German Department of Walla Walla College
By C. C. Lewis
THE board of trustees of Walla Walla College decided to start a German department, with Elder H. J. Schnepper as teacher. In this department the following studies will be taken up in German the coming year:— Reading, writing, and spelling, according to the needs of the pupils; beginning German for English students, to give them a vocabulary and to enable them to read and speak German as well as may be done in one year; German grammar for German students who have not made the grammar a study, and for English students in their second year's work; rhetoric for advanced students who have finished the course in German grammar; Bible study, covering the same ground as that pursued by the English class in present truth; general history, covering an outline of the world's history, with a good German textbook for study. As most of our German students will be unable to enter school the first month, it has been decided to delay the opening of the German department until Wednesday, October 1. On that date it is expected that every student who desires to enter this department will be present for classification, and it is hoped that no one will put off coming until a later date. And now we appeal to our German brethren to work for this new department of the school, in which they are so much interested. Let them extend the announcement as widely as possible, and influence worthy young people to enter the school. We desire to make this a permanent department of the college, if this year's work proves that there is a sufficient demand for it.