Word: french
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...beginning of the past year the material out of which to build an orchestra was not one to boast of as compared with that of previous years, yet the Pierian developed so consistently that its performance more than equalled that of any past year. The program of modern French and Flemish music given at the Annual Concert in Sanders Theatre was a difficult one for any amateur orchestra to undertake, particularly the symphony of Dukas', and was much beyond anything the Pierian has attempted before. Yet it was rendered with at least as much feeling and as good technique...
...clock. Today. Anthropology 15 hf., Sever 18 Chemistry 4, Lower Mass. Comp. Literature 11 Sever 29 Economics 3, Harvard 6 Economics 11, Harvard 3 Economics 23, Harvard 2 Education 9, Harvard 2 English 16, Harvard 2 English 01, Sever 17 Fine Arts 2g hf., Robinson Hall French 5, Lower Mass. Geology 18, Sever 29 German H, II, Sever 30 German 15, Sever 30 Government 17, Harvard 5 Greek E hf., Sever 30 History 55 hf., Emerson A Indic. Philology 1b, Harvard 2 Mathematics D: Anderson to Kenney (inclusive), Sever 18 Meyer to Wood (inclusive), Sever 23 Mathematics 15, Sever...
...University of Lausanne, at Lausanne, Switzerland, is offering courses of instruction this summer which are particularly designed to meet the needs of foreigners who desire practical training in the French language and literature. The courses will be given between July 20 and August 15. Lectures are on only five days of the week, allowing two consecutive days each week for excursions to points of interest. Throughout the session there are courses in grammar and composition...
...first half of the period, from July 20 to August 9, Professor Millione will give a course on the style of the chief periods of French literature; Professor Rossier will lecture on the questions of contemporary history; and Professor Freymond will give a course on the French language since the Revolution. During the second part of the session, from August 10 to August 30, Professor Volait will give a course on literary life in the nineteenth century. Professor Maurer will give a course which will consider the theory of translation, with its practical application in translating from English, German...
...criticism of such a plan is that a college lowers its true, academic standard, when the time spent in physical drill is considered equivalent to the same number of hours consumed in translating French prose. Anyone who knows the amount and character of the work required at the Plattsburg Camps realizes that five weeks' drill regarded as a practical supplement to specified courses ought to count towards a student's college degree...