The International CorrespondenceAuthor(s): Edward H. MagillSource: PMLA, Vol. 13, Appendix I and II. Proceedings 1898 (1898), pp. xxii-xxiiiPublished by: Modern Language AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/456165 .

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MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION.

14. "The International Correspondence." By Professor Edward H. Magill, of Swarthmore College. [Printed in Modern Language Notes, xiv, p. 48 f.]

This communication was discussed by Professors A. Fortier, and T. Atkinson Jenkins.

The following committee was appointed to report on the

subject of this paper at the next Annual Meeting of the Association:

EDWARD H. MAGILL, Chairman. A. RAMBEAU, TH/RJISE F. COLIN, CARLA WENCKEBACH.

15. "Old English musical terms." By Mr. F. M. Padel-

ford, of Yale University. [Printed as Heft IV of Bonner

Beitrage zur Anglistic, Bonn, 1899.] This paper was discussed by Professors T. S. Baker, J. W.

Bright, and H. E. Greene.

[The American Dialect Society held its Annual Meeting at 5 o'clock p. m.]

Dr. Paul B. Barringer, Chairman of the Faculty of the

University of Virginia, and Mrs. Barringer, received the ladies and gentlemen of the Association at their home at 8 o'clock p. m.

FOURTH SESSION, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29.

The President called the fourth regular session of the

meeting to order Thursday morning at 9.30 o'clock.

The Committee on Place of Meeting reported in favor of

accepting an invitation extended by President Seth Low to hold the next Annual Meeting of the Association at Columbia

University.

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PROCEEDINGS FOR 1898. PROCEEDINGS FOR 1898.

In reply to a telegraphic message received from the Presi- dent of the Central Division of the Association, proposing a

joint meeting of the Association at Indianapolis in 1899, the President of the Association was empowered to say: " The Modern Language Association of America returns kindest

greetings to the Central Division. In view of a Philological Congress in 1900, which will provide for a joint meeting of the Association, an invitation to meet at Columbia University in 1899 has been accepted."

16. "The Origin of the Runes." By Professor George Hempl, of the University of Michigan. [Printed in The Journal of Germanic Philology, II, 370 f.]

At the request of the author, who could not be present, this paper was read by Professor James W. Bright.

The chief portion of the time allowed for this session had been set apart for the final report of the Committee of Twelve, "appointed (a) to consider the position of the Modern Lan-

guages (French and German) in Secondary Education; (b) to examine into and make recommendations upon methods of instruction, the training of teachers, and such other questions connected with the teaching of the Modern Languages in the

Secondary Schools and the Colleges as in the judgment of the Committee may require consideration" (Proceedings for 1896, p. xxii).

Professor Calvin Thomas, Chairman of the Committee of Twelve, now reported the completion of the work of the Committee (cf. Proceedingsfor 1897, p. xv), and at the special request of the Association read the chief portions of the

Report of the Committee. It was decided by vote that the Report in its present form

be accepted for preliminary publication, and that the Com- mittee be continued to await the detailed discussion of the printed Report at the next Annual Meeting of the Association.

In reply to a telegraphic message received from the Presi- dent of the Central Division of the Association, proposing a

joint meeting of the Association at Indianapolis in 1899, the President of the Association was empowered to say: " The Modern Language Association of America returns kindest

greetings to the Central Division. In view of a Philological Congress in 1900, which will provide for a joint meeting of the Association, an invitation to meet at Columbia University in 1899 has been accepted."

16. "The Origin of the Runes." By Professor George Hempl, of the University of Michigan. [Printed in The Journal of Germanic Philology, II, 370 f.]

At the request of the author, who could not be present, this paper was read by Professor James W. Bright.

The chief portion of the time allowed for this session had been set apart for the final report of the Committee of Twelve, "appointed (a) to consider the position of the Modern Lan-

guages (French and German) in Secondary Education; (b) to examine into and make recommendations upon methods of instruction, the training of teachers, and such other questions connected with the teaching of the Modern Languages in the

Secondary Schools and the Colleges as in the judgment of the Committee may require consideration" (Proceedings for 1896, p. xxii).

Professor Calvin Thomas, Chairman of the Committee of Twelve, now reported the completion of the work of the Committee (cf. Proceedingsfor 1897, p. xv), and at the special request of the Association read the chief portions of the

Report of the Committee. It was decided by vote that the Report in its present form

be accepted for preliminary publication, and that the Com- mittee be continued to await the detailed discussion of the printed Report at the next Annual Meeting of the Association.

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