Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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Mr.A.E. Frye LL.B.'90, Superintendent of Schools in Cuba, has just returned to Boston from Havana to complete the arrangements for the Summer School for Cuban teachers to be conducted by Harvard this year.
Mr. Frye went to Cuba five months ago, having volunteered to serve the government there gratuitously for five years. Since his arrival his experiences with the Cubans have been most interesting. From threats of lynching and attempts at blackmail the Cuban newspapers have turned to hearty appreciation of his efforts...
The plan for the Summer School, as worked out by President Eliot and Mr. Frye, provides for transporting at least one thousand, and possibly two thousand teachers to this country, receiving and caring for them while here and giving them three months instruction. The government has consented to bring the...
The President has already planned the course of study to be pursued. The principal courses will be English, Geography, Nature Studies, School Organization and Management, Cuban History, American History--particularly that which bears upon the problems now lying before Cuba--and a great many lectures of general culture. In addition...
To defray the expenses of this journey a plan for raising $50,000 is now being formed. Arrangements will be completed this week and no difficulty in getting the required amount is anticipated.