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...represented from regions more remote from Jerusalem than Mesopotamia and Asia Minor and Egypt, with the exception of "sojourners from Rome"; whereas the Columbia courses are practically planetary in their scope. They are extension courses in a double sense, embracing as they do the following spoken languages: Armenian, Chinese, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish and Turkish. There are also suggestions of courses in Russian, Polish, Czechoslovak and Serbo-Croatian. These are offered not only for the practical value of their use in oral intercommunication, but also for their helpfulness to those...
...first speaker of the evening was Mr. George Wigglesworth '74, President of the Union. After quoting the old Danish proverb of "New Come, well come," he spoke of the part the Union played in the life of the University, and outlined some of the ways in which it helps to make that life more "glowing and gregarious." He dwelt on the value of meeting and hearing men such as speak at the Union throughout the year, touched on the opportunities for social life, and explained the system of the awarding of the four prizes to Freshmen after mid-years. "Above...
...United States have been made by the Assembly of the League of Nations. One is the defining of Article X; the other is Denmark's answer, which is regarded as satisfactory, to the request for troops for the League army; that her action depended on the approval of the Danish Parliament...
...importance of Denmark's reply is that our position, were we a member nation, would be analogous to hers. If we were asked to supply forces for a foreign undertaking "Congress," says the "New York Times," "like the Danish Parliament, would have full power to refuse to send troops should it be held that the Constitutions of the United States demanded such consent in the case in point...
...plays which are on the program of the Dramatic Club this fall are "Fame and the Poet" by Lord Dunsany which is being produced for the first time, and "Erasmus Montanus" an old Danish comedy by Holberg which is also making its debut on the American stage...