Word: prussian
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Observatory, famous for its investigations of the clouds and for employing kites to obtain meteorological data. In 1889 he was a member of the International Jury of Awards at the Paris Exposition, and was then made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He has also received a number of Prussian orders, in recognition of his efforts to advance our knowledge of the atmosphere. He has taken part in many scientific expeditions in all parts of the world, and is also will known as an editor, and author of scientific articles...
...fact that the plan of the interchange of professors has passed the experimental stage. Now two American professors, one from Harvard and one from Columbia, are lecturing in Berlin. The supplementing of the interchange of professors by an interchange of students is gratifying. By agreement with the French and Prussian ministers of education, Harvard University will remit tuition of five students of each country during a period of 10 years, and it is hoped that the bond of friendship produced by these provisions will strengthen as the years go on. The trouble between England and Germany today is that...
...further advance has recently been made in the educational relations between Germany and the United States by the agreement of the University to accept as guests of the Corporation five advanced students each year, for the period of ten years. These students, who will be selected by the Prussian Ministry of Education, will be allowed access to all departments of the University free of tuition charges...
Esperanto was born, said M. Privat, in a little Prussian village where a boy named Zamenhof lived about the middle of the last century. This boy saw the need of a universal language because of strife and misunderstanding that arose between people of his native village who spoke four different languages. When he grew up, he formulated an artificial language, Esperanto, but met with little success until 21 years ago. Since then, interest in the new language has grown steadily, and today there are over 700 Esperanto societies and more than 400 magazines spreading the language over the world...
...Ruluff Sterling Choate S. F. Kimball '09, Matthews R. L. Knowles '09, John Harvard P. R. Lieder '10, Bowditch L. O. Long '08, Charles Wyman C. O. McMahon '09, Price Greenleaf R. D. Murphy '08, Bowditch R. L. Niles '09, John Harvard L. B. Packard '09, Price Greenleaf A. Prussian '08, Bowditch H. R. Rafsky '10, John Harvard J. M. Rosenthal '09, Price Greenleaf E. B. Sheldon '08, John Harvard R. N. Shreve '08, John Harvard E. W. Sinnott '08, Price Greenleaf S. Thomson '08, John Harvard L. E. Weber '08, John Harvard H. O. Wellman '08, Bowditch...