Word: royale
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Ecole des Chartes was founded in 1821 by a royal ordinance at Paris. It is supported by the government, and the design is to turn out efficient public servants. The school is now established in the rue de Paradise, No. 58, in a house adjoining the palais des archiues. The courses are public and free. The course of study takes three years to complete. The term opens in the middle of November and ends the first of August. The subjects taught are paleography, languages, bibliography, diplomacy, political, administrative and judiciary institutions; civil and canon law of the middle ages. Such...
...large English schools, all the governing power was first centered in the provost and masters, but this absolute rule was soon changed by an act of Parliament ; and now, in Eton, as in all other schools of its kind, the fellows must be chosen from Oxford, Cambridge, and the Royal Society...
...student's age at entrance appears to have been a matter of no consideration; if, however, he was more than sixteen years old, he was required to subscribe to the Articles of faith, as set forth in the Prayer Book, to "acknowledge the supremacy of his Royal Majesty" and upon oath, to observe the laws, privileges and customs of the University. We learn further that no student was allowed to board in a private family, but on the contrary that each and every one was enjoined by a heavy penalty to be settled in some college or hall within...
...parish, who filled all vacancies which might occur in their number, but this monopoly ended fifteen years ago, and the government now consists of the surviving members of the old board, with six others appointed by the Lord Chancellor from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London, the Royal Society, and from the masters of the school. A number of fellowships are connected with the school at various colleges, but principally at Oxford. For a long time after its foundation, classical studies were alone fursued, but mathematics were added in 1837, and modern languages twenty-four years later...
...Harvard Bicycle Club, Mr. W. D. Smith, '84; the Princeton Bicycle Club, Mr. F. L. Coolidge, president P. B. C. Our past members, Mr. G. B. Morrison, '84; the class of '87, Mr. Royal Robbins, '87; the class of '85, Mr. W. K. Draper, '85; the class of '84, Mr. W. D. Smith, '84; the Mott Haven team, Mr. E. Norton, '85; our Track Athletes, Mr. Thompson, '87; the Shooting Club, Mr. J. A. Frye, '86; the ladies, Mr. S. E. Winslow...