Word: protegee
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But, when all is said, Clive, as an astute but kindly Lancashire factory owner, is the main-spring of what would otherwise be an unreal and rather heavy problem play. He is an elderly man whose motto has been "have a good time", and who has lived up to it...
Died: King Khama of Bamangwate, 87, Serowe, Bechuanaland. The son of a witch-doctor, at 12 years of age he became the protege of David Livingstone, the missionary-explorer. He was converted to Christianity, became king of the Bamangwate Nation, declared religious freedom, abolished slavery, prohibited the use of liquor...
He shows how the unsurpassed fervor of our patriotism is an absolute necessity in binding together so many races into to persistent nation, but points out a national indifference to the affairs, feelings and treasures of Europe, which seems to be a protege of this patriotism.
The statement of the trustees of the American School at Athens, which we publish to-day, deserves a careful reading. No better work is being done in behalf of classical study than that which is accomplished every year by this school. It has been supported in an insufficient and perfunctory...
The last number of the Exonian tells us of the decline of Exeter boating interests for want of proper boats, and appeals to Harvard to supply the deficiency, saying that as a majority of Exeter men go to Harvard, we would eventually get most of the advantage derived from their...