficient, not in quality, but in quantity; they cover too narrow a field. English 1 and 2 are among the most valuable courses in the curriculum, - they are conducted by an instructor of no ordinary renown, to whom it is an inestimable privilege to listen; the courses in Early English are far superior to anything offered in any other college in America; English 5 and 7 are invaluable to those who desire a thorough literary education...