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...Meeting of Graduate School Society in Phillips Brooks House. President W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown, on "Glimpses of Education in the Orient...
...whose scene is laid, in the Orient there is often a strong tendency is over-emphasize in the music the Eastern color and rhythm to the point of aggressiveness; at least one evidence of skillful planning here is found in the fact that American ragtime of the "raggiest" sort, in connection with waltzes and two-steps, is constantly used to offset the inevitable monotony of Oriental rhythm and melody; thus, the first virtue of this music is its variety. And furthermore it is charming and melodious music, sometimes a bit evasive as to tonality, but thoroughly spontaneous...
...advisory board, which is composed of Americans, Europeans, and Chinese. The purposes of the institution are: (1) To teach modern medicine and surgery to Chinese students; (2) to co-operate with the Chinese Government in inaugurating a greatly needed hygienic reform; (3) to study particularly the diseases of the Orient. In furtherance of the second provision, Dr. Edwards, who has just completed the work for the degree of Doctor of Public Health, will on his return take up the training of health officials...
...first place the student who takes such a position is doing a real service, not only to the foreigners but also to the American missions and institutions abroad. He is given the opportunity to see at first hand, and to understand the work Americans are doing in the Orient. In view of the rapid advancement and growth of the East, it is a rare chance to study closely the economic and political conditions of Japan and China, as well as of our own possessions. There is an additional attraction offered to medical students. In addition to regular teaching experience, very...
Although the expenses of travelling to and from the Orient are naturally large, the salary paid and the necessities supplied would lessen the cost considerably. The American Board, 14 Beacon street, Boston, provides all the fixed expenses, including room, board, heat, light, laundry and so forth. In some exceptional case the Board may give a salary, although it makes no official provision for it. Twenty positions may be obtained for one year by college graduates through the liberal policy of this Board...