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...blackmail the Cuban newspapers have turned to hearty appreciation of his efforts. From being regarded as a spy and a robber of Cuban nationality he has come to be looked upon as the virtual founder of education in the island. When he arrived in Cuba there were some four thousand children attending school, and the teachers had to depend upon the subscriptions of the wealthier parents for their pay. There are now one hundred and twenty thousand children in school and the teachers are paid regular salaries of a very high average. In short, order has been substituted for chaos...
...this year, or who graduated with this degree in 1899. Each prize is of $250 awarded as follows: One, for the best metrical writing of not fewer than fifty lines; two, for the best essay in the field of biography, history or literary criticism, of not fewer than four thousand or more than eight thousand words; three, for the best story of not fewer than four thousand or more than eight thousand words...
Since September the collections at the Gray Herbarium have been increased to the extent of several thousand specimens from various parts of the world. Among the acquisitions is a collection of Central American plants, 875 in number, presented by Captain J. Donnell Smith of Baltimore. Another, consisting of some 900 specimens, has come from Porto Rico. The United States Department of Agriculture has sent 621 specimens of American grasses; the Botanic Garden of the University of Vienna, 877 Austrian plants, and the New York Botanical Garden, 561 plants from Idaho and Montana. In addition, 852 specimens from the Galapagos Islands...
...Fogg Museum has recently received about one thousand photographs of Greek topography and works of art. The photographs are issued by the German Archaeological Institute of Athens. As they are unmounted they cannot be put on exhibition for some time...
...compete with an extra man from both Harvard and Columbia for a place on the team. It is probable, therefore, that either Harvard or Columbia will be represented by three men. The prize for which the international teams will compete is the Rice trophy, which is valued at one thousand dollars. The trophy is at present held by England...