Word: beirut
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...report of the Harvard Mission of the Phillips Brooks House puts that theory to the test, and finds it wanting. Men have gone out from Harvard to the American University of Beirut in Syria, to Robert College in Constantinople, and to many other places in the Near-East, and have written back the most enthusiastic letters. They are making sacrifices--as is popularly supposed, but they are getting something in return. They are getting something better than an all-American point-of-view...
During the year the Mission has had two representatives in foreign fields: R. B. Smith '22 and David Hall '22--both of whom have taught at the American University of Beirut, Syria. From time to time both men have sent interesting accounts of their work; likewise, the Committee has received letters from G. P. Hayes, A.M. '20, and last year's representative of the Mission at Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey, and from J. F. Stearns '22, who is at the University of Samakov, Bulgaria, under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions...
...February 19 Mr. Albert W. Staub, Executive Secretary of Robert College, Constantinople, Turkey, and of Beirut University, Syria, spent the day in Cambridge, holding personal interviews with 23 men in regard to opportunities in the Near East. All of the conferences were held in the Randall Room, Phillips House, and lasted for fifteen minutes each...
...Albert Staub, executive secretary of Robert College, Constantinople, and the American University of Beirut, Syria, will be the guest of the Harvard Mission Committee today. Conferences with students have been arranged for the morning and early afternoon, and at 4.30 o'clock Mr. Staub will talk at Phillips Brooks House on "Opportunities for teaching in foreign lands". The other speakers at this meeting will be Dean H. W. Holmes '03 of the Graduate School of Education, Mr. A. H. Clarke '03, and Mr. G. W. Cram...
...features of the program of Phillips Brooks House this month will be a conference in the 'Parlor on Monday, February 19, at 4.30 o'clock for students interested in teaching in foreign countries. Mr. Albert Staub, executive secretary of Robert College, Constantinople, and the American University of Beirut Syria, has been secured by the Graduate Schools Society to speak on this occasion, and he will take for his subject. "Opportunities of teaching in foreign lands...