Word: modern
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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...
Following this account, Mr. Castle described, with the aid of lantern slides, the present condition of the island and its inhabitants. With the 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...
...Honors in Literature not later than the end of his Junior year. These honors are awarded at graduation. Their purpose is two-fold: to offer a plan, supplementary to the existing schemes for honors, that will encourage undergraduates to combine reading in the Classics with reading in the Modern Languages, and to offer students an opportunity to count private reading as well as work done in connection with courses...
...amount of reading in at least two literatures--one Ancient and one Modern--which shall be satisfactory to the Committee. The total amount will ordinarily be equivalent to the reading done in six courses...
...acquaintance with the general history of two literatures--one Ancient and one Modern--tested by examination...