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...seniors and juniors, the first having the privilege of electing fifteen hours per week, and the latter but twelve hours. History is shown to be by far the most popular study and Economics is next in favor. It is interesting to note that while there are twenty courses in Modern Languages and fifteen in Ancient Languages, only five are given in English...
...Modern Languages...
...specified time to the committee. The committee was composed of the heads of schools, colleges and universities throughout the country, with President Eliot as chairman. The committee appointed nine conferences, each consisting of ten men, to investigate the following subjects; 1, Latin; 2, Greek; 3, English; 4, Other Modern Languages; 5, Mathematics; 6, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry; 7, Natural History (Biology, including Botany, Zoology, and Physiology); 8, History, Civil Government, and Political Economy; 9, Geography (Physical Geography, Geology and Meteorology). Great care was taken in the forming of these conferences, as to the scholarship and experience of those chosen...
...furnace room in the basement is fitted with gas furnaces that have the modern air blast for crucible work. The basement also contains a constant temperature room, a machine workshop, a room furnished with steam power for work on a large scale, and large storage rooms...
There are many reasons which make Hayward easier to begin with than the other Elizabethan dramatists. He is strangely modern, and takes almost after the realist of today, telling tales of home life in a homespun way. There is no poetry in his plays, and in this respect he is like Massinger. The latter is very skillful in his dramatic effects. His play, "A new Way to Pay old Debts," is the nearest approach to Shakespeare we have, with the single exception of "She Stoops to Conquer." But wonderful as Massinger and the others may be in their separate ways...