Word: germanizing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...getting the people into closer touch with the city business. The more members of the council, the better the government will be, because more voters will know of its actions. The New England town meeting is the simplest and best form, because of its extreme personal relations. The German cities have perhaps the best municipal government with universal but not equal suffrage. When we can substitute intelligent suffrage for their system of suffrage based on property, we will have a successful municipal government by commission...
...Student Life." It will be illustrated by lantern slides from rare wood-cuts and other sources and interspersed by readings from contemporary documents. The subjects and dates of the two remaining lectures are: April 27--"The Italian Revival of Learning: Its Influence upon Education"; May 4--"Humanism in the German Universities in the 15th and 16th Centuries...
...literary interest as one of the few documents of Schiller's relating to the eighteenth century comedy of the "Intriguenstueck" type. In presenting for the first time in its history a play of marked literary value, the Verein is reaching for a higher station in the interpretation of German drama. Such a play entailed more difficulties in staging and costuming than former Verein comedies; but by careful preparation and owing to the presence in the cast of a large number of Germans, they have been successfully surmounted...
...performance last evening went off smoothly, the acting as a whole was excellent, and the spoken German was remarkable for precision. K. Delbrueck 1G., of Berlin, played the difficult double role of Uncle and Newphew with skill and versatility. H. von Kaltenborn '09, as Oberst on Dorsigny, successfully adapted his acting and appearance to the demands of his part. Of the female parts, that of Frau von Dorsigny by C. O. Mueller '11, received the best interpretation. E. W. Friend '08, who played the part of Sophie, acquitted himself creditably, considering that he assumed the role when rehearsals were well...
Professor W. M. Davis S. '69, whose appointment as German exchange professor for next year was recently announced, has also been appointed Harvard delegate to the Ninth International Geographical Congress which will be held at Geneva, Switzerland, during the last week of July. The Committee of Organization in Geneva has chosen Professor Davis to act as president of the section of the Congress devoted to the teaching of geography...