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...taking respective courses, either elected or prescribed, and on the estimate held by college authorities of these courses. They give, however, a fair notion of the tendencies developed; and from 1825, the date of the first report issued, show an uninterrupted progress from the ancient to the modern, and from realms of fact to realms of thought...
...Latin; Mathematics occupied almost another third; history, mostly ancient, and philosophy, religiously ethical, took up a large share of the remainder. The study of English was about on a parity with the study of Hebrew. Natural Science and political economy barely gained a place in the catalogue, while the modern languages as subjects of study, were unheard...
...Eliot in 1869, the stamp of the old regime was plainly to be seen, and the progress since that time is almost revolutional. Greek and Latin then had one-fourth the time; now less than one-tenth, and mathematics have been reduced to a considerably smaller figure still. The modern languages are now twice as much studied as the ancient, while natural science recieves four times as much attention as mathematics...
...eod.WANTED. - Next Autumn in a first-class boy's family school in California, a teacher of Modern Languages. Salary $750 and home. Also in the same school, a teacher of Sciences and Mathematics. Salary $1,000 and home. Harvard graduates desired. Apply in person to Hiram Orcutt, Manager...
WANTED. - Next Autumn in a first-class boy's family school in California, a teacher of Modern Languages. Salary $750 and home. Also in the same school, a teacher of Sciences and Mathematics. Salary $1,000 and home. Harvard graduates desired. Apply in person to Hiram Orcutt, Manager...