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Professor Toy, of Cambridge, gave a scholarly paper on the Arabian dialect of Cairo, embodying the results of a study made of the subject during a residence in Egypt last winter. A very instructive paper was presented by Professor Frothingham, of Princeton, on Mohammedan education, whose most perfect developement is seen in the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries of our era. This development was largely due to impulses from without. The range of study was comprehensive and instruction was free. Professor Hall, of New York, gave an account of a Syriac manuscript containing a new text of the Traditions...
...most important features in connection with the recent meeting was a reception tendered by Dr. Pepper, provost of the University of Pennsylvania. The first part of the evening was devoted to discussing the subject of Semitic study in America. Among the speakers were Professors Toy and Lyon of Cambridge, Professor Green, of Princeton, and Professor Harper, of Yale. It is understood that the addresses are to be published in a pamphlet, and it is hoped that they may excite a yet greater interest in the important topic to which they relate...
...subject of Professor Toy's third lecture, given last night in Upper Boylston was "Arabian Literature...
...lectures on Eastern Civilization by Professor Toy have drawn such crowds that Boylston Hall has been utterly inadequate to accommodate them. Besides, the seats are so uncomfortable and the ventilation so wretched that the hall is quite unfit for the purpose. Last winter the lecture room in the Jefferson Laboratory was used several times and did not prove to be any too large for the audiences. It has all the necessary arrangements for using the stereoption and, besides, has none of the disadvantages of the other hall. Many more students would attend the lectures if they could be assured...
...third lecture of Professor Toy's course on Moslem Civilization will be given in Boylston Hall. The subject will be "Arabian Literature." The lectures are all illustrated with stereopticon views. The two that have been given already have been very interesting, and the hall has been crowded both nights...