Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kellermann spoke at length on the Gymnasium system in the German educational plan...
...Germans," he continued, "are compelled to attend school for ten years, eight of which are spent in the grade school and two in the vocational school. The German child has either this choice, or that of spending four years in elementary schools and nine years in the Gymnasium. He may also take a straight vocational course, wherein three kinds of vocations are taught, namely, the lower, the medium, and the higher, classified according to the lower, the medium, and higher types of vocations...
Preliminary bouts for the Boxing Championships will be held on March 24 at 4 o'clock at the Hemenway Gymnasium. All members of the University will be allowed to participate. Blue Books open until March 22, are located at the Hemenway Gymnasium, the Freshman Gymnasium, the Squash Courts and at Leavitt and Peirce...
...Freshman fencers relinquished the victory of a hard-fought meet to the team of the Boston High School of Commerce yesterday at the gymnasium of the school, losing by the score...
...Gymnasiums may be entered at the age of ten years after completion of the 'grundschule' which gives a four year course. Entrance examinations are now given for admittance and thus the sole qualification for the Gymnasiums is intellectual ability rather than wealth as was formerly the case. Poor students are admitted as readily as richer pupils and they are aided by a reduction in tuition and help in the form of regular stipends. If one does not go to the Gymnasium after completing the 'grundschule', he continues the compulsory education until...