Word: student
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., which has been operating in Persia (now Iran) since 1870, when it took over the work that the American Congregationalist Church's mission had begun there in 1834. It has U.S. textbooks, curriculum and, mostly, American teachers. The student body is made up of 51 Americans and 245 nationals from 27 other countries. They are the children of businessmen, diplomats, and refugees who have found a home in Iran. In order to enroll they have to pay tuition and have an adequate command of the English language...
...Later, C. B. Fisher, of Nashville, Tenn., principal of the Community School, told me: 'We think that TIME is especially important for our school because our student body is composed of 28 nationalities and eight religions. Naturally, these boys and girls from all over the world are intensely interested in events occurring in and around the homes of their heritage. We have found that TIME tells the story of what is going on in the world better than any other magazine...
...When classes were over, I went with Mr. Fisher to the sunny school yard, where the Iranian, United Nations and American flags flew. The student body was assembled there and, at a signal, recited the following pledge: 'I pledge allegiance to my own country, and to the United Nations, of which it is a part. One world brotherhood of peaceful nations, with freedom and justice for all.' Then, two by two, the students, including the young son of a Soviet citizen, stepped forward to repeat the pledge in their native languages. They were: American, Armenian, British, Bulgarian, Chinese...
...chair to watch at close range while the master worked. Stryker agreed that his friend, Mr. Murphy, had stated the issues well-it was a case of Chambers' word against that of Alger Hiss. He began painting a word picture of Hiss-a model boy and a model student, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School and a protégeé of the great Oliver Wendell Holmes...
...building will form part of a new quadrangle behind Baker Library, central building in the present Business School group east of the Stadium. Also projected for the new quaddrangle is a student building. The two buildings will be constructed at an estimated combined million dollars...