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decision of the judges had been announced.
Secondly, the command of English on the
part of nearly all the speakers was really
wonderful, and the style and diction compared
favorably with similar contests in
the colleges and universities of the United
States. Thirdly, while all the speakers
showed a proper patriotic pride, their
orations were characterized by an array of
facts well arranged and by solid arguments.
"All considered, I derived from the
meeting more encouragement regarding
the future of China than I have received
from any other experience here. I hold
that the best way of forecasting the policy
of any nation twenty-five or thirty years
hence is to note carefully the ideas and
aspirations of the college and university
students of to-day. Hence this intercollegiate
speaking contest in the National
University of Peking inspires me with new
hope for the future of China, and on
talking with Dr. Yen and Dr. Wang after
the meeting I found that they shared my
sentiments."
SUMMER LECTURES
The following lectures have been given
during the Summer Session: July 9, 'Over-
Regulating Rather Than Educating the
Public," Dr. James Sullivan, State Education
Department; July n, "Birds of the
Campus," Professor Arthur A. Allen '07;
"The Use of Picture Expression in the
Teaching of History," Alfred W. Abrams
'91, State Education Department; July
16, "The Agricultural Price Outlook,"
H. A. Wallace, editor of Wallace's Farmer;
"Agriculture in Its Civilization Values,"
Patrick Geddes, professor of sociology and
civics, University of Bombay; "World Renewal,"
Professor Geddes; July 17, "Agricultural
Education in Massachusetts,"
Rufus W. Stimson, agent of the Massachusetts
State Board of Education; "Mit
Deutschen Studenten nach Oberammergau,"
Professor Paul R. Pope; "La France
Actuelle," Dr. F. G. Hoffherr; "The
Custer Massacre: How It Came About; Its
Geographical Setting," Lieut. T. H.
Twesten; July 20, "Reparations and German
Foreign Trade Requirements," H. G.
Moulton, Institute of Economics; July
23, "Gladstone and the Gladstonian
Tradition," Professor James F. Baldwin,
Vassar; "A State Program for Rural Education,"
Professor George A. Works; July
24, "Rural School Supervision in the
United States," Mrs. Katherine Cook,
U. S. Bureau of Education; July 25, "A
Study of Assimilation by the Dark-Field
Microscope", Professor Simon H. Gage'77;
"The Work of the U. S. Tariff Commission,"
W. S. Culbertson, vice-chairman of
the Commission; 'La Question des Prix
Litteraires en France," Professor Vincent
Guilloton; "Weimar," Professor Albert W.
Boesche; July 26, "How New York State
Farmers Are Organized for Cooperative
Marketing," Howard E. Babcock, manager
of the Cooperative Grange League
Federation; July 27, "The George Junior
Republic," William R. George; "Problems
in Operation of Cooperative Corporations,"
Howard E. Babcock; July 28, "Vocational
Education," Professor David Snedden,
Teachers College; July 30, lecture and
reading, Dr. Liberty Hyde Bailey; readings
from his poems and plays, Professor
Martin W. Sampson; August i, "The Life
of Spiders," Professor John H. Comstock
'74; "La Litterature d'Aujourd'hui," M.
Roger Champomier; "Aus dem Leben
Richard Wagners," Professor Paul R.
Pope; August 2, "A Program for Improvements
in Marketing," H. D. Phillips,
director of the Bureau of Markets and
Storage, State Department of Farms and
Markets; "Recent French Textbooks,"
Professor James F. Mason; August 3,
"Organization and Administration of Agricultural
Colleges and Experiment Stations,"
Dean Albert R. Mann '04; August
6, "William Blake and Inspiration," Professor
Herbert J. C. Grierson, University
of Edinburgh; "The Farmer's Interest in
Transportation," Professor W. M. Daniels,
Yale; "The Value of a Life," Dr. Edith
Hale Swift, American Social Hygiene
Association; August 7, "Rural Community
Building," Professor E. Dwight Sanderson;
"The Human Machine," Dr.
Edith H. Swift; "The Baltimore County
Schools," Clarence G. Cooper, superintendent;
August 8, "Land Planning and Land
Utilization," Henry Wright, architect;
"Problems of Social Behavior," Dr. Edith
H. Swift; "The Mosquitoes of New York
and the Probelm of Their Control," Professor
Robert Matheson Ό6; "Schiller und
der Freiheitsgedanke," Professor Albert
W. Boesche; "line Veille Province Francaise,"
Dr. F. G. Hoffherr; "The Relative
Value of Still and Moving Pictures in
Education, Illustrated by a Study of the
Whale Fishery," Alfred W. Abrams;
August 9, "Successful Home Building,"
Dr. Edith H. Swift; "Vocational Education
in North Carolina/' λV. D. Barbee,
district supervisor; "Vocational Education
in Alabama," Gordon Worley, Alabama
Polytechnic Institute; "The Work of the
County Supervisor," W. D. Skillman,
county supervisor in Pennsylvania August
lo, "Agricultural Forecasting," H. C. 10,
"Agricultural Forecasting," H. C. Taylor,
chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
Washington; "Vocational Education
in Ohio," Ray Fife, State Supervisor;
August 13, "The Price of Progress," Professor
Richard T. Ely, University of
Wisconsin: "Spanish: Its Value and Place
in American Education," Professor Henry
G. Doyle, George Washington University;
"Danish Agriculture and Cooperation,"
C. L. Christensen, Bureau of Agricultural
Economics; August 15, "The Work of the
Railway Labor Board," B. W. Hooper,
member of the Board; August 17, "The
Work of the Federal Reserve Board,"
Adolf C. Miller, member of the Board.
FACULTY NOTES
DR. ROBERT CHAMBERS, JR., assistant
professor of anatomy in the Cornell
Medical College, is credited in a recent
article in the New York Herald with
having perfected a glass needle for microscopic
dissection. The point is said to be
so fine and responds so delicately to the
touch that it can be used inside of microscopic
living cells which hitherto could not
be studied in the living condition.
PROFESSOR VLADIMIR KARAPETOFF
spoke on the Einstein theory of relativity
at one of the sessions of the American
Institute of Electrical Engineers recently
held at Swampscott, Massachusetts.
PROFESSOR GEORGE F. WARREN has
been appointed one of the directors of the
Federal Land Bank of the Springfield,
Massachusetts, District. The district of
which Springfield is the center has recently
been divided into sub-districts each of
which has a representative director.
PROFESSOR SAMUEL N. SPRING, of the
Department of Forestry, is a member of
the advisory board of the Boy Scout
forestry school at Kanckwahke Lake, New
York. "
PROFESSORS BRISTOW ADAMS and MTL-
LARD ATWOOD Ίo attended the meeting of
the New York State Press Association in
Buffalo on July 6. Professor Adams spoke
on "Recent Tendencies in Newspaper
Standards," and Professor Atwood on
"Local Features for the Country Weekly."
DR. SUTHERLAND SIMPSON, professor of
physiology in the Medical College, sailed
from Montreal for Scotland on June 28,
and attended the eleventh International
Physiological Conference in Edinburgh,
July 23-28.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM L. WESTERMANN
spoke at the Institute of Politics, held
during the summer at Williams College,
on problems of the Near East.
ERNEST W. SCHODER, professor of
hyraulics, has been making a trip across
the Continent this summer to visit
hydraulic laboratories and power plants.
A committee of the American Society of
Civil Engineers for the study of hyraulic
problems will meet at Cornell on September
15.
PROFESSOR MILLARD V. ATWOOD Ίo
addressed the annual meeting of the
National Editorial Association at Saratoga
Springs. The meeting takes the form
of a tour, and this year's trip covered New
York State. Professor Bristow Adams
was with the editors at Lake Placid and in
New York City. Next year's meeting will
be held in Oklahoma.
PROFESSOR RALPH S. HOSMER attended
the meeting of the Canadian Forestry
Association at Ottawa in August, as the
president of the Society of American