Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...each year. Rhodes scholars, therefore, who have not passed the qualifying examination in Greek should be prepared to come to Oxford in time for this examination. As the election of scholars will probably be completed by the end of December, a scholar will have nine months in which to master the required Greek. This concession is made for exceptional cases, but the trustees hope that candidates will pass in all three subjects so that they can devote their time to subjects more germane to the line of study which they propose to follow...
...must not think that inexperience is a drawback. It is especially urged that such men, if of a reasonable size come out. They can very often be developed into better oars than the man who has learned to row before, for the latter may not be able to master Wray's stroke after learning something far different. It seems a great pity that a class which has shown up so well in athletics so far should fall down at this crucial time...
...Master of the Inn," R. Herrick...
...Zopf und Schwert" is a romance of court life in Berlin. The Prince of Baireuth persuades his sister to receive a French master recommended to her by her brother, without the knowledge of anyone. The prince meanwhile has fallen desperately in love with the portrait of a princess whom the Queen desires to see married to the Prince of Wales. The latter is momentarily expected to arrive at Berlin and is preceded by an ambassador, from whom the Prince of Baireuth discovers that the entire plan of the marriage is part of a trade between the two countries. This news...
...Randolph Macon at the age of fifteen, being graduated in 1895 with the degrees of A.B. and A.M. For five years he studied at Johns Hopkins and pursued graduate studies at the Harvard Medical School for three more years, at the end of which he received the degree of Master of Arts for pathological studies carried on at the Boston City Hospital...