The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, 11–12 tomai

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1924

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251 psl. - HISTORY aims primarily to afford a medium for the publication of studies in History and Government by investigators who have some relation to the College, either as faculty, alumnae, students or friends.
199 psl. - That any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nationality of her husband. At the termination of the marital relation she may resume her American citizen-ship, if abroad, by registering as an American citizen within one year with a consul of the United States, or by returning to reside in the United States, or, if residing in the United States at the termination of the marital...
xix psl. - Length— 624 feet Width— 97 feet Displacement — 32,000 tons Fuel capacity — a million gallons (fuel oil) Power — 28,000 electrical horse-power Speed— 21 knots Six auxiliary General Electric TurbineGenerators of 400 horsepower each, supply power for nearly 500 motors, driving pumps, fans, shop machinery, and kitchen and laundry appliances, etc. Utilizing electricity to propel ships at sea marks the advancement of another phase of the electrical industry in which the General Electric Company...
248 psl. - ... history in much the same way, by text-books (the Epoch Series) and by lectures. Both classes did excellent work of its kind, but it was not the best kind ; for little or no stimulus was given to original research. And yet, perhaps, to an outsider, fond of old-fashioned methods of recitation, these classes would have appeared better than the first class. They did harder work, but it was less spontaneous and less scientific. The fault was a fault of method. With the senior class the topical method...
287 psl. - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
26 psl. - The purpose of the federation, as stated in the draft, " shall be to promote understanding and friendship between the university women of different nations and thereby further their interests and develop sympathy and mutual helpfulness between the peoples of the world.
248 psl. - ... out of assigning to individuals subjects with references for private reading and for an oral report of about fifteen minutes' length. The class took notes on these reports or informal student-lectures as faithfully as on the extended remarks and more formal lectures of the instructor. This system of making a class lecture to itself is, of course, very unequal in its immediate results, and sometimes unsatisfactory ; but, as a system of individual training for advanced pupils, it is valuable as...
249 psl. - ... properly grateful. Many young men are self-conscious and stiff in dealing with girls' classes: some are distressingly shy, others distantly cold. One I remember so consciously and conscientiously (and unnecessarily) Arctic that he was the laughing stock of the college. Dr. Adams. on the contrary, was natural, easy, spontaneous, sparkling. His light touch redeemed the heaviest themes and he always remembered that we were young and — more important still — that he was young too. And this genius...
248 psl. - ... specimen of the lists handed in at the end of the academic year of 1879 is appended. The reading was of course by topics : — EGYPT. Unity of History (Freeman). Geography (Herodotus). Gods of Egypt (J. Freeman Clarke). Manners and Customs (Wilkinson). Upper Egypt (Klunzinger). Art of Egypt (Liibke). Hypatia (Kingsley). Egyptian Princess (Ebers). PALESTINE. Sinai and Palestine, 40 pages (Stanley). History of the Jews (extracts from Josephus).
214 psl. - Universities, the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Middle States and Maryland, the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools...

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