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Under the present system of tests, the report states, both Washington and Shakespere would fall in English because of the spelling requirement, and their ability to command the language as a medium of expression would count for nothing. To remedy this condition Dean Hawkes proposed to give the students entering the English department separate tests in spelling, vocabulary, construction, and composition to discover his fitness in each of these branches. Then, if no fails in one of these fields, instead of being excluded from college for the deficiency the student will be required to take without credit some college course...
...wide variety of experiences in foreign countries under many conditions is at General Allen's command. In 1885-6 he was on an exploring expedition in Alaska. From 1890-95 he served as a military attache in Russia, and from 1895-98 he acted in the same capacity in Germany. He was called from this life to the Phillipines in 1898, when the Spanish-American War broke out. Here he spent a few years...
General Allen was detailed to the Mexican border at the time of the trouble there, and in 1916 he took command of the cavalry section of the Mexican Expeditionary Force, which made an incursion into Mexican territory in that year...
...returns with at least some portion of fame. For several years Roland Hayes has been singing recitals in England and on the Continent. His success has been astonishing, with public acclamations and ecstasies of praise from the critics. As a pinnacle to these honors he sang by Royal command before...
Cigar-making is not a trade of such outstanding importance that it should command the labor of a nation; yet it helped Sam Gompers to his high place. The cigar-makers worked better when their minds were busy. So they arranged for one of their number to read to them while they worked, making their own cigars and an equal share for the reader. Sam Gompers became a favorite reader. Thereby he acquired a precise enunciation, a mellifluous voice and an effective oral interpretation of words. It also brought him a wide contact with English literature, to which he added...