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...purchases, four private collections are the most important. These were bought in Caracas, Venzuela, La Paz, Bolivia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Ascension, Paraguay, all of which contained hundreds of books, pamphlets and newspapers, covering exhaustively the histories of these particular countries. Dr. Lichtenstein's last purchase, bought in Paraguay, has not yet been received; but the other three are here and during the past few weeks Mr. David Heald of the College Library, Dr. Lichtenstein, of Northwestern University, and Dr. Clement W. Andrews of the John Crerar Lib- rary have been unpacking and dividing the collection...
...Hugues LeRoux, the well-known French author, explorer, officer in the Paris "Matin," will lecture in the Union on "Le Francais d'aujourd 'hui," or "L'Etat d'ame de la France," next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. LeRoux is now engaged on a special mission to President Wilson and Secretary Bryan from the French secretary of foreign affairs. He made many explorations in Africa; discovered a new tribe in Abyssinia, and organized the first French camel-corps on the desert of Sahara. He has been active in the promotion of boys' sports in France, and has produced...
...translation of the letter follows: Ambulance Headquarters, La Panne, March...
President Lowell has received a letter from the headquarters of the Belgian Red Cross in La Panne, where a large part of the Belgian army is now located, acknowledging the receipt of one of the five motor ambulances for which the money was raised here early in the winter...
...Speaking for the Lee Wade II Prizes; musical selections by Dr. Wodell and Miss Alma La Palme in Sanders Theatre...