Word: grammars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...subject for this afternoon's talk will be "Dante", a subject on which Professor Grandgent has written many articles and books, including "The Ladies of Dante's Lyrics", and "The Power of Dante". He has also compiled a number of works on Italian and French grammar, pedagogy, and the Middle Ages, and has published an edition of the "Divine Comedy". In 1915 and 1916, Professor Grandgent was an exchange professor in Paris; and from 1917 to 1920 served as president of the Italian War Relief Fund of America...
From the point of view of the average man now in or through college, the classical requirement looks very much like the study of geography finished in the fifth grade at grammar school. He appreciates its importance, but sighs with relief to think that he finished with it before the war changed all the maps. Latin and Greek are very much appreciated,--in retrospect; but whether this appreciation should or should not be stimulated by official requirements is still an open question. Perhaps the best solution is the University's method of dividing the sheep from the goats by requiring...
...collection also includes a "Holiday Grammar" by George Cruikshand, a series of twenty-eight quaint illustrations of Twelfth Night costumes and a number of cards and calendars by Kate Greenaway...
...agree with Mr. Gambet in his assumption that the "flunked" men know best how to conduct a course. That is a characteristic of "flunked" men. Beyond the shadow of a doubt, if the grammar were taken by easier stages, all would agree that things would be much more convenient and comfortable. By the way, it is "a very dull grammar". Some people think it is a pretty good grammar. Clear, with lessons in logical order, and interesting as grammars go, it is very well suited for its purposes. Used in many educational institutions other than Harvard, it is highly rated...
...examination. And, secondly, what possible benefit can accrue to the student from rushing through a very dull grammer "allegra furioso" and then repeating the performance at a still madder pace? Any student who has "flunked" German A will assure you that the undergraduate would learn far more if the grammar were gone through only once but more slowly and thoroughly. If more drilling in grammar is then needed it can be obtained by study of the texts used or by further competition...