Word: modernizations
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...Smith has been appointed to the new professorship in modern languages at Columbia, and H. H. Boyesen, formerly instructor, has been made full professor in German...
...economic effects of the modern system of raising government loans...
...similar institution situated in the country; for a large proportion of Columbia's graduates enter directly some one of the many lines of business activity which the metropolis affords them. In so cosmopolitan a centre as ours it needs no argument to demonstrate that the knowledge of the chief modern languages is a primal requisite; for, while from a purely practical standpoint it matters comparatively little to the banker, broker or merchant whether he has read Homer, or pursued a course in calculus, it is a thing of the utmost moment to him to have acquired a sound practical knowledge...
...constantly increasing necessity of a practical knowledge of modern languages is now fully appreciated by the authorities of Columbia College. Ability to deal in person with the people of foreign tongues has become even a requirement for success in a country so cosmopolitan as the United States, whose financial markets, whose learned professions, and whose general society is influenced and even controlled by an ever-enlarging element of foreigners. A recent writer in the New York Post says in regard to some salutary changes in the curriculum of modern languages at Columbia...
While we have serious doubts as to New York becoming the centre of the intellectual gravity of America, we think that the care and earnestness shown by Columbia College in the advancement of one of the most useful and pleasant branches of modern study are to be heartily commended. This conduct in the light of modern views and purposes is in the right spirit. When one considers the prevailing tendency of American feelings, it will be seen that the future success of American colleges will depend to a great extent upon the success with which they combine the aesthetic...