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...were given, with even greater eclat: "Les Deux Sourds" and "L'Affaire de la Rue de Lourcine." This year, however, the Conference has proceeded on an even larger scale and will bring forth "Le Voyage a Dieppe," one of the wittiest and liveliest of the comedies on the modern French stage. It is in three acts and requires a large cast, but the assignment of parts is an excellent one. The annual play of the French society has become one of the features of the year, and we hope that every one in college with a knowlege of French will...
...modern language conference held in Sever 11 yesterday afternoon was conducted by Professor Child. He stated that the departments of modern languages in the college intend to hold a number of these conferences in the coming year. The papers to be read at these meetings will be the result of special investigation on literary subjects, not necessarily very complicated, but interesting to the general body of students. The first paper yesterday was entitled "Some Observations on the language of Chaucer," and was read by Mr. J. M. Manly. The paper described the use of final e in one manuscript only...
Under Group I a course of Wednesday evening lectures will be given in Sever 11 by Professor Royce during the first half year on the History and Problems of Modern Philosophy. A course somewhat similar to Phil. 2 at present, will be conducted by Prof. Palmer in Logic. by Dr. Santayana in Psychology and by Prof. James in Metaphysics. Text books will be used but there will be no recitations...
Group II includes six courses. Prof. James gives a course in Psychology, similar to the latter part of Phil. 2 at present. A course in Cosmology, a Discussion of the problems of the Philosophy of Nature with regard to the modern doctrines of evolution, is given by Prof. Royce. Prof. Palmer will conduct a course in Ethics and Prof. Peabody a course on the Philosophy of Religion. Prof. Everett will give two advanced courses on religious topics...
...first meeting of the Modern Language Conference will be held this afternoon and ought to attract a large audience. The conference is a new enterprise. undertaken by the instructors in the departments of English, German, French and Romance Philology. Its object is to present to the public papers prepared by students in advanced courses in these departments. Many of these papers represent a great amount of research and original thought, and are worthy of a wider attention than mere criticism by the instructor under whose charge they are prepared. To give the whole college an opportunity to reap some benefit...