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There is probably no undergraduate now attending classes within the Yard who has not at some time or another seen on the title-page of one of his text-books the words: "Printed at the University of Oxford Press". The same is true--though to a lesser degree--of books printed by the Harvard University Press...
...amount of good work accomplished by the University Press idea cannot be measured in definite numbers of volumes turned out. Even so comprehensive an account as that given by Mr. Pottinger in another column of this issue can only hope to touch the surface of things; for an organization in which "men of wealth and men of learning have co-operated", be its age three centuries or eight years, is capable of almost unlimited service to education. Its scope extends from theses on philology to instructive volumes on "The Writer's Art", and its works in every field are authoritative...
...Harvard University Press, although the merest newcomer when compared with the one at Oxford, has already established a record and a name for itself. Its larger growth will be but a matter of time. And while it is growing it is also bringing to the University the added instruction which must invariably attach itself to any task of such merit. Advancing at its present high standard, there is no reason why its name should not reach to every corner of civilization, as that of its predecessor in England has already done. Printing has made wide-spread culture possible...
...National Council for the Limitation of Armaments has asked for the opinion of the college press on the following subject: "What will constitute Success at the Washington Conference...
...small department, the Veterinary School, has ceased to exist during that period, but all other departments have had considerable and in some cases very large increases in numbers of teachers, employes, students, and equipment; while entirely new departments such as the Schools of Architecture, Business, and Education, and the Press have come into existence. Last but not least may be added war prices and the increases of salaries made possible by the Endowment Fund...