Word: mercier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Adolphe Max, 70, Burgomaster for 30 years of Brussels, last of Belgium's three great heroes of World War I (the others: King Albert, Cardinal Mercier); in Brussels. Great & humane bachelor Burgomaster Max protected his people as best he could when German troops occupied Brussels and this time let no one doubt that his sympathies were still strongly with the Allies...
Support has been promised from the following members of the Faculty: Howard M. Jones, professor of English; Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology; Taylor Starck, associate professor of German; Louis J. A. Mercier, associate professor of French and Education; Michael Karpovitch, assistant professor of History; and Aurelio M. Espinosa, instructor in Romance Languages...
...Romance Languages fields are unsatisfactory on the whole. While the history courses are good, the literature in French and Italian courses is poorly taught. The French field needs a general background course like German 12. Mercier's course, 10, has the equivalent title, but is not enough. Course F is entirely too superficial for this. In Italian, Weston gives all the literature courses, sacrificing literary and cultural aspects to literal translation. A new man is needed...
...from all members fairly, such as there is in Spanish 8. But with perseverance a student will learn to talk. Courses 4 and 5, two connecting half-courses, were criticized because the sections are too big, some men never get any practice, and the poor student stays poor, Moreover Mercier is too lax in correcting pronunciation...
...give play to the individual approach of the student, which is encouraged by Cons. French 10 is on the social background of French literature, unduly emphasizing the middle ages and neglecting the period since the sixteenth century. The material is not important for Divisionals, though interestingly presented by Mercier. Course 11 is probably the best of the advanced courses in literature. It is given in English, although French 6 is required. Hawkins has organized the course well, he gives an excellent survey of the novel, and the material is valuable for the Divisionals. French 30, a good course on modern...