Word: german
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...meeting of the Board of Overseers, held April 10, the following appointments were confirmed: Charles H. Wiswell, A. B, '77, and William J. Nichols, A. B., '74, as proctors; Edward S. Sheldon, A. B., as tutor in German from September 1, 1878; Henry Cabot Lodge, Ph. D., as instructor in History for the ensuing academic year; H. B. Hodges as instructor in Chemistry and German; E. L. Mark, Ph. D., as instructor in Zoology; Silas Marcus MacVane, A. B., as instructor in History; James L. Laughlin, Ph. D., as instructor in Political Economy; Dr. T. M. Rotch as clinical instructor...
...hardly enough graduates remain here fully to support the department. How this will be in the future cannot now be foretold; but certainly the organization of this department is a sign of the approaching time when required work can be done away with, and Harvard become more like a German university...
...Professor Gurney. Dr. Young's departure for Europe necessitates another change of teachers in the electives Professor Adams formerly had. Such constant change is discouraging, and makes us hope that the rumor of Professor Adams's return may prove to be true. The electives in Oral Discussion and Modern German Literature have already been announced with more or less comment in the College papers. Some disappointment is felt because the former elective is open to Seniors only, and, in fact, we doubt if it would be overcrowded, or its usefulness lessened, if Juniors were allowed to take it, as they...
Would we, then, have the entire German system? We answer, No. We would not have the German system, nor the English, nor the so-called American. We would not have the German lack of moral control, nor the English "cram" and conservatism and absurd mediaeval customs, nor the American routine. But we would have the German liberality, the English manners, and the American customs. We would have a system which, while it avoided the evils, should combine the advantages...