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During July and August twenty-one courses will be given by the Harvard Summer Schools. There will be one in Anglo-Saxon, to begin July 2d, and continue six weeks, and one in Botany, which will begin June 29th and close August 1st. The latter will consist of two parts, the first to deal with Vegetable Physiology, etc., and to consist primarily of practical laboratory work, and the second to be a course of daily lectures on special topics. There are to be four Chemistry courses: General Chemistry; Quantitative Analysis; Qualitative Analysis; and Organic Chemistry. The one course in English...
...although a knowledge of Historical English Grammar, (Course XIX) is not required, and probably will not be, it is the almost unanimous opinion of the English instructors that a knowledge of Anglo-Saxon should be demanded of a candidate. This knowledge may not be a deep one, but it should be such as is gained in a half-course (English III). Inasmuch as the Anglo-Saxon roots form a substantial part of our English language, it is proper that a successful candidate should understand the elements of the Anglo-Saxon language...
...courses offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences seem imposing enough to satisfy the most confirmed specialists, furnishing, as they do, instruction in such out-of-the-way languages as Ethiopic, Phoenician, Pali, Gothic, Icelandic, Old Saxon, etc. There is however no course in Celtic. Is it not possible to have one at Harvard? A knowledge of old Welsh, Gaelic and Celtic is important for those who study mediaeval literature and seek to trace the origin of various myths and legends which have been woven into the romances of old French and German. Courses in the field suggested would...
...Ireland has a right to homerule.- a. Right of all British subjects to self-government; Hannis Taylor; Origin and growth of the English Constitution, I. 12, 13; Fiske, American Political Ideas. 54-56; 70-71; 91-92; Hosmer, Anglo Saxon Freedom, 270 271, 322-323; Nineteenth Century, February, 1887.-b. History does not support England's claim to govern Ireland: E. A. Freeman in Contemporary Review, Feb.1886, 156-157; Gladstone in handbook of Home Rule, 262-280; Gladstone; The Irish Question, 10.-c. The Irish are competent to govern themselves: Handbook of Home Rule...
...free government the sover-eignty rests with the people, and any policy must ultimately receive their approval. a. Our government is but a development from government by direct vote of the people; J. K. Hosmer, "Anglo Saxon Freedom," Chap. 1, pp. 5.8. b. On all questions the people are the final committee of revision...