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...wish to ask omniscient TIME a queson arising from the fact that tennis is international, I, provincial. This summer, Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not feature stated that the tennis ero score "love" originated as an Anglicized pronunciation of the French words l'oeuf, meaning egg. Do non-English speaking tennists call he zero score by the English word "love," or by their native words for: 1) love...
...Boston Chamber of Commerce will give a complimentary dinner in honor of students from non-English speaking countries attending the educational institutions of Greater Boston on Thursday evening of this week at 6.30 o'clock in the ball room of the Copley-Plaza Hotel. The Purpose of this dinner will be to establish a closer relationship between the men who represent the business interests of Boston and the foreign students who are the future leaders of their respective countries. Among the speakers at the dinner will be President Eliot...
...most of whom could not even speak English. There was a Swede, a Finn, a Frenchman; a Serbian, a Czecho Slovakian, a Mexican, a Pole, and a Russian. These men are graduates of the Army School at Camp Dix, one of six Army Schools which take the illiterate and non-English speaking recruits and by means of a thorough course in English and citizenship, coupled with instruction in the fundamental duties of a soldier, turns them out intelligent, patriotic and disciplined Americans...
...Japan looks at the world today through Western eyes," claims Yone Noguchi, Japanese poet and professor of English Literature at the University of Tokio. Perhaps the best known of Oriental poets, Noguchi has taken the place of Lofcadio Hearn in bringing into closer touch the civilizations of the East and West. He is one of the few foreigners to adopt English as the language for his poetry, and all his work shows an ability to handle English as no other non-English poet save Tagore has done...
...prize of $50 is offered by the Y. M. C. A., under the auspices of the State Contest Committee, for an essay entitled "A Community Program of Education for Non-English Speaking Men in the Principles of American Government." Men in several colleges including the University are eligible for this competition. The essays are to be of about 4000 to 5000 words in length. Entries may be made at any time now to Mr. Clarence P. Shedd, State Secretary, Y. M. C. A., 167 Tremont street, Boston. The essays must be in by May 1, 1915, and the winner will...