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Nigeria. The Repulse is due to arrive here Apr. 14 and to depart Apr. 22. The Prince will land at Lagos and proceed by railway into the heart of the colony, where another hunting trip will be in order after a polite and royal interest has been shown in Nigerians and Nigerian pursuits...
...narrow conception of education. A very large school of educators will be found to agree with "The Old Dog" in regarding education as a process analagous to the charging of a storage-battery. You start with a certain capacity, or void, in the form of a student and proceed to fill it with facts, all neatly catalogued and arranged; and if the capacity is large enough, and if you fill it full enough, the result is an educated...
...Dickinson brought to witness the unfortunate choices of the last administration as brought to light by the Teapot Dome scandal, and pointed out that the Senate could not proceed without examination...
...with a brilliant mind. Longworth did not make his reputation like Reed, who in one of his first speeches, questioned by an older member who aimed to confuse him, answered the questions and then drawled: "Now, having embalmed that fly in the liquid amber of my remarks, I will proceed. . . .'' Mr. Longworth's talents are less showy and breed fewer enemies. So there is small prospect of his becoming another Czar. Why, then, did he want the post? The answer lies in the history of his career. He suffered long from being known...
...Sept. 13; Dr. Fosdick will: preach to the League of Nations from the pulpit of John Calvin, founder of Presbyterianism, in the Cathedral Church, Geneva, Switzerland. He will then proceed to the Holy Land...