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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...people in America," says Dr. Washburn, "realize the conditions that exist today in Turkey. The much talked of German influence has disappeared completely--on my last trip through Turkey I did not see a single German nor was there a single German store or bank open for business. From the Turkish Army, what there is left of it, all Prussian Officers have been driven away or save retired to Germany to save themselves from disgrace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON MAN BACK FROM CONSTANTINOPLE SAYS "TERRIBLE TURK" NOT REALLY BLOOD THIRSTY | 12/19/1919 | See Source »

...German influence has disappeared as mysteriously as have the other elements,--the vaunted German control of the Sultan is entirely a thing of the past. The Berlin to Bagdad railway still exists but its terminal has changed now from Berlin to Paris. Turkey has been left helpless and adrift, and no country is willing to assume the responsibility of guiding the Turks to a haven of peace and industry, despite the fact that Turkey is as rich in resources as any part of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOSTON MAN BACK FROM CONSTANTINOPLE SAYS "TERRIBLE TURK" NOT REALLY BLOOD THIRSTY | 12/19/1919 | See Source »

...Whitney was for forty years a Professor of Sanskrit at Yale, during which time he did a great deal to further the prestige of that university. He was the author of a great many books on philology, besides works in his particular field of Sanskrit, he composed French and German grammars and translated several foreign books, among them being Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell." He had the general supervision of the publication of the "Century International Dictionary" and was the author of numerous writings on word derivations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HONOR W. D. WHITNEY TONIGHT | 12/16/1919 | See Source »

Military training in the majority of cases is being continued although on a reduced scale. The study of German apparently has fallen off greatly but in most instances this is regarded as merely a temporary lapse. There have been some changes in the curricula but none that can be called radical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LARGE PER CENT. OF FIGHTERS RETURN TO PRE-WAR STUDIES | 12/13/1919 | See Source »

...third of the University teas tomorrow Professors from the departments of Philosophy, Psychology, Social Ethics, German, Geology, and Geography will be the special guests, together with the members of the Faculty and their wives, alphabetically from H through K inclusive. All members of the University are invited to attend this tea, and all others, which will be held every Friday through January and February, with the exception of the Christmas vacation and the mid-year. These informal teas are held in the Parlor of Phillips Brooks House from 4.30 until 6 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Third University Tea Tomorrow | 12/11/1919 | See Source »

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