An Introductory Course to German Civilization

HAND outlines of the course to the class at the outset. These should be simple, but as full as possible. Bibliography should be very brief. The course will most likely be for sophomores and juniors and a sprinkling of seniors. It should be a discussion course, not a lecture course. The latter is easier to conduct, but then there would be quizzes on memorized material and probably little thinking. The technique of discussion has to be learned. Only one who likes to discuss with students and who has learned a high-class giveand-take of discussion should undertake it. The object of this course is to inform those who take only a year or two of German, or none at all, about the significance of Germany in the world. In order to do this, we must get a view of the past, out of which the present evolved. It is a pity that a student, or pupil, should-as is the case prevalently-study German for two years and obtain no real knowledge of Germany except the contents of a few elementary books, mostly stories. Many may however be led to take a short course in German civilization in English if the course is made valuable and interesting. There is a good deal of interest about Germany in the United States in spite of the prevalent hysteria over Germany pervading the American press and radio. The proof of it is the great number of books: fourteen in English in the month of February, 1935, alone, are listed in The Cumulative Book Index, and the many articles about Germany, nineteen in The Readers Guide for February, 1935, not counting the cross-references. And Germany is bound to be more engrossing for Americans as the results of the present German regime become more manifest

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