Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...number of matriculated students during the present winter at the Prussian University at Berlin is 2839. They are divided among the faculties as follows : theological, 168; legal, 1163; medical, 345; philosophical, 1163. There are 210 foreigners in the list, including 42 from America. Besides these matriculated students, there are 2200 other persons in attendance on the lectures, belonging to the various technical and art schools of the city. The corps of instructors numbers 210, nearly half of whom are in the philosophical faculty...
...exploration is large. Many places where works of art are known to be buried have never been explored, and scores of other places exist where it is highly probable that valuable treasures can be found. The temple of Apollo at Delphi is one instance of the former class. The Prussian government has this year fitted out an expedition to restore this temple, and to remove all works of art that can be removed. While the necessary subscriptions are being obtained the club will study the subject, ascertain where explorations have been already made, and decide where they can best begin...
...sweltering in the July heat, either at home or at the sea-shore, are doomed to enthusiasm over a mere "elegant" newspaper report of the contest between the College "boys," who occupy, in the depths of the reporter's mind, an indefinite position somewhere between a "mucker" and a Prussian count. Jarvis is not to be filled with the beauty of Cambridge, attracted by the prospects of an exciting struggle; but the wretched field is to see nothing more inspiriting than practice-playing, or, at best, the slaughter of such noble game as the King Philips or the Tufts...