The Pursuit of Knowledge and Teaching Challenges
The article critiques college teaching and the pressures on scholars, noting resource limits and the risk to vitality. It discusses New York night schools, the practical teacher, and the need for better materials and stationery to preserve educator credibility. It also explores cross cultural communication and a mystery of nonverbal signals in Arab markets and ancient knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogin
Arnold
Socrates
Aapan
New York Independent
New York
New York City
Ward
Vanius
Tate le
Teachet
Kad
Mebete
Teachett
Chiga
Arabia
Asia
Egypt
Khartoum
Pyramids
Gordon
Cairo
Boudaness
Baker Pacha
Tokar
Red Sea
Audh
India
Earth
Hatful of Gold
An elderly miner reflects on the California gold rush in El Dorado County, recalling first arriving, staking a five foot claim, employing two missionaries, and the harsh scramble as gold fever gripped the creekside laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Merrifeld
Weavertown
el Dorado County
Connecticut
Jim Clay
Henry Clay
California
History of the St Croix Island and early colonization
The piece recounts De Monts and Champlain era efforts on Saint Croix Island in the New World. It notes a small 1604 settlement, hardships of winter, scurvy among thirty five, and the later fading island as boundary work for the New Brunswick United States border. It also mentions Pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, and early French ventures shaping the region’s geography and nameings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragiond
Dolatly
Queen Victoria
Maine
Champlain
Plymouth
Blur de Monts
New World
Sieur de Monts
St. Croix
France
Doucelle Island
de Monts
Isle
Calais
Eastport
New Brungwick
United States
St Croix River
St Croix
Ameri
St. Croix Island
Murderer Tiley Escapes Brutal Virginia Controversy
A white man named Tiley faced murder charges in Carroll county Virginia for killing a woman and burning her body. After multiple trials and two hung verdicts overturned by the Court of Appeals, Virginia legislators shifted the case to manslaughter. He was sentenced to two and a half years, with five years of confinement in jail including time in an iron cage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris
Carroll County
Virginia
Tiley
Mare Ing
Tilley
Court of Appeals
Virginis
Circuit Court
Commonwealth
Atorney
General Walker
Quaint Tale of a Typewriter in Anglo-Indian Era
Fragmentary notes describe an Anglo-Indian setting involving a typewriter and a court case. The readable text mentions judges in India, a writing machine, and a guilty verdict followed by appeal, though many words are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lethin
Uxett
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Tennia
Rowa
Eayn
God
American Journal of Eduration
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