Word: britain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...John Adams, to Holland, France, Great Britain...
...Rufus King, to Great Britain...
...well trained and cultivated men and partly because the wretched state of the public mind is not satisfied with anything higher. There is, therefore, a need for improvement in the tone of journalism that we may have more journals in this country to compare favorably to those of Great Britain...
...words of a member of the faculty "to put into just and effective comparison the different ideals and standard of journals in this country; and, again, to put into like comparison the different types of journalism prevailing in the United States on the one hand and in Great Britain on the other." In addition students will have experience under careful criticism in writing editorial articles and paragraphs on current topics and perhaps in reporting. Such a course is not ideal, perhaps, but, If developed, it would probably become more if not fully satisfactory...
...Black then gave a short sketch of the old Norsemen, their habits and character, and their religion. He showed how they brought with them their old songs and legends, and how they influenced the native legends in Britain. Only three of these legends have safely passed the destructive hands of the monks, namely. "The Gleeman's Song." "The Fight at Frimsburg," and "Beowulf," and they are the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry. 'The Fight at Frimsburg' is short but alive with the fire of war, and the description of battles. Beowulf, however, is a long and thrilling tale, and told...