Word: foreigner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...following statistics have been compiled in accordance with the figures given in the University Catalogue. By them is seen the number of men from the different states of this country and from foreign countries, who are registered in the various departments of the University...
President Walker's report shows the number of students at the Institute of Technology this year to be 1158, a gain of 98 since last year. Of these, 457 are new students. Forty states and twenty foreign countries are represented in the catalogue. From Massachusetts alone there are 665 students. The number of women studying at the Institute is 47. Among the students are 79 graduates of institutions conferring degrees. Of these, 19 are from Harvard, 11 from the Institute of Technology, 4 from Yale, 3 each from Williams and Smith Colleges, while 38 other institutions are represented...
...Blashfield expressed himself as opposed to the notion that we must have a strictly American art. Though an American may in his study abroad take foreign landscapes for his subjects, he is still American in his art. Any national art is the sum total of what the natives may assimilate by their talent. So one will remain an American in his art. No one has any style of art entirely to himself. Raphael and Michael Angelo, though giants of their time, were not alone. They borrowed from the great masters before them. If one is only a link...
Speaking of the student voluntary movement for foreign missions, Mr. Roots said that there are at present 3,000 men who are preparing to be missionaries. The aim of the volunteer movement is the evangelization of the world in this generation, to provide that there shall be no place in the world that a man may not listen to the preaching of the Gospel. There never was a greater demand for educated men in the Christian ministry. Mr. Roots closed with an appeal to the members to become missionaries...
...when that work began to be taken up by the churches, the society entered upon much more diverse work. At present eighteen missionaries are employed. Their work consists chiefly in visiting the homes of the poor people and in distributing clothing, good reading matter and the like. The foreign element, especially the Chinese, claim a large share of attention. It is an interesting fact that bibles and other missionary supplies are sent from Hong Kong for use among the Chinese in Boston...