Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...good reading knowledge of at least two languages--one Ancient and one Modern--besides English. In some cases this knowledge is subject to a special written examination...
...present line of steamers, Honolulu is six days from San Francisco and eleven days from Japan. The modern improvements are not confined to the steamers, for electric cars and telephones are as common in Hawaii as in the cities of the western United States. The old natives, and the ancient church, built of solid coral blocks, are now the only remains of the native kingdom. The climate is that of the tropics and the bathing is unusual. One of the sports which no tourist should miss is that of "surfing." To do this one mans a dug-out canoe built...
...true, as reported, that a graduate of the College has offered to build a new and artistic bridge to Soldiers Field, we would say, by all means let him build it at once. The insufficiency of the present ancient structure is revealed anew at every football game...
...which was in use nearly a thousand years ago. Pictures were shown of the Great Wall, which was completed in 204 B.C., and which has never been surpassed by any architectural feat in the history of the world. The Great Canal is another monument of the skill of the ancient Chinese...
MEETING OF MEMBERS of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and of the Graduate Schools of Applied Science and of Business Administration, with guests. Faculty Room, University 5, 8 P. M. An address will be made by Professor Edward Meyer, of the University of Berlin, Visiting Professor of Ancient History. President Lowell and Professor Swain will speak briefly...