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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
3
An advert by N. HL Brown of Pittsfield Vermont promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as providing lasting satisfaction by easing kinks in the stomach liver and bowels without fuss or action. The product is guaranteed at GeoJobarrar's drug store.
A fragment notes confidence that a new coach and physical director will deliver more than ordinary efficiency, assuring the student body of his capability to broadly lead athletic programs and fitness.
A detailed catalog of elective college courses for 1908-09 across Greek Latin German English and related subjects. It lists specific course titles, authors, authors, weeks per semester, and topics from Socrates to Lucretius, Goethe, Milton, Shakespeare and more with emphasis on literature, language and analytic mechanics.
The author criticizes history and political science curricula for overemphasizing bygone eras. Quoting Lord Byron, the piece contrasts students reciting Magna Charta with knowledge of Sparta and Lycurgus, suggesting a need to balance education toward contemporary matters.
A college department outlines offerings in General European History and a sequence on European History since Vienna. Topics include the Dreyfus affair, Bismarck, free trade, the House of Lords, the Russo-Japanese War, and the shift to gold standard. The Money and Banking course covers monetary theory, banking history, fractional currency, and comparisons with other nations.
The department announces electives alongside required work: General Chemistry for Classical and Philosophical tracks, and required for Scientific and Literary. Quantitative Analysis advised for science paths. Organic Chemistry. Iron Ore Analysis for engineering miners. Commercial Organic Analysis for government labs and inspectors. advanced Quantitative and Blowpipe Analysis offered optional.
In General Biology and advanced Botany and Forestry work students study plants and animals, their structure and environment, with field and lab components. Courses cover forestry trees, forest conditions, propagation, control, and economic use, plus zoology basics and development theories.
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