Word: french
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question of official languages must also come up, and that is a point on which the small nations are insistent German, French, Spanish Italian and Polish are the languages spoken by the largest number of individuals. Presumably, Hungarians and Bulgarians and Latvians, if they wished to influence their colleagues, would have to address the houses in some language that is not understood in their own bailiwick...
...number of men taking language examinations last September took a decided jump over that of 1928, according to figures revealed yesterday at the Recorder's office in University Hall. The percentage of men passing the various Latin, French, and German examinations, however, was shown to the consistently low, though it follows no definite curve...
Only 30.4 percent of all those taking the examinations were successful; and in the reading Latin test, but 20 passed out of a possible 172 men. Thirty-two students attempted the elementary French of whom only six were given a passing grade. In elementary German, out of 80 candidates, 26 were successful, and of the 82 students taking the reading German test, 30, or 36.5 percent, were successful. Reading French was the most popular, 551 students taking the examination. In this test, a large proportion, comparatively speaking, was successful, 198 passing the requirement...
Manhattan and Chicago each have one permanent opera company (see pp. 52 & 54). Philadelphia has three. Last week all three began the season. The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company, under new Conductor Emil Mynarski, presented Carmen in French with Sophie Braslau. The Philadelphia Civic Opera, under Conductor Alexander Smallens, gave Prince Igor in Russian with a Russian cast and ballet. The Pennsylvania Grand Opera gave Boito's Mefistofele in Italian. Most interesting to watch this year will be the Philadelphia Grand Opera, which begins its first season in cooperation with Mrs. Edward Bok's Curtis Institute of Music...
...French: "rotten...