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Appropriately enough, the name means "creation of gold" in his native tongue. Siamese is a hybrid of Pali, an Indian dialect, of which the Harvard monopoly is held by Walter E. Clark '03, Wales Professor of Sanscrit and sole upholder of the Department of Indic Philology. The first name, Kaisui, means "good luck...
...following article on the religion founded by Buddha and the numerous sects that have grown out of it was written by Baron von Stael-Holstein, visiting lecturer at the University. Baron von Stael-Holstein who occupies the post of professor of Sanscrit at the National University of Peking is one of the lecturers who are at Harvard this year in connection with the Harvard-Yenching Institute...
Died. Dr. Maurice Bloomfield, 73, internationally famed among philologists and orientalists, professor of Sanscrit at Johns Hopkins University, first to edit from the original Sanscrit the Grihyasamgraha of Gobhilaputra, and the Sutra of Kaucika; in San Francisco; of heart disease...
...Take six courses in any subject and memorize with concentration. Sprinkle four more in equal distribution. Then throw in another seven according to taste; and season with a reading knowledge of Chinese or Sanscrit and an elementary knowledge of the other Mix thoroughly. Stir in liberal portions of athletics and, if possible, a select clan, or two to give the right tone Add an occasional pinch of sensuality, and soak for four years in alcohol. If the resulting mixture has the right consistency, stamp with an official seal, wrap in parchment, and lay on a shelf. These ingredients will produce...
...poise as mastery of a foreign tongue? To acquire a new language is to acquire a new soul. It destroys narrowness, provincialism, and national conceit. It makes for sympathetic understanding. That is why we require the Satellites, all of them, to obtain a reading knowledge of either Chinese or Sanscrit, and an elementary knowledge of the other...