Word: handbooks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Nation, LXI, 380.- (d) March 18, 1869. Congress passed an act solemnly pledging itself to make early provision for redemption of the United States notes in coin: E. C. Mason's Veto Power, S 61.- (e) President Grant urged Congress to retire the legaltender notes: McPherson, Handbook, 1874.- (f) President Hayes...
...publication of the Handbook of Graduate Courses. This handbook contains a classified list of the graduate courses offered in certain affiliated universities, and is of great value to a student wishing to pursue his studies to the best advantage...
...primary purpose of this Handbook of Graduate Courses is to furnish in compact form accurate information that will be sought for by advanced students. If that result is attained, the Handbook justifies its existence. Such students will consult it to learn what institutions and what professors offer courses in the subjects they wish to pursue; what has been the academic career of those professors; what amount of time is asked for each course; what numbers of Graduate Students have been registered in the specified departments; what fees are required of Graduate students; what Fellowships, Scholarships, and other pecuniary aids...
...mind that the editors have not sought to include all graduate courses offered in America, nor attempted to give details as to give details as to the courses herein presented. In the first place, the intention has been to omit all purely professional work. In the next place, the Handbook has been and is a growth. The edition of 1893 included eleven institutions, while this includes twenty-one, and future issues may be gradually enlarged in scope. For all details the reader is referred to the full announcements published by the several colleges and universities and freely sent...
...editor-in-chief invites any criticisms and suggestions that will be of assistance in the future issues of the Handbook...