Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Undergraduate Committee of the Harvard Mission has recently received several letters offering positions in various forms of missionary work, both home and foreign, to college men. Among these letters are requests from Mr. George Gleason '97, who has charge of Y. M. C. A. work in Osaka, Japan; from Bishop Stringer of Ontario, Canada; and from Dr. Samuel Zwemer of the Student Volunteer Movement in New York City...
Every government reserves the unquestioned right to reject or accept the appointment to an embassy, with the result that the man chosen to fill a vacancy has to be in the first place acceptable to the foreign government. In this country the president makes the appointments to all the diplomatic offices, but his choice has to be passed by the senate. Since President McKinley's administration men have been appointed who have had previous training, and in Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Japan a strict preparation is required of each candidate. These men advance step by step through the different...
Immediately after arriving at his post, the ambassador informs the minister of foreign affairs of his presence and plans for a visit from him. This visit may be formal or informal according to the customs of the country. There is often a difference in the language of two representatives, and in such cases the common language is always French. The responsibilities of an ambassador are great, but have been greatly lessened by the easy communication between country and representative. To fill these positions of responsibility we must have the ablest men of our country and we look to our universities...
Business 22.--Foreign Exchange. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 9. Assistant Professor Sprague...
...Olympion Theatron and The Battle of Olympia," by Louis Dyer '74; "The Cleominades and Related Folk-Tales," by C. H. Grandgent '83; "Foreign Associates of National Societies," by E. C. Pickering '65; "New Laboratory Manual of Physics," by S. E. Coleman '97; "A Laboratory Course in Plant Physiology," by W. F. Ganong '87; Peace, Power, and Plenty," by O. S. Marden, M.D. '82; "Modern German Prose: A Reader for Advanced Classes," by A. D. Nichols '91; "The Spell," by W. D. Orcutt...