Word: moderns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences yesterday, the following regulations were adopted in regard to honors in the modern languages and literatures...
...Comparative Literature. In the minor subjects the requirements will include: for English, an outline knowledge of the history of the literature or of the history of the language, and a more detailed knowledge of some period of the literature; for German, a good knowledge of the classic period of modern German literature and ability to write in German a short theme on some subject connected with the works of German literature which the candidate has studied; for Germanic Philology, Gothic or Old High Geman or Icelandic; for Comparative Literature, an outline knowledge of mediaeval European Literature. In the major subject...
...preparatory to the professional schools. The enrollment of the university is about twelve hundred and that of the colleges about three thousand. The most prominent departments of the university are those of Medicine, Science and Technology. The rapid development of the country, and the construction of bridges, railroads, modern buildings, and the like, calls for a large number of trained engineers, and to these the Science and Technology departments give a course of training which ranks with the best that is given in Europe and America...
...seniors and juniors, the first having the privilege of electing fifteen hours per week, and the latter but twelve hours. History is shown to be by far the most popular study and Economics is next in favor. It is interesting to note that while there are twenty courses in Modern Languages and fifteen in Ancient Languages, only five are given in English...
...Modern Languages...