Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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THE REV. KIRK VVALDO JKOBBINS, A. B., B.. D. Department of Philosophy and Biblical Literature THE REV. KIRK WALDO ROBBINS, Professor Biblical .Literature is taught to Sophoinores throughout the year. Se- lected portions from the various types of literature found in the Old and New Testament are interpreted in the light of their historical setting and permanent value. A liberal education should include the art of Biblical interpretation to the degree that one may find himself at home in the Bible and be able to appropriate its richest treasures With increasing profit. Logic and History of Philosophy courses are open to Juniors. The former aims to master the laws of exact thinking. The latter courses at- tempt to grasp the salient features of the notable movements and epochs in the history of the world's thought, to trace the growth of lT1B.117S power to understand the universe, or, in a Word, to study Hphiloso- phy in the making. The purposes of the Senior Philosophy courses are as follows: The Course in Ethics studies man in his varied relations to moral obli- gations. The Course in Theism and Philosophy of Religion canvasses the evi- dences. for the existence of God and considers the moral and religious processes in man turned Godwarcl. The Course in Evidenccs and Philosophy of Christianity seeks the reasons for belief in Christianity as God's chosen method of making man what he ought to be, and emphasizes the 'isweet reasonableness of this method as seen in the truths of Christianity in relation to each other and to IHZIIIJS need.

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With George O. Curnie as professor of Gerinan and Frenchj in 1886, three years of Gerinan are offered. He occupies Cornell's first full chair in this language. by beconiing, in 1891, professor of the Gernian Language and Literature. The high standard attained by Professors Cooke and Gurine was well maintained during 1896-97 by Professor F. G. VG. Schmidt, and froni 1897 to 1903, by Professor Francis A. Wood. In 1904 the third year class was larger enough to call for a division. This was accoinplished by extending. the regular course to four years. Throughout the history of German in the college the classical Writers have received the greatest share of attention, though, as the catalogues indicate, more modern authors are also freely read. ' The nuniber of 'students in the departinent has' increased even more rapidly than the general growth of college attendance. During, the present year two teachers with eight classes have provided more or less instruction in the German language for three hundred different students. - ' .1 I

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MA.RroN VIR'G'INLTA VPEIRCE., .Department of Romance Languages V- PEIRGE, ProfeSsQr It is the of the Clepartneent toffamiliarlze the student with the technical prossiloilities and structure of languages and to, acquaint him with -Certain periods of itslllterature, tl1r11sufslerVin.g bo-th practice al and aesthetic purposes. In aceorclaencgelwlth now prevalent methodis. of language ins'truetion,. pronouneiwation is ltalgtghte first with .a View to pliysiological phonetics. Rapitl eonversatilonal drill is given and the student is required to attain a fC'615TJ2,fTl profLcie'ney the prrae-tical use of the French. l H' S2PAeNIsH. One year of .Sepalaish is- offered and the methods are approx- imately t1ue,eSame,. being rnoeliielcl more or less as the exigeneies of the case seem to: make Ht. A somewhat. wider scope is here ,given 'te histogriceal linguistics, :owing to the more apparent relation of this language to the Latin. if the eyes of the average stublenit. Modern Spanish novels and plays. are read the spring term. . p CLUB. A-'fel-ubl has been :organized-Ato supplement the eolnverslatiolnal Work of the French Classes- This meets in a social Way with a formal program. It aims to Qaltorcl the members .al special opportunity for the cultivation of eolloquial Freneh and to give them EL, 1Cl0S-QT and more pathetie Ul1Cl6fS'b2Jl1CllI'Lg,h of Frenelm life and character..