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...that stretch of the great river where, after its plunge at the Mograt cataract, it turns southward, to plunge once more and to bend northward again at old Dongola. This is the region where ancient Egypt merged into Ethiopia, and where the architectural and other remains of antiquity betray the presence of kings more ancient still than those who built the temples of Napata. Where does the romance enter, in the researches which Dr. Reisner carried on here? In the fact that the explorer finds the ancient statues of the Ethiopian kings in the very place that he was clearing...
...Many students, however, write bad English because of sheer ignorance. Errors in spelling, punctuation, grammar, and sentence structure abound; students who have been warned several times continue to betray the influence of bad school training and years of indifference. It is significant to note that whereas of all students in the College who take or who have taken English A or English D approximately 8.5 per cent. have been reported to the committee, no less than 24 per cent. have been reported of those students who have been admitted as "unclassified" from other institutions and who have been exempted from...
...batters in place of the "dummies" which were used for so many weeks. In addition, they have been drilled in the art of throwing to the bases. A great deal of attention has been paid to this, Coach Sexton endeavoring to correct any movement of the pitcher which might betray the direction of his throw. The catchers also have received much attention...
...street has not such a conception, we can say the same thing of any country, Christian or pagan. But if it is meant that even the thoughtful members of Asiatic communities have not had such a conception, either at present or in the past, this would betray an absolute ignorance of the Bhaktidoctrine of India which has been in existence there ever since 150 B.C. at least...
...elective system. On this Professor Kuehnemann observes that "discipline and liberty in the realm of education bear to each other the relation of premise and conclusion. Hence misgivings will be stronger in a country which, in respect to its school-system or systems, has not yet ceased to betray its character as a land of pioneers...