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...Germans he said: "I note the German Emperor has made instruction in English compulsory in German schools. I leave five yearly scholarships at Oxford . . . for scholars of German birth, the scholars to be nominated by the German Emperor for the time being." The object was to "render war impossible...
...primary object of the Advisory Council will be to select the eight numbers to be sung by the combined glee clubs of America, in a great mass chorus at a joint concert to be held at the Metropolitan Opera. House in New York on March 31 with 800 students participating...
...45th time, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers assembled for its annual meeting. The place was Manhattan. The attendance was composed of a group of the most emi- nent engineers in the country. The object was the exchange of ideas, discoveries and criticisms which each of these scientific minds had been maturing privately during the past year...
...Fosdick has for several years been in the thick of the fight between the Modernists and Fundamentalists. As the Baptist minister of a Presbyterian Church, he became the object of attack by both religious bodies. He especially incurred the wrath of William Jennings Bryan, who believes with Dr. John Roach Straton, that "there are no missing links and no ape men." The culmination of this bitter and pitiless attack on the great liberal religious leader came last fall when the First Presbyterian Church of New York, where Dr. Fosdick has been minister, for several years, decided to sever all relations...
...primary object of the meeting is to stress the importance of the approaching mid-year examinations...