Word: thought
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...within the department. The complaint is often heard that college courses deal too much with the past and too little with the present, and some reformers-- as the genial "Uncle Dudley" did a year ago,-- nonchalantly propose the abolition of many or all such courses. They class all thought of the past as useless learning; and forget that a large amount of intellectual capital which it would be prodigal to waste has been saved up in periods not radically unlike...
Neverthless, more attention to the literature and thought of the present is desirable. Scholars usually shrink from this field, probably because critical judgments are hard to make and no-true perspective is possible, But the effort is especially important now, owing to the great changes which are going on in society. It will be a difficult task to bring order out of the seeming chaos of ideas and emotions which fills modern literature, but one worth ambition. Dr. Bernbaum's studies in the literature of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. When the problems of the present were in process...
...arranged a new course on English and American literature since 1890 to be given by Dr. Ernest Bernbaum '02 in the second half of next year. The course will take up the chief writers; treating their views and spirit with reference to modern problems giving special attention to the thought that led up to the European war. The course will be open to graduates and undergraduates...
...Comparative Literature 1. Why cannot an entire course be devoted to the classics in translation, emphasizing their value for modern life, and covering the field on the scale that English 41 does in English literature? Many men who go to their graves ignorant of some of the greatest thought and expression of men might be lured to dispel the ignorance which darkens their souls...
...that the rules are literally obeyed. To make the new regime retro-active, however, is somewhat harsh and not wholly logical. To be thoroughly consistent, the men who played on former teams should be disqualified and their games forfeited. Since this is not within the bounds of either thought or execution, why cannot these five unfortunate men,--victims of little else than fate,--be re-instated and the new order dated from the present...