Word: european
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...university must admit women on the same terms with men. - (a) Increased demand for education on the part of women as shown by - (1) Great number of women now in universities. - (2) Number of institutions now open to women - (b) The great European universities admit women. - (1) England. - (2) France. - (3) Switzerland. - (4) Holland. - (5) Italy. - (6) Sweden. - (c) The best universities of the country admit women - (1) Yale. - (2) Brown. - (3) Univ. of Penn. - (4) Univ. of Chicago. - (5) Univ. of Mich. - (6) Univ...
...than those which have an unrestricted suffrage. Nation, xxxiv, 245, 267 (Mar. 23, 30, 1882); Shaw: Municipal Government in Great Britain, 45, 77; New Review, 11, 74, 499 (July, Nov., 1894); Forum, 17, 659 (Aug., 1894). - (a) Municipal government in the United States is extravagant, inefficient and corrupt. - (b) European cities, having property qualification are economically and efficiently governed...
...beginning of the war Japan was ready to carry on the war without delay. Her men were well drilled and familiar with European and American methods. The Chinese, however, are not soldiers, but traders and merchants. The army is without system and is full of corruption. Japan, with a population one-tenth that of China, has an available army nearly as large. Her navy is much smaller and consists entirely of cruisers...
Arrangements have been nearly completed for the European trip of the Cornell musical clubs. The men will leave Ithaca June 16, and will sail the next day from New York on the steamer Paris. The first concert will be given in St. James Hall, London, on the evening of July 4, and will be made distinctively an American event. Patriotic and American songs will be sung, and all Americans in London will be invited to turn out on this occasion. From London they will go to Henley to attend the races, in which the Cornell crew is to take part...
...beginning of the war we find Japan ready to carry on a rapid campaign. Her men have been drilled in European and American methods. She has a military history that surprises the students who only lately have had access to her literature. The Chinese, on the other hand, have not been looking forward to war. Her people are traders and merchants, not soldiers. There is no system in the army, and the officers are thoroughly corrupt. The greater part of the funds appropriated for modern fortifications and ordnance has gone into the pockets of the mandarins. The outcome was almost...