Word: europeanizer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are finally, the international connections established with European students by the Federation. Between 600 and 1000 students are being sent over this summer under its auspices as guests of the European student unions. The intellectual emphasis during these visits has been and will be a necessary antidote to the ordinary tourist impressions which swarms of undergraduates bring back every fall. These are, necessarily, only the more important activities and promises of activity of the Federation. Surely they satisfy the most exacting demands which the N. S. F. A. must fulfill to justify its existence...
Modest, the new Year Book admits that "from an architectural point of view Reykjavik naturally falls behind other European capitals," but calls attention to the Icelandic scenery, admired by many a tourist yearly, and lyrically described by Professor Willard Fiske as follow...
...published a survey that showed the U. S. leading the world in commercial aviation with some 5,500,000 miles flown, some 200,000 passengers in the past year. The figures were misleading because: 1) The geographical size of the U. S. swelled the mileage total over figures for European countries; 2) The U. S. passengers were not carried over regularly scheduled lines from point to point, but included trippers and excursionists going up for trial spins at amusement parks. Last week figures on European aviation were published and few were surprised to see that Germany, rehabilitated, industrious...
...three years Russian played fast and loose with Turkey, with her eye on the strait. Turkey saw through the device, and Russia turned to stirring up the Balkan States against the Ottomans. The Balkan War ended this plan, and the Czar saw that only in a general European War could his ambitions...
...important points were emphasized by the speaker. First, European colleges are very few in number, that the American college as such has no place in their system. Secondary their "gymuasium" is the equivalent of a high school and two years college training here; and from this stage the student enters directly into his professional division of the university such as Medicine or Science...