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Page 187 - Missouri places the following official certificate on all policies issued by the company. •'This policy is registered and secured by pledge of bonds or deeds of trust on real estate deposited with this department.
Page 124 - May 22d, 1879, the Directors of the University adopted an ordinance establishing a Department of Art in Washington University, from which the following extracts are taken : — " A Department of Art is hereby established as a special Department of Washington University, to be known as THE ST. Louis SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS. "The objects of said Department shall be: instruction in the Fine Arts; the collection and exhibition of pictures, statuary, and other works of art, and of whatever else may be of...
Page 116 - WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, founded in the city of St. Louis, under an Act of Incorporation by the State of Missouri, approved February 22, 1853, comprises several Departments, and is intended to embrace the whole range of University studies, except Theology, and to afford opportunity of complete preparation for every sphere of Practical and Scientific Life.
Page 142 - The management is in the hands of a board of Trustees consisting of the following well known gentlemen: Adolphus Meier, President; F.
Page 159 - Jews. as distinct from the seceding ten tribes, who retained the name of Israel. As the term is now used, however, the history of the Jews begins with the return of the remnant of the kingdom of Judah from the Babylonish captivity in consequence of the Edict of Cyrus. Below will be found a brief rfsume of the chief historical events in the' history of the Jews according to the biblical narrative.
Page 118 - ... Carey, Perry, Walker, and others of different shades of opinion in regard to the leading principles discussed. In short, the attempt is made to give a practical turn to this work, which will make it of real use to the students in after life, as well as a method of mental discipline while in college. Physiology and anatomy. — A course of eighteen lectures is given to the senior class during the second term. Charts, the human skeleton, and subjects from the dissecting room are studied carefully,...
Page 206 - Ramsay, the secretary and treasurer of the company, who has been connected with the company...
Page 124 - ... Washington University. For nearly twentyfive years art instruction has been embodied in the course of study. In 1875, special students were admitted to the Drawing Department, and class, and public lectures were given on Art History. The same year an evening school was opened. On May 22d, 1879, the Directors of the University adopted an ordinance establishing a Department of Art in Washington University, from which the following extracts are taken : — " A Department of Art is hereby established...
Page 120 - A knowledge of practical matters and the ability to use tools, should supplement, not displace, abstract and theoretical work. Theory and practice must go hand in hand.
Page 257 - States is washed by three seas, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. The principal bays and sounds on the Atlantic border, are Passamaquoddy...