Cole had attended Klein 's lectures at Harvard in 1885-87 on function theory and he persuaded Osgood to go to Göttingen in 1887 and study with Klein . Osgood was awarded a Parker Fellowship and set off for Germany in the autumn of 1887 having already an excellent command of the German language and a deep respect for German learning.
Koul had attended Klein 's lektura sa Harvard sa 1885-87 sa function teorya at siya hikayat Osgood upang pumunta sa Gottingen sa 1887 at pag-aaral na may Klein. Osgood ay iginawad isang Parker Fellowship at magpasabog para sa Alemanya sa taglagas ng 1887 sa pagkakaroon ng isang mahusay na utos ng German wika at isang malalim ang paggalang para sa pag-aaral ng German.