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From the point of view of the Caucasian race, Oriental nations always do things wrong-way-round. They are always out of step in the march of events, and usually a little behind; but lately Japan has been ahead of time-again from the point of view of the Occident. She has gone through the militaristic stage, and now seems anxious to atone for past sins by an unselfishness that is so far in advance of European politics that it makes her appear out of step again. Not content with being one of the first to agree to the four...
Sketches, tales, and poems of the Orient...
Bishop Roots has recently completed a series of lectures at the Episcopal Theological School, in which he traced the influence of western civilization on the political, economical, and religious history of China. he is about to return to the Orient, and tonight's meeting will be his last public talk in Cambridge before he leaves to continue his work on Church unity. He has been given a three years leave of absence from his diocese by the Board of Missions of the American Episcopal Church, and will devote this time to solidifying and perfecting the national Chinese Church...
...York College also has arraigned the traditional courses, seeking to avoid the present custom which makes the first and even second years of college mere continuations of preparatory school. In place of "courses of elementary grade" it requests broader subjects whose purpose is to "orient the student in adult thought." A course in the History of Mankind which should show his environment; a course in Human biology and psychology; a third in mathematical analysis; Literature taught as an aspect of life, and the inevitable technique of expression; such is the suggested plan for Freshmen...
...giving a lecture at the Fogg Art Museum at 4.30 o'clock today. This lecture is one of a series which is being delivered by the professor, in French, on Wednesday afternoons. His subject this afternoon will be "Le costume, les menus usages sociaux, et la vie quotidienne on Orient...