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Photographs, when well taken, never fail to arouse our interest and stimulate our curiosity; and those of this month's Illustrated are clear, full of action, and wide in their range of appeal. It is this last quality, this cosmopolitanism, which is, I think, to be commended. For we have graphically and strikingly presented to us many phases of American college activity,--from diabolo at Yale, in fact, to the Tech. Rush, or the class presidents of Harvard...
...famous throughout Latin America for his works on literary, political and economic topics. He is the possessor of one of the finest private libraries in the world, and a member of the Brazilian Academy and other learned societies. Moreover, in addition to his scholarship, he has had wide experience in political and diplomatic life, both in Latin America and in Europe, having served as Minister Plenipotentiary of Brazil in Venezuela, Peru, Belgium, and in Sweden, and occupied other important offices. He is also familiar with the United States, where he lectured in the winter of 1912-13; and he speaks...
...events of the last six months have given us a forcible illustration of the importance of obtaining a wide, more accurate, and sympathetic knowledge of the affairs of Latin America, of which our ignorance for years past has been a subject for well-merited reproach. The foundation of the new professorship has come in the nick of time; and the selection of its first occupant is ideal...
With a steadily increasing demand for technical and analytical chemists, the necessity for providing adequate instruction in chemistry and allied subjects becomes increasingly important. Teachers of chemistry find a wide field of usefulness both in secondary schools and in colleges and universities. The responsibility of starting the embryo chemist on the right track is no less than that of putting the finishing touches upon an extended professional training; that is, the high school teacher and the college professor find almost unlimited opportunities to further the advance of both science and industry...
...Social Service Pamphlet, published by the committee describing its work, has had a wide circulation and has been found very useful elsewhere...