Word: exception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...until quite recently that there were established any public institutions for the education of the Turkish youth except those common to Moslem countries, the Mahalle Mektebs or primary schools, and the Medresses or Mosque-Colleges. There have lately been founded in Constantinople, however, Rushdiyes or preparatory schools for those students who have finished the Mektebs. In these schools free instruction is given in the Turkish language, elementary arithmetic, Turkish history, and geography...
...into the state of the school of Turkey, on being shown some maps and mathematical problems executed by the pupils appeared entirely ignorant of their meaning and exclaimed, "Life of me! mathematics. geography, this, that, and the other, what use is such rubbish to us?" Most of these institutions, except the medical college, were formerly open to Christians only in name; under Ali and Fuad Pashas, however, they became open in reality to a few who were admitted to the schools on an equality with Mohammedans...
...five thousand dollars, and there is one other which is even more expensively fitted up. It is not at all unusual to expend one or two thousand dollars in the furnishing of a room." Mr. Winkley calls attention to a custom, which we must contess never to have observed, except in rare instances...
...convention of delegates representing the four colleges of the association meets in New York Wednesday. Little is likely to be done except award the championship to Yale, and to expel Columbia. In deference to Harvard the question of the rules will probably be left to a future convention. In the meantime, if the wishes of the Harvard committee on athletics are acceded to, a meeting of old Harvard foot-ball players will be called, and recommendations with regard to the future conduct of the game agreed upon to be submitted to the convention...
...result of our game with Yale was not unexpected, and so we were not very much disappointed. On the whole, the season has closed, if not exactly satisfactorily, at least without any violently dashed hopes and expectations, and, except for the intervention of the athletic committee, in a very uneventful manner. Financially considered, also, the season has been successful, thanks to the large receipts at the polo grounds, so that we have not to bear debt as well as defeat. To be sure our defeat at the hands of Yale is tempered by the fact that we scored a touchdown...