Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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This afternoon the special oral examinations in French or German, given to students in their first two College years, will begin. All men who have applied for the tests will be notified by the College Office when and where to present themselves. They will be asked to translate a short passage from either a short passage from either from or German into English, after being allowed about five minutes to prepare. This is the last opportunity for members of the Sophomore class to present themselves for the oral examination, which must be passed by all undergraduates before they can obtain...
...prose, peruse it for a moment and quickly decide whether the masterpiece is written in the guttural snarl of the Teuton or the musical rhythm of France. This done, the worst is over. If the work belongs to the French school translate firently, using love as the fundamental; if German, emphasize the wonders of the Fatherland, whistle the Lorelei and depart, thanking the instructor for listening...
Tomorrow afternoon the special oral examinations which are given to students to test their ability to translate either French or German, will commence. All candidates who applied to take the examinations on or before last Monday will be notified before tomorrow when and where to present themselves. All students in the College must pass these tests before the end of their second college year. They are given three times a year; in the fall, after mid-years, and before Commencement. This is the last opportunity for members of the class of 1920 to take them...
...great mass of the German army is concentrated on the western front. There remain but a few divisions in Roumania, only one in Palestine, and none whatever in Mesopotamia or on the Italian front. The war must be decided in the west, where great armies are drawn up. We have resigned ourselves to a long and bitter struggle. It is through the long process of attrition, of wearing Germany out by sheer destruction of numbers, that the final victory is to be won. Serious as the events of the immediate past have been, they afford no basis for despondency. When...
...students in the College must pass, before the end of their second year, a special oral examination to test their power of translating either French or German. Opportunity to take either or both of these examinations will be given in the afternoons beginning this Thursday. All candidates who wish to take the oral examination must notify the Recorder, 4 University Hall, in writing, not later than today. Each candidate will then be notified when and where to present himself for the examination...