Letters
…use of “major” was coined by William Rainey Harper…

C-plus/c-minus effort
I never had the pleasure of taking a course with the late Professor Weintraub, but I suspect he would be surprised to find misspellings in “A Historian’s Task in Time,” the article honoring him in the June/04 University of Chicago Magazine, specifically in the references to the two German titled books on page 49, first paragraph.

Of course, there is a missing c in your reference to Weltgeschichtliche Betrachtungen, and there is one c too many in your reference to das Historische.

Of course, I should also note that it is thanks to the professors at University of Chicago that (a) I know this and (b) I care enough to bring it to your attention.

Christina Voulgarelis, AB’88
New York City

Of course, the correct number of c’s, in the correct places, can be found in Weintraub’s original 1984 Ryerson lecture; for a copy, write the Magazine.—Ed.

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