世界日報
- New Chinese Grammar
- Beijing French-Language Commercial College continues admissions
- Important notice from the Beijing Telephone Administration
The grammar advertisement describes sentence-centred and diagrammatic study. School admissions have separate application and examination dates, while the telephone bureau announces a change in collection currency.
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Translation
New Chinese Grammar
By Li Jinxi
New Chinese Grammar
Organized around the sentence
Analysis through diagrams
Suitable for secondary schools
Published by the Commercial Press
Beijing French-Language Commercial College continues admissions
Beijing French-Language Commercial College continues to accept new students
Applications close September 28
Examination September 29
Classes begin October 1
Address: 144 Mishi Street, East City
Important notice from the Beijing Telephone Administration
From September 1 of Year 15, charges for calls between Beijing and Tongxian, Xiangshan and Tangshan will all be collected in silver dollars.
Context
A grammar taught through sentences and diagrams
The textbook advertises a method, not just a title. A sentence-based arrangement asks pupils to understand how parts work together in an utterance; diagrammatic analysis makes those relationships visible. Addressing secondary schools gives the book a defined classroom market. Its combination of Chinese and English titles also presents Chinese grammar as a systematic field of study that can be named and taught alongside other modern school subjects.
Commercial skills with a foreign-language qualification
The school’s name joins French-language study to commerce, presenting language ability as part of a vocational education. Its tightly spaced application, examination and opening dates make the notice useful to prospective students who must act quickly. The full street address turns the newspaper into a practical link between readers seeking training and an institution recruiting its next class.
A telephone bill also specified the money to use
The telephone office changes the required medium of payment for calls on named routes. In a setting where different forms of money could circulate, knowing the charge was not enough; users also needed to know what the office would accept. The notice establishes a uniform silver-dollar basis for these calls. It is therefore about making collection consistent across a service network, rather than announcing a new telephone connection.
Original
新著國語文法
黎錦熙編著
新著國語文法
New Chinese Grammar
句本位的編制
圖解法的分析
中等學校適用
商務印書館出版
北京法文商業專門學校續招新生
北京法文商業專門學校續招新生
報名九月二十八日止
考試九月二十九日
開學十月一日
校址東城米市大街一四四號
北京電話總局緊要通告
北京與通縣香山湯山間傳話費定於十五年九月一日起一律改收大洋