Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...editor of the official Berlin university weekly paper, and editor of the excellent "International Monatschrift"; in short he stands in the midst of the academic, literary and public life of Berlin and hardly anyone would be better authorized than he to give a vivid picture of the modern movements in the German press. HUGO MUENSTERBERG...
...points in the Freshman academic armor, is all too evident. This deplorable record is the best proof of the wisdom in the provision of such tests. And that seems to be little doubt that, now that this noticeable deficiency either in the preparatory school training or in the elementary Modern Language courses has been detected, the proper remedy can and will be applied...
...Shorey did not discuss the differences between the Age of Pericles and modern times, but revealed the life in Athens by pointing out the features of its similarity with modern life. The first Persian war stirred the Athenians to the supreme manifestation of their genius. Their indominatable spirit in the attempt to build the fairest of cities was curbed by the destructive period of the thirty years war. Although the shadow of war was constantly upon the Athenians, they accomplished in eighty years the building of great cities containing wonderful specimens of art; the establishing of a democratic machinery...
...researches and writings on historical subjects. He has been delivering a series of lectures at the Lowell Institute on the various phases of Napoleon's life. Some of his important writings of the last fifteen years are "The Life of Napoleon I", "Napoleonic Studies", chapters in the "Cambridge Modern History", "The Development of European Nations", and the "Life of William Pitt the Younger". The lecture will be open to all members of the University...
...general. Since 1898, when he assumed special charge of Philosophy 1b (later A), a course in the history of ancient philosophy, he has opened to many a man a clear and inspiring vision of Greek and Roman thought. Professor Palmer's own thinking seems to his hearers extremely modern, in that it is created instantly and adapted unerringly to the issue before him. But a part of this very spontaneity results from his long reflections over the problems and the solutions of the past. He interprets antiquity in another way as well, for he is a master of language that...