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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Tennis.--R. N. Williams 2d, '16, prepared abroad...
Professor Richards was born in Germantown. Pa., in 1868 and received the degree of S. B. from Haverfold in 1885 and the degree of A. B. from the University the following year. Two years later he was awarded the Ph.D. He then studied abroad for several years, and upon his return was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the University. In 1907 he was promoted to a full professorship. In 1907 he was exchange professor to Berlin...
...Passos presents us with two stories, a slam at the proverbial American abroad, not at all pleasant, and the history of a school boy's study hour. The latter pleases better, partly because it contains more of the author's delightful description, partly because of the ephemeral subject, which suits...
...great significance is Professor Coolidge's observation in a recent address, that the war gives American colleges the opportunity to become international centres of learning. A-fortiori this applies to the University, which with its exchange professorships and cosmopolitan attendance has long teen exerting influence abroad. Certain departments, for example that of chemistry through the work of Professor Richards, have already attained considerable international reputation. The case system at the Law School, too, has been investigated by experts from abroad and bids fair to make its way in Europe as it has in America...
...extent of preparation for war. But among their most cherished plans is that of forbidding the sale of munitions by a neutral nation to a belligerent, which would have exactly the opposite effect. It would put a premium on preparedness, for when war broke out the unprepared munitions abroad, would be in a hopeless condition against its neighbor armed to the teeth. If we want to reduce excessive armaments, and the spirit of militarism that goes with them, we must seek to curtail the advantage of preparedness, and that is precisely what is done by securing...