Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard Law School Library has now more than 175,000 books in its possession. The Library is most complete and includes reports, digests, statutes, codes, and laws of American, British, Canadian, and British Colonial origin, as well as text books and treaties on American and English law. Roman, foreign, and international law are also well represented, and a great number of legislative journals and reports are included as well...
Changes in curricula are numerous. In many institutions new emphasis is being placed on foreign trade courses, and Spanish has come into wider favor. Some are teaching navigation for the first time. In nearly all stress is being laid on the courses which make for better citizenship and service to the State rather than for academic scholarship. These changes are more markedly a result of the war than the changes in entrance requirements. An acute shortage of teachers is apparent in some quarters. In practically all the institutions special preparations are being made to admit returned soldiers...
...morning hours during the Conference will be given over to Bible study and general discussions of topics relating to reconstruction and foreign service. Any delegate will be free to approach the leaders, who are always willing to give personal interviews. There will also be special gatherings for foreign students, theological students, and student volunteers...
...National City Bank's plan of cooperation with the leading educational institutions of the country consists of a laboratory fellowship in practical banking, for which both undergraduates and graduates are eligible. The training consists of a study of foreign languages, banking, and related subjects, combined with practical work in the various departments of the bank...
Each student entering the bank under the terms of the fellowship will pursue a course of study including among others the following subjects: banking, foreign exchange, commercial geography, foreign trade, credit, forms and documents, and foreign languages. In addition to these classes which are held before and after the regular banking hours, special lectures and interviews are arranged by the bank's educational department. Examinations are held at stated intervals to determine the progress made...