Word: foremost
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Last year the dinner was a great success, and the 300 men present were addressed by President Eliot and several of the foremost engineers in the country. This year, on account of the increased interest shown in engineering in the University, the dinner should be even more successful. Its principal importance is in the great opportunity offered men to meet those who are now practicing engineers...
...education here afforded to the youth of the Balkan Peninsula was the cause of the uprising which resulted in Bulgarian independence. Dr. Washburn has been able to acquire a wide knowledge of the life and problems of the Balkan states, and is at the present time the foremost authority in this country on conditions in the Turkish Empire. In recognition of his work he has been awarded the degree of LL.D. by the Universities of Michigan and Princeton, and the order of St. Alexander by Prince Alexander of Bulgaria...
...writer points out that Harvard, in spite of the great growth of western universities still holds its prestige as the foremost of American universities. As regards courses of instruction, the article explains that Harvard offers more than any other university, and her faculty is the largest and most eminent in the country. Interesting statistics concerning the elective system are given, and Dr. Slosson is of the opinion that the system is on the whole advantageous. The writer believes that for earnest students who desire to complete the course in three years special classes should be provided. Harvard has been...
...Francis W. Hirst, editor of "The Economist," London, one of the foremost economic journals of the world, will deliver a lecture on "The London Money Market," in University 23, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. Mr. Hirst is a writer of considerable note and a well-known authority on the technicalities of economics and business. The lecture, although designed especially for advanced students in the Seminary of Economics and in the Graduate School of Business Administration, will be open to all members of the University. Tomorrow evening Mr. Hirst will give a lecture on "The Political Economy...
...ever recurring complaint that undergraduates are not given a chance to hear the foremost men in some of the departments of instruction in the University and thus are deprived of the great good obtainable from the inspiration of a recognized leader in his particular work has not arrived as yet, but we venture to say it is on the way and so will take time by the forelock and meet it before it comes and invert it. For those who annually sympathize with this complaint, attention is called to the lecture this afternoon by Professor James. The Department of Philosophy...