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Sigma Xi, an American society for the promotion of research, has announced several fellowships of a minimum value of $1200 to be awarded on May 18 to advanced students in Physics, Chemistry, Medical Sciences, Psychology, and various other fields. Although preference for these awards will be given to students who have already taken their doctor's degree, any man or woman who has done advanced research work is eligible...
...program following the luncheon at the Union will be opened by Dr. Richard D. Allen, Director of Research and Guidance, Providence, Rhode Island, who will speak on "The Use of Intelligence Tests in School Administration in Providence". Dr. Arthur W. Kallom, Assistant Director of the Department of Educational Investigation and Measurement, Boston, will next speak on "The Attitude of the School Child Toward His Work", and Professor Robert M. Ogden of Cornell University will discuss "The Need of Some New Conceptions in Educational Theory and Practice...
Science. The Fourth Annual Educational Conference of the Episcopal Church concluded its meetings in Omaha. The educators declared themselves open to all modern knowledge and scientific research which was not contrary to the Apostles' Creed. This stand for liberalism was taken, they say, because of many questions asked by young people who fear they have to give literal belief to the story of Jonah and the whale and other incidents recorded in the Bible...
...American Museum of Natural History is the most fertile source of this sort of research and sends out annually a large number of expeditions. Its third Asiatic expedition has just left Peking under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews, the well-known naturalist and explorer. It will prospect for six months the treasures of the Gobi Desert and Inner Mongolia, known to be rich in fossil flora and fauna, including mastodons and mammoths, which are believed to have wandered eastward from their source in central Asia. Popular expectations with regard to the " missing link " of human evolution and the site...
Definite steps are being taken by the National Education Association in conjunction with the Motion Picture Producers' Association to work out an "educational film service." Will H. Hays donated $5,000 in behalf of the Producers for use in additional research before filming is commenced. The first subject chosen will be in the field of geography, biology, history or natural science. A system of distribution to reach the 260,000 schools of the nation is yet to be worked...