Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...often said that German insults demand retaliation through war, as a point of honor, regardless of consequences. Is this truth or superstition...
...English Bible, will be given as a full course; English 23 hf., Shakespeare, will be given by Professor Neilson; English 64 hf., Pope and his Time, will be given by Professor Hurlburt; English 33, American Literature, will be given by Professor Greenough, and will be open to undergraduates; German 25 hf., History of German Literature in Outline, will be given by Professor Francke; German 28, Goethe's Italianische Reise, will be open to undergraduates; French 11 hf., the History of the Tale and the Novel in France from the 15th to the 19th Century, will be a new course; French...
...grant the degree of Doctor of Philosophy shows that the plans for broader education in the old world universities are still being strengthened. Formerly Oxford has granted the degree of B.Litt. for graduate work in the arts. The Ph.D. degree granted in American universities is a tribute to the German educational plan, although there is little similarity between the two systems of education...
According to latest dispatches from England, Allen Shortt 17', previously reported severely wounded and missing, is safe and well in a German prison camp. Shortt, who left college last year to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force, was recently awarded the military cross for exceptional bravery in leading his platoon across "No Man's Land" and capturing practically single-handed a German...
...considering the international situation with "thoughtful deliberation." The time for action has come. Those of us who are intrinsically unpatriotic have let that action take the form of joining the R. O. T. C. There is however, an exceptionally patriotic group which, deliberating thoughtfully over the fact that the German government is sparing no means at its disposal to draw our country into the ranks of its enemies, and over the fact that 200 American lives have been the victims of its gallant navy, has come to the conclusion that "national honor is not the issue in the present controversy...