Catalogue of the Columbian College in the District of Columbia

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Page 38 - ... branches of polite literature, in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government, and, as a matter of infinite importance in my judgment, by associating with each other, and forming friendships in juvenile years, be enabled to free themselves in a proper degree from, those local prejudices and habitual jealousies which have just been mentioned, and which, when carried to excess, are never-failing sources of disquietude to the public mind, and pregnant...
Page 51 - Quadratic equations, both numerical and literal. Simple cases of equations with one or more unknown quantities, that can be solved by the methods of linear or Quadratic equations. Problems depending on quadratic equations.
Page 47 - A unit represents a year's study in any subject in a secondary school, constituting approximately a quarter of a full year's work.
Page 37 - persons of every religious denomination shall be capable of being elected trustees, nor shall any person, either as principal, professor, tutor or pupil, be refused admittance into said college, or denied any of the privileges, immunities or advantages thereof, for, or on account of his sentiments in matters of religion.
Page 176 - The oral examination will be designed to ascertain the physical, mental, and temperamental qualifications of candidates for the proper performance of the duties of the Foreign Service; their character, ability, address, judgment, and fitness, general education and culture, and contemporary information, experience and business ability.
Page 151 - This College holds membership in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. The object of the Association is to promote the interests of pharmaceutical education and all institutions holding membership in the same must maintain certain minimum requirements for entrance and graduation.
Page 176 - ... elements of international, commercial, and maritime law; political and commercial geography; the natural, industrial, and commercial resources and commerce of the United States with especial...
Page 50 - Cicero: Any six orations from the following list, but preferably the first six mentioned. The four orations against Catiline, Archias, the Manilian Law, Marcellus, Roscius, Milo, Sestius, Ligarius, the Fourteenth Philippic.
Page 176 - Elements of international, maritime, and commercial law; arithmetic as used in commercial statistics, tariff calculations, exchange, and simple accounting; modern languages (French, Spanish, or German is required, and a candidate may offer, in the oral test, in addition to one of these any languages with which he may be familiar); elementary economics, including the natural, industrial, and commercial resources of the United States; political and commercial geography; American history, government,...
Page 38 - States to which the youth of fortune and talents from all parts thereof might be sent for the completion of their education in all the branches of polite literature in arts and sciences —in acquiring knowledge in the prin-ciples of Politics and good Government...

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