Word: prospectus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Clark University will be opened next October, and although no catalogue or even prospectus has yet been issued, the authorities expect to make known their plans in the course of a few weeks. Only three members of the faculty, in addition to President G. S. Hall, have yet been chosen; these are Dr. H. H. Donaldson, Dr. S. C. Sanford, and Dr. W. R. Lombard, all assistant professors. President Hall has recently been abroad to secure the services of some eminent Germans, but did not meet with much success, owing to the unfavorable action of Bismarck. The university is intended...
Messrs. Houghton, Miffin and Co. have recently published a new edition of Allen and Stoddard's Latin Grammar, revised and improved by Henry Preble. As the prospectus states, the grammar is characterized throughout by a combination of scientific accuracy, clearness and simplicity. The arrangement of the new grammar differs radically from that which is usually adopted in such works. The four conjugations are here printed side by side on the same page to enable the student to compare them and note the general similarity. Such an innovation must make the path of the Latin student far smoother than it used...
...District, Penn.; Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, the famous jurist, and hundreds of others who have all been his pupils. The system is taught by correspondence. Classes of 1087 at Baltimore, 1005 at Detroit, and 1500 on return visit to Philadelphia. Address Prof. Loisette, 237 Fifth Avenue, New York, for prospectus...
...CRIMSON is in receipt of the prospectus and a specimen selection of Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia. This work is in process of preparation, one volume having already been published. There will be thirty or more volumes of this work, each volume containing about six hundred and fifty pages. The work will be profusely illustrated, and its articles will be written by well known authors. It will be more than a "Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge," as it will embody a complete dictionary of the English language. It will give more than mere definitions of words, as it will offer general knowledge...
...prospectus of the Tenth Annual Course in cookery given at Lassell has been received. The work comprehends a review of domestic work from boiled herring to marketing. Lasell is to be congratulated...