Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Candidates for the degree of A.B. or S.B. in 1935 who are concentrating in Ancient or Modern Languages must take these examinations...
Examination in the Bible, Shakspere, and Ancient and Modern Authors...
...flower. The typhoon, striking at 60 m. p. h. and increasing to 120 m. p. h., headed straight into the dragon's throat where are the great tea plantations, the textile and munitions factories of Japan's second largest city, Osaka, the great port of Kobe, and ancient imperial Kyoto. These are three of Japan's five biggest cities...
...guidance we have found the American student to be characterized by self-control, reliability, persistence and tolerance." His tolerant charges in turn watch him play tennis with freshmen, dance with sophomores, romp in the annual costume baseball game between students & faculty, dress up to take the part of an ancient Greek citizen or Hindu prince in a college play-and find him pre-eminently worthy of respect, admiration, affection...
...striving to restore the same values that were in existence during those years, not realizing that such a thing is impossible. Do you see those buildings over there? They are the pyramids of today. Nobody knows exactly why the pyramids were built but they were used as tombs for ancient kings. Those pyramids of today are also tombs, only they are the tombs of the public...