Word: following
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...frown. Nobody really knows. Not even a principality cleared the situation. At one moment, he appears solidly against Fascism, at another indifferent. The meeting between the great pair was therefore not unreasonably taken to mean that d'Annunzio had smiled upon Fascism; and that from this would follow a call to all Italians for peace and brotherhood. Certainly, this notion was backed by the word of d'Annunzio who, in a speech to wounded soldiers during Mussolini's visit, said...
...Nancy the student can take and follow any course he desires to, provided he is merely studying and not aiming for a degree, in which case there is, of course, a prescribed program to be pursued. There are, as a rule, about 20 or so students in each course which allows plenty of individual contact with the professors. In France, we have no instructors, as you have here, but put all the burden of conducting the course on the shoulders of the professor...
...follow much the same system as you employ here. There are lectures about twice a week, and some times the professor makes one of the students deliver the morning's lecture upon an as- signed topic. We do not have the great number, of tests that you have here, while our examinations cover an entire program instead of a single course. Thus a student's examinations depend upon the program he is pursuing, and if this is one of two year's duration he has no examinations until that date...
...Living conditions at Nancy and, indeed all over France, are very inexpensive at the present rate of exchange, while the tuition fees are perhaps ridiculously low. Due to the governmental subsidy it is possible for a student to follow all the courses in the University, if he so desires for the absurdly low rate of 70 francs for the year or about $3.00. If he wishes to qualify for a degree there is a charge of 30 francs...
...this issue, in his article on French colleges, living expenses are much less than in England, and the instruction, which is somewhat similar to that of American colleges, makes the transition less difficult than is the case at Oxford or Cambridge. Why do almost all American students, then, follow supinely along the beaten track to Oxford, instead of hazarding a new experience? Do they think an Oxford degree carries more prestige with it, or do they believe that outside of two English universities, Europe is an academic wilderness? The much-vaunted American initiative apparently does not apply to education...