Word: imports
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Russian Government is about to establish at St. Petersburg a Polyglot College, in which will be taught all the modern languages of any importance, and the tongues of all the nationalities, about seventy, under the Czar's sceptre. The purpose of this college is to prepare trust worthy and thorough interpreters for the diplomatic, consular, and military service, the civil officers and missionaries who have to deal with the different nations found in Russia, and mercantile agents who have to attend to the import and export trade. A Russian professor himself speaking over a score of languages says...
...operative Society has made arrangements with agents in Paris and Liepsic for the direct importation of French and German books. The intention is to send orders in a lump at stated periods. The packages will arrive three times a year, about Oct. 1, Dec 15, and March 15. In addition, orders will be taken during the academic year, for books to be forwarded immediately by mail, whenever they are wanted in advance of the regular import time. The expense of postage in such cases will be charged to the buyer...
...operative Society has made arrangements with agents in Paris and Liepsic for the direct importation of French and German books. The intention is to send orders in a lump at stated periods. The packages will arrive three times a year, about Oct. 1, Dec 15, and March 15. In addition, orders will be taken during the academic year, for books to be forwarded immediately by mail, whenever they are wanted in advance of the regular import time. The expense of postage in such cases will be charged to the buyer...
...approval of many men preparing for the Law School. Such a course, in one way or other, is given to undergraduates at Columbia, University of Michigan and Universityof Virginia. Now that Harvard is about to establish a chair in journalism, let her not be behind her rivals in the import ant study...
...body has been abandoned by our freshman classes. Eighty-five was the last class which paid full observance to the time-honored rite, though eighty-six was represented at the Boston Museum by forty of its members, early in the freshman year. Like all questions of grave import, the abolition of these student theatre parties was vigorously discussed before it was finally determined upon. It was, in truth, a case where "much might be said on both sides." Perhaps, after all, it was well to abandon the traditionary usage, but still, many a graduate can be found who will take...