Several men in college have made complaints in regard to the English literature courses in college. They say that they are altogether too superficial. They seem to lose sight of the aim of these courses. It is not intended in studying the history of English literature by centuries, to give a thorough study of the different writers. As has been several times expressed at the lectures, the idea of the courses is to give men a knowledge of who the writers are, what period and school they belong to, and what their general work has been. With this foundation laid, students can, in their reading of after life, read more understandingly and also be able to choose authors better to their taste. A man is put upon a good footing with the literature of his own language. It is well to keep this in mind in choosing the courses for next year.
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