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Joseph E. Evans letters, 1935-1954
1940-03-02 Joseph Evans to John & Mary Evans Page 2
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2 but I think it comes to about a B+ or 3.5 grading for the four years. My class work is progressing very well, all things considered, and I am delighted with my courses, especially with Mrs. Aurner's seminar in Middle English which meets at her home on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 until about midnight - we cover a great deal of material and work very hard but it is interesting. Also, my private weekly conference with Dr. McGalliard on Troilus and Criseyde are most stimulating. I was introduced to Father Donahue yesterday morning in McG's office. My other courses are a little more undergraduate in character, but Maxwell's Non-dramatic Literature of the 16th century is good - I am fascinated by the Elizabethan period anyway. I find that I am becoming greatly interested in languages, and I have determined to be at east in at least Greek, Latin, French, and German - I mean, know them solidly. Of course I shall not accomplish this all at once, but it has led me to consider the possibility of doing some translation for my Ph.D. thesis. Foerster commented on the fact that I had won third prize for that translation of Horace (ha ha), and I have heard elsewhere that he would like to have the Horatian odea translation, because of the Humanistic angle. Personally, I think
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2 but I think it comes to about a B+ or 3.5 grading for the four years. My class work is progressing very well, all things considered, and I am delighted with my courses, especially with Mrs. Aurner's seminar in Middle English which meets at her home on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 until about midnight - we cover a great deal of material and work very hard but it is interesting. Also, my private weekly conference with Dr. McGalliard on Troilus and Criseyde are most stimulating. I was introduced to Father Donahue yesterday morning in McG's office. My other courses are a little more undergraduate in character, but Maxwell's Non-dramatic Literature of the 16th century is good - I am fascinated by the Elizabethan period anyway. I find that I am becoming greatly interested in languages, and I have determined to be at east in at least Greek, Latin, French, and German - I mean, know them solidly. Of course I shall not accomplish this all at once, but it has led me to consider the possibility of doing some translation for my Ph.D. thesis. Foerster commented on the fact that I had won third prize for that translation of Horace (ha ha), and I have heard elsewhere that he would like to have the Horatian odea translation, because of the Humanistic angle. Personally, I think
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