. The Argonaut . was Parisian by birth,German by education, Polish b3* marriage,and American by adoption — a cosmopolitancharacter, indeed. There never has been aseminary in the West where French was sothoroughly taught. One hah* of the day—the afternoon—was devoted entirely toFrench and German, and as the languagespoken in the school was principally French,the pupils were very good linguists. Theweak spots in the schools armor were mathe-matics and American history; some of theZeitska girls who have met in later yearshave laughingly counted up their golf andbridge scores on their fingers, slo
. The Argonaut . was Parisian by birth,German by education, Polish b3* marriage,and American by adoption — a cosmopolitancharacter, indeed. There never has been aseminary in the West where French was sothoroughly taught. One hah* of the day—the afternoon—was devoted entirely toFrench and German, and as the languagespoken in the school was principally French,the pupils were very good linguists. Theweak spots in the schools armor were mathe-matics and American history; some of theZeitska girls who have met in later yearshave laughingly counted up their golf andbridge scores on their fingers, slowly andnot even surely. Schools of to-day are par-ticularly thorough in both these first essen-tials. Walking past the old school, for it still Try Our Stanford Richmond Coal From the Ricbmoadvale Districl,Newcastle, N. S. W., Australia Intense heat, little ash, andno clinker. Direct from themine to the consumer - ? SOLD TO TRADE OSLY ASK TOUR DEALER FOR IT AND SEE THAT TOr GET IT RICHHOND COAL CO. Agents. ,^...^<.^^-. j^KjT ;2t_
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