Word: teach
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would be a most kind and enjoyable thing if some or all of our instructors would make it a point to teach a few of the students the observances of proper decorum in recitations. Those friends who begin to pack up their books and "grab" for their hats some three or four minutes before the close of the hour might learn a little forbearance if the instructor should do likewise and make a rush for the door even before he had completed the last sentence of his lecture. However this expedient might prove futile...
...anyone studying Volapuk steadily for three months, giving to it about two hours a day, ought to be able to write fluently and clearly upon simple topics; and some people learn in half that time. There are two magazines published in Volapuk; several enthusiasts in Germany have begun to teach it in schools and declare that it is far easier to acquire than any living or dead language. Volapuk will be used chiefly as a commercial language; already several commercial schools in France and Germany teach it; and at one of the great shops of Paris, a Volapuk interpreter...
FENCING.- F. W. Lister. formerly superintendent Harvard University Gvmnasium, will teach during the ensuing season at Dr. Sargent's gymnasium, corner Church and Palmer streets. For terms, dates, etc., address 26 No. Harvard street, Allston, foot of Boylston street, Cambridge...
...affect the preaching of the gospel in the churches, nor in any way hamper the missionaries in their efforts to give the tribes a knowledge of the Christian religion. But it is insisted upon that the schools established for the education of the younger generations shall teach the language of the country of which their pupils will become citizens. Each year the number of those wishing a higher education is increasing, and the question of college education for Indian young men is one that demands immediate attention...
FENCING.- F. W. Lister, formerly superintendent Harvard University Gymnasium, will teach during the ensuing season at Dr. Sargent's gymnasium, corner Church and Palmer streets. For terms, dates, etc., address 26 No. Harvard street, Allston, foot of Boylston street, Cambridge...