Word: south
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...correspondent of the New Orleans Times Democrat writes as follows of the gift of Paul Tulane to establish a university in the South, about which of late so much has been said: Stopping at Princeton for a day, by request of the venerable Paul Tulane, I had the pleasure of a long conversation with him about the university he desires to establish in New Orleans...
...have the boys, sir!" said the old gentleman, with marked emphasis and vivacity, his face lighting up; "we have the boys! They are fine boys! bright boys! good boys! There is in them the making of new Madisons, Jeffersons, Calhouns, Clays! We need such men in the South! We need them in Louisiana above all! And we have the boys there to become such men, only they lack the educational resources. The common school system of the State is defective. When I made my first donations towards establishing the university I was not aware the property so given would...
...recent lecture on education in the south, the Rev. Dr. Mayo said that there are in the south 4,000,000 whites under twenty-one; of whom nearly half have never attended any school...
...Lesseps, in an amusing speech at the distribution of prizes at the Lycee Henri IV. of Paris, declared that when he was examined for his Bachelor's degree the examiner took down a map and asked him to show where the north, south, east and west were. Neither he nor any of his comrades knew the cardinal points, for in those days geography was not taught...
...them undoubtedly is that Canton is a great seat of learning, and the literati of China have always been the most determined opponents of foreigners. It is at Canton, indeed, where the greatest examining University of China is to be found. A Chinese lad in the south of the empire, determining to be distinguished, has only to go to Canton to gain a reward, if he deserves it. Entering a great hall called the Hoktoi, where tables are provided for more than 3,000 candidates, he can sit down and take his chance for the first degree; and supposing that...