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Schneider has accepted an appointment as a visiting professor to teach graduate-level courses at Johns Hopkins University beginning next fall. He will also continue work on several research projects, the major one on German poet E. E. Lessing.
Schneider is an authority on Lessing (1729-81), whose works are thought to be at the root of modern European literary criticism. His book "Lessing: 12 Biographical Studies," published in 1951, is considered a major contribution to the understanding of this poet's life.
In turning his own collection over to the gallery, Mellon urged that it be used as a criterion for further acquisitions in order "to prevent the introduction ... of inferior works of art." To assure a continuing high standard, he set up a self-perpetuating board of trustees which examines all...
Magic to Moby. In each of these fields, the educators recommended a tough intellectual diet. Suggested reading in the literature course ranges from Moby Dick to The Magic Mountain. Students are expected to understand the use of metaphor and symbolism, to recognize the great literary themes (e.g., "Christian atonement" in...
Angry Shouts. The Council was founded in 1943 by a group led by Lessing J. Rosenwald, onetime board chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Almost all of its members belong to Reform congregations, and Executive Director Elmer Berger, 44, is a Reform rabbi who left his synagogue in Flint, Mich...