Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...knowledge which they would like to see introduced at Harvard. Mr. Perry has kindly given the subjects which were chosen, and they are as follows: Shorthand, 11; Chinese Language, 8; Gymnastics, 8; Hygiene, 6; English Literature, 5; Singing, 4; Literature, 4; Greek and Roman Antiquities, 3; Elocution, 3; German Conversation, 3; English Composition, 2; Russian Language, 2; Use of Books, 2; and one each on Political Science, Theory of Mathematics, Advanced Course in Fine Arts, Scientific Theory, History of the United States, Natural History of Every Day Life, Modern Civilization, English History, Geography, Preparation for Business, A New Greek elective...
...recitations of the Freshman class were suspended yesterday until after the recess, and the following examinations will be held: Physics, Saturday, March 22; Latin, Tuesday, March 25; Greek, Thursday, March 27; French and German, Saturday, March 29; Mathematics, Tuesday, April 1. All examinations begin at 9.30 A. M., and last three hours. Conditioned men who have not attended recitations will be examined...
...passed the old Gymnasium, I noticed that it was an entire ruin. The conductor informed me that an instructor in German had kept his marking-machine there, and one day, when he was trying to get minus fifty per cent out of it, the thing exploded. The instructor had twenty-four funerals. They buried as much of him as they could find the first time, and whenever another piece was discovered, they had an extra funeral...
...life, he should receive from the college a proper recognition of his actual standing in those special branches of study, or else the present plan of determining college rank by an average mark ought to be entirely abolished, and a final examination for a degree substituted, as in the German universities...
...following Harvard instructors have consented to give instruction to young women: Professor Peirce in Mathematics; Professor Peabody in Moral Science; Professor Hedge in German; Professor Bocher in French; Mr. Sheldon in Italian; Professor Goodwin in Greek; Professor Greenough in Sanskrit, Latin, and Comparative Philology; Professor Norton in the Fine Arts; Professor Paine in Music; Professors Child and A. S. Hill in English; Mr. Emerton in History; Mr. H. B. Hill in Chemistry; Professor James in Physiology...